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~Sexypink~ Barbadian Artist Annalee Davis of Fresh Milk has a new venture. Do check it out and read her eloquent words on Sour Grass.

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This morning, as I share the new Sour Grass website with you all, so beautifully presented by the Trinidad-based master designer, Kriston Chen, I reflect on the many twists and turns in my art career over the past three decades. The decision to return to and remain in the Caribbean, while sometimes fraught with doubt, has always been the right one for me in spite of the endless challenges of working in one of the most debt-ridden regions in the world where cultural workers may feel like orphans given the still limiting infrastructural support for contemporary visual artists.

Many years of bonding with peers - fellow artists, tutors, students, curators, collectors, co-activists, institutions, and conspirators - of sharing values and believing in the notion and immense value of our Caribbean civilization, the bedrock from which our creative offerings emanate and which we choose to nurture and foster, has enlarged my understanding of who we are beyond imagination. One of the most generative and generous collaborations over the past ten years has been with my friend and fellow soldier in the trenches- Holly Bynoe.

Since sharing ARC magazine's Issue III in August 2011 at the launch of the Fresh Milk Art Platform here in Barbados, we have continued to envision projects together including Caribbean Linked and Tilting Axis. Our love for this region and its extraordinarily talented artists has been both anchor and kite.As the layers of economic, health, and environmental crises continue to build in this profoundly challenging moment we may find ourselves languishing in, Holly and I cherish and are committed to the creativity and resiliencies that run throughout the archipelago. I believe that this is a time where flourishing can be mutual for us both and for all those whom we choose to work with.

As we launch Sour Grass's website today, I'd like to mention our first two multi-year collaborations and to really feel joyful because of the beautiful human beings and institutions who want to walk this road with us. The way people reveal themselves through collaborations is telling and Holly and I have been fortunate to find some incredible souls who we respect and are excited to continue to work together with.(i) Shout out to Kunstinstituut Melly, especially Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy and Rosa de Graaf who are trusting us to bring artists from the Caribbean to showcase at their Rotterdam-based contemporary space over the next few years, kicking off with Bathed in Sacred Fire! –a solo show of Trinidad-based Jamaican artist, Jasmine Thomas-Girvan!(ii) Sour Grass is one of nine Caribbean galleries and agencies presenting at the inaugural Atlantic World Art Fair initiated by the brave Lisa Howie of Black Pony Gallery (Bermuda) on Artsy.

This annual partnership is dedicated to growing the cultural capital of the Caribbean with the goal of elevating the visual arts within our community to the wider world. We are thrilled to be showcasing the works of nine artists from across this region including Franz Caba (Dominican Republic) ° Ronald Cyrille (Dominica/Guadeloupe) ° Deborah Jack (St. Martin/USA) ° Abigail Hadeed (Trinidad & Tobago) ° Katherine Kennedy (Barbados) ° Lisandro Suriel (St. Martin) ° Joiri Minaya (Dominican Republic/USA) ° Eliazar Ortiz (Dominican Republic) ° Samuel Sarmiento (Venezuela/Aruba). We go live June 1st for three weeks so keep an eye out!Our work is an active gift of sisterhood, community, and love, rich with the fibre of collective imaginations and our ancestors. Check us out! https://sour-grass.com/

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