Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre

JCCAC, opened in 2008, is the operation base of nearly 140 artists and art groups of various types. Among them, there are mainly visual arts, performing arts and other applied arts. JCCAC is positioned as a diversified and open art village and Art Center, providing an environment for the public to have close contact with art, explore and experience artistic creativity.

Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre

The Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC) is a brand-new art project dedicated to promoting the development of Creative Arts in Hong Kong. It is located at the former site of Shek Kip Mei factory building, 30 Pak Tin Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

brief introduction

The Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre is led by the Hong Kong Baptist University with the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and the Hong Kong Arts Centre as strategic partners, funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club charitable trust and supported by the Home Affairs Bureau. The Art Center opened to the public at the end of September 2008.

The Hong Kong government has handed over the management right of the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre to the Hong Kong Baptist University in the form of a seven-year trusteeship agreement. The centre operates on a self financing basis and is open to the public. Apart from artistic creation, artists and organizations stationed in the centre join hands to provide art education and training to the public, as well as art related business activities.

facilities

The Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre is a 9-storey factory building in Shek Kip Mei. It has a rental area of about 110000 square feet (excluding the rooftop area). The centre has received a donation of HK $69.4 million from the Hong Kong Jockey Club charitable trust and a grant with a ceiling of $25 million to finance the renovation and modification of the building and part of the start-up costs. P T architects and engineers Ltd. is the architectural consultant of the renovation and modification project, while MdfA Architects Ltd. is responsible for interior design.

Built in 1977, Shek Kip Mei factory building has been vacant since 2000, with a total usable area of 8640 square meters. The design of the centre will try to retain the original features of the Shek Kip Mei factory building. The renovation materials will also try to maintain the rustic style of the industrial building in the 1970s. The ground is also made of "stone excrement". The height of the ground floor is 14 feet 9 inches (4.5 meters), the height of each upper floor is 8 feet 3 inches (2.5 meters), and the load limit is 150 pounds per square foot. Among them, about 50000 square feet provide about 100 small and medium-sized units for artists and art groups, and about 30000 square feet provide about 6 to 7 large units for art institutions. The small unit area ranges from 291 to 385 square feet, the medium unit area ranges from 483 to 804 square feet, the large unit area ranges from 874 to 1040 square feet, and the largest unit area ranges from 1298 to 1, It is 326 square feet, with three art galleries and one experimental theater, restaurants, art gallery boutique and other shops. The central garden provides a performance venue for small-scale artistic and cultural activities. There is also a common space on each floor for sculpture and activities.

establish

On October 31, 2005, the Creative Arts Centre was inaugurated by the then Secretary for home affairs, Mr Ho Chi Ping

. In November 2006, the Creative Arts Center began to rent. By the end of January 2007, it had received nearly five times the number of applications. Of the 522 applications, 112 were selected. Among them, 6 were art institution tenants, 88 were art workers or art groups tenants, and the rest were art students or graduates.

Address: 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Longitude: 114.165705

Latitude: 22.334737

Tel. + 852-23531311

Official website: http://www.jccac.org.hk/?a=group&id=a

Traffic information: exit C of Shek Kip Mei station of Hong Kong Metro, after leaving the station, go straight along "Wai Chi Street" to JCCAC building, about 10 minutes' walk.

Opening hours: 10:00-22:00