394 | Recreation, Sport and the Arts
Besides offering undergraduate and sub-degrees in all of its six arts disciplines, the academy started offering in 2006 Master's degree programmes covering dance, music, drama, film and television, and theatre and entertainment arts, attracting 123 students in 2011. During the year, over 5 600 students enrolled in another of the academy's programmes, entitled 'Extension and Continuing Education for Life (EXCEL)'.
Hong Kong Arts Centre
The Hong Kong Arts Centre, established in 1974, is a self-funding organisation which promotes contemporary arts and culture in Hong Kong and beyond. The centre in Wan Chai provides a wide range of programmes featuring local and overseas artists, and facilities for performances.
The Hong Kong Art School is a division of the Arts Centre that runs diploma or degree courses in arts studies.
The Fringe Club
The Fringe Club is housed in what used to be a cold storage warehouse built in 1890, now listed as a Grade I historical building. It moved into the building in 1983 after which the building underwent many phases of renovation to adapt it for use as a contemporary arts space.
The Fringe runs a diverse programme of theatre, dance, music, and exhibitions. It is committed to an open access policy and to the nurturing of budding artists by providing venue and publicity support, as well as opportunities for overseas tours. In 2011, the Fringe introduced a new concept called 'Festival Without Walls' to the annual City Festival, enabling the festival to move, tour, and resituate itself anywhere and at anytime, representing a departure from the traditional festival format.
In January, the Fringe presented the 3rd big band festival 'Swing for All'. During the year, it assisted visits by Hong Kong artists to Shenzhen, Kaohsiung and Tokyo. The Fringe also organised the Hong Kong Pavilion at the prestigious 54th Venice Biennale (Visual Arts) in Italy for the HKADC, featuring the iconic Frog King, Kwok Mang-Ho.
The Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre
Opened in 2008, the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC) is an innovative arts project that involved converting a nine-storey decommissioned factory estate in Shek Kip Mei into a multi-disciplinary artists' centre. It is a self-financed, registered charity that promotes the arts and culture and helps nurture creative arts talent.
The JCCAC has well-equipped exhibition facilities and a black box theatre, and houses over 100 art studios for a wide array of art forms, ranging from painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass art to photography, animation and video production. The facilities are open to hire by artists and arts groups.
Major events presented by the JCCAC in 2011 included the first JCCAC Festival' which offered a series of arts programmes including exhibitions, art fairs
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