Reverend Billy in the toon!

15th September 2017By Ilana MitchellNews

We are super excited to be hosting Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir during their tour of the UK in October.  Book your tickets now! Gig is on Sunday 22nd October at 7.30pm at the Blackfriars @St Vincent de Paul …

Sheaf + Barley talk, 7th Sept

17th August 2017By Ilana MitchellNews

Come along to NewBridge Project on 7th Sept at 6.30 pm to meet artists Sheaf+Barley and hear them talk about their work. Along with NewBridge Project and as part of the Live Art Development Agency’s DIY14 national scheme, we have been …

Sauna bathing in Tasmania

5th September 2015By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

Ilana is in Tasmania at the moment, with an installation of Sauna Nation for Junction Arts Festival in Launceston.  These saunas have been built by University of Tasmania School of Architecture and Design, and set up by the staff and …

Who pays? You decide…

20th August 2015By Ilana MitchellBlog: What if... No Comments

Investigating new ways to raise funds for our projects is bringing rise to all sorts of ethical conundrums. Like: how much to charge audience members for ticketed events?hr As with all Wunderbar processes, setting a ticket price isn’t simple. The …

Some sweaty challenges

25th May 2015By Ilana MitchellBlog: What if... No Comments

In preparation for a trip to Junction Arts Festival later this year, I’ve been doing some more thinking about saunas. Turkish Salad Bath, anyone? After closing the City Pool in 2013, Newcastle City Council has opened up to offers “to …

An abundance of Human Libraries

1st October 2014By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

This month we are supporting two Human Library projects – one across the libraries of Central Bedfordshire, as part of Bedford Creative Art‘s programme, and the other one as part of Juice Festival in Newcastle and Gateshead.  Human Library is …

Edicures at the Festival of Thrift

25th September 2014By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

We’ve been invited to take part in the Festival of Thrift this weekend, 27th and 28th September – and we’re piloting our newest Wunderbiz: Edicures: EDIble maniCURES for the ethically minded – and sweet lovers. A biodegradable, delicious, unisex, non-toxic, non-permanent fashion accessory, …

How Nightwalks looked and felt

29th July 2014By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

If you see anyone with a messy or cartoon henna tattoo in Newcastle it’s very possible they were with us on our Nightwalks With Teenagers on Fri or Sat night. Giving each other multiple tattoos in a field of cows (Friday) and …

June 14th is Platypus Day!

15th May 2014By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

And we’re having a MASSIVE CREATIVE CONSTRUCTION GARDEN PARTY!  Hang out with the newest group on the block as we build ourselves a giant den and then party in it. We are looking for more Platypuses so join us on June …

The Wunderbairns Ethos

14th May 2014By Ilana MitchellBlog: What if... No Comments

With the launch of Platypus, our new project working with teens, this is a reminder – for us as much as anyone reading – of our ethos for Wunderbairns.    Following Haircuts by Children and the A SCHOOL projects plus two …

Sauna Nation

7th May 2014By Ilana MitchellBlog: What if... No Comments

It’s not just jumping on the Scandi-wagon, the Wunderbiz idea-in-development Sauna Nation was inspired by an incredible sauna experience I had in Latvia… The Idea Could the natural mood enhancing nature of a sauna offer an alternative to more traditional medical or talking …

A Book’s View

5th December 2013By Ilana MitchellBlog: What if... No Comments

Donna William‘s, one of our Bristol Human Library books wrote a blog about her experience for The Limping Chicken – the UK’s independent deaf news and deaf blogs website. With their permission we’ve reproduced it here.  Full blog, which has many interesting reader …

The Great Forced LOLathon

31st October 2013By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

Now open for entries! LOLathon: a marathon of laughing out loud for 26.2 minutes Had a difficult year? Haven’t LOL-ed in a long time? Maybe you’re already a LOL-athoner? Either way, YOU can finish the Great Forced LOLathon 2013. The Great Forced …

To Make The Stone Stoney

25th October 2013By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

We’re wrapping up Nicola Singh and xsite architecture‘s two-year Life Without Buildings project with a series of discussions in evenings in Nov and Dec.  Whether or not you took part in 2011’s bike tour, or this year’s In Praise of Shadows or We Stand Out The Most When We Stand …

Book Reviews!

9th October 2013By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

With the Human Library poised to visit Bristol, we thought we’d share some of the never-before-published reviews left of the ‘Books’ when the library visited Gateshead. Click on the images to see what the ‘readers’ thought of books like Raised by …

Join our gang!

25th September 2013By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

The Wunderbar team is about to get bigger. We’re on the look out for two sparky, savvy people to help us realise our big plans for the future. A Wunderbains Facilitator will guide an innovative new project for young people, empowering them …

NARC-ed!

30th August 2013By Ilana MitchellNews No Comments

In this month’s NARC magazine I’ve expounded my thoughts on some things I reckon sound good, in their regular Mix Tape column. For those of you not able to pick up a hard copy, plus links to some of the tunes, read on. (There …