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vA!
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To safeguard public health, all persons entering the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre (vA!) must wear their own masks.
For enquiries, please call (852) 2521 3008.
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About vA!
Laying the groundwork for homegrown artistic innovation
Located at the top of Hong Kong Park, the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre – vA! – is housed in Cassels Block, which was built in the first decade of the 20th century as an extension of the British Army's Victoria Barracks to provide married quarters for officers. The barracks were handed over to the government and incorporated in the Hong Kong Park project in 1985. A new wing with a glass canopy was added when Cassels Block was converted into vA!. The Centre was opened in 1992.
Constructed in a cascade down the hillside, the Grade I historic building originally comprised four three-storey quarters with a brick, limewashed façade and a triangular gable in an ancient Greek style between the blocks. The east and west sides featured open colonnaded verandas typical of the Edwardian Classical Revival style.
vA! is an open, multi-directional art space that focuses on art education, research and exchange. Fitted with specialist equipment, the venue is home to exhibition space and an invigorating creative ambience. Whether you are a full-time artist, an amateur enthusiast or just an interested member of the public, vA! is a place nurturing your artistic talent and providing opportunities to create art yourself. We also invite artists to come and conduct cross-disciplinary art experiments, to explore the possibilities of applying technology and knowledge from other disciplines in the creation of art and to identify new directions in projects ranging from digital creation to site-specific and multimedia installations.
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Mission
To promote the fun of art learning
To support creative art making and encourage experiments in art
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Visit
Location
7A Kennedy Road, Central, Hong Kong
Please click here to search suitable transportation modes and routes to plan your visit.
Enquires:
(852) 2521 3008
Fax:
(852) 2501 4703
Opening
Hours
Monday, Wednesday to Sunday : 10am — 9pm
Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice Festival, Christmas Eve, New Year Eve and Chinese New Year's Eve : 10am — 5pm
Closed on Tuesdays, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, and the first three days of the Chinese New Year
Floor Plan
Facilities
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Exhibition Hall
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Lecture Theatre
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Multi-purpose Rooms/Studios
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Ceramic Studios
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Sculpture Studios
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Printmaking Studios
Exhibition Hall
Formed by two internally connected rooms and covering 218 m2 on Level 5, the Exhibition Hall provides an ideal setting for a variety of art exhibitions. All the walls are mounted with panels for displaying two-dimensional works, while display cases can be borrowed for three-dimensional works.
Lecture Theatre
Furnished with 60 comfortable seats and designated space for wheelchair users, the Lecture Theatre on Level 4 is equipped with projectors and audio and visual systems to offer a perfect venue for lectures, seminars, screenings and other educational activities.
Multi-purpose Rooms/Studios
vA! is home to two multipurpose rooms, one of 33 m2 and the other of 25 m2, two multipurpose studios, one of 110 m2 and the other of 104 m2, and one multipurpose studio of 82 m2 for relief printmaking. They are all furnished with tables, chairs and whiteboards for functions such as art classes and conferences.
Ceramic Studios
Covering 160 m2 in total and equipped with electric potter's wheels and electric kilns, these two studios allow ceramic artists to work in a safe, comfortable and well-ventilated environment.
Sculpture Studios
These three studios covering a total of 228 m2 are designed for creating sculptures in metal, wood and stone. Advanced mechanical tools are provided, including drilling machines, bench saws, electric arcs and argon welders.
Printmaking Studios
Covering a total of 309 m2, these three studios are equipped with stretching machines, screen printing machines, hot plates, dust boxes, vacuum exposure units and blending machine printing presses for making intaglio, relief, planographic and serigraph prints.
Barrier-free
Facilities
To strive for a barrier-free art space, vA! is committed to providing equal access for all to ensure that everyone can fully participate and enjoy art. We shall offer suitable assistance to the persons with disabilities if needed in using venue facilities.
