Traditional culture penetrates to everywhere with historical footprint and embodies the local spirit and identity symbolization. Hong Kong's unique intangible cultural heritage has a significant value, and it has injected blood and soul into inheritance and innovation. To pass on this legacy, one should not simply leave it in the museum, but should integrate it into our daily lives, hence sparking a dialogue between tradition and modernity. Funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the Jockey Club ICH+ Innovative Heritage Education Programme is jointly launched by Lingnan University & Hong Kong Art School (a division of Hong Kong Arts Centre). The programme has enjoyed a successful collaboration last year showcasing over 1,000 students’ artwork at Sam Tung Uk Museum and they are back in the city this year. It continues to promote a series of different activities, introducing the concepts and methods of conservation and inheritance to the public, creating an atmosphere for more people to care about and understand intangible cultural heritage. The second annual exhibition will be showcased with three distinctive themes in the heart of Causeway Bay: Urban Sky at Hysan Place, Pak Sha Road and Sharp Street East from July 2 to August 2, 2020. With over 1,000 art pieces by teachers and students, the exhibition boasts revolutionary content, hoping to strike a chord with people of different ages and backgrounds. There are also a series of pop-up workshops, multiple guided tours and even the first music gig “ICH+ X House Music Series”, which is presented by The Hong Kong Art School. It allows people to find a sense of belonging through understanding our cultural heritage and innovative thinking.

A Collision between tradition and modernity

6 intangible cultural heritage art pieces generate a dialogue in exciting new ways

The Jockey Club ICH+ Innovative Heritage Education Programme searches for cultural elements and spiritual values that communicates with the current era and society, hoping to bring the cultural heritage back to the forefront. In its second year, by integrating tradition and innovation according to what’s happening nowadays, and with a compatible attitude no less, this programme tops itself by inviting traditional masters and contemporary artists to hold classes together. Through material, space and dialogue, the programme spares no effort to bring traditional handicrafts and folk arts into the modern world, and by conversion, collision and learning, more citizens will participate and hence, breathing new life into the intangible cultural heritage.

For an entire month, the exhibition this year will display the works of 6 intangible cultural heritages by instructors and students, including: sugar blowing, dough figurine crafting, wood furniture crafting, paper crafting, cheongsam sewing and paper cutting. The different themes of three locations are “Zau Wai Gung (周圍貢), Urban Sky at Hysan Place”, “Soeng Lai Tau (上嚟唞), Pak Sha Road” and “Nei Maai Tai (匿埋睇), Sharp Street East”, and employs the use of animals and plants for the blown sugar technique and dough figurine crafting. Different materials are also added in the wooden furniture; while innovative clothes are produced the same way they make cheongsam. The playful and innovative ideas from the students really help inject new energy to an otherwise traditional frame of mind, allowing traditional craftsmanship and contemporary art more opportunities to shine. Also, the exhibition on Sharp Street East is particularly special as the art works fuse light with film exhibitions.

During the exhibition, the masters, contemporary artists and student representatives of the intangible cultural heritage will also host the workshop to the public. There are also multiple guided tours and even the crossover music gig - “ICH+ X House Music Series”, where the public can enjoy and understand the essence of the programme, highlighting the diversity and tolerance of society through the eyes of the cultural heritage. A number of art pieces will be scattered throughout Causeway Bay, and the gigs will also reflect the styles of art in the three locations by playing various genres, immersing the city in the heritage atmosphere and allowing us all to feast our eyes. The exhibition also foretells the additional key heritage courses in the coming year, including: glazed porcelain production, white iron appliance production and wicker steamer production, in hopes to pass on the traditional arts of Hong Kong.  

The second annual exhibition is more refined in terms of the specifications of the exhibits and the way they display. For the first time ever, the “ICH+ WhatsApp’s Stickers” and a "ICH+ Education Online Gallery”, where traditional art can be displayed through interactive modern technology, cementing the intangible cultural heritage’s status in the contemporary art world.

