Versia Harris giving her presentation. Photo by Dondré Trotman.

Fresh Milk invites you to view this two-part video documentation of a presentation by Versia Harris, who spoke about the value of artist residencies at our public event FRESH MILK XIV, which took place March 20, 2014.

About Versia:

Versia Harris is a Barbadian artist living and working in Weston, St. James. She graduated from the Barbados Community College with a BFA in the Studio Art programme in 2012, with an award from The Leslie’s Legacy Foundation. She participated in her first local residency with Projects and Space in 2011. Within the past year she has completed four residencies, beginning with a local residency at Fresh Milk, followed by her first international residency at the Vermont Studio Center, and two regional residencies at the Instituto Buena Bista, Curacao and Alice Yard, Trinidad in late 2013. In her work, Versia tackles perceptions of fantasy in contrast to the reality of her original character. She uses Adobe Photoshop to manipulate her pen drawings to create the animations.

Take a look at the videos below: