Summer Camp: Art Challenge is a leadership training and team building workshop for recent secondary school graduates with a strong interest in the visual arts.
The programme will immerse participants in an environment of artistic stimulation and ideas, developing and challenging current perceptions of art and the world. Artists and designers will share their knowledge, skills, and the habits that they use in their practices, providing an opportunity for participants to think and solve problems creatively and encouraging them to use their distinctive visions and voices to inspire and empower others.
Schedule:
Pre-Camp | Monday, 16 June 2014, 2-6 pm
Venue: A Space, Asia Art Archive, 10/F, Hollywood Centre, 233 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
What is leadership? What is the relationship between leadership and art? How can you understand yourself through art? A team of university volunteers studying arts-related disciplines will organise icebreaking activities to stimulate and challenge our existing perceptions about art, leadership, and self.
Overnight Camp | Friday-Saturday, 20-21 June, 10am-6pm
Venue: Spring Workshop, 3/F Remex Centre, 42 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Facilitators: Michael LEUNG, designer, beekeeper & urban farmer, Morgan WONG, artist, and Trevor YEUNG, artist
How do you get in touch with your senses and capture the moment? Is it possible to withdraw attention from external objects and focus on internal dialogues? Is getting lost also a way to find yourself? Camp activities will encourage participants to observe, question, and reflect on the relationship between themselves and their surrounding environments.
Post-Camp* | Friday, 27 June 2014, 2-6pm
Venue: A Space, Asia Art Archive, 10/F, Hollywood Centre, 233 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Facilitators: Janice Ho Kiu CHEUNG and Sarah COTTEE, Asia Pacific Youth Network Hong Kong representatives
How can youth inspire and empower others? Can art be used to reach out to audiences? Gain a greater understanding of the influence of words, choices, and actions, and be inspired to have effective and positive impacts in the community.
Programme details:
Language: Cantonese, supplemented with English
Fee: Free of Charge
Quota: 16
Extended Application Deadline: Friday 23 May 2014
Eligibility
The programme is looking for recent secondary school graduates who are passionate about visual art and ready to make a positive impact through this engagement. A certificate will be given to participants at the end of the camp.
Application:
To apply, please fill out this application form and email it to learn@aaa.org.hk, or fax to +852 2815 0032 by Friday, 23 May 2014.
Applicants will be contacted individually for interviews that will take place on Thursday and Friday, 29 – 30 May 2014.
For more information, please contact:
Chloe Ting, Learning & Participation Coordinator
Tel: +852 2815 1112
Email: chloe@aaa.org.hk
*This session is presented in collaboration with The Asia Pacific Youth Network.
The Asia Pacific Youth Network is an independent network of over 15,000 people with a presence in 25 countries in the region. The network focuses on creating strategic youth leaders who campaign for human rights change in the Asia Pacific by taking young activists through a 12-month leadership programme. The network aims to bring young people with a passion for defending human rights together, so we can campaign for lasting, effective change.
Special thanks to venue supporter, Spring Workshop, art material supporter, Hong Kong Baptist University Academy of Visual Arts, and student volunteers, Yannie Ho, Charlie Hung, Hazel Kwok, Mickey Lee, Sharon Lee, Jestina Tang, Sam Wong, and Winnie Yan.
AAA 2014 Learning & Participation programmes are supported by The S. H. Ho Foundation Limited.