Happy #EuropeDay ! 🥳🇪🇺⭐️💙 We are celebrating our wedding today - on our favourite day of the year! 🥰🎂 #HappyEuropeDay #EuropeDay2026

My May 2026 newsletter is out! Read and subscribe here: www.madeleinakayart.com/so/a7Ps-qfE3...

Crises blamed by Starmer for our troubles: 'financial crash, austerity, Brexit, Covid, the Ukraine war and Liz Truss' One is clearly a national mistake that we can reverse We should start negotiating to rejoin the EU immediately www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

On Sunday, I was thrilled to complete my first ever half marathon in Sheffield, running in support of @yem1.bsky.social ‘s campaign for Youth Mobility. And of course I crossed the finish line carrying my EU flag! Find out more about YEM’s ‘mcampaign here: 1.yem.org.uk/open-doors-o... #YouthMobility

Birthday half marathon completed in 2:06:27 🏃🏼‍♀️🇪🇺 Now to celebrate! 🥳 🎂🥂🎁🎈 @yem1.bsky.social

Really wonderful event in Sheffield tonight! The European Horizons exhibition is a celebration of international mobility, our speakers Baroness Natalie Bennet & Livia Barreira were outstanding! A huge thanks to Sheffield for Europe and the Sheffield Uni European Affairs Society for organising! 🇪🇺🙌🏻💫

Really wonderful event in Manchester this afternoon at the Romanian consulate where YEM’s Open Doors Open Futures exhibition was on display! 1.yem.org.uk/open-doors-o...

Where all the artists go when they die…. 💀 🎭🎨🪕🪗📝🔥🛁👹

We are delighted to invite you to the 'Opening Doors to Our Shared Future' event in Dumfries. Please join us and our Youth Enagagement Officer @madeleinakayart.com on Thursday 12th March, 5-6:30pm at The Stove. You can find out more about our exhibition & campaign here: 1.yem.org.uk/open-doors-o...

1/ I'm delighted to share this A3 Watercolour painting of the Sheffield skyline - view from the Steel steps behind the station. An homage to the city which has been my home for the last 10 years! www.madeleinakayart.com/landscapes

I actually finished these paintings months ago but it’s taken them forever to dry! (Oil paint layered on thick!) 🥲🎨 Would love to know which colour combo is your favourite!

For an insight into who we are, here’s a sample of events from the 1st festival in 2024. We'd love you to join in & grow this #festival to celebrate & foster #peace #democracy #freedom #connection. 2026 programme out on 27 Feb. @scga.bsky.social @euromovescotland.bsky.social @scottishgov.bsky.social

February newsletter is out! 📰💥 Read & subscribe here: www.madeleinakayart.com/so/f4PmG4p1X... #artist #newsletter

Today I donated a number of items to the collections at the #NationalJusticeMuseum in Nottingham, including one of my guitars and several placards. 🪧

Really delighted to say that I received my TELC certificate this week for the A1 German exam I took in December - which I passed with 96% ! 🥳 I also completed my A2 online course this week with 86% in the final test! Now onto B1! 🇩🇪👊🏻

3/ Our huge thanks go to everyone who took the time to join us, Pippa Heylings MP for hosting the event inside the UK Parliament, and Manuela Perteghella MP, Nick Thomas Symonds MP, Baroness Carmen Smith, the CEO of @europeanmovement.co.uk Nick Harvey & our President, Alfred Quantrill for speaking!

1/ Our 'Open Doors, Open Futures' campaign launch in the House of Commons yesterday was a resounding success! 50 MPs RSVP'd for for the event and there was a phenomenal turn out. Find out more about our campaign and how you can support us here: 1.yem.org.uk/open-doors-o...

I'm very excited for the release of the podcast I co-hosted! 'The 6 podcasts feature 14 contributors, including academics, artist Madeleina Kay, historian Rosa Cisneros, R&B singer Rumbi Tauro, young people from Element Society & a South Yorkshire councillor.' podcastingtoday.co.uk/travelling-m...

My first newsletter of 2026 is out - read and subscribe here! 📰🎨🎉 madeleinakayart.com/so/5cPjvCOXO...

1/ Over the Christmas holiday I decided to create 8 new watercolour paintings from my favourite travel adventures of 2025! I choose my favourite photos to create these new artworks, which are more in-depth than my usual sketchbook drawings / paintings - taking 4-5 hours to complete each!

2025 has been an epic, exhausting, exciting whirlwind of adventures - I can’t wait to see what 2026 brings! 🎇 #HappyNewYear2026 #HappyNewYear

It just gets more and more beautiful every day here 🥺🏔️❄️ #Bayern

Wishing EU a merry #Christmas from beautiful Bavaria 🎄🩵🤍🏔️ I hope you have a magical day and a European new year! 🍾🇪🇺🎉 Xx

When you get to spend Christmas in the most magical place in Europe … ☺️❄️🏔️🌲

1/ #ERASMUS+ gives incredibly valuable opportunities for education, training & development to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, as well as university students. I am extremely glad that the government have put ideology asside to invest in our youth! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

"If leaving the ECHR is meant to be about booting out criminals, it will have the reverse effect and it will make it easier for criminals to come to the country. Just like Brexit, it's going to backfire. Remember, with Brexit, immigration was meant to go down, and trade".

