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ENCLAVE OF SAINT GEORGE, A TINY
STUDIO WITH A BIG MISSION.
EMILY DAVIS RUNS A NONPROFIT
CALLED FRESH MILK.
SET ON HER FAMILY'S DAIRY FARM,
A FORMER SUGAR PLANTATION.
>> I SEE FRESH MILK AS AN
INTERVENTION INTO THIS
HISTORICAL SITE, KNOWN FOR A
HISTORY OF SLAVERY.
BEING A NURTURING ART SPACE GOES
AGAINST THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE
FORMERLY -- FORMALLY TAKING
PLACE HERE.
SHEENA: DAVIS, A
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST,
COLLEGE, THE ONLY INSTITUTION ON
DEGREE.
>> IN 2011I HAD A PARTICULARLY
STRONG GROUP OF STUDENTS.
AND RECOGNIZED THAT ALMOST 100%
OF GRADUATING STOPPED MAKING
WORK.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE
RECEPTION FOR THEIR CONTEMPORARY
PRACTICE ON THE ISLANDS.
WE DO NOT HAVE A NATIONAL ART
GALLERY, OR CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM.
SHAYNA: FRESH MILK CHANGED THAT,
CREATING MEETINGS, LECTURE AND
PROGRAMS, BOTH LOCAL AND ABROAD.
HARRIS.
>> THERE WAS BARELY ANY
THE SCHOOL THAT WAS SUPPORTIVE.
FOR ME, FRESH MILK WAS THAT
PLACE.
NO ONE.
SHAYNA: THEIR TALENT IS OBVIOUS.
>> I CREATE CHARACTERS AND THEIR
MUNDANE EXPERIENCES, VERSUS
FANTASIES.
I SCAN THE DRAWINGS AND PUT THE
ANIMATION FROM THEIR.
>> THE USE OF DETAIL IS
OR LIKE TO DO.
CHARACTERS.
SHAYNA: FRESH MILK'S REPUTATION
IS GROWING WELL BEYOND BARBADOS,
HELPING TO ELIMINATE
ART IS IN THE CARIBBEAN.
>> FRESH MILK IS ABOUT
POSSIBILITY, TRYING TO SHAPE A
COMMUNITY AROUND CRITICAL ART --
CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICE IN
CRITICAL THINKING.
>> SUGAR BASICALLY LAID THE
HAVE AN BARBADOS.
SHAYNA: AFTER SETTLING BARBADOS
IN 1627, THE BRITISH WAS ON THE
ISLAND IN DECADES, BLANKETING IT
IN SUGAR PLANTATIONS.
DUTCH SETTLERS HELPED THE
BRITISH BUILD WINDMILLS TO HELP
POWER THEIR OPERATIONS.
>> THESE MILLS, THERE WERE ONCE
508 OF THEM ACROSS THE ISLAND,
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE TRADE
UNIONS FROM THE EAST.
ONE WAS THE LAST OPERATING MILL
ON THE ISLAND.
THEY SHOOK THE SUGARCANE STALKS
DOWN HERE.
AND IS IN OXFORD-TRAINED HIS
TORY AND AND ARTIST AND DIRECTOR
WHICH MAINTAINS AND PROTECTS
MORGAN LEWIS WINDMILL.
>> THIS COMMERCE WAS SO
IMPORTANT TO BRITAIN, EVERYONE
WAS INVESTING IN IT.
SHEENA: BARBADOS WAS ONE OF THE
LARGEST PRODUCERS OF SUGAR,
SUSTAINED BY SLAVERY.
>> YOU HAD ENSLAVED PEOPLE BEING
AFRICA.
FROM WHAT IS TODAY SENEGAL, ALL
THE WAY TO ANGOLA.
SHAYNA: THOUSANDS OF SLAVES WERE
SHIPPED TO BARBADOS.
FREEDOM WAS GRANTED IN 1838, THE
CONDITIONS REMAINED DIRE.
A LABOUR REBELLION IN 1937
POLITY OF LIFE.
>> FROM THE 1930'S AND 1950'S
THAT OPENED UP BARBADOS.
POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE.
SHAYNA: TODAY, HE SAYS BARBADOS
HISTORY.
>> IT HAS BEEN 300 YEARS OF A
TERRIBLE LEGACY.
AND IT HAS TAKEN MATURITY,
GIVE-AND-TAKE, TIME, TO LEVEL
EVERYTHING OUT.
BUT TODAY, ONE COULD SAY SAFELY,
BARBADOS UNDERSTANDS ALL OF
EXPLAIN THEIR ISLAND TO THE
VISITOR.
BARBADOS IS SLOWLY RELAUNCHING
LARGER SCALE.
ARTIST TO TEACHER FRESH MILK
SAYS SHE IS LOOKING TO EXPAND
STUDIO SPACE.
OUR LONG-TERM PLAN IS TO DEVELOP
PERMANENT ART COLLECTION.
FOR TONIGHT.