Details of The Second Jockey Club ICH+ Innovative Heritage Education Programme Annual Showcase as follows：

Date：From 2 July to 2 August, 2020

Opening Hours：From 11am to 10pm (Daily)

Admission Free：Free Entry

Zau Wai Gung (周圍貢), Urban Sky at Hysan Place*
	Venue：Urban Sky, 9/F, Hysan Place, Causeway Bay Highlighted items：Art piece from the masters, contemporary artists and part-time representatives of the intangible cultural heritage   “ICH+ X House Music Series” Name : “Stroll along the Timeline” Date and time: 7pm – 8pm, 3 July 2020
Soeng Lai Tau (上嚟唞), Pak Sha Road
	Venue：2/f, 16 Pak Sha Road, Causeway Bay Highlighted items：Innovative cheongsam sewing   “ICH+ X House Music Series” Name : “Music Traveler's Planner” Date and time: 7pm – 8pm,18 July 2020

Nei Maai Tai (匿埋睇), Sharp Street East
	Venue：9 Sharp Street East, Causeway Bay Highlighted items：Fuse light with film exhibitions   “ICH+ X House Music Series” Name : “Nature's Heartbeat” Date and time: 7pm – 8pm, 31 July 2020

The programme provides free guided tours for the exhibition to the public. The tours are limited on a first-come-first-served basis by online registration.

Date：4 July, 12 July. 18 July and 25 July

Session：14:00-15:00 and 16:00-17:00

Venue：Urban Sky, 9/F, Hysan Place, Causeway Bay

Registration：https://www.popticket.hk/ichplus

Exclusive Workshop
	Wood Work Workshop  Venue  : 9 Sharp Street East, Causeway Bay Date 　：5 July 2020 (Sunday) Time    : 2pm – 3:30pm
	Bamboo Workshop  Venue : Urban Sky, 9/F, Hysan Place, Causeway Bay Date : 11 July 2020 (Saturday) Time : 2pm – 3:30pm
	Dough Figurine Workshop Venue：Urban Sky, 9/F, Hysan Place, Causeway Bay Date：19 July 2020 (Sunday) Time : 2pm – 3:30pm
	Guangcai Workshop Venue  : 9 Sharp Street East, Causeway Bay Date 　：26 July 2020 (Sunday) Time    : 2pm – 3:30pm
	Galvaised Iron Workshop Venue  : 9 Sharp Street East, Causeway Bay Date 　：1 August 2020 (Saturday) Time    : 2pm – 3:30pm

The exclusive workshops are limited on a first-come-first-served basis by online registration. Registration: https://www.popticket.hk/ichplus (Due to popular demand, all the workshops have been fully booked.)

ICH+ WhatsApp’s Stickers : https://whatsticker.online/p/297166kZDhnWS/HK/zh

ICH+ Education Online Gallery：http://ichplus.org.hk/en/gallery

The video series of our ICH+ master:

• Blown Sugar – Master To (杜煥 師傅) : https://youtu.be/wJd99vHEftk
• Dough Figurine Crafting – Master Law (羅仲文 師傅) : https://youtu.be/srBZCDRBhPk
• Wooden Furniture Crafting – Master Lam (林池 師傅) : https://youtu.be/H5L8SQbwSd4

(Teaser video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A2cNHsON7dPtTO_cnxDSFVjT0wyK13lN/view)

• Paper Crafting – Master Mo (冒卓祺 師傅) : https://youtu.be/pLwGkEAHq7E
• Cheongsam Sewing – Master Fung (封有才 師傅) : https://youtu.be/m7BZjS21RBg
• Paper Cutting – Master Fung (馮惠兒 老師) : https://youtu.be/9lL3XCNBCIk

About Jockey Club ICH+ Innovative Heritage Education Programme

The Jockey Club ICH+ Innovative Heritage Education Programme is funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and is a collaboration between Lingnan University (LU) and Hong Kong Art School (a division of Hong Kong Arts Centre). The programme aims to preserve, promote, redefine and revitalize the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH+) of Hong Kong by means of a holistic model that integrates Education, Revitalization and Investigation. The Programme will engage traditional artisans, contemporary art practitioners and the general public of Hong Kong to collaborate and revive our ICH+, reclaim cultural esteem of artisanship and hence, rediscover traditional values and local identity.

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