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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts

Arts Administrator Trainee Scheme

Launched in 2010, the Arts Administrator Trainee scheme aims to nurture a pool of arts. administrators to support the development of performing arts in Hong Kong. Trainees undergo a two-year programme of training in venue operation, facility management, event promotion and the organisation of performing arts programmes, carnivals and arts festivals. There were 42 LCSD trainee placements in 2014. The LCSD also sponsored its 21 venue partners and the Hong Kong Arts Festival to run similar programmes for trainees to learn about the management of performing arts groups and the organisation of arts festivals.

Museum Trainee Scheme

The Museum Trainee Scheme began in 2010 to develop museum professionals. Trainees are attached to the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Museum of History, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the Hong Kong Film Archive, the Art Promotion Office and the Conservation Office, and receive two-year on-the-job training in museum management or conservation services. Trainees learn how to manage museum services and organise education programmes and also gain hands-on experience in curating exhibitions and projects. There were 24 trainee placements in 2014.

Music Office

The Music Office promotes knowledge and appreciation of music, especially among young people, by providing instrumental and ensemble training and organising music activities. It aims to build a new generation of concert-goers and organises international exchange programmes to foster sharing of music among young Hong Kong musicians and their counterparts around the world. In 2014, it provided music training for 8,817 trainees and 177,596 people took part in its music promotional activities.

Visual and Public Art

Art Promotion Office

In 2014, the Art Promotion Office co-organised with the Hong Kong Fringe Club Journeys of a Hong Kong Poet, Leung Ping Kwan (1949-2013); an exhibition included in Hong Kong Week 2014 in Taipei. It also organised '2014 Hong Kong and Macao Visual Arts Biennial - 300 Families' in Beijing, and two solo exhibitions by a local artist were held under the 'Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme V' to bring high quality art exhibitions to different districts of Hong

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Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre

Managed by the Art Promotion Office, the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre organises a range of visual arts activities, and provides facilities for hire. It has nine well-equipped art studios, a lecture theatre, an exhibition hall and two multi-purpose rooms. The centre organised a series of programmes including 'Crossroads. Another Dimension - A Cross-Strait Four Regions Artistic Exchange Project 2013, 'This Slow That Fast: Animamix Biennale 2013-14' and 'Cool! Photo- Synthesis 2014:

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