Talks & Events

HKAAA’s Delegate Trip 2023 for Arts & Cultural Administrators is now open for application!
The Delegate Trip will be held during 10 -17 June 2023 in two vibrant cities in Australia. Starting in Sydney, the delegation will meet Australian cultural leaders and practitioners during visits to important cultural venues and organisations, followed by a 4-day programme with the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) Gathering at the RISING Festival in Melbourne. Space is limited, apply now!

HKAAA has invited Ms Tisa Ho, Executive Director of Hong Kong Arts Festival, to join our next Arty Hour - a causal occasion for thoughts to collide and wild ideas to flow. Don't miss out on the chance to meet & greet our fellow members at this physical event. It will also be the farewell party to show appreciation for Tisa's dedication to her duty in this sector and her unlimited support to HKAAA over the past years.

How do arts administrators assemble pieces and construct arts performances and galleries? What had driven the current arts leaders entering the industry? What are the essential elements for youngsters to take note of before kicking start their career? What sort of talents are arts organizations looking for?

This June, Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association (HKAAA) is presenting our signature event - Virtual Career Fair 2022: Decoding Arts Administration, to decode arts administration and its essential ingredients and flavours. The fair will include Career Booths, Arts Administrator 101 Talks, Career Coaching and CV Clinic, aiming to provide a vivid picture of the arts and cultural industry. Join us and meet arts practitioners in real life and your potential employers!

Countries are accustoming themselves to the unprecedented COVID-19 era, recovering from the challenging time. How did orchestras' leaders help replenish and assemble the community, bring positive energy to citizens and medical personnel through music programmes? What have been the practical challenges and solutions to project execution with more limitations imposed? How do the leaders forecast the future of orchestras?

In March 2022, HKAAA is presenting the returning talk production "Late-night Art Talk Series", with international orchestra directors discussing on the topic "The Future of Orchestras & Community Engagement".

Following the huge success of HKAAA's "Late-night Art Talk Series” and APAM's “WIRE” series, HKAAA and APAM jointly present "Eventide Conversations" a virtual cultural exchange between Hong Kong and Australia. The series of talks and workshops will be held from April to November 2021, aiming to open dialogues, encourage engagement and facilitate knowledge exchange between arts and cultural leaders around the world. We will explore new and emerging strategic challenges facing artists and arts organizations in the wake of Covid-19, and access the best thinking from both locations. Participants will apply shared concepts and frameworks as they rebuild and re-energise post-COVID.

Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association (HKAAA) strives to support the advancement of a flourishing arts scene by establishing a network connecting arts administrators in local and neighbor areas. Following the huge success of our previous Recruitment Days, HKAAA is rebranding the Recruitment Day to be our first virtual Career Fair on 22 May 2021 (Sat) to supply different levels of jobs in the arts field.

Fundraising plays a pivotal role in obtaining resources to achieve artistic goals. In Hong Kong, there are different directions to acquire funds - from government bodies, trusts and foundations, the business sector, and the public. Fundraising is about building relationships and telling a good story. When getting by with a potential funder/ patron, what language and tactics should we use to increase the possibility of getting funded?

The definition of new and emerging technologies constantly shifts with time. New media arts appear when contemporary artists choose to use the latest media and technology as a medium of their work. New media introduces a new way to create and to present, re-defining the relationship between the artist, the artwork, and the viewer. The fast development of the internet also changes people’s conception of time and space. In this context, new media arts become ever-changing with complex modes of expression.

The coronavirus outbreak poses a challenge to the Arts & Cultural industry all over the world. Many art fairs and performances are forced to cancel while most of the cultural institutions are closed until further notice. In this unprecedented time, arts groups and organizations must explore new ways to interact with the public through virtual space.

Are leaders born or made? Possibly some are natural, while the others are made. In the arts industry, it is impossible to find the perfect formula to operate an arts and cultural organization, especially since art can take so many different forms.

Since 2017, HKAAA has organised the “Meet the Arts Leaders” (MTAL) series. Over the past two years, we have invited numerous outstanding arts leaders as our speakers, including Ms Helen Ng, Mr K.B. Chan, and Mr Michael MacLeod.

This year, we are proud to invite a group of well-known speakers from diversed backgrounds to share their precious career experiences and their philosophies in arts administration. They will guide and inspire us to learn more on how art management is in Hong Kong, as well as the challenges of art managers in their particular art forms.