Currently, barrier-free facilities and services provided at vA! are:
- Automatic door, barrier-free ramps and Braille and tactile floor plan at the entrance from Kennedy Road
- Barrier-free ramps and tactile guide paths at the public area of each floor
- Tactile-braille indicators and voice-announcement device in the passenger lifts
- Accessible toilets on 2-5/F
- Information counter suitable for wheelchair users on 5/F
- Hearing loop system for hearing-impaired at the information counter on 5/F
- Designated spaces convenient for wheelchair users at the Lecture Theatre on 4/F
- Barrier-free ramps at the entrance from Hong Kong Park
- Audio and visual signals of the emergency alarm system
Access Officer
You are welcome to contact Mr. Geoffrey WONG, Assistant Curator I of the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre at (852) 3101 2733 or the Duty Officer at (852) 2521 3008.
Inclement Weather
Arrangements
Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No.8 or above
Opening :
• If Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No.8 or above in force before the Centre's Opening Hours, the Centre will be closed.
• If Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No.8 or above is issued during the Centre's Opening Hours, the Centre will be closed.
• The Centre will resume service within 2 hours if the signal is cancelled or lowered to Signal No.3 or below 3 hours or more before the normal closing time as conditions allow. The Centre will remain closed if the signal is cancelled or lowered to Signal No.3 or below less than 3 hours before the normal closing time.
Black Rainstorm Warning Signal
Opening :
• If Black Rainstorm Warning Signal in force before the Centre's Opening Hours, the Centre will be closed.
• If Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is issued during the Centre's Opening Hours, the Centre will remain open.
• The Centre will resume service within 2 hours if the signal is cancelled 2 hours or more before the normal closing time as conditions allow. The Centre will remain closed if the signal is cancelled less than 2 hours before the normal closing time.
* Extreme Conditions
In the case of serious disruption of public transport services, extensive flooding, major landslides or large-scale power outage caused by a super typhoon, the Government will make an announcement of "extreme conditions".
Opening :
• If "extreme conditions" in force before the Centre's Opening Hours, the Centre will be closed.
• The Centre will resume service within 2 hours if "extreme conditions" is cancelled 3 hours or more before the normal closing time as conditions allow. The Centre will remain closed if "extreme conditions" is cancelled less than 3 hours before the normal closing time.
Programme arrangements # :
Family, children, kindergarten, primary school, special school, child centre, elderly centre, other similar organisation :
Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No.3 / Red or Black Rainstorm Warning Signal
Programmes not yet held will be cancelled. Programmes already in progress will continue.
Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No.8 or above
All programmes scheduled for that day, including those due to taking place after the signal has been lowered, will be cancelled.
Adult, secondary school, post-secondary school, other similar organisation :
Black Rainstorm Warning Signal
Programmes already in progress will continue. If the signal is in force within three hours before the programmes commence, the activity will be cancelled.
Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No.8 or above
All programmes scheduled for that day, including those due to taking place after the signal has been lowered, will be cancelled.
# Cancelled programmes will be postponed or fees refunded.
For enquiries, please contact us at (852) 2521 3008 or listen to announcements on TV or radio.
Visiting
Rules
- Please follow the photography and filming regulations of the exhibition hall, and do not use selfie sticks or tripods.
- Please do not write upon, mark, soil or damage any exhibit, installation, wall or facilities in the Centre.
- Please keep the Centre clean and tidy.
- Please do not smoke or light a fire inside the Centre.
- Care for cultural relics and do not damage historic buildings and facilities.
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Hiring Information
Hirer's Exhibition
Period: February to May 2023
Time: 10am — 9pm (except stated otherwise), Closed on Tuesdays
Venue: Exhibition Hall, 5/F, vA!
Dates of Exhibition Preparations:
6.2.2023 (10am — 9pm)
8.2.2023 (10am — 9pm)
13.2.2023 (6pm — 9pm)
15 — 17.2.2023 (10am — 9pm)
27.2.2023 (10am — 9pm)
1.3.2023 (10am — 3pm)
6.3.2023 (7pm — 9pm)
8.3.2023 (10am — 9pm)
13.3.2023 (4pm — 9pm)
15.3.2023 (10am — 5pm)
20.3.2023 (5pm — 9pm)
22.3.2023 (10am — 3pm)
27.3.2023 (6pm — 9pm)
29.3.2023 (10am — 3pm)
3.4.2023 (6pm — 9pm)
5.4.2023 (10am — 3pm)
10.4.2023 (6pm — 9pm)
12.4.2023 (10am — 10:30am)
17.4.2023 (7pm — 9pm)
10.5.2023 (10am — 3pm)
15.5.2023 (5pm — 9pm)
24.5.2023 (10am — 3pm)
29.5.2023 (3pm — 9pm)
Programme contents do not reflect the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
For enquiries, please contact respective organisers.
