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The Home Affairs Bureau today (June 11) announced the results of applications for the third-round funding exercise of the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme. For this round, a total of 16 successful applications will be funded under Springboard Grants and Project Grants at a total funding amount of around $38.25 million.
The funding scheme has been met with an encouraging response from the arts sector and a total of 62 applications were received for the third-round funding exercise. The successful applications include a wide range of quality proposals in various art forms, covering music, dance, drama, visual arts, media arts, arts education and multi-disciplinary arts.
The successful applicants (in alphabetical order) are as follows:
Name of Organisation Title of Proposal
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Asian Youth Orchestra Asian Youth Orchestra:
Limited Orchestra-in-Residence
at the Hong Kong Academy
for Performing Arts
The Chopin Society The Fourth Hong Kong
of Hong Kong Limited International Piano
Competition
DanceArt Hong Kong Limited Dialogue of Space
Hong Kong Open Printshop Pop Up Press! A Graphic
Limited Art Promotion Scheme
Hong Kong Photographic Hong Kong International
Culture Association Limited* Photo Festival 2014
International Association of Archive and Oral
Theatre Critics (Hong Kong) History Project on Hong
Limited Kong Drama (Phase 1)
Musicus Society Limited* Musicus Society
On & On Theatre Workshop Contemporary New
Company Limited Writing for Theatre II:
Towards Transformation
Para/Site Art Space Limited* Para/Site's
continuation as a
locally, regionally
and internationally
relevant platform for
exhibitions, education
and discursive
programming
Renaissance Foundation Renaissance Talents
Limited Incubation Program
Sidekick Project x Hong Chinese Puppetry in
Kong Puppet and Shadow Hong Kong
Art Center x Acting
Research Centre (Hong Kong)
SingFest Limited Bach 330
soundpocket Limited The Library by
soundpocket
Tang Shu-Wing Theatre Physical Theatre
Studio Limited* Institute: Three Years'
Training Programme
Theatre Ronin Limited Sculpting a CITY
Yat Po Singers Limited* Yat Po Singers + Plus
* Successful applicants for Springboard Grant
Note: The award of grants is subject to the successful applicants' signing of funding agreements with the Government.
Introduced in 2011, the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Home Affairs Bureau is administered on the advice of the Advisory Committee on Arts Development. Members of the Committee take part in the assessment of applications together with the Expert Advisers. Under the Scheme, there are Springboard Grants, with matching elements, as well as direct Project Grants. The funding scheme provides funding support for innovative and impactful proposals that contribute to the objectives of capacity development of arts practitioners, arts groups, art forms and/or the arts sector; programme/content development; audience building; and arts education. It also seeks to open up new funding avenues to support larger scale and cross-year arts and cultural initiatives/activities so as to enhance capacity development for promising arts groups and arts practitioners as well as encourage the community and the private sector to support and sponsor the arts.
Ends/Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Issued at HKT 16:48
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