Recreation, Sport and the Arts 385
An upfront endowment of HK$21.6 billion has been given to the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority for the development of the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) project, a strategic investment by the Government to meet the long-term needs of the arts and cultural sector.
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Established in 1995, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) is dedicated to planning, promoting and supporting the broad development of the arts in Hong Kong, including literary arts, performing and visual arts, film and media arts. Besides encouraging public participation in the arts and advocating arts education, the HKADC also endeavours to advance arts criticism, raise the standards of arts administration and strengthen arts policy research.
Funding the arts is one of the HKADC's main tasks. Several grant schemes remained in place in 2010 for supporting the diversified development of local arts groups and practitioners. These are one- and two-year grants, project grant and multi-project grant.
The HKADC also launched three venue subsidy schemes, called the 'Jockey Club Performing Arts Venue Subsidy Scheme', 'Sunbeam Theatre Venue Subsidy Scheme' and the 'Non-LCSD Venue Subsidy Scheme'.
The HKADC also ran various internship and scholarships schemes in 2010 in collaboration with different organisations for Hong Kong artists and arts administrators to receive short-term training overseas. These schemes include the Hong Kong Scholarship on the Clore Leadership Programme and the Sage Gateshead Internship Scheme for trainees to study in the United Kingdom; and the Artist-in- Residence Subsidy Scheme which funds the placement of visual artists-in-residence in the United States, Germany, Japan and mainland of China. The HKADC also launched an internship scheme for music, drama and xiqu students.
A number of large-scale promotional cultural events were held in 2010, notably the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2009 and the territory-wide Hong Kong Dance Festival 2010, demonstrating the originality and diversity of the local dance
scene.
Another important event was the visit by the internationally acclaimed film director Lee Chang-dong who met young local filmmakers and shared his experiences with them.
The 2nd Community Arts Activities Enhancement Scheme was carried out in 2010 to foster community arts activities. Arts promotion committees and cultural and recreation associations of the 18 district councils were invited to submit proposals. To develop further the arts in the community, an open invitation for proposals was sent to community organisations, non-governmental organisations and social welfare agencies.
In the area of international exchange, reciprocal exhibitions of the 53rd Venice Biennale (Visual Arts) were held at the Guangdong Museum of Art and Hong Kong
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