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Get your copy of the Cultural Industries Bill now….

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Those persons involved in cultural industries will soon have another forum to express their views on Government’s draft Cultural Industries Development Bill.

The Division of Culture and Sports has plans to host a consultation on the draft document, and members of the public are being encouraged to collect copies of the Bill for their perusal. The document is available at the Division of Culture and Sports in the Warrens Office Complex, St. Michael; the National Cultural Foundation, West Terrace, St. James; all branches of the National Library Service, and all post offices. The Bill may also be viewed online at www.gisbarbados.gov.bb/.

A venue and time for the upcoming discussion will be announced shortly.

The Cultural Industries Development Bill is aimed at providing incentives for stakeholders to facilitate and encourage sustainable growth in the cultural sector in Barbados.

Cultural industries include those activities which provide the public with commercially viable, cultural goods and services, which are developed for re-production and distribution to mass audiences. These include products and services like films, videos, television programmes, musical instruments, sound recordings, commercial theatre, dance, books, magazines, newspapers, journals, popular music performances, software, CD-ROMS and other related products.

sharon.austingill-moore@barbados.gov.bb

Fresh Milk III

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Join us on January 15th 2012 at 5pm, at the Milking Parlour Studio, Walkers Dairy, St. George in welcoming visual artists and writers to the FRESH MILK platform.  (For directions visit http://www.annaleedavis.com/contact/index.html)

The Programme

Part One of the programme: , ‘The MFA Experience: Two Perspectives’

Alberta Whittle and Harriet Rollitt, (two Barbadian Visual Artists who have just graduated with MFA degrees from the UK) kick off the event by sharing their Graduate school experiences and discuss how the Masters programme has impacted on their practice.

Part Two of the programme: ‘MEMOIR MOMENTS: ABROAD – A life stories event’.

In this life stories event emcee’d by Dorothea Smartt – Linda Deane, Adrian Green, Harriet Rollitt, Alberta Whittle and Dorothea Smartt – with only twenty images in ten minutes, will convey their memoir moments related to our chosen theme: “Abroad”. Each interpretation will be unique to each presenter. They may confound or confirm your expectations, with their personal take on the theme.

This ‘pecha kucha’ inspired format, was founded by London’s Woolfson & Tay Bookshop for their pioneering ‘Life Stories Cafe’. Dorothea Smartt, the events’ Emcee and co-curator, together with Fresh Milk, will introduce the format to a new audience here in Barbados. Come watch & listen, discover how each uses the constraints and possibilities of ‘twenty images: ten minutes’.

Call for Artists to Participate in a Local Residency

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FRESH MILK is providing a unique opportunity for Barbadian artists to participate in a local residency at the Milking Parlour in March 2012. The format will be a daytime residency, for a week long, two artists residing simultaneously, with an open evening at the completion to present the work created during the artists’ time here. It is open to contemporary creatives across all areas of the arts, and is a great chance to expand your networks and the range of work you produce!

To be eligible, please submit an application (maximum 2 pages) outlining a little bit about yourselves, why you would like to participate in a FRESH MILK residency, and what type of work you would like to produce at the residency. Attach up to five images of recent work. FRESH MILK is particularly keen to support young artists resident in Barbados who are interested in making work in dialogue or in collaboration with another contemporary practitioner. Applications can be sent to annaleedavis@gmail.com, no later that February 3rd 2012.

To learn more about residencies and the benefits they provide, you can refer to this article by Natalie McGuire: https://freshmilkbarbados.com/2011/10/12/artist-residencies-and-barbados/