Friday, 17 April 2015

My first visit to Sham Shi Po, JCCAC and HKOP


JCCAC logo
Hong Kong Open Print Studio is situated on the 8th (top floor) of the JCCAC (Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre) in Sham Shi Po, a laid back district of Kowloon with a mixture of residential high rises, shops, and busy street-markets. This former factory building now houses the JCCAC, where more than 100 artists and art organisations are based across a wide cross-section of the creative and visual arts: painting, sculpture, calligraphy, ceramics, glass art, printmaking, installation, photography, animation, video production, music, dance and drama, are all represented. So all in all its a groovy and happening place within a vibrant residential community, with lots going on.
 
JCCAC building from street
The building has been restored with funding from government grant. It has maintained its original open structure (no glass), which allows the central courtyard to be viewed from every level. The glass cover at rooftop level facilitates performances and exhibitions in the courtyard below whatever the weather. 
JCCAC inner courtyard and exhihibition space

Founded in 2000, Hong Kong Open Printshop is Hong Kong’s first non-profit open printshop run by artists. In 2012, it was registered as a charitable organisation. Its main aim is to promote the visual arts with an emphasis on image making, and to give something back to the community by providing arts programmes that people of all ages and from all walks of life can participate in and enjoy. 

You can read more about the JCCAC and events here: http://www.jccac.org.hk/.

JCCAC courtyard: Glass roof cover

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