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Members of the public are invited to visit the "Exhibition of Primary School Students' Creative Visual Arts Work (2009/10)" organised by the Education Bureau's (EDB) Arts Education Section, Curriculum Development Institute, from today (June 30) to July 24 at the EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre.
The exhibition aims to provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate their creativity and artistic ability in the visual arts, and to promote communication among students, teachers and the public. This year, about 500 pieces of art are on display. These exhibits have been selected from 1,810 entries submitted by 165 primary schools. The works cover different topics and a wide range of art forms and media such as drawing, painting, printmaking, media art, photography, sculpture, ceramics and design. Each artwork is accompanied by the artist's statement, which provides viewers with more information to interpret and appreciate the work.
To encourage more students of different ages to submit entries, the participants are categorised into two age groups, i.e. six to nine years old and 10 years old or above, this year. Grand prizes and honourable mentions are selected from four forms of visual artwork, i.e. "Two-Dimensional Work", "Three-Dimensional Work", "Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy" and "Media Art", in each age group. Prizes include book coupons and certificates.
The Arts Education Section is honoured to have Mr Laurence Tam Chi-shing (Former Chief Curator, Hong Kong Museum of Art), Professor Dominic Lam Man-kit (artist and Chairman of World Eye Organisation), Professor Harold Mok Kar-leung (Chairman and Professor of the Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Ms Leung Mee-ping (Assistant Professor of Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University) as honorary adjudicators to select the prize winners from the exhibits created by individual students. The selection criteria include creativity, aesthetics, manipulation of techniques and media, and communication.
Video clippings on interviews with the adjudicators, who share their views on the artworks, will be shown during the exhibition.
Admission to the exhibition is free. Students, teachers and the public are welcome to visit the exhibition.
Exhibition period: June 30 to July 24, 2010
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday: 10am to 6pm
Sunday and public holidays: Closed
Venue:Room WP01, Podium, West Block
EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre
19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon
Information about the exhibition has been posted on the website of the Arts Education Key Learning Area, Curriculum Development Institute, Education Bureau, at www.edb.gov.hk/arts/news.
Ends/Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Issued at HKT 15:31
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