Tag: Contemporary Caribbean Art

Fresh Milk’s Call & Response Programme for Caribbean-based Contemporary Visual Artists – Phase 1

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The Fresh Milk Art Platform is embarking on a region-wide research initiative catered to Caribbean-based contemporary visual artists with a goal of establishing a deeper understanding of what is required for the visual art sector to be established and to flourish.

This collective Call & Response Programme aims to reflect a sense of unity by inviting inter-generational artists living and working in Barbados and the wider linguistic region to actively participate in the information gathering phase. Fresh Milk will gather this research between 2025 and 2027, which will shape a tailor-made Response programme addressing some of the urgent needs expressed by cultural workers in a more targeted way.

The form will take approximately 20-30 minutes of your time, depending on your level of interest and engagement with each section. You are welcome to share this form with your peers nationally and regionally or coordinate a group session within your artist-led initiative, museum, gallery or art organisation as shared activity.

Thank you for your time!

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY!

Fresh Milk participates in the inaugural FUZE Art Expo

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Fresh Milk is thrilled to share our participation in the inaugural FUZE Art Expo, hosted by The Current Gallery and Art Center at Baha Mar, Nassau, as part of the 2023 Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival. The art fair will take place October 28th and 29th.

 

FUZE is a first-of-its-kind regional art fair, offering an opportunity to gather art-minded individuals as they explore the rich culture that the Caribbean visual art communities have to offer.  FUZE aims to generate an efficient art ecosystem to guide the development of artwork in the region to intersect with new philosophies, new audiences, and new platforms both locally and abroad.

For the last twelve years, The Fresh Milk Art Platform has supported excellence in the visual arts through residencies and programmes that provide Barbadian and Caribbean artists with opportunities for development and foster a thriving art community. Over this time, we have built ongoing and meaningful relationships with the creative practitioners we have engaged with, continuing to support their artistic growth in tangible and intangible ways. For our participation in FUZE, Fresh Milk wishes to showcase the work of two local multidisciplinary artists who have not only taken part in our residency programme, but also been involved with several of our other regional and international initiatives over the years – Versia Harris and Kia Redman.

Versia Harris
Versia Harris, From the ‘Thousands of Thousands’ series, Ink, bleach and gouache on illustration vellum / 100% cotton paper, 4″ x 4″ each, 2023
Kia Redman
Kia Redman, Still from video work ‘Buried Treasures’, Mixed 2D animation, mixed media drawings, video and photography, 4K UHD 3840 x 2160 px, 2 mins, 2022

In collaboration with the two artists, Communications & Operations manager at Fresh Milk Katherine Kennedy, will curate a selection of their work to exhibit in the booth. Both Versia and Kia are exceptional, forward thinking artists whose practices display layered interpretations of what “Caribbean art” can be, challenging limitations and stereotypes by interrogating themes such as identity, fantasy and the physical and social landscape of Barbados and the region.

FUZE Art Expo will be open at Baha Mar on Saturday October 28th and Sunday October 29th, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM each day. Book tickets here.