Irvin Aguilar – fresh milk barbados

After a thorough evaluation process of the 116 eligible submissions from 20 countries, Fresh Milk is thrilled to announce the recipients of our second unrestricted grant programme – TENDER. As a gesture of generosity, faith and care, these grants represent an effort to support the artists working in the region’s contemporary visual arts sector.

We want to again extend a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to apply; as mentioned in the jury report, the quality of the profiles shared made for a difficult decision-making process once again. For their care and dedication in reviewing these submissions, we are very appreciative of the jury’s thoughtfulness, attention and collaboration.

Read the full jury report here!

Thank you to the National Cultural Foundation, The Clara Lionel Foundation and the Panta Rhea Foundation for their generous contributions in making the scope of this grant programme so wide ranging.

Join us in extending a big congratulations to the following grantees!

Barbadian recent graduates – USD $1,500.00 each

Caribbean recent graduates – USD $1,500.00 each

Barbadian Emerging Artists – USD $2,500.00 each

Caribbean Emerging Artists – USD $2,500.00 each

Caribbean Mid-Career Artists – USD $3,500.00 each

Established Artists – USD $7,500.00 each

Arts Organisations – USD $3,500.00 each

Ateliers ’89, Oranjestad, Aruba in collaboration with Fresh Milk, Barbados and ARC Magazine is pleased to announce that the regional artist residency Caribbean Linked V will be taking place at Ateliers ‘89 from August 6^th through 28^th, 2018. The official opening event will be held on Wednesday, August 8^th from 8pm – 12am.

Thanks to generous support from this year’s core sponsors BankGiro Loterij Fonds, Mondriaan Fonds, The Tourism Product Enhancement Fund (TPEF), UNOCA and Aruba Bank, as well as number of local sponsors in Aruba, creatives from around the French, Spanish, English and Dutch Caribbean will convene to produce work, meet cultural activists in the Aruban art community, participate in public talks, blog about their experience and present a closing showcase of works during this three week period. The final event will be held on Sunday, August 26^th.

Caribbean Linked is a space for building awareness across disparate creative communities of the Caribbean. It has created viable opportunities for young artists, writers, critics and creative activists from over twenty countries to foster new relationships with a larger community, contributing to the holistic development of the creative industries. In addition, it provides the opportunity to link with industry professionals who facilitate access to wider global conversations for the region’s practitioners, while allowing the artists to create work, exchange ideas and broaden cross-cultural understanding.

Participants in Caribbean Linked V (L-R): Sharelly Emanuelson, Velvet Zoe Ramos, Raily Yance, Ada M. Patterson, Miguel Lopez, Irvin Aguilar, Gwladys Gambie, Franz Caba, Alex Martínez Suárez, Kriston Chen, Averia Wright, Marina Reyes Franco

Artists this year include Irvin Aguilar (Mexico/Aruba), Franz Caba (Dominican Republic), Kriston Chen (Trinidad and Tobago), Sharelly Emanuelson (Curaçao), Gwladys Gambie (Martinique), Ada M. Patterson (Barbados), Velvet Zoe Ramos (Aruba), Averia Wright (The Bahamas) and Raily Stiven Yance (Venezuela).

The writer in residence will be art historian and independent curator Marina Reyes Franco (Puerto Rico). Visiting artists who will be lending support to Ateliers ’89 during the residency will be Laura de Vogel (Aruba) and Katherine Kennedy (Barbados). This year’s specially invited curators will be Alex Martínez Suárez, independent curator and general coordinator and museographer at the Museo Fernando Peña Defilló, a private museum in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Miguel A. Lopez, co-director and chief curator of TEOR/éTica in San José, Costa Rica.

For more information, call Ateliers ’89 at (+297) 565 4613, email caribbeanlinked@gmail.com or visit the Caribbean Linked website at caribbeanlinked.com, and follow the Caribbean Linked Facebook page for regular updates on the residency!