As an organization that has long been devoted to promoting inclusive arts with a holistic approach, we actively maintain networks with various arts organizations in different regions and introduce different professional development opportunities to relevant practitioners in Hong Kong. This summer, we have invited a number of overseas experts to organize various trainings to further promote our inclusive arts development in Hong Kong.

Invited by the Jockey Club Inclusive Arts Studio (JCIAS), Picasso Chang from Taiwan successfully conducted the Photography Trainers’ Training Workshop and Commercial Photography Workshop in late April. In the workshops, Mr. Chang shared his experiences together with theories of photography with people with different abilities. Participants all found it fruitful and helpful.

JCIAS also invited Carmen Nicole of Battery Dance Company to host the “Dancing to Connect” Workshop from 30 May to 3 June. It introduced different methods and activities which help people with different abilities to dance. The methodology combines theory and practices and it aims to let the participants to use them in their work with people with different abilities.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Community Project Grant: Inclusive Arts Project Updates

Training for Artists with Disabilities ( July to August 2014)

Apple Tong Invited as Illustrator for Young Writers’ Debut Competition

ADA’s Green Leaf Artist, Apple Tong has been invited by Sun Hung Kai Properties Book Club to create graphic for the fifth Young Writers’ Debut Competition. An array of souvenirs and marketing materials with Apple’s illustration would be produced to encourage youngsters to make a difference by recording their unique life stories and sharing with the people around us. Apple’s graphic shows the flow of sand in the sandglass, which signifies the passage of time in a lifetime. Life is too short to wake up with regrets. Apple inspires us to live fully and fill our lives with beautiful colours.

"Art-in-the-bank" by Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

To enrich the arty atmosphere and provide a more premium service ambience to clients, the Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited has invited our ADA Angels, Ko Nam, Liu Tung Mui and Jack Li as well as our Green Leaf Artist Kevin Cheng to join their “Art-in-the-Bank” campaign. Twenty artworks in total by our four artists have been displayed at the branches in Central, Mong Kok and Nathan Road, adding elements of art to the bank. If you walk by the branches, you can have a look on our artists’ decent artworks and photography! The branches information are as below:
 
Central Branch: LG/F to 2/F of Silver Fortune Plaza, No. 1 Wellington Street, Hong Kong
Mongkok Branch: Shops G30 & G31, G/F, Argyle Centre Phase I, 688 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Nathan Road Branch: Shop B, G/F, 1/F and 2/F, 617-623 Nathan Road, Mongkok, Kowloon