Wonderland in Sheffield: 18 June - 13 July Meadowhall, The Lower Arcade: 'Plastic is Precious' - Five Dresses will disappear over 26 days. Monday - Friday 10am - 9pm, Saturday 9am - 7pm, Sunday 11am - 5pm Botanical Gardens, Clarkehouse Road: 'Many small things' - Bottles will turn to flowers. In the Marnock Garden after Clarkehouse Road. Daily 10 am to 6 pm Millennium Gallery, Arundel Gate: 'The story unfolds' - Playful, stunning floor graphics tell the tale of Wonderland. Monday - Saturday 8am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - 5pm University of Sheffield: 'Thinking off the wall'- Public Information at the Richard Roberts Building, Brook Hill. Daily The Wonderland exhibition is spread across four venues and twenty-seven days. Alongside the exhibition sit a series of education events: Events at the University of Sheffield: The Mystical Tour of Wonderland - 2 July and 9 July St. Wilfred's School, Sheffield Girls High School and Brantwood School pupils will take a mystery bus tour visiting all of the exhibition sites. The idea behind these events is to give the children a first hand introduction to the Wonderland project - not just the exhibitions, but to personally engage with Tony and Helen, to hear first hand the history behind Wonderland and how two people from such diverse backgrounds collaborated in creating it. Wonderland: The Science Behind the Story 7 July, The Edge, University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield has invited six schools from across the region for a one-hour visit during which they will meet Tony and Helen, and have an opportunity to ask them about Wonderland. They will have some hands-on science, exploring the chemistry behind each of the four products incorporated within the Wonderland project, experimenting with the polymer textiles which were created for the Disappearing Dresses, dissolving them in bowls of water, helping them to understand the science and opportunities behind the disappearing bottle, the water purification pillow and the upper less shoe. The hour will end with a feed back session and a chance to consider the wider implications of what they have experienced. Centre for Science Education, Sheffield Hallam University: CPD Programme The Centre for Science Education (CSE) and the Yorkshire and the Humber Science Learning Centre have developed a challenging and innovative education programme for the Yorkshire and Humberside region, which will engage schools in cross-curricular approaches to learning at KS3. The CPD programme for secondary schools is being delivered through the Yorkshire & Humber Science Learning Centre and is working with fifteen teachers from eleven schools across Yorkshire and one from Nottingham. The aim is to promote cross-curricular working, and to explore creative approaches to teaching and learning and engagement issues, rather than subject specific curriculum content. The underpinning principles of the programme are collaboration, trust, experimentation and risk-taking, all of which will be promoted through participation in the programme. Develop your Own Education Project: We would like teachers, pupils and schools to visit Wonderland in Sheffield and develop their own projects in response to the exhibition and the issues it deals with. You will find practical resources, including lesson plans from Thomas Tallis school, and project ideas from Formby High School, which will give you starting points for developing your own cross-disciplinary sci/art projects. Copyright ©2005 The Helen Storey Foundation, the University of Sheffield, The University of Ulster/Interface

Workshop at LCF: photo - Kamina Walton Dissolving dress, London College of Fashion: photo - Alex Maguire