Art Viewing Education Programme - Content Development
We continue to develop the Art Viewing Education Project 2023, and are delighted to welcome five art and poetry enthusiasts in contributing content for this project this month. The participatory engagement and support we have received for this project have deepened our belief in Arts as Civic Commons (ArtsC) and demonstrates that art brings people together for the greater good of society. We sincerely thank the poetry enthusiasts (i.e. Blake Kowk, Mavis Yueng, Jacqueline Song and Ophelia Wong, and Gabrielle Tse), who shared great ideas, contributed their lovely work, or are currently preparing work for the project.
Lastly, we would also like to extend our sincere gratitude to the following support in making videos for this project: Hong Kong Memories (courtesy of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business in Hong Kong) and Altered States - Painting Myanmar (courtesy of SMU Libraries and Ian Holliday). We engaged a total of nine youths for the video making. We would like to spotlight the two youths from Kenya and Hong Kong who were guided by professional photographer and videographer Jayne Russell to make a video about Hong Kong Memories. Another group of young filmmakers made a video for the Luis Chan Flagship Exhibition (courtesy of the Hong Kong Arts Centre and Luis Trust). It was wonderful to learn that the youths were inspired and gained new perspectives on the art exhibitions that they made the videos for. This video making experience and related conversations with our founder and skill-based professionals encouraged the involved youths to rededicate themselves to their future academic and career pursuits and to embrace the challenges that arise on what are sure to be their rewarding life journey. Ultimately, we hope to motivate them with new insights through the art and cultural learning experience.