Programmes are subject to change without prior notice.
- FOCUS – Wong Kwok Chung Glass Art Exhibition
- Prajna and Pure — Himalaya Thangka Exhibition
- Jockey Club Peoples' Art Connective — Small Small World Carnival
- Lost Traffic Lights
- Jockey Club Sarah Roe School (ESF) 2023 Art Exhibition — Well-being in the Pandemic
- Kalasutra — Seema Kohli Solo Show
- Transcending Generational Boundaries with Grandmother
- Solo Exhibition by Ostin Fung
- Immersed in LETTERS
- Landscape Sculpture by Tsui Chi Yu
- Romancing the Nature — Chinese Ink Paintings by Lily Choi
- Passion, Vitality & Inheritance — Painting & Calligraphy Exhibition of Chi Si Poon
FOCUS – Wong Kwok Chung Glass Art Exhibition
Wong uses non-traditional creative methods in traditional media to construct a dialogue with time and space, create a unique visual language and provide a new focus for glass art.
3 — 5.2.2023 (11am — 8pm)
Organiser: Wong Kwok Chung
Enquiry: Ho Chi Hung Isabella (9259 1093)
Prajna and Pure — Himalaya Thangka Exhibition
This collection is from Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet Thangka academies and monasteries. It encompasses several schools of Thangka, such as the Menbris school, the Karma Gardri School, and the Qiwugangba school. Some are collectible old Thangka, gold Thangka, and silver Thangka; others are from relatively new periods.
9 — 12.2.2023 (10am — 9pm)
13.2.2023 (10am — 6pm)
Organiser: Soul Matters Limited
Enquiry: Ms. Fok (852) 6438 1981
Jockey Club Peoples' Art Connective — Small Small World Carnival
18 — 19.2.2023 (10:30am — 8:30pm)
20.2.2023 (12nn — 8:30pm)
22 — 24.2.2023 (12nn — 8:30pm)
25 — 26.2.2023 (10:30am — 8:30pm)
Organiser: Make A Difference Institute Limited
Lost Traffic Lights
The exhibition will showcase the students' works from the Advanced Specialist Course 2021-22 (Painting) at the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.
1.3.2023 (3pm — 9pm)
2 — 5.3.2023 (10am — 9pm)
6.3.2023 (10am — 7pm)
Enquiry: Patrick Ng (852) 9223 5509
Jockey Club Sarah Roe School (ESF) 2023 Art Exhibition — Well-being in the Pandemic
Jockey Club Sarah Roe School is a specialist school that supports students with a wide range of individual needs, ranging from profound and multiple complex learning disabilities to autism, with ages from 5 to 19. We have previously hosted art exhibitions showcasing the student's artwork. This year the theme of our art exhibition is ‘Well-being in the Pandemic'.
9 — 12.3.2023 (10am — 9pm)
13.3.2023 (10am — 4pm)
Organiser: Jockey Club Sarah Roe School (ESF English Schools Foundation)
Enquiry: Ms. Jackie Newman (852) 2761 9893
Kalasutra — Seema Kohli Solo Show
Seema Kohli is a multi-disciplinary contemporary Indian artist who explores themes of femininity, beauty and spirituality. Born in 1960, Seema Kohli has created her niche in contemporary art for the past 35 years. Kohli's works reveal a claim of feminine sexuality. She works with oils on canvas, inks, mixed mediums, ceramics and printmaking. Her work has redefined the basic contours of figurative art in India.
