Exhibition of Senior Secondary School Students’ Visual Arts Portfolios (2016/17)
Notice to Participating Schools
1.Schedule
Note / Date / DetailsDownloading Forms / July 2016 / Download from the website of the Arts Education Key Learning Area(
(i)Entry Submission Form (Appendix a)
(ii)Portfolio Information Sheet (Appendix b)
(iii)Declaration and Permission Slip (Appendix c)
Submission of Entries for the First Round of Selection / 12to 23September2016 / Submitthe following items by mail to the Arts Education Section, Room W325, 3/F, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon:
(i)A softcopy of the visual arts portfolios (EACH portfolioshould include thewhole research workbookand 4 pieces of artwork/critical studies). Besides, image of each artwork should be saved separately in JPEG format;
(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.
Submission of Entries for the Final Adjudication / 31 October to 4 November2016 / 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.
Exhibition / 27 January to 28 February 2017 / The exhibition will be held at the Young Achievers’ Gallery, Podium, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon.
Return of Entries / March2017 / Schools will be notified to collect all entries at the Arts Education Section during office hours.
Prize Presentation Ceremony / August 2017 / Students whose entries selected for exhibition will be awarded book coupons and certificates, and will be invited to attend the prize presentation ceremony.
2.Participants
Participants should be candidates of the 2016 Visual Arts of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination, and full-time students of secondary schools in Hong Kong in 2015/2016 school year.
3.Entry Requirements
▪Each school should not submit more than THREE students’ portfolios.
▪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 artworks/ critical studies can be reproductions.
▪Both the research workbook and the artwork should be the original work by the participants.
▪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, andany 3-D entries should not exceed60cm 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:
▪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
▪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
▪A judging panel comprising arts educators and artists will select the exhibits.
▪The selection criteria will be mainly based on students’ authentic process of exploration, as well asthe assessment criteria for the Visual Arts School-based Assessment of Hong Kong Diploma Secondary Education Examination.
▪Each student whose entryselected for exhibition will be awarded a book couponat HK$1,000 and a certificate.The schools and teachers concerned will be presented with certificates of appreciation.
▪Results of the judging panel will be final.
6.Submission of Entries
First round of selection
▪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 thewhole research workbook and 4 pieces of artwork/critical studies).Besides, image of each artwork should be saved separately in JPEG format;
(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 includingan 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 ofidea, etc.) and the information of the four pieces of artwork/critical studies.The language should be the same as used in the portfolio.
‧Submission of portfolios for first round of selection:
Date: 12 to 23 September 2016
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
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.
‧Submission of artworks for final adjudication:
Date: 31 October to 4 November 2016
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: 27 January to 28 February 2017
Venue: The Young Achievers’ Gallery, 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.