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The Home Affairs Bureau today (May 28) announced the results of applications for the fourth-round funding exercise of the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme. A total of 12 successful applications will be funded with Springboard Grants or Project Grants at a total funding amount of around $29.64 million.
The funding scheme has been met with an encouraging response from the arts sector and a total of 56 applications were received for the fourth-round funding exercise. The successful applications display high standards and offer diverse representation across genres covering music, dance, theatre, visual arts, media arts, arts education and multi-disciplinary arts.
The successful applicants (in alphabetical order) are as follows:
Name of Organisation Title of Proposal
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The Absolutely Fabulous Connecting People in
Theatre Connection Theatre
Company Limited *
Alice Theatre Laboratory Theatrical Minimalism
Limited Exploration Project
Asian Youth Orchestra Asian Youth Orchestra-
Limited Celebrating 25 Years
of Excellence with
Hong Kong
The Autistic Genius The Autistic Genius
Hong Kong New Music The 21st Century
Limited Performer & Composer
Programme (The Modern
Academy Stage 2)
Hong Kong Photographic Hong Kong
Culture Association International
Limited * Photo Festival 2016
Hong Kong String 21st Century Music
Orchestra Limited * for Young People
Hong Kong Youth Arts 36 sWARm Stratagems
Foundation
Pants Theatre Theatre and Society -
Production Limited Documentary Theatre
Festival
SingFest Limited Choral Polygon
Wuji Ensemble Limited * Atmospheric Music
Theatre
Y-Space (HK) Limited i-Dance Festival
(Hong Kong) 2016
* Successful applicants for Springboard Grant
Note: The award of grants is subject to the successful applicants' signing of funding agreements with the Government.
Introduced in 2011, the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Home Affairs Bureau is administered on the advice of the Advisory Committee on Arts Development. Members of the Committee take part in the assessment of applications together with the Expert Advisers. Under the Scheme, there are Springboard Grants, with matching elements, as well as direct Project Grants. The funding scheme aims to provide funding support for innovative and impactful proposals that contribute to the objectives of capacity development, programme/content development, audience building and arts education. It also seeks to open up new funding avenues to support large-scale and cross-year arts and cultural initiatives/activities so as to enhance capacity development for promising arts groups and arts practitioners as well as to encourage the community and the private sector to support and sponsor the arts.
Ends/Thursday, May 28, 2015
Issued at HKT 14:33
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