Feature image created using Canva Pro elements. Earlier this year, on February 26, the Barbadian platform Fresh Milk, which aims to support and empower contemporary Caribbean visual artists, made an announcement: the US-based Mellon Foundation had awarded the non-profit a USD 350,000 grant from its Arts and Culture programme. The funding, which covers Fresh Milk’s operating and programming expenses from 2024 to 2026, will support the offering of artist residencies, lectures, screenings, workshops, conferences, exhibitions and projects, helping to make the region’s cultural ecosystem more robus…