LECTURERS AND GUIDES

What most distinguishes an Arts & Crafts Tour from those of any other company is the many scholars who are our lecturers and guides and hosts. They offer a wide range of different viewpoints, styles, and areas of specialization. What follows are just a few of the many who have taken part in our tours in the past:

JANE BROWN:

Author of many books on landscape architecture, Ms. Brown's Gardens of a Golden Afternoon portrayed the influence of the Jekyll-Lutyens partnership.

PETER CORMACK:

Mr. Cormack, for many years the Keeper at the Morris Gallery, is an expert on stained glass and in particular on the work of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company.

ALAN CRAWFORD:

The author of C.R.Ashbee: Architect, Designer and Romantic Socialist, Mr. Crawford writes about 19th century and early 20th century British architecture and decorative arts and is completing a book on the Arts and Crafts Movement in England.

ELIZABETH CUMMING:

Ms. Cumming co-authored the wonderfully informative The Arts and Crafts Movement. Keeper of the City of Edinburgh Art Centre for nearly ten years, she is an expert on Scottish turn of the 19th century art and design.

MARY GREENSTED:

Keeper of Museums at Cheltenham, Ms. Greensted wrote Wonderful Furniture of a Commonplace Kind; The Work of Gimson and the Barnsleys; and The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Cotswolds.

DIANE HAIGH:

Ms. Haigh teaches architecture at Cambridge. She is the author of The Artistic House: The Architecture of Baillie Scott.

HERMIONE HOBHOUSE:

Ms. Hobhouse is the former General Editor of the Survey of London and has written extensively on London architecture and on the life and work of Prince Albert.

BEATA KISS:

Ms. Kiss is currently the Chief Librarian at the Hungarian National Gallery and was formerly with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.

PEKKA KORVENMAA:

A professor in the Department of Product and Strategic Design at the University of Art and Design Helsinki, Dr. Korvenmaa is an expert on Finnish architecture. He has written on the work of Alvar Aalto and Lars Sonck and was the guest editor of "National Romanticism in Finland and Central Europe".

JAMES MACAULAY:

Emeritus Senior Lecturer in architectural history at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Dr. Macaulay has written The Hill House, Glasgow School of Art and has currently completed a book on Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

ALAN POWERS:

The organizer of various exhibitions on arts and crafts architects, Mr. Powers is a frequent contributor on architecture and design for many publications whose books include most recently Twentieth Century Houses in Britain.

MARGARET RICHARDSON:

Mrs. Richardson is Chairman of The Lutyens Trust, former Director of Sir John Soane's Museum, and is completing a book on Edwin Lutyens.

PAMELA ROBERTSON:

Ms. Robertson is curator of the Mackintosh Collection at the Hunterian Art Gallery and co-curated the successful 1996 exhibition on Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

JOZSEF SISA:

One of the editors of "The Architecture of Historic Hungary", Mr. Sisa is a Research Fellow at the Art Historical Institute of the Hungarian Academy.

ELINA STANDERTSKJOLD:

Curator of the archives at the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Ms. Standertskjold is the co-author of Finland: 20th Century Architecture.

DAVID WHEELER:

The founder of Hortus, the celebrated quarterly garden journal, Mr. Wheeler contributes to numerous publications.

STEPHEN WILDMAN:

Mr. Wildman is Director of the Ruskin Library, an expert on the work of the Pre-Raphaelites, and a frequent contributor to exhibitions and conferences.