Here are the Friday excursions that will be offered. At this stage these are not 'live' for selecting, but feel free to have a think about what trip you would like to do. Scroll down to see what will be on offer!
Excursions will depart from VSA campus at around 10.00am via bus.
Entrance fees to venues / exhibitions are included in the cost of your ARWAE ticket.
Due to the plethora of eateries in Hong Kong, participants can decide where and when they will have lunch. Participants will cover the cost of their own lunches.
A bus will collect you and bring you to the location of the evening social (Venue of Friday social still to be confirmed).
M+ & Hong Kong Palace Museum
A chance to see visit M+ with its collection of contemporary Chinese Art and the Palace Museum housing a collection of Chinese art and artifacts with regular special exhibitions.
Hong Kong Street Art & Tai Kwun
Your chance to visit some of Hong Kong's growing street Art scene combined with a visit to Tai Kwun, formerly a prison today it's a place to view the old buildings, sketch and see some contermporary art at the gallery
2 groups of 10 people (street art tours will be 10 people per group)
Hong Kong Museum of Art & Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront
Visit the exhibitions at MOA and stroll along the famous waterfront taking in the epic views that Hong Kong is famous for. Opportunies to sketch, photograph
Public Housing estate visit with sketching & photography
A chance to see some 'real' Hong Kong with a visit to a public housing estate guided by Hong Kong Art teacher. Opportunities to photograph and sketch and enjoy a local lunch.
Max number of people: 15
Man Mo Temple, Cat Street alley, Asia Art Archive and more!
Visit a traditional Chinese temple, walk along Cat Street, famed for it's shops selling antiques and second hand items, street sketching, dim sum lunch and a visit to the Asia Art Archive, an organisation dedicated to the collection of books, journals and primary source materials on Asian artists.
Max number of people: 15
Aberdeen
Getting a feeling of local life in Hong Kong with a stroll through the wet markets, sketching and local lunch
Max number of people: 15