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12/2008
KEE SHING (HOLDINGS) LTD CHRISTMAS COOKIE-MAKING PROJECT
IN THEIR DEBUT ART ANGELS PROJECT, KEE SHING (HOLDINGS) LTD. HAVE PARTNERED WITH YAF TO CREATE A FUN CHRISTMAS COOKIE-MAKING PROJECT FOR CHILDREN FROM THE BENEFICIARY ORGANISATION OF MOTHER'S CHOICE.
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15/11/2008
HYSAN KITE MAKING PROJECT
HYSAN HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AVID SUPPORTERS OF THE ART, ENSURING THAT COMMUNITIES WHO DO NOT HAVE EASY ACCESS TO THE ARTS ARE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE IT. THIS YEAR, THEY PARTNER WITH YAF ONCE AGAIN TO PROVIDE AN EXCITING ARTS OPPORTUNITY FOR ST. JAMES SETTLEMENT.
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10-17/ 10/ 2008 10am-8pm
18/10/2008 10am-3pm
"DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?" PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
PRACTICING THE BELIEF THAT "ART KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES", YAF TOGETHER WITH THE SOVEREIGN ART FOUNDATION HAVE PIONEERED AN INSIGHTFUL PHOTOGRAPHY MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME. THREE AUTISTIC YOUTH LOW CHI WA (HEEP HONG SOCIETY), KUOT KAM LUN (FU HONG SOCIETY) AND CHAU KA CHING (HONG CHI ASSOCIATION), WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MENTORED BY LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS TSE MING-CHONG, LEON SUEN AND CECI LIU FROM JUNE TO AUGUST. THE MENTORSHIP ALLOWED THE PARTICIPANTS TO HAVE INTENSIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAINING, PROVIDING THEM AN INSPIRATIONAL AVENUE FOR SELF-EXPRESSION.
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1-7/10/2008 9am-10pm
8-14/10/2008
SHERATON "HOSPITAL REJUVENATION" EXHIBITION
IT IS THE 10TH YEAR OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SHERATON HONG KONG HOTEL & TOWERS AND YAF, CELEBRATING A DECADE OF CONSTANT SUPPORT, PASSION AND DEDICATION IN BRINGING ART TO THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE IT!
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9/2008
MAYER BROWN JSM MURAL PAINTING PROJECT
MAYER BROWN JSM IS ONE OF THE LEADING LAW FIRMS IN ASIA AND CONSISTENTLY CONTRIBUTES TO THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH PRO BONO WORK. THIS YEAR, YAF IS DELIGHTED TO PARTNER WITH THEM ON THEIR FIRST EVER ART ANGELS PROJECT! AS MAYER BROWN JSM ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS YOUTH, THEIR DEBUT PROJECT WITH YAF WILL BE TO CREATE A MURAL FOR HEEP HONG SOCIETY CATHERINE LO CENTRE.
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8/2008
SHERATON HOSPITAL REJUVENATION PROJECT
IT IS THE TENTH YEAR YAF PARTNERS WITH SHERATON HONG KONG HOTEL & TOWERS TO PROMOTE ARTS AMONG THE YOUTH, AND CONSISTENTLY BRINGS ARTS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
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Summer 2008
CALLING ALL MURAL ARTISTS
EVERY YEAR, YAF HAS SEVERAL MURAL PAINTING PROJECTS AND WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOK OUT FOR NEW, EXCITING PEOPLE TO BE THE PROJECT ARTIST. MOST OF THESE PROJECTS FALL UNDER OUR ART ANGEL PROGRAMME AND REQUIRE THE HEAD ARTIST TO BE ABLE TO INSPIRE, LEAD AND GUIDE A GROUP OF CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS AND A GROUP OF DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IN COMPLETING A MURAL.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT PATRICIA AT PAT@HKYAF.COM OR BY PHONE 2877 2207.
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11/ 2008
BE OUR CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS IN STANDARD CHARTERED ARTS IN THE PARK –MARDI GRAS
THANKS TO STANDARD CHARTERED AND CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS FROM DIFFERENT ENTERPRISES, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS THE ANNUAL ARTS IN THE PLAZA (AIP) PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY WITH AN ENTERTAINING AND FUN-FILLED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS YEAR, THE EVER POPULAR EVENT WILL MOVE TO VICTORIA PARK AND HAS DEVELOPED INTO A MUCH BIGGER AND MUCH MORE EXCITING AFFAIR!
