Newsletter 2023-10-29
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Arts for Good Foundation Newsletter -October 2023
Art in MTR Video Making Project 2023, Photo Credit: Colin Lau
Welcome to the October 2023 newsletter from the Arts for Good Foundation.  This month, I was delighted to participate in The Global Conference on Sustainable Development 2023 and attend the Launch of the University Sustainability Index by The Chinese University of Hong Kong. During the conference, speeches by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, former United Nations Secretary-General and Co-Chair of the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens, and Professor Jeffrey D.Sachs, President of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, were incredibly inspiring. Their visionary speeches highlighted the importance of collaboration at various levels and the engagement of young people in sustainable development for our future.

Every social enterprise begins with a story and a key part of that narrative is often the personality of its founder. I am thrilled to have been able to share my story in the past month with a group of art and cultural professionals who are studying in the MA in Arts and Cultural Enterprises programme at HKU SPACE. At the same time, I am very grateful for the beautiful writing of business communicator Neil Dolby, who shared my story in the recently published article "Agent of Good". I invite our audiences to read the article and to watch a video highlight - both shared insights to the origins of the Arts for Good Foundation and the values that are deeply embedded in every stage of our work.

Best regards,
Change Maker
Arts & Sustainability
Arts & Social Innovation
 
Art in MTR Video Making Project

We are pleased to announce that seven Art in MTR videos, produced in collaboration with The University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University have been released on various MTR marketing platforms. We invite the public to enjoy these videos and share their personal responses with us.  We are proud of all the students' creative works, including the love story "Cheers" at Yau Tong station; the Mandarin MTV "Nature Stays with Ho Man Tin" at Ho Man Tin station; "Finding the Way" at Kennedy Town station (i.e. the end of the Hong Kong Island Line); the imaginative "Green Leaf" at South Horizon station; the community observation in the "Red Chair" at Sham Shui Po station; the "Infinity" of possibilities and memories with related to water at Exhibition Center station; and the "History of Sung Wong Toi" at Sung Wong Toi station. 

We are dedicated to leading and guiding young people in telling and retelling stories that are relevant to their lives in Hong Kong through various artistic mediums.  We are also enthusiastic about forging deeper collaborations that will enable us to create long-lasting and impactful projects driven by our unwavering passion for the betterment of our society.
 
Exhibition at The University of Chicago Hong Kong

We are thrilled to be launching an exhibition in collaboration with The University of Chicago Campus in Hong Kong. We are grateful for the opportunity to bring artists who offer their unique perspectives of community-rooted stories, the history of Hong Kong, and the geographical, historical, and human connections with the Canton area.

We are committed to continuous learning, growing, and connecting. We maintain our unique focus on artists who create artworks based on individual stories which reflect the broader changes in Hong Kong and its connection with the world.

Throughout this process, we persist in educating young people with impactful stories that have touched us, inspiring them with more profound and broader perspectives to take forward on their personal and professional journeys.
 
For enquiries, please email us at info@artsforgoodfoundation.com.
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