Exhibition of Senior Secondary School Students’ Visual Arts Portfolios (2015/16)
Notice to Participating Schools
1.
Schedule
Note
Downloading
Forms
Date
July 2015
Submission of 21 to 25 September
Entries for the 2015
First Round of
Selection
Submission of 26 to 30 October
Entries for the 2015
Final
Adjudication
Exhibition
25 January to 29
February 2016
2.
Prize
Presentation
Ceremony
August 2016
Return of
Entries
March 2016
Details
Download from the website of the Arts Education
Key Learning Area
(http://www.edb.gov.hk/arts/exhibition).
(i)
Entry Submission Form (Appendix a)
(ii)
Portfolio Information Sheet (Appendix b)
(iii) Declaration and Permission Slip (Appendix c)
Submit the following items to the Arts Education
Section, Room W325, 3/F, West Block, EDB
Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk
Road, Kowloon:
(i) A soft copy of the visual arts portfolios (EACH
portfolio should include the research workbook
and 4 pieces of artwork/critical studies);
(ii) A soft copy of the completed Entry Submission
Form and Portfolio Information Sheet;
(iii) The original copy of Entry Submission Form with
School Principal’s signature and school chop; and
(iv) The original copy of Completed Declaration and
Permission Slips.
After the first round selection, schools will be notified
to submit the original artworks of the selected
portfolios to the Arts Education Section for final
adjudication.
The exhibition will be held at the Young Achievers’
Gallery, Podium, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong
Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road,
Kowloon.
Students whose entries selected for exhibition will be
awarded book coupons and certificates, and will be
invited to attend the prize presentation ceremony.
Schools will be notified to collect all entries at the
Arts Education Section during office hours.
Participants
Participants should be candidates of the 2015 Visual Arts of the Hong Kong Diploma of
Secondary Education Examination, and full-time students of secondary schools in Hong
Kong in 2014/2015 school year.
3.
Entry Requirements
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Each school should not submit more than THREE students’ portfolios.
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Each portfolio for exhibition should include the research workbook and 1-4 pieces of
original artwork developed from that portfolio, while the rest of the artwork/ critical
studies can be reproductions.
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Both the research workbook and the artworks should be the original work by the
participants.
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Participants can use any kind of visual arts forms and media. For video, it should be
submitted in MPEG format and saved on a DVD.
Fragile materials should be avoided.
Any 2-D entries should not exceed 114cm x 182cm, and any 3-D entries should not
exceed 60cm x 60cm x 180 cm (height).
Any entries submitted without a valid Declaration and Permission Slip, and completed
Portfolio Information Sheet will not be accepted for selection.
Each finished artwork could be mounted / framed appropriately.
The organiser will not accept any entries not complying any of with the above
requirements.
4.
Intellectual Property Rights
All participating students, students’ parents or guardians, as well as the school should note and
agree with the following:
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No entries infringing intellectual property rights will be accepted. In cases when the
Education Bureau, the curator or any related/affiliated organisations of the exhibition are
put to any legal actions, demands, claims and costs arising from the entries that are
infringing intellectual property rights, the participants concerned shall accept full liability
and indemnify the Education Bureau, the curator or any related organisations of the
exhibition for all loss and damages; and
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The Education Bureau retains the right to use and display all the entries, in part or in
whole, in any forms for exhibition and education purposes.
5.
Selection of Entries
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A judging panel comprising arts educators and artists will select the exhibits.
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The selection criteria will be mainly based on the assessment criteria for the Visual Arts
School-based Assessment of Hong Kong Diploma Secondary Education Examination.
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Each student whose entry selected for exhibition will be awarded a book coupon at
HK$1,000 and a certificate. The schools and teachers concerned will be presented with
certificates of appreciation.
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Results of the judging panel will be final.
6.
Submission of Entries
First round of selection
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Schools should submit the following items to the Arts Education Section for first round
of selection:
(i) A soft copy of the visual arts portfolios (EACH portfolio should include the
research workbook and 4 pieces of artwork/critical studies);
(ii) A soft copy of the completed Entry Submission Form and Portfolio Information
Sheet;
(iii) The original copy of Entry Submission Form with School Principal’s signature and
school chop; and
(iv) The original copy of Completed Declaration and Permission Slips.
‧ A Portfolio Information Sheet should be completed for each portfolio, which including
an artist’s statement (not more than 500 words describing the theme of the portfolio, its
idea and major artist(s)/art phenomenon that the student has made reference to, and his/
her articulation of idea, etc.) and the information of the four pieces of artwork / critical
studies. The language should be the same as used in the portfolio.
‧ Date, time and venue for submission for first round of selection:
Date: 21 to 25 September 2015
Venue: Arts Education Section
Room W325, 3/F, West Block
EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre
19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon
Ways of submission: by mail or by hand
Final adjudication
‧ After the first round selection, schools will be notified to submit the original artworks of
the selected portfolios to the Arts Education Section for final adjudication.
‧ Date, time and venue for submission for final adjudication:
Date: 26 to 30 October 2015
Venue: Arts Education Section
Room W321, 3/F, West Block
EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre
19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
7.
Exhibition
Date:
Venue:
25 January to 29 February 2016
The Young Achievers’ Gallery or the Central Resources Centre, Podium,
West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk
Road, Kowloon
Opening hours: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Monday to Saturday)
Closed on Sundays and public holidays
8.
Return of Entries
‧ Schools should collect all entries at the Arts Education Section, Room W321, 3/F, West
Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon
during office hours in March 2016, and the dates will be announced in due course.
‧ All selected entries should not be collected before March 2016.
9.
Enquiries
For enquiries, please contact Ms HO Pui-fan of the Arts Education Section, Curriculum
Development Institute on 3698 3538.