Public Forum: Advocating the social value of the arts - the role of arts administrators cum Information session of EMA(AME) programme

Public Forum: Advocating the social value of the arts - the role of arts administrators cum Information session of EMA(AME) programme

 

Public Forum: Arts education with a difference: how to highlight the social and educational value of the arts ?

Most arts education programmes in town emphasize skill-based training and focus on students’ achievement in graded examinations.  However, the arts education programmes founded by our two speakers highlight on the social and education value of the arts. The Music Children Foundation offers free music lessons to underprivileged children in Sham Shui Po and aims to nurture their confidence, sense of responsibility and team spirit. Rooftop Institute invites Asian and local artists to conduct artistic research and discussions on contemporary social and cultural issues. It strives to broaden the international perspective of local youngsters through their engagement with Asian artists.  

The speakers will share with us the rationale behind their vision, the challenges they face and the impact they are making, as well as how they equip themselves to realize their dreams.
 

Details:

Date: 24 April 2017 (Monday)

Time: 19:00 – 21:00

Venue: Music Children Foundation (G/F, 9 Arran Street, Prince Edward, Kowloon | 5 minutes walk from C2 Exit of Prince Edward Station)

Public Forum

Moderator: [link_to|http://www.hkaaa.org.hk/?a=doc&id=14251|Professor Tseng Sun-man, Co-Programme Leader of EMA(AME), The Education University of Hong Kong]

Speakers:
Miss Law Yuk Mui, Co-founder of Rooftop Institute

http://www.hkaaa.org.hk/doc/21821

Ms. Annike Pong, Executive Director of Music Children Foundation 

http://www.hkaaa.org.hk/doc/21814

Duration: Around 1.5 hrs
Medium: Cantonese (No SI service)

Information session of EMA(AME) programme

Executive Master of Arts in Arts Management and Entrepreneurship [EMA(AME)] programme is specially designed for in-service arts/cultural managers from Hong Kong and the region who have typically five years of managerial experience. Since 2014, we have connected experienced cultural managers from seven cities.

Cultural entrepreneurship courses are offered in conjunction with Goldsmiths, University of London with incoming professors from Goldsmiths.

Speaker:[link_to|http://www.hkaaa.org.hk/?a=doc&id=14251|Professor Tseng Sun-man – Co-Programme Leader of EMA(AME), The Education University of Hong Kong

Duration: Around 30 minutes
Medium: Cantonese & English (No SI service)

Online registration: https://www.art-mate.net/?a=doc&id=46242

Co-presented by Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association and the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, The Education University of Hong Kong.

Highlight Recap - Public Forum: Advocating the social value of the arts - the role of arts administrators cum Information session of EMA(AME) programme

Public Forum: Arts education with a difference: how to highlight the social and educational value of the arts ? organized by Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association and the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, The Education University of Hong Kong was successfully held on April 24 at Music Children Foundation. 
  
We were delighted to have 2 renowned Art Educators to share their dreams and the concept behind their education programmes. Miss Law Yuk Mui, the Co-founder of Rooftop Institute, had demonstrated the importance of the engagements between Local students and Asian Artists. Vietnamese and Japanese Artists had been invited to Hong Kong to conduct artistic researches, and provided guidance to Hong Kong Students. It strived to broaden the horizon of local youngsters through the process of interactions on contemporary social and cultural issues between Artists and Students. Ms Annike Pong, the Executive Director of Music Children Foundation, had taken similar approach on emphasizing the importance of social and education value of the arts to local youngsters. Music Children Foundation has been offering free music lessons to underprivileged children in Sham Shui Po, and the programmes have sucessfully nurtured the confidence, team spirit and the sense of responsibility of the students. The above discussions aimed to provide examples of solutions to the challenges which Art Educators might faced nowadays. It also illustrated the impact and importance of Art Education to the growth of youngsters.