HKHTC Art and Writing Contest: Year 9 – 13

2017-06-30T15:16:07+08:00Tags: , |

After the success of our previous contest we were proud to organize the Art & Writing contest for Years 9 – 13 students in Hong Kong. This
year’s theme is ‘HOW AND WHY SHOULD WE REMEMBER ACTS OF GENOCIDE?’

This year’s student winners have approached this question creatively. Here are the winners and their works:

Visual Arts Category: drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, film
Winner: Anja Herrmann (Island School – Year 11)
https://youtu.be/F55YpUz0bTw

Performing Arts Category: drama, spoken-word poetry, dance, performance, composition
Winners: Emily Wong, Jacqueline Pan, Anina Law (Sha Tin College – Year 9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSImUuwir2M&feature=em-upload_owner

Writing Category: creative or essay
Winner: Ofir Razon (Elsa High School – Year 11)

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Announcing the Winners: HKHTC’s 2015 Art & Writing Contest

2017-01-21T15:08:15+08:00Tags: , , |

HKHTC is proud to announce the following student winners:

In the Visual Arts Category: Patrick Hawkey – Discovery College, for his sculpture illustrating Holocaust survivor Dan Pagis’ iconic poem, “Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway Car”.

In the Performing Arts Category: Martha Chow and Wind Yuen – Sha Tin College, for their shadow dance commemorating the Armenian Genocide.

In the Writing Category: Juliet Leung – Heep Yunn School, for her creative short story on the Rwandan genocide.

We congratulate them as well as over 100 students from across 14 secondary schools in Hong Kong and Mainland China who participated in the 2015 Contest.

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HKHTC 2016 Art and Writing Contest – Year 9 – 13

2017-04-04T11:21:49+08:00Tags: , , , |

After the success of last year’s contest we were proud to announce the launch of the 2016 Art & Writing contest for Years 9 – 13.

Pick from one of the following three categories, answering the question

‘HOW AND WHY SHOULD WE REMEMBER ACTS OF GENOCIDE?’

Students are encouraged to approach this question creatively, entering the contest in one of the three categories below. One winner will be announced in each of these categories:

1- Performing Arts: drama, spoken-word poetry, dance, performance, composition.

2- Visual Arts: drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, film.

3- Writing: creative or essay (max. 1,500 words)

The deadline was 11.59pm 30th May 2016. Prizes were awarded in each category. Winners were announced in mid June.

Most entries in the Performing Arts and Visual Arts categories require a 2-3 minute video explanation.

Entries must be entirely original works. Please fully cite and acknowledge any existing ideas or authors from whom you’ve drawn inspiration.

All questions/inquiries to info@hkhtc.org.

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