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Sketches from Durrës
Durrës is an Albanian coastal town about 40km from the capital city Tirana. I wanted to go somewhere else for a couple of days and this...

Madeleina Kay
Jul 3, 20241 min read


Preparing for filming the "SICK NOTE CULTURE" music video
It had always been my intention to recycle the ‘It’s Time To Vote’ song which I wrote for the YEUF project (mobilising young voters for...

Madeleina Kay
Jun 17, 20245 min read


Sketches from Bucharest
I was travelling to Romania for a “YEUF project” event – my main mission was to record video interviews for the documentary I am making...

Madeleina Kay
May 20, 20247 min read


If it’s a “culture” then we should have clothing and jewellery
Well, it looks like I’ve just ruined a perfectly good and brand new jacket with more of my protest-y nonsense (for the record, I scoured...

Madeleina Kay
May 8, 20245 min read


Sketching Livia
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Madeleina Kay
May 1, 20241 min read


"Sick Note Culture" - The British public's abusive relationship with the Conservative government
Where to start on this one? I got back from a wonderful few days in Italy working with my art collective, Dare to Care, on an...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 24, 20244 min read


Bologna and Imola Lunatic Asylum in Sketches
I didn't have any time for sketching whilst I was in Bologna, so all of these were made from photographs which I took whilst dashing...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 23, 20242 min read


Alla Ricerca Di Un'Identità – Sketches from Rome
This was my third time in Rome, but I was delighted to actually have time to explore the city on this trip (as the previous two trips...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 18, 20245 min read


Artwork Published in Global Health 50 / 50 Report
I'm delighted that my artwork 'The White Man's Burden?' has been included in the Gender justice for planetary health report. I enterred...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 18, 20241 min read


“Welcome to Paradise” – Sketches from Warsaw
Some sketches and photos from a whirlwind trip to Poland. My Ukrainian friend Anhelina, replied to my Insta story announcing my arrival...

Madeleina Kay
Apr 14, 20246 min read


A Confrontation with The Brokenness of Self
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 9, 20241 min read


No Toddler Throws A Tantrum Like A Grown Man
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 8, 20241 min read


A Thread of Empathy… Holding It Together
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Madeleina Kay
Apr 4, 20241 min read


MA Interim show image turns out to be a drug den
I'm nearly crying laughing having found this out from a friend who used to live nearby the Grade II Listed Cementation furnace in Kelham...

Madeleina Kay
Mar 31, 20242 min read


Vox Europ Publish my Landscape Sketches
A journalist friend of mine recently asked if his media platform, Vox Europ (which publishes multi-lingual content) could publish some of...

Madeleina Kay
Mar 28, 20242 min read


Stitching Abstracts
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Madeleina Kay
Mar 28, 20241 min read


When is a gift not a gift?
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Madeleina Kay
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Caught In The Headlights – Abstract Painting
Aesthetically, I really like how this abstract painting turned out - I'm very happy to have it hanging on my dining room wall. I think...

Madeleina Kay
Mar 20, 20242 min read


Adding A Splash of Colour to My Prints
After the print-making workshop at CSM, in which I made six prints of an architectural tower in Lisbon – I decided to paint over some of...

Madeleina Kay
Mar 16, 20242 min read


Sketching Thessaloniki (and Videos from the Event I was Actually Here For)
My watercolour and ink sketches of the architecture and landscapes ot Thessaloniki, as well as some videos from the YEUF project national...

Madeleina Kay
Feb 25, 20245 min read
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