YAF IS NOW CALLING FOR ALL INTERESTED CORPORATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FUN-FILLED ARTS AND COMMUNITY EVENT. CORPORATIONS CAN BE PART OF THE EVENT BY SPONSORING AN ARTS STALL, WHERE THEIR STAFF WILL LEARN THE BASIC ARTS SKILLS IN A 2-HOUR WORKSHOP CONDUCTED BY A YAF ARTIST. THEN, IN EARLY NOVEMBER, THE VOLUNTEERING "ARTISTS" WILL SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS AND PUT THE ART SKILLS TO REAL PRACTICE!
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Summer 2008
OHEL LEAH MURAL PAINTING PROJECT
THIS YEAR, THANKS TO THE CHARITABLE DONATION OF OHEL LEAH SYNAGOGUE CHARITY, YAF PAINTER WILL JOIN FORCE WITH A GROUP OF TEENAGERS TO PAINT A MURAL FOR EBENEZER SCHOOL & HOME FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN SUMMER.
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19/ 6/ 2008; 6-8pm
CSR NETWORKING COCKTAILS
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IS FAST BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR WITH BUSINESSES AS THEY WANT TO ENGAGE, PROVIDE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY WITHIN WHICH THEY THRIVE. OUR ART ANGEL VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMME ASSISTS BUSINESSES IN ACHIEVING THIS BY RUNNING VARIOUS COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS FOR DISADVANTAGED OR SPECIAL NEEDS YOUTH. WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CORPORATE COMMUNITY WE COULD NOT REACH OUT TO AS MANY NGO'S AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED, WE NEED YOU!
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1 June - 5 August, 2008
MORGAN STANLEY DRUM JAMMING PARTY
MORGAN STANLEY IS DEDICATED TO MAKING A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY. THROUGH THEIR FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND STRENGTHENING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CITIZENS, THEY STRIVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.
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22-24/05/2008
GOLDMAN SACHS OCEAN PARK MURAL PAINTING
THIS YEAR, AS PART OF THEIR CTW PROGRAMME, GOLDMAN SACHS AND YAF HAVE TEAMED UP TO WORK ON A LARGE SCALE MURAL PAINTING FOR OCEAN PARK. AS PART OF THE PROJECT, CHILDREN FROM POINSETTIA SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAINT THE MURAL WITH THE VOLUNTEERS AND EXPERIENCE THE FUN OF OCEAN PARK.
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17/05/2008
CITIC KA WAH ENVIRONMENTAL PUPPET MAKING PROJECT
ON MAY 17, CITIC KA WAH VOLUNTEERS WILL ASSIST A GROUP OF CHILDREN FROM MOTHER'S CHOICE IN A PUPPET-MAKING EXPERIENCE. THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH A PUPPET SHOW THAT EXPLORES THE ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FOLLOWED BY A WORKSHOP WHERE THE CHILDREN WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN PUPPETS FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS AND STAR IN THEIR OWN PUPPET SHOWS!
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19/04/2008
BAKER & MCKENZIE BEACH CLEAN UP & ENVIRONMENTAL ART PROJECT
IN AN ACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, BAKER & MCKENZIE AND YAF HAVE ORGANIZED A BEACH CLEAN-UP AND MOSAIC ART PROJECT. ON APRIL 19TH, VOLUNTEERS FROM BAKER & MCKENZIE, ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND ACCOMPANIED BY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WILL CLEAN A SELECTED BEACH IN CLEAR WATER BAY, FOLLOWED BY THE CREATION OF A MOSAIC ARTWORK.
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27/ 2/ 2008
UBS GALLERY EXPLORATIONS
TAKING A GROUP OF PRIMARY STUDENTS TO HONG KONG MUSEUM OF ART CAN BE A REWARDING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL CONCERNED. UBS VOLUNTEERS BECOME 15-MINUTE EXPERTS ON THE EXHIBITION, THEN LEADING SMALL GROUPS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THE MUSEUM, ENCOURAGING THEM TO LOOK, LISTEN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE.
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11/2--7 -1/ 2008
TIME WARNER LITERACY PROJECT
FROM NOV 07 TILL JAN 08, A SERIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ART EDUCATION WORKSHOPS WILL BE LED BY THE ALL THEATRE COMPANY, TO BENEFIT 200 PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM TIN SHUI WAI. ACCOMPANIED BY TIME WARNER VOLUNTEERS, THE STUDENTS WILL ATTEND A LIVE PERFORMANCE, FOLLOWED BY A STORY WRITING WORKSHOP USING THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY TO MAKE A STORY AND TRANSFORM IT INTO A POP-UP BOOK.
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