From Morris to Mackintosh: A Frank Lloyd Wright Trust Tour Across the Pond
The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust has offered comprehensive Arts & Crafts tours in California, Vienna, Paris, Brussels, Japan…and now Wright Travel is offering their popular British Arts and Crafts tour again for June 2019 – and is offering a discount of $300 for those who purchase by September 1st.
Named Morris to Mackintosh: British Arts and Crafts, the tour conducted by Travel Wright – the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust-owned travel company – covers the best of British Arts in Crafts in London, the English countryside and Glasgow and will take place June 6-15, 2019. The tour offers unusual access to the works of William Morris, John Ruskin, C. F. A. Voysey and M. H. Baillie Scott. The excursion concludes in Glasgow, birthplace of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Hill House, south façade, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1904. Courtesy of the National Trust for Scotland.
The tour begins in London with a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum; the William Morris Gallery, the only public gallery devoted to Morris’ life and work; and Red House, Morris’ Arts and Crafts home.
Then travel to the Cotswolds, where the Arts and Crafts movement flourished during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the beautiful Lake District, glide across Lake Coniston on a Victorian-era steam engine boat to Brantwood, the home of the great Victorian critic and writer, John Ruskin, and explore significant buildings by C. F. A. Voysey and M. H. Baillie Scott.
The tour will conclude in Glasgow, birthplace of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, an early progenitor of the Modern movement. Glasgow has an enviable portfolio of internationally renowned museums and galleries.
Hill House, drawing room, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1904. Courtesy of the National Trust for Scotland.
Hill House, main bedroom, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1904. Courtesy of the National Trust for Scotland.
Travel Wright journeys offer once-in-a-lifetime experiences in the United States and around the world. Travelers enjoy exclusive curator presentations, behind-the-scenes tours, special private showings and more. Travel Wright journeys include first-rate accommodations, the best native cuisine and expert Frank Lloyd Wright Trust guides.
The next tour will take place June 6-15, 2019, and there are spots available. A $300 discount will be offered until Sept. 1.
Here is a link to more information: http://wrightwaytravel.org/current-tours/morris-to-mackintosh-british-arts-and-crafts/morris-to-mackintosh-overview.html, as well as a detailed itinerary: http://wrightwaytravel.org/current-tours/morris-to-mackintosh-british-arts-and-crafts/morris-to-mackintosh-itinerary.html.
Fans of John Ruskin will want to pay attention to next week’s In the News, as we release information on the speakers and seminar topics for our 32nd National Arts and Crafts Conference.
Brantwood, home of John Ruskin, with a view over Lake Coniston. Courtesy of the Brantwood Trust.