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Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation
We reach over 800,000 people every year, creating and presenting the very best in art.
Mixed Artforms
We Want You! - Performing Arts Manager & Visual Arts Manager
Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation is seeking a Performing Arts Manager and a Visual Arts Manager looking to apply passion and experience towards a position with one of Hong Kong’s most successful youth arts organisations.
Performing Arts Manager
Job Description
The person will report to the Head of Performing Arts, and will work on delivering performing arts education and community programmes all year round. Duties and responsibilities include
· Developing exciting and impactful project ideas
· Managing the financial, artistic, administrative, promotional and logistical coordination of programme events (including rehearsals, performances, workshops and exhibitions) such that project deliverables are on time, within budget and meet required quality standards
· Recruit, support and coordinate between various partners, including artists, venues, sponsors, contractors, technical staff, social workers, teachers, temporary workers and participants
· Evaluate the outcomes of the project and write project reports
Requirements
· Passion for the arts and in generating new creative ideas
· Passion for working with young people between the ages of 5 to 25, as well as with communities of all backgrounds and ages
· Demonstrated 5+ years of experience coordinating projects and events; experience with festivals and arts education programmes an asset
· Positivity, sensitivity, accountability, efficiency, self-motivation, and the ability to multitask, meet strict deadlines and work independently
· Strong written and verbal Chinese and English communication skills to interact effectively with a wide range of individuals
· Proficiency in the use of computers for word processing, spreadsheets, e-newsletters, websites, email and internet
Candidates with less experience will be considered as Performing Arts Assistant Manager.
Please email your CV AND expected salary to job@hkyaf.com
Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purpose only.
Application Deadline: 28 February 2020
Visual Arts Manager
Job Description
The person will report to the Head of Visual Arts. His/Her main duties include:
· Developing project ideas
· Managing logistics for project
· Preparing project budgets and reports
· Coordinating with all parties involved in projects e.g. workshops, exhibitions arrangement, etc
Requirements
· At least 3 years relevant experience in related field
· Passion in the arts and arts education
· Passion to work with young people between the ages of 5-25yrs
· Cheerful, enthusiastic and outgoing personality
· Well organized, efficient, able to work independently and be self-motivated, able to meet deadlines and willing to work irregular hours
· Able to work as part of a dynamic team
· Proficient in spoken and written Chinese and English
· Good interpersonal skills
· Good PC skills
Candidates with less experience will be considered as Visual Arts Assistant Manager
Please email your CV AND expected salary to job@hkyaf.com
Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purpose only.
Application Deadline: 28 February 2020
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Performing Arts
21-22/02/2020, 25/02/2020, 15/03/2020
Drama in Action 2020: Seeking Youth Educators
**Due to the current situation in Hong Kong, we will be postponing our workshop 3 & 4 to further notice, if you still interest in joining, please register and we will email you when we reschedule, thank you!
If you work with young people and would like to learn more about how to infuse drama into your teaching, join us this Spring when the Drama in Action workshops returns!
Drama in Action provides youth educators with professional development, tools and techniques. Led by professional theatre artists Lindsey McAlister and Neil Harris, the project will run as a series of dynamic and informative workshops surrounding scriptwriting, directing, performance skills, games and more. It is particularly suitable for local primary and secondary school teachers who work with young people in English.
Workshop 3: Anybody Can Create Movement (POSTPONED)
Artist: Lindsey McAlister
25 | 02 | 2020 (6:30pm – 8:30pm)
The imaginative, high-energy, ensemble-based nature of physical theatre makes it one of the most accessible and powerful forms of theatre for young people. In this workshop, participants learn the basic skills and benefits of physical theatre, and discover how to structure and facilitate a workshop themselves. Suited for all movement levels.
Workshop 4: Bringing Words to Life* (POSTPONE)
Artist: Neil Harris
21 | 02 | 2020 (6.30pm – 9pm)
22 | 02 | 2020 (10am – 4pm)
*Participants must be able to attend BOTH days.
Make English and literature classes engaging and impactful by getting young participants up and moving through drama activities and role play. Explore techniques, tasks and ideas that your students can use to enhance reading, understanding of character, plot and writing in a two-day weekend workshop.
Workshop 5: Inspiration is Everywhere
Artist: Lindsey McAlister
15 | 03 | 2020 (10am – 5pm) *new workshop date*
Would you like to create a performance but don’t know where to begin? Or are you working on a theatre project but feeling stuck or uninspired? Join us at our weekend workshop and discover new ways to stimulate your work through props, music, images, poetry, improvisation and more.
Performing Arts
27-28/02/2020
Jockey Club “Project Silver” – Intergenerational Arts Project Every Note Counts - Seeking Volunteer Musicians (POSTPONED)
**Due to the novel coronavirus epidemic in Hong Kong, Every Note Counts: Selection sessions will be postponed with dates to be confirmed. In the meanwhile, you’re more than welcome to register for this programme at https://www.hkyaf.com/applications/view/208. Further updates will be sent to those who have signed up. For enquiries, please email mag@hkyaf.com. **
Every Note Counts brings small groups of musicians into the homes of senior citizens with mobility issues to share the pleasure of live music and companionship.
We are now seeking volunteer musicians and singers to join us for this meaningful programme. Accompanied and unaccompanied singers, solo musicians, groups of friends or colleagues, small school ensembles – all are welcome, most important is your heartfelt enthusiasm to share the joy of music.
After meeting with our music trainers during a selection day, chosen groups will receive further training and guidance before they enter the local community to perform throughout May - October 2020.
Selection Days: 27 – 28 | 02 | 2020 (4 sessions) (POSTPONED, dates to be confirmed)
Time: 6:45pm – 7:30pm & 7.30pm – 9:15pm
Venue: Eric Hotung Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Language: Conducted in Cantonese
Please Note:
* Due to space and noise restrictions, portable and quieter instruments are preferred.
* Up to four musicians per group.
* Accompanied or unaccompanied singers and a cappella groups are also welcome to apply.
*Performances take place between May - October 2020.
Performing Arts
17-19/04/2020
Miller Performing Arts: Pull Back the Curtain 2020 Youth Scriptwriting Initiative
Workshop dates:
17 | 04 | 2020 (5pm – 8pm)
18 – 19 | 04 | 2020 (9am – 4pm)
The city’s most innovative English-language youth scriptwriting initiative returns! Join us for our 2020 programme and bring your scriptwriting ideas to life.
Through a series of workshops led by professional theatre practitioner Jessica de Borja, Pull Back the Curtain 2020 guides you to create your own original 15-minute theatre piece. This year we focus on how language changes and evolves, generation by generation. We also look at how writers can use spoken word, poetry and multimodal text to take inspiration from the past and make something contemporary that is uniquely their own. Participants explore a wide range of classic and contemporary texts by up-and-coming and world-renowned playwrights, such as Bryony Lavery and Morgan Malcolm Lloyd, and create powerful, thought-provoking work that inspires inventive movement and action on stage.
At the end of the programme, two scripts will receive a staged reading and the most promising script will be transformed into a theatre production on 25 & 26 September 2020.
The writers of the selected scripts will meet the director and be invited to rehearsals. They must also be available to attend all performances and post-performance Meet the Artist sessions on 25 & 26 September 2020.
