Results of EKCC’s Venue Partnership Scheme and Artist-in-Residence Pilot Scheme announced
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced today (December 18) the selection results of the Venue Partnership Scheme and Artist-in-Residence Pilot Scheme of the East Kowloon Cultural Centre (EKCC).
Both schemes will run for two years from April 2024 to March 2026. The venue partners and artist-in-residence and the corresponding facilities in the EKCC are as follows:
| The Theatre | Dimension Plus (Venue Partner) |
| Reframe Theatre Company Limited (Venue Partner) | |
| The Turns | Ivanhoe Chun-ho Lam (Artist-in-Residence) |
| The Beats | Hong Kong Jazz Academy Limited (Venue Partner) |
As an incubator for the development of arts and technology, the EKCC is committed to promoting arts technology, it will support artistic creation by arts practitioners and technology professionals so as to identify new emerging trends in the arts, and seize the opportunities that come with innovation and technology.
Both the Venue Partnership Scheme and Artist-in-Residence Pilot Scheme are arts development initiatives, aiming to foster partnerships between the EKCC, arts groups, arts organisations and individual artists with the objectives of enhancing the artistic image and character of the venue and its partner, enlarging the audience base, optimising the usage of facilities, developing venue-based marketing strategies, promoting arts in the community and encouraging community involvement in arts development.