Nathan Slate is a sustainable fashion designer, ceramicist, multidisciplinary artist and founder of the independent fashion label SLATE. Living and working between the English countryside and the island of Madeira, his practice moves effortlessly between textiles, ceramics, natural pigments, scent and installation, blurring the boundaries between fashion, craft and contemporary art. His work rarely begins with a sketch. It might begin with rain. Or clay. Or the scent of essen

People often imagine sustainability in terms of recycling, renewable energy or climate action. Joana Martins starts somewhere else. She starts with people. As education coordinator of UMAR Madeira—the regional branch of the Portuguese organisation União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta, defending women's rights since 1976—her daily work rarely happens in conference rooms or political debates. It happens in classrooms, community centres and conversations with children. Human

There is something very honest in the way Maria do Carmo speaks about fashion. No glamour, no illusion of endless production — just materials, people, limitations, instinct and care. A Madeiran fashion designer and multidisciplinary artist, Maria studied womenswear at Central Saint Martins in London before returning to Madeira in 2020. Since then, her practice has moved increasingly toward upcycling, restoration and working with materials that already exist in the world. From

We begin a new series of conversations with artists, curators, crafters, and creative people living and working on Madeira. Through these interviews, we want to explore how contemporary creatives on the island rethink sustainability, ecology, artistic practice, and our relationship with place after years of global uncertainty and rapid change. Our first conversation is with artist Lize-Mari De Abreu. South African-born artist , now based in Funchal, Madeira, creates works tha

ARThub Madeira and Art Center Caravel hosted an international art residency featuring emerging artists.

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