15.3.2023 (5pm — 9pm)
16 — 19.3.2023 (10am — 9pm)
20.3.2023 (10am — 5pm)
Organiser: Red Peppers Entertainment (HK) Limited
Enquiry: Devina (852) 9037 8869 / Sindhu (852) 9461 3676
Transcending Generational Boundaries with Grandmother
My most cherished visual materials were my grandmother's photos, which were destroyed in an accident. The exhibition represents exploring and recreating memories by visiting the recreation parks with my grandmother during my childhood. My grandmother's iconic botanical printed blouse remains one of my strongest visual memories of her. It is hoped that the audience will be inspired and rejuvenated after their visit.
22.3.2023 (3pm — 9pm)
23 — 26.3.2023 (10am — 9pm)
27.3.2023 (10am — 6pm)
Enquiry: Lui Hoi-yi, Jocelyn (852) 6237 2609
Solo Exhibition by Ostin Fung
The exhibition features recent paintings by artist Ostin Fung. With his novel modern painting style, the artist endeavours to reveal his profound admiration for the preeminent Chinese and Western art masters – Zhang Daqian, Zao Wou-ki, Henri Matisse, and Gerhard Richter. Embracing Chinese ink painting traditions and Western abstract expressionism, Ostin Fung attempts to immerse viewers in a unique vision.
29.3.2023 (3pm — 9pm)
30.3 — 2.4.2023 (10am — 9pm)
3.4.2023 (10am — 6pm)
Enquiry: Ms Fung (852) 9162 3826
Immersed in LETTERS
As a native of Hong Kong with over 30 years of proficiency and expertise in Western calligraphy, the exhibition showcases creations ranging from traditional to unorthodox, and even installation works. There will also be different calligraphy demonstrations at the show.
5.4.2023 (3pm — 9pm)
6 — 9.4.2023 (10am — 9pm)
10.4.2023 (10am — 6pm)
Enquiry: Patrick Leung (852) 9615 5561
Landscape Sculpture by Tsui Chi Yu
Exhibition period:
12 — 17.4.2023 (10:30am — 7pm)
Activities will be included during the exhibition period:
‘TIME TO MEET YOU'
Date: 15.4.2023 (Saturday)
Time: 4pm
‘TIME FOR YOU TO ASK ME'
Date: 16.4.2023 (Sunday)
Time: 3pm
Enquiry: Tsui Chi-yu (852) 9680 4414
Romancing the Nature — Chinese Ink Paintings by Lily Choi
Lily likes gazing at the ever-changing trees, clouds, and hills and often ponders to appreciate the tenderness of the moon and soft breeze. Reimagining these touching scenes of nature in her ink paintings always bring her bliss.
10.5.2023 (3pm — 7pm)
11 — 14.5.2023 (10am — 7pm)
15.5.2023 (10am — 5pm)
Enquiry : Lily Choi ( huec3603@gmail.com )
Passion, Vitality & Inheritance — Painting & Calligraphy Exhibition of Chi Si Poon
Art is passion. Chi Si Poon has studied oil painting and Chinese calligraphy under the tutelage of the renowned painter Zhou Gongli and Lingnan calligrapher Mr Li Wei. This exhibition will showcase his selected works of Chinese calligraphy, oil and ink paintings. His artworks express vitality and his inherited knowledge.
24.5.2023 (3pm — 9pm)
25 — 28.5.2023 (10am — 8pm)
29.5.2023 (10am — 3pm)
Enquiry : Erika Cheung (852) 9817 3311
Download Hiring Application Forms:
* The completed application form, together with all the supporting documents should be sent to the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre (Address: 7A Kennedy Road, Central, Hong Kong; Fax :2501 4703). Completed e-fillable pdf form with supplementary documents can also be submit to the GovHK PDF Form Submission System.
* Temporary closure of Sculpture Studios (Stone and Wood):
The Sculpture Studios (Stone and Wood) at the Hong Kong Visual Art Centre will be temporarily closed from late November 2022 to April 2023 for renovation works. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
* Temporary closure of Multi-purpose Studio 2:
The Multi-purpose Studio 2 at the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre will be temporarily closed from December 2022 until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Opening Hours of Booking Office
9:00am — 5:30pm, Mondays to Fridays
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
Enquries: (852) 3101 2736
Fax: (852) 2501 4703
Email: va@lcsd.gov.hk