HKAC CREATORS FOR TOMORROW - Why is Art Needed in Social Welfare Services? The Significance of Art-Social Work Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Why is Art Needed in Social Welfare Services?
The Significance of Art-Social Work Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Reflections and Prospects from Artists' Experiences in Social Welfare Organizational Setting
Scholars propose that art is not only an aesthetic expression, such as in convention, but also a form of collective cooperation and social participation. Art can stimulate imagination, helping social workers/ welfare workers and communities envision future possibilities and effectively respond to today’s rapidly changing social environment.
Our research scope includes: interviewing six participating artists in local art-social work interdisciplinary collaborations and consulting social workers/ welfare workers' perspectives. The research points to the following three key insights:
1. Art-social work interdisciplinary collaboration’s benefits to the society
2. How artists' expertise can be leveraged within social welfare organization setting
3. Strategies for interdisciplinary cooperation
In this research, The Hill Workshop, with an art practice background, understands artists' experience and perspectives, in order to examine the irreplaceable professional attributes of artists in social welfare organizations setting.
Online virtual exhibition
Research Presentation
Date: 4/7/2025 (Friday)
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, UB/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Language: Cantonese
Fee: Free admission
Research Sharing (Social Welfare & NGO Session)
Date: 5/7/2025 (Saturday)
Time: 3:30 – 5:30pm
Venue: Louis Koo Cinema, UB/F, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Language: Cantonese
Fee: Free admission
Fong Wan Chi, Vangi
Wong Ka Yee, Erica
Ma Shuk Chun, Tiff
Ng Ngo San, Oson
Leung Chung Lam
Tsang Kin Wong, Teen
CREATORS FOR TOMORROW, initiated by the Hong Kong Arts Centre since 2020, aims to support the professional development of emerging artists, curators, creators, and researchers in Hong Kong. It provides resources like funding and venues to help participants unleash their creativity and bring their proposals to life. Through this programme, the Hong Kong Arts Centre curatorial team works closely with emerging creators, offering guidance and opportunities to gain valuable experience and establish their careers in the art field, enriching public life with innovative art.
Financial Support
Hong Kong Arts Centre is financially supported by the Art Development Matching Grants Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The content of this activity does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
