Arts for Good Foundation Newsletter - February 2024
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Newsletter Banner Designer: Hau She Chai, HKU student in architecture
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Welcome to the February 2024 newsletter of the Arts for Good Foundation. This month, I had the honour of attending the launch ceremony for the Policy Lab for Hong Kong Talent Development of the City University of Hong Kong and to participate in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit 2024 organised by the SCMP Live. I highly value these connections with our key stakeholders. I am also immensely grateful as the opportunities like these allow me to advocate for the importance of community-based education and engagement through arts. These are also opportunities to explain how Arts for Good's unique social impact offerings have the potential to foster social inclusiveness for foreign talents and their families, while also ensuring local young people in Hong Kong, regardless of their demographic backgrounds, to be equally and culturally prepared to contribute to an increasingly diverse and inclusive future when Hong Kong establishes itself as a Global Talent Hub.
At the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, I had the opportunity to summarise and share the key features of our social impact offerings as well as our roadmap to our key stakeholders (presentation deck). Our approach is deeply grounded in positive values, and we engage young people in exploring history, context, and a multiplicity of perspectives. Through our "Story of Hong Kong," we celebrate the diversity of life experiences and cultural differences, reinterpreting their deeper meanings for the betterment of Hong Kong's future. We tell stories that resonate emotionally and sentimentally with young people, advocating collective effort while embracing individual authenticity. We strongly believe that the power of collaboration can bring about a sustainable future for Hong Kong.
Best regards,
Change Maker
Arts & Sustainability
Arts & Social Innovation
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Arts Integrated Project: Vine Wall 2024
We are delighted to launch a new school project, "Vine Wall 2024," specifically tailored in a bilingual setting at Kwun Tong Maryknoll College. Over the course of ten days, we will engage a total of 240 students (aged 14-15) in a collaborative process to co-create their own story of a vine wall with the mediums of Chinese ink painting, collage, and textile installation.
This project draws inspiration from the beautiful vine wall located at the center of their campus. We have curated four chapters in the creative process: "Love," "Serving Others," "Perseverance," and "the Vitality of Happiness in Life", each of which begins with a story of a Chinese ancient poet. We guide the students to appreciate the poets' life journeys, encouraging observation, deeper thinking and imagination, and facilitating creative and collaborative work. In addition, we reflect on the lives of the poets and how they relate to young people's life journey. The project will recreate fragments of the students' lives on the campus, which is surrounded by the beautiful and meditative vine wall. The whole school community would have a chance to experience the collaborative artwork.
We will also document the emotional journey and evaluate the feedback from the students, and share the impact and our reflection in our March newsletter.
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A Brew of Time: The Milk Tea Making Legacy Visual Novel Project Shortlisted in RSLEIHE 2023
We are delighted that the "A Brew of Time: The Milk Tea Making Legacy Visual Novel" project, delivered in collaboration with the Language Center of Hong Kong Baptist University, has been shortlisted as part of the "Redesigning Student Learning Experience in Higher Education (RSLEIHE) Symposium 2023". We would like to take this opportunity to extend our congratulations to the student team and express our gratitude to their advisor, Dr. Simon Wang. We are also deeply grateful for the support and resources extended to help showcase the project to the public in 2023, and for its coming publication on the RSLEIHE platform in 2024.
Arts for Good is a strong advocate of project-based learning and experiential learning through and with the arts. We firmly believe that arts is a powerful synthesis and also a creative synthesiser for value education, concept-based learning, interdisciplinary learning and service learning. We are strongly committed to integrating arts in various learning experiences and community service. We inspire students to connect their learning with community and society. In the process, we help them seek deeper meanings in personal growth and contribute to the greater common good for Hong Kong and the world. In each of the project, we also foster diverse perspectives through creative and collaborative processes in support for a more inclusive and sustainable future.
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Last but not least, we are optimistic about our journey ahead, which we face with hope, positivity, and energy. We would also like to extend our heartfelt wishes for everyone for a fruitful, prosperous, and joyous Year of the Dragon.
