Art Education for Tomorrow — Symposium on Development of Arts Education
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Registration 15 minutes before presentation
Thursday, Oct 6, 2016: 9:30am to 5:30pm
Friday, Oct 7, 2016: 9:30 onward
About the Symposium
The Arts Education for Tomorrow symposium aims to document and synthesize arts education practice with regard to a key question: How does arts education respond to the needs of future social development? Hosted by the Hong Kong Art School, the only education institution in Hong Kong with an all-rounded arts education experience including visual arts and performing arts, the symposium presents local and overseas speakers of different art disciplines to share practices and reflect on the opportunities and challenges in the field. By reviewing the landscape of current arts education, examining the role of the arts in contemporary society and investigating innovative approaches to arts education, the symposium consolidates key issues to stimulate thoughts on forward-looking recommendations. A series of visual arts and performing arts activities are organized within and beyond the symposium to celebrate the love of the arts and further arouse discussions and exchange. Teachers, school principals, scholars, arts practitioners and people who are concerned about arts development are invited to participate in the symposium to make collective dialogues.
About Hong Kong Art School
Hong Kong Art School (HKAS), founded in 2000, is a division of the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC). Closely associated with HKAC's environment of cultural venues, client art groups and creative enterprises, HKAS offers a unique setting for students to draw on a vast spectrum of artistic practices.
HKAS is an accredited institute staffed by a group of dedicated artists, who are active and distinguished practitioners in the field. The focus of HKAS award-bearing curriculum lies in four core academic areas, namely, Fine Art, Applied Art, Media Art, and Applied Theatre & Drama Education, and its scope covers programs with academic levels ranging from Higher Diploma, Professional Diploma, bachelor's degree to master's degree. The short courses and the outreach projects of the school that run parallel to the award-bearing curriculum span an even wider variety of artistic disciplines, and they genuinely bridge art and the community.
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