【Fill the Chinese New Year with Inclusiveness】E-news February 2021

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Art Generator • Refine your skill and develop your unique voice

Acclaimed British visual and performance artist, Dr Rachel Gadsden, will coach ten selected local artists with disabilities to further refine and enhance their artistic skills as well as practice. Apart from the online masterclass, the programme offers hard-to-come-by individual mentoring, group sharing and critique. Dr Gadsden will guide each participant to explore and seek inspiration, hoping to unearth their unique artistic voice and lead them to create more unique artwork. Upon completing the programme, participants will share their ideas and artwork through interaction and discussion with audiences in an online public sharing session.
 
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* ‘Art Generator Training Scheme’ is supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council.
 

Trainer’s Training Master Class • Mental Imagery Photography: The unveiling of inner self and soul

The Jockey Club Inclusive Arts Studio once again collaborates with Taiwanese facilitator, Picasso Chang, to launch a brand-new masterclass on teaching the spiritual orientation of photography beyond ‘documentation’. On top of that, he will share tips on teaching photography for people with disabilities. Chang will host the course online, while Dr Rochelle Yang and her team will help participants practise what they have learned during classes in Hong Kong.
 
Date: 6, 13, 20 and 27 March 2021 (every Saturday)
Time: 10am to 6pm (three sessions, 12pm to 1pm for lunch, and a short break)
Format: Zoom video class, local shooting
Language: Mandarin (supplemented with Cantonese simultaneous interpretation)
 
Early bird and 2-persons-discount are available. Please click here for more details.

Recalling the past, experiencing the new

The ‘Life Enrichment Program for Elderly with Disabilities’ kicked-off the new year by ‘Storytelling’. The workshop facilitator, Indy Lee, used simple narrative methods and his childhood memories as an introduction, to illustrate the relationship between characters, places and events. The elders brought along photos and shared their stories with the group. Each story is unique: one proudly recalled her honoured moment as an Olympic torchbearer, some shared their travelling experiences with close friends, and others shared the touching relationship between a mother and a daughter-in-law. The workshop is full of fond memories.
 
Another unique feature of the Program is Audio Description training for the elderly. The workshop helps improve elders’ observation and oral presentation skills. Elders who participated are empowered to assist the more vulnerable, visually impaired elders. This unique training garnered the attention of the mass media, and we were invited for a televised interview.
 

A Bit More than Arts Festival • _______-ing

‘A Bit More Than Arts Festival’ continues to astonish with a series of wonderful programmes! Following the first phase of the online exhibition and onsite experience that commenced last month, the second phase of the onsite experience has been unveiled at the MTR Lai Chi Kok Station. A new online exhibition will be launched soon. In addition, there will be an array of online workshops, art booths and guided tours for everyone to enjoy. A video of the opening ceremony and artists sharing will also be uploaded in March, stay tuned!
 
Event Overview
 
Link to the Online Exhibition (I)
Date: 13 January 2021 (Wednesday) to 31 March 2021 (Wednesday)

Onsite Experience
Date: 1 February 2021 (Monday) to 28 February 2021 (Sunday)
Venue: Community Art Gallery, MTR Lai Chi Kok Station

Exercising elders’ creativity

The ‘Social Inclusive Arts Project for Artists with Disabilities and Elders’ has kick-started last October. Six artists with disabilities have visited different elderly centres and conducted workshops to engage elders in the arts. Due to the pandemic, classes have shifted from face-to-face to online teaching. Delighted to attend online courses, elders from the International Women’s League completed a series of artworks step-by-step at home under our artists’ guidance! The first three participating elderly centres are about to finish their classes. Our artists are looking forward to meeting the elderly in the other three elderly centres in March!
 
* ‘Social Inclusive Arts Project for Artists with Disabilities and Elders’ is supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Community Sustainability Fund.
 

Chinese New Year’s Eve Closure Notice

Please note that our head office, ADAM, Jockey Club Inclusive Arts Studio, and Jockey Club Arts Accessibility Service Centre will close at 4:00 pm on 11 February 2020 to celebrate the Lunar New Year. We shall resume our operation as usual on 16 February 2020. Should you have any queries, kindly drop us an email at ada@adahk.org.hk
 
Good health, good luck and much happiness throughout the Year of the Ox!