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Newsletter Translator Credit: David Zhou, CUHK; EMAIL: utsuhozkw@gmail.com
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Past Newsletters
January 2024, November 2023, October 2023, September 2023, August 2023, June 2023, May 2023, April 2023, March 2023, February 2023, January 2023
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Arts for Good Foundation 20024年2月通訊
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歡迎閱覽Arts for Good Foundation本年度二月份的通訊。本月，我有幸參加香港城市大學“香港人才發展政策實驗室”的開幕儀式，並出席由南華早報(SCMP Live)主辦的多元、平等和共融(DEI)高峰會。得以與各界人士聯繫交流，對我來說彌足珍貴。我亦十分感激能藉此機會向大家傳遞以藝術為媒介的社區教育和投入的重要性。我們獨特的社會影響力教育項目正是以建立社會多元共融為最終目標，思考如何促進外來人才及其家屬深度融入香港社會。同樣重要的是，我們以多元文化價值及多元思維方式培養不同背景的本地年輕人，為他們投身社會的多元共融發展做準備，使香港真正成為國際人才匯港。
龍年伊始，我很感激有機會向我們的主要持份者總結和分享我們的社會影響力教育項目以及Arts for Good的發展藍圖。Arts for Good紮根正向價值觀，與年輕人一起發掘歷史發展、社會人文價值及培養多元視角的思維方式。我們的「香港故事」系列紀錄香港人文文化的多樣性及文化差異，並用不同角度重新深度詮釋這些文化的價值及對香港將來的深遠意義；我們帶領年輕人創作及分享本地故事，建立情感共鳴，在尊重個別差異的同時，宣揚共同努力及合作精神的寶貴。我們深信，合作精神及其強大的社會力量能為這個城市創造一個可持續的未來。
祝好
創變社創家
藝術文化及可持續發展
藝術文化及社會創新
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古往今來─藤蔓牆 2024
我們很高興向大家發佈一項全新學校企劃：「古往今來─藤蔓牆 2024」。這是專為觀塘瑪利諾書院量身設計的中英雙語藝術創作項目。10天的課程，我們將帶領超過240名14至15歲的中學生，用中國水墨、拼貼、布料裝置的藝術形式，聯手創作屬於他們自己的藤蔓牆故事，並展示在校園裡。
本次企劃的靈感取自校舍中央一幢秀麗的藤蔓牆。我們以「愛」、「服務他人」、「堅毅」和「善於發現快樂的生命力」四大創作主題，並以中國古代詩人的人生故事作序，透過帶領學生欣賞藝術作品、啟發他們的觀察力、想像力和深度思考能力，最後在創作過程中發揮個人創造力和團隊合作的精神。同時，我們亦鼓勵學生細想前人智慧和際遇，反思千百年前的人文色彩如何啟發當下個人和集體校園生活。本次企劃以文人故事、多元藝術創作啟發學生對校園生活，人生意義和個人價值的反思，成就一件集體藝術裝置，讓藤蔓環繞的幽靜校園更添生氣，亦能與全校師生欣賞。
我們也會收集及評估學生創作過程的心路歷程，並在三月份的通訊裡，與各位分享他們的收穫、反思及項目的成果。
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《時光的醞釀：奶茶傳承》視覺小說項目入圍RSLEIHE 2023 論壇
我們与香港浸会大学语言中心合作的《时光的酝酿：奶茶传承》视觉小说项目最近被列入「重塑高等教育學生學習體驗」（RSLEIHE）大賽論壇名單，成績喜人。我們謹借此機會向學生團隊表示祝賀，並向團隊導師王浩博士致謝。項目得以獲公開展示及參與RSLEIHE論壇和出版，實有賴多方協助，特別是此項目在去年公眾參展中得到的各種社會資源支助，對此我們也十分感激。
Arts for Good 致力提倡以藝術為媒介的專題式學習和體驗式學習。我們堅信藝術是價值教育、概念為本學習、跨學科學習及服務學習的強大且創新結合。我們堅定專注於將藝術文化融入各種學習體驗及社區服務。我們啟發學生將個人學習與社區及社會發展相連結，支持他們追求更深意義的自我發展，透過多元文化故事以及創意協作培養多元視角的思維方式，共同為香港創造更共融及可持續發展的將來。
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最後，我們對Arts for Good 的未來抱有很大希望並以積極及樂觀的態度繼續勇往向前，樂此不疲。我們亦想趁這機會衷心祝福各位，擁有一個豐盛、歡樂美滿的龍年。
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通訊翻譯: 周嘉偉, 香港中文大學翻譯系; 電郵：utsuhozkw@gmail.com
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有關任何詢問，請電郵至info@artsforgoodfoundation.com.
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