Upfront & Local:
Evolving Creative Mindsets in Education Institutions 

Abstract:

The arts are often regarded as performing and exhibition vehicles. Can they become catalysts for transformative change and social impact? How can teacher training merge with artist development bolstering stronger ties to benefit students? How can universities play a key role? Through Evolving Creative Mindsets: Thinking through the Arts (HKU Press) presents some ground-breaking ideas and evidence for on-the-ground implementation in a local context from AFTEC, an award-winning arts education NGO. 

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About the Speaker:

Ms Lynn Yau (Chief Executive Officer, AFTEC) In the past two decades, Lynn’s keen interest in the inter-connection and correlation between the arts and education has driven her to build an AFTEC “action research” portfolio on the merging and interaction of the two fields, testing findings and strategies in diverse settings. She is focused on tapping into the innate powers of the arts to open windows for creative teaching and learning opportunities in disciplines other than the arts, from language to social work and the medical humanities. Lynn is a Hong Kong Scholar to the Clore Leadership Programme 2010 – 11, and was commended by the Chief Executive in 2022 for her outstanding contribution to arts education. She is keen on research and presented papers in Hong Kong, Penang, Brisbane and London. She is the co-author, alongside Professor Robin Pascoe, for a chapter in The Palgrave Handbook of Global Arts Education in 2017. She is passionate about training the trainers and working with young people.

邱歡智女士 (誇啦啦藝術集匯行政總裁) 過去廿載，邱氏對藝術及教育之間互聯互通的關係有著濃厚興趣，促使她建立一項「行動研究」專案，在不同的環境設定下，把兩個範疇融合及加以互動，不斷測試當中的發現及策略。她專注利用藝術潛藏的種種力量，為創意教與學另闢蹊徑，不僅用於不同層面的藝術，更跨越邊界，應用於語文科、社科，以至醫學人文科。 邱氏於 2010 – 11 年度代表香港參加英國 Clore 領袖培訓計劃，並於 2022 年獲行政長官嘉許她在藝術教育上的貢獻。她熱衷於研究，曾獲邀以講者身分出席香港、檳城、布里斯本及倫敦研討會。邱氏與澳洲梅鐸大學的 Robin Pascoe 教授合編的文章收錄在 2017 年出版的《Palgrave 國際藝術教育手冊》一書內。 擁有文學及教育學位的邱氏積極培訓導師，並與青年人同行。