Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture

HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity (HKSC)

Established in Sep. 2006, HKSC is the first and a unique Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) senior secondary school in Hong Kong devoted to actualizing creative education. It provides young people with an all-round creative learning experiences and opportunities for self-fulfillment.

Inter-Cultural Creative Education Observatory (ICEO)

ICEO is an initiative which advocating research and development of creative education. It was established with support and recognition of UNESCO in view of the global concern about the growing importance of creative and art education.

A New Arts Centre

HKSC opens a new professional arts and cultural platform where the community can innovate, interact and present. This new arts centre and incubator works in partnership with local and overseas artists and groups in diverse aspects of programming and residency.

KJ & NG - Music is Music

2 -3 Aug 2010

VENUE：Multi-media Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity
TIME：8 pm

Piano: Wong Kajeng (KJ) - The Protagonist of the documentary ‘KJ’

Flute: Wilson Ng (NG) - Just finished 4 years of flute learning in Paris. Will join Conservatoire de Lausanne Haute Ecole de Musique as a BA student.

Two music prodigies - the 19 years old KJ, a piano player, and the 20 years old NG, a flute player - will share their flamboyant performance and unique insights about music with us. They will let us know what their favourite composers and music are, such as Bach, Beethoven, Spanish classical music and French flute music.

They started to study music in this city and they won a lot of prizes despite their young age. However, they still have to leave this city temporarily to study overseas so as to develop their strength further. Now KJ is studying piano performance in the States and NG flute playing in France. They will tell us what music means to them and how music education should be so that young people can enjoy music learning and playing with genuine passion and vision. Their original and lightning exchange will for sure lead us to re-visit the primal vivacity of classical music. The journey will be rare and full of bewilderment. It will be unorthodox yet ‘sensational’ and ‘controversial’ as KJ always likes to engage himself in.

An additional concert - “Only Music” will be held on 3 August (Tue) at 6 to 7pm at the multi-media theatre of HKSC. All ticket holders of “KJ & NG - Music is Music” can attend this concert free of charge. Interested audience please reserve seats via phone (2339-7370) or email (artscentre@creativehk.edu.hk). Seats are limited and will therefore be reserved on a first-come-first-served basis.

Tickets are now available at all URBTIX outlets
Programme Enquiries: 2339 7370
Website: www.creativehk.edu.hk/artscentre
Ticketing Enquiries & Reservation: 2734 9009
Credit Card Booking Hotline: 2111 5999
Internet Booking: www.urbtix.hk

MaD: Make a Difference

The first MaD annual gathering will take place on 22-24 January 2010. In less than 72 hours, you will go through an electrifying, energizing and fun journey of self-discovery.
Get inspired. Get empowered. Get MaD and be the change.

Towards the 2nd decade

World Creativity Summit 2007

Creative Education Summit

JOB VACANCY --- Marketing and Communications Officer (full-time)

From now until 7 August 2010

The Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture (HKICC) is a non-profit cultural organization founded in Hong Kong since 1998. HKICC is, among other things, the organizer of MaD (Make a Difference www.mad.asia), a continual project centered on creativity, social innovation and entrepreneurship to inspire and empower the young generation to create personal, economic, social and environmental changes.

We are looking for talented, high calibre staff to join us.

The ideal candidates should be:
- creative, self-motivated and interested in arts and culture
- Good command of written and spoken Chinese (including Putonghua) and English
- Degree or above with experience in cultural administration, PR, communications or marketing, and skilled in event concepts and management
- Comfortable with technology, particularly online environments
- Understanding of print and graphic production processes

Responsibilities:
- Formulate and implement communications programmes and marketing events
- Organize and coordinate sponsorship and promotional projects
- Editorial support including drafting and producing PR material and advertising
- Proactive and reactive media handling

Application: Interested parties please send your application with CV, a short paragraph of your own writing in Chinese and English, expected salary and your availability to us.

Deadline: 7 August 2010
Address: 23/F., Admiralty Centre, Tower II, 18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong
Email: info@hk-icc.org
*Data collected will be used for recruitment purpose only.

Carpet, Banner and Leather – Experiments in Upcycling Design

10 - 30 June, 2010

VENUE：A-Link Plus ( C.C. Wu Building, 302-308, Hennessy Road, Wanchai)

TIME：12nn – 8pm

To most Hong Kong people, the concept of recycling is confined to trash categorization. Green industry, however, does not stop here. When recycling can barely handle the excessive waste we produce every day, perhaps it is timely to introduce the idea of “Upcycling”.

Carpet, Banner and Leather is a workshop-generated exhibition that showcases the experiments by young designers to transform “trash” into potentially marketable products. Spanning across material collecting, industry and social enterprise, these are proposals towards a sustainable system, and will cast impact on our strategies of waste handling and energy saving.

Chinese Creative Industries Forum

19th – 20th June 2010

PUSH-UP

15–28 May 2010 (Closed on Public Holidays)

Upcycling—Workshop for emerging designers and incubation of sustainable design

January - April 2010