Since its launch in 2008, the Arts Ambassadors-in-School Scheme (AAiSS) has amassed around 15,000 ambassadors from primary, secondary and special schools. A variety of arts activities is organised for arts ambassadors to demonstrate their talents and explore the possibility of arts. AAiSS encourages arts ambassadors to share the joy of artistic creation with their peers in order to live out the cooperative spirit of ‘Live in Art, Thrive in Sharing’.

AAiSS in its 15^th edition will continue to organise a wide variety of exciting online and offline arts activities for arts ambassadors.

To join the scheme, each school can nominate two arts ambassadors via the online system.

Youth Arts Week will launch an array of activities including opening ceremony, multi-disciplinary arts exhibition, online and offline arts workshops during summer holiday, allowing arts ambassadors to experience the joy of arts creation with friends.

Multi-disciplinary Arts Exhibition include:

• Workshop – to teach arts ambassadors how to apply transmedia to artistic creation.
• Docent Training - arts ambassadors will receive training to become docents of the exhibition, playing a key role in explaining the curatorial concept and exhibits to the audience. Arts ambassadors will be able to learn from the artists and deepen their understanding of the creative concept of the exhibits and the operation of an exhibition, broadening their artistic horizon.

"Creative+ Arts Camp" is another core activity which will be held during Easter holiday in 2023. Through workshops of different art forms including visual arts, drama, dance and music, arts ambassadors can experience different types of artistic creations. Arts ambassadors from different schools are encouraged to exchange and create their works through observing the community.

To encourage arts ambassadors to participate in different arts activities, a new edition of Arts Training Enhancement Courses will be held between February and July 2023. Please stay tuned with the details announced on the scheme website.

Jointly organised by the Education Bureau, Hong Kong Heritage Museum and Hong Kong Arts Development Council, “Arts Buddies” will allow arts ambassadors to gain an in-depth understanding of arts and culture, as well as the works of local artists through a series of arts programmes including arts appreciation course, conservation talk and curation of exhibition workshop.

Details: https://bit.ly/3UEV43C

Note: In view of the latest development of the pandemic, we will implement different measures for offline activities or change them to online whenever deemed appropriate. Please stay tuned with our announcement.

• The nomination process has gone online. Each school can nominate 2 students and have maximum 2 teacher-in-charge.
• For past participating schools, you may login the system to complete the procedures. Login details can be found on the invitation letter.
• For newly-joined schools, please contact Ms Jessie Kwok at 3959 3568 or via email (jessie_kwok@hkadc.org.hk) to obtain the login details.

• Criteria of nomination: strong interest in arts, proactive, willingness to share and readiness to serve the society with artistic talents.
• Student's artistic expertise: expertise in any art form is welcome.

Ambassadors who are financially in need can apply for the allowance to subsidise travel expenses, admission fees and other expenses for participating in arts activities.

Eligibility:

• All nominated students from special schools.
• Nominated students who are eligible for "Comprehensive Social Security Assiatance (CSSA) Scheme" or "Working Family Allowance Scheme" (Low-income Working Family Allowance Scheme) can apply for a $500 activity allowance. Eligible students should submit relevant supporting documents together with the online nomination.
• Students who are solely eligible for School Textbook Assistance Scheme (Full grant/ Half grant), Student Travel Subsidy or Subsidy Scheme for Internet Access Charges are not qualified for the allowance.

Subsidy will be disbursed by crossed cheque after students have completed the compulsory arts activities and the nominating teacher has confirmed the fulfilment of pledges on promoting arts in school by the end of academic year. 

All nominated ambassadors should fulfill the following requirements within the academic year in order to obtain a certificate:

• Promote arts at school as the fulfilment of pledges and being confirmed by the nominating teachers.
• Attend two core activities.
• Ambassadors who are unable to attend the compulsory activities are required to submit documents to the HKADC Administration Office within one month after the event:
  • Leave Application Letter with teacher’s signature and school chop, and
  • Arts performance/ exhibition review according to the requirements.

Launch scheme booklet | Nomination guideline | Nomination online

New Nomination Deadline: 6 February 2023 (Monday)

Enquiry: 3959 3568 / 2820 1036