Madeleina Kay Art

Kristyna’s interview took place on the 13th August 2024. She is a queer, white, Eastern-European dramaturg, member of Dare to Care Art Collective and PhD student, with Czech and EU citizenship. She has lived in Czech Republic , Scotland, France and Netherlands, she currently lives in Northern-Ireland. Kristyna's portrait When I asked Kristyna what the concept of “home” means to her, she explained how throughout her life that feeling connection to her creative work and

JC Candanedo is a queer artist, photographer and mentor , with Panamanian and EU citizenship. He has lived in Panama, Catalonia, the USA...

Ania Duldiier is a Ukrainian artist , member of Dare to Care Art Colective and mother of three, currently living in Switzerland. She has...

Adam Heron is an award-winning Classical Pianist and PhD Researcher at the University of Glasgow. He is ethnically Nigerian and...

The Centre for European Volunteering, who I co-wrote a song for in 2023, invited me to perform with their staff member and singer,...

Whilst I was in Türkiye, we took a weekend trip to the small farming town of Pamukkale... On the hillside above the town, there is the...

I travelled all the way to Antalya to go to ... When we were looking for a bar in the Old Town in Antalya, we discovered the "Sheffield...

I messaged my Dad this morning "would you be up for doing some creative (silly) photography with me? I had an idea for my potainting...

I was invited to Tirana by the Karlspreis foundation to attend a conference for youth on EU enlargement - co-organised by the youth...

This the third time I have been to Bavaria and it's really delightful to see how the landscape changes with the seasons - and also...

We took a little weekend trip to Linz (the capital of Upper-Austria and the third biggest city in the country) for some art, museums,...

Motaz is the last of the ten portraits I had to paint. I wasn't sure if I would be able to get them all finished by the end of this week...

I really love the colours Ania chose for her portrait - which represent her positive and uplifting personality and caring nature. I also...

I found Marcelo's portrait tricky for two reasons; firstly, the photograph I was working from had a very intense shadow on the right side...

Livia always shows up dressed in a rainbow selection vibrant colours - so I think it was hard for her to choose just four colours for...

I was attempting to photograph my first "Po-hate-o Sack" painting on a plain white background... When my overly-inquisitive cats decided...

I was nervous to paint Adam's portrait as I have never painted someone with an afro hairstyle before and I was worried it would turn out...

I've started to feel like the potato painting on canvas wasn't really going anywhere - it also doesn't make a lot of sense to use this...

I was a bit apprehensive starting Nikita's portait; firstly, because she is the only one of my project participants who I have never met...

I think i'm enjoying this part of the project more than anything else. I have enjoyed the interviews, because they have been really deep,...