The Artist-in-Residence Programme is one of the highlighted events of the School.  Renowned artists from different countries had been invited to Hong Kong and reside at the School to share their experience and exchange their ideas with students and lecturers of Hong Kong Art School and other institutions as well as art lovers from the public sector.  Different kinds of activities, such as, exhibition, artist talk, seminar, performance and workshop will be held during artists’ residencies.  The following artists were invited to participate in the programme in the past 3 years.
November-December 2009         Tad Ermitano from the Philippines
October-November 2009                        Kamol Phaosavasdi from Thailand
March-April 2009                                   Masayuki Akamatsu from Japan
November-December 2008         Vincensius Christiawan from Indonesia
April-May 2007                                      Philomène Longpré from the USA
Website: http://air.hkas.edu.hk

Project Period: Sept 2003 – Aug 2009

Hong Kong School Drama Festival aims at encouraging primary and secondary schools to develop drama as a regular co-curricular activity. The Festival was organized in three phases namely the Training Phase, School Performance Phase and Public Performance Phase. Education Bureau had commissioned HKAS to organize the Festival since 2003. The Festival in 2008/09 accommodated 535 drama teams.
Website: http://hksdf.hkas.edu.hk

Project Period: Sept 2009 – Jul 2010

New Media Arts Exhibition Project – Intermedia Experiment at Hong Kong Art School

Project Period:  Dec 2008 - Feb 2009

The project was led by two emerging local artists, Mr. Samson Young and Mr. Christopher Lau, aimed to offer a platform of large-scaled media arts production for both local artists and art students.  The project consisted of a series of workshops, an installation exhibition, three sessions of performance with a discussion forum.  Students participated in the Performance and contributed the works that they had created during the workshops as part of the Installation art piece.
Website: http://nmap.hkas.edu.hk/Intermedia_Experiment/

Pupil Ambassador: Active, Bright and Caring

Project Period: 2008 – 2009

Funding Body: Guidance and Discipline Section, Education Bureau

One-day camps for primary and secondary school students were carried out in 2008 and 2009 aimed at equipping students with necessary knowledge for story building and basic drama skills. The camps concluded with short pieces of drama developed by the students in the theme of healthy lifestyle and prevention of drug abuse in schools.

Enrichment Programme for Gifted Children

Project Period: 2006 - 2009

Funding Body: Gifted Education Section, Education Bureau

The programme explored and developed the potentials of gifted students through drama.

Video Screening and Seminar

Project Period: 2008 – 2009

Co-presented with the Hong Kong Drama / Theatre and Education Forum (TEFO)
Regular video Screening and Seminars were organized once every three months, to explore the possibilities of introducing drama into schools.