My most recent performance with the “Hate Dress” for Eduxo.eu - European Network for Democracy and Equality’s event countering violence against women at the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels. Photos by ILIA PANTSULAIA #artist #performance #genderbasedviolence

December newsletter is out! 🗞️💥 Read & subscribe here: madeleinakayart.com/so/44PhgQ6LL... #Newsletter #Artist #ArtistNewsletter

1/ Yesterday, I performed my song “The Free Speech Frontier” in the “Hate Dress” at Eduxo.eu’s event agains#GenderBasedViolencece at the Italian Cultural Institute i#Brusselsls - turning online abuse into creativity, empowerment & strength 🚺✊🏻👗🎸#ViolenceAgainstWomene#Misogynyny

Yesterday, I was delighted to speak at Chichester 4 Europe’s Eurocafé event alongside Prof Hugo Frey at the University of Chichester, about youth mobilisation for Europe, #ERASMUS+ and @yem1.bsky.social’s Open Doors, Open Futures campaign, more info: 1.yem.org.uk/open-doors-o...

The Hate Dress 3.0 🧌👗 Stitched back together (again!) for my performance in Brussels on 18th November. More info & RSVP link: iicbruxelles.esteri.it/it/gli_event... #HateDress #Trolling #Misogyny #Performance

I’m excited to be performing in Brussels on 18th November, in an event combating violence against women. RSVP here: iicbruxelles.esteri.it/it/gli_event...

1/ Greetings from Bayern! 👋🏻🏔️🏰🐄

*Biggest eye roll in the history of eye rolls* 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Today I was delighted to join the @europeanmovement.co.uk team to hand in an open letter demanding that the UK stays in the #ECHR signed by over 50,000 people. If you haven’t signed it yet, you can do so now! 📧👉🏻 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e... @yem1.bsky.social

Today we handed in over fifty-five thousand signatures at Downing Street, calling on the government to keep Britain in the European Convention on Human Rights. Leaving it would put us alongside Russia and Belarus. Britain must stand for justice, not isolation.

Really excited for this tomorrow! 🇪🇺🇬🇧 Please join us on Zoom for the launch of Young European Movement UK’s campaign for Youth Mobility & Opportunity in Europe which I am helping them to organise! RSVP: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-doors... @yem1.bsky.social

October newsletter is out! 🗞️💥 Read & subscribe: madeleinakayart.com/so/95Pbytcgt...

The YEM National Executive is pleased to announce the ONLINE LAUNCH EVENT of our Open Doors, Open Futures campaign on the 6th of October at 6:30pm with Ellie Chowns MP. More info and RSVP here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-doors... #Youth #YouthMobility #YouthExperienceScheme #ERASMUS

1/ Yesterday it was my delight to perform as part of Emergency 25 at Contact Theatre in Manchester - a brilliant day of contemporary performance art. My huge thanks go to Jeff Kew for his brilliant videos documenting the “Hate Dress” which were screened as part of my performances.

When the UK left the EU, we lost valuable opportunities for youth. YEM are campaigning to ensure we restore the opportunities we once had. We are launching our open call for artists to submit their vision for a united future for European youth. More info & apply: 1.yem.org.uk/art-open-cal...

The “Frankenstein Hate Dress” has been re-constructed from the fragments of the original “Hate Dress” ahead of my performance for Word of Warning at Emergency 25, at Contact Theatre in Manchester on Saturday. More information about the free event: wordofwarning.org/current/2025...

Sunday boat adventure!! 😍⚓️🌞

I'm delighted that my work has been featured in this art magazine: meansmag.substack.com/p/featured-a...

1/ some sketches from Bavaria 🇩🇪🏔️

#Emergency25 at @contactmcr.bsky.social on Sat 27 Sep AFTERNOON ARTISTS, Noon-4pm: ClusterFlux Collective · Dongting Huang · Faye Yan · GOWD · Kris Canavan · Leon Clowes · Lisa Ford · Luca Federici · Luke McDonnell · @madeleinakayart.com · Miss Freda Wallace · The Paula Davy (followed by Evening…)

Our Head of Diversity, Motaz Amer, doing a brilliant job representing YEM UK at our first fresher's fair of the season! We are reaching students across the UK this Autumn, to promote our campaign & membership offer! Find out more & how you can support us here: 1.yem.org.uk/join-us/

Bavaria is still as beautiful as ever ☺️🩵🤍🏔️

"When online abuse tried to silence me, I chose to make it visible. As a young activist & artist, I’ve faced years of trolling, misogyny & threats, simply for speaking out... Instead of retreating, I began transforming this digital violence into art." yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/turn...

Turning hate into art: the story behind the ‘Hate Dress’ Online abuse became a canvas: the ‘Hate Dress’ transforms misogynistic trolling into a radical protest artwork By Madeleina Kay @madeleinakayart.com @yorkshirebylines.co.uk