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Women In Revolt!
I missed he Women In Revolt! exhibition when it was on in London last year, so I was delighted when my Dad sent me a link to the...
Madeleina Kay
4 days ago4 min read
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Protest Art – Jessica Lack
I was particularly intrigued by the introduction to the book: ‘This is a book about art and protest and how artists have responded to...
Madeleina Kay
Mar 118 min read
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Far-right rioter is believed to have taken his own life in prison after participating in race riots
I was sent some news yesterday which disturbed me a bit, so I wanted to write a blog post to reflect on it... To briefly summarise the...
Madeleina Kay
Oct 22, 20242 min read
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Remembering Alba: Sept 2015 - Oct 2024
I have some very sad news to share – my beautiful, White German Shepherd, Alba died on Thursday 10th October 2024. She had just turned...
Madeleina Kay
Oct 13, 20245 min read
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March for Rejoin III Alamy Stock Photos
Photos from the March for Rejoin which have appeared on Alamy Stock - I may buy some of these in the future when I decide to make another...
Madeleina Kay
Oct 1, 20242 min read
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Professional Photos by Bruce Tanner
Bruce Tanner took so many lovely photos at the NAtional Rejoin March III that I thought he deserved a dedicated blog post! I have known...
Madeleina Kay
Sep 29, 20241 min read
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(Persevering with the) March for Rejoin III
Just to make the third march for Rejoin a bit more fun, I managed to contract a bladder infection a couple of days before. In addition to...
Madeleina Kay
Sep 29, 20246 min read
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"A vanity project if there ever was one"
I decided to invest in some of the professional photos from Alamy Stock in order to make a quality photo book documenting my creative...
Madeleina Kay
Sep 9, 20241 min read
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Stand Up to Racism Demo with the International Women in Sheffield Community
I've found the news and social media coverage of the far right, racist riots difficult to cope with in the last couple of weeks. This...
Madeleina Kay
Aug 11, 20244 min read
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"Restore Nature Now" - A Mobile Art Exhibition
Retirement has radicalised my Dad – he never used to be this protest-y. I took him on his first ever protest march (against Brexit) in...
Madeleina Kay
Jun 22, 20242 min read
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"We have been swimming in Shit" - Making Placards for XR March in London
My Dad invited me on an environmental protest march in London - which I find funny given that I took him on his first ever protest march...
Madeleina Kay
Jun 20, 20242 min read
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When you discover 8 years of your creative practice have been archived on Alamy Stock without you realising...
Yesterday I was chatting to someone about the experience of being drawn for a portrait artwork - I wanted to send them some examples,...
Madeleina Kay
Jun 10, 20243 min read
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"A confrontation with neutrality as a persistent ideology" – Laura Raicovich
Culture Strike Art and Museums in an Age of Protest. I read this book about a year ago and was really taken with Raichovich’s principled...
Madeleina Kay
Jun 8, 20245 min read
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"THE PROMISES OF KINDNESS AND THE PLEASURES OF DOING DAMAGE" - Barbara Kruger
I was looking forward to reading 'Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.' by Barbara Kruger but I wasn't expecting to be as engaged with...
Madeleina Kay
Jun 7, 202411 min read
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A Brief History of Protest Art – Aindrea Emelife
I particularly enjoyed this book which my Dad gave me for my birthday. It was small and succinct but had some great content that is very...
Madeleina Kay
May 27, 202415 min read
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"A textile duet of tactile empathy" - Threads of Life by Clare Hunter
This book by Clare Hunter was fascinating but I found it difficult to get into its rhythm. It felt quite jolty in terms of abruptly...
Madeleina Kay
May 23, 202413 min read
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"Welcome to the Shitshow" - Art is Magic by Jeremy Deller
I first read this book about a year ago, after attending an author talk / book signing / karaoke (it was an eclectic affair) event in...
Madeleina Kay
May 5, 20247 min read
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Sharon Hayes - "Can we speak of the ‘professionalisation’ of the artist as having reduced or eliminated political consciousness from cultural production?"
(With the exception of Tolstoy’s War and Peace) I’m not sure I’ve ever been so glad to get to the end of a book, 'Sharon Hayes' by Julia...
Madeleina Kay
Apr 29, 202420 min read
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Women for Peace - Banners from Greenham Common
I picked up the ‘Women for Peace – Banners from Greenham Common’ book by Charlotte Dew, at the Book Art Bookshop during the Low...
Madeleina Kay
Apr 2, 202410 min read
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Rejoiners in Liverpool (A Battle Against The Wind)
We arrived in Liverpool the night before, since some bus-replacement-bollocks meant the quickest train journey was going to take 3 hours...
Madeleina Kay
Mar 24, 20249 min read
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