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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts
abroad. In 2016, it offered Arts Administration Scholarships (Local/Overseas), Hong Kong Scholarships on the Clore Leadership Programme, Hong Kong Scholarships on the International Leadership Programme in Visual Arts Management, Mori Art Museum Internships, ImPulsTanz - Vienna International Dance Festival Internships and Sage Gateshead Internships. The Overseas Training for Arts Administrators, Arts Administration Internship Scheme and Arts Production Internship Scheme continued.
Major promotional events under the council included the 5th Large-Scale Public Media Art Exhibition: Human Vibrations, Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2015 and 8th Arts Ambassadors-in-School Scheme.
For the first time, the council led Hong Kong delegations comprising local arts groups and artists to take part in the Internationale Tanzmesse nrw, Gwangju Biennale and OzAsia Festival. It also organised the 2nd edition of the International Arts Leadership Roundtable, and co- organised the 8th Arts Forum for Cross-Straits, Hong Kong and Macao with the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
The council co-presents with RTHK Artspiration, a weekly television series on arts, artists and cultural events, and with Cable TV ArTour, a monthly segment in the programme Close to Culture, featuring local young artists.
During the year, the council took part in the 15th Venice Biennale International Architectural Exhibition in collaboration with the Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation and co-presented the Response Exhibition of the 56th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition. in Hong Kong with M+.
The council's main tasks include arts research and policy advocacy. In 2016, its Annual Arts Survey collected data on visual arts exhibitions, arts performances and film screenings. It also collected and provided Hong Kong's cultural data for the World Cities Culture Report 2015 and published a series of yearbooks on the arts in collaboration with professional and academic groups.
In 2016, the council launched the HKADC Matching Fund Scheme to help small and medium- sized arts organisations take part in the Home Affairs Bureau's Art Development Matching Grants Pilot Scheme.
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts offers professional education, training and research facilities in the performing arts: Chinese opera, dance, drama, film and television, music, and theatre and entertainment arts. Its education philosophy reflects Hong Kong's cultural diversity underscored by Chinese and Western traditions, and an emphasis on interdisciplinary learning.
In 2016, 826 students enrolled in undergraduate and post-secondary programmes in the six performing arts disciplines. Another 143 students were pursuing master's degree programmes in dance, drama, film and television, music, and theatre and entertainment arts. The academy
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