Finding Wonderland


Mission: To establish an immersive art library, artist retreat, and museum that honors myth, fairy tale and folklore. This place is called Wonderland.

Purpose: To preserve and celebrate wonder in children of all ages through the use of fairy tale and folklore. We encourage original contributions through writing, sculpting, painting, music and other forms of artistic expression.

History: In the summer of 2020, Angi, her husband Silas and their brother Lee journeyed to the UK seeking residency. Because of Silas’s status as a member of European Union, he qualified to apply for residency status prior to the Brexit deadline in December 2020. Though no one wanted to travel amidst Covid, all ventured forth in hopes of securing a magical property to house the Wonderland collection in the land that gave us Camelot, the 100 Acre Wood and Hogwarts.

This blog begins with the first day of that journey and continues all around the UK, following our adventures as the FINDING WONDERLAND path unfolds.

  • 1997

    While Angi lies paralyzed from the neck down in a hospital, Wendy Froud gifts her a healing faerie, which also gives her hope. Angi decides the best way to share this hope is to create a place where people can meet these kinds of creatures and have magical interactions of their own. It will be a place called Wonderland.

  • 1999

    Angi opens Duirwaigh Gallery, the first gallery to exclusively exhibit myth and fairy tale artwork to an international audience online. Sales from the gallery are used to raise funds for Wonderland.

  • 2003

    Duirwaigh Publishing opens, publishing mythic prints and greeting cards.

  • 2004

    Angi creates “A Knock at the Door”, featuring the artists of Duirwaigh Gallery. The film is seen by millions of viewers —passed from email to email—before the era of YouTube.

  • 2006

    “A Knock at the Door” sells out its first book printing. Angi and Silas move to Taos, New Mexico to create the first version of Wonderland.

  • 2009

    Wonderland opens as a part of Angi and Silas’s home.

  • 2010

    Angi writes and publishes “Doorways and Dreamfields: A True Fairy Tale” which charts the evolution of Duirwaigh Gallery and its mission to create a non profit museum and artist retreat.

  • 2011

    Wonderland hosts its first workshops and retreats in Taos, New Mexico.

  • 2014

    Angi launches Muse Juice Tours which takes wonder seekers around the globe to find myth and magic.

  • 2020

    Trip to England to look for Wonderland’s permanent home. FINDING WONDERLAND, the journey of establishing a place for fairy tale— begins! The latest articles and videos appear on this page below. To watch from the beginning, you’ll have to go all the way back to page one.
October 14, 2020

Feeling Broken Hearted…

It’s a SAD SAD DAY for us who are FINDING WONDERLAND. I’ve cried all night. Literally watched the sun come up. Think I’ve got a hold on it now. Instead of hiding under the covers, which I’m sorely tempted to do, I’ve made this video to share the sad with you. Vulnerability, after all, staves off the isolation we are all tempted to feel when our hearts are broken.
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October 14, 2020

When Times are Rough…

These are rough times. Don’t forget to pause for wonder. Pursue awe. Follow your bliss. It’s your best defense against the Dark Arts of anxiety, fear and isolation. This public service announcement brought to you by the Wonder Hunters. (Tell us what you’re doing today to court your inner wonderland.)
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October 13, 2020

Searching for Mother God…

“Long before God the Father, there she was – God the Mother. Where did she vanish to, this great mother goddess? How did we women become so completely dispossessed? It wasn’t that I wanted to replace a male god with a female god; it wasn’t that I wanted to find a religion at all. I was simply looking for some sense that women might have worth. And I found it: there in the old stories of my own native land, I found it. Filled with images of women creating, women weaving the world into being, I took up knitting. Thread […]
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