On the eve of a gala to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hong Kong chapter of the Asian Cultural Council, four of its patrons tell Oliver Giles of its invaluable work supporting the arts.
Hans Michael is the chairman of the Asian Cultural Council (HK) Foundation, the local chapter of the New York-based ACC, an organisation that awards grants to artists and scholars from Asia looking to study or work in the US—and vice versa—as well as grants to Asia-based artists looking to work elsewhere in the region. The ACC has awarded more than 6,000 fellowships since it was established, roughly 600 of which have been granted to creatives from Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China since the Hong Kong office was established 30 years ago.
The ACC isn’t focused on a single discipline; it has awarded fellowships to recipients as diverse as dancer Shen Wei, film director Chen Kaige and Asia Art Archive founder Claire Hsu-Vuchot. “Diversity is strength—I think that’s a very fundamental belief that we all share at the ACC,” explains Hans Michael. Marissa Fung-Shaw, a board member of the Hong Kong chapter, adds: “When you have cultural exchange, then the more art forms you have, the better it is for the different artists—everyone can learn from each other.”
This story is from the November 2018 edition of Hong Kong Tatler.
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