Providing quality art education has been part of the mandate of the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) since its establishment in 1977. Over the past 43 years, we have witnessed the development of a humble education department that provided art courses for leisure to an officially registered art school that offers accredited art degree programmes and the undivided attention and devotion of our colleagues which made what the Hong Kong Art School (HKAS) is today.

In the last 20 years HKAS has played a notable role in grooming generations of art talents in Hong Kong and proudly our graduates have made their mark at home and internationally. HKAS is more than just a school but a community and family of creativity in which our students and teachers bond without boundaries – a true embodiment of the spirit of “Art for All”.

I would like to congratulate and applaud our generations of School Council members and staff for their dedication and diligence, without whom we would not be celebrating the 20th anniversary of HKAS today. I would like to give our special thanks to Ms. Winnie CHIU, our current Chairman of the School Council, whose leadership and dedication have taken HKAS to new heights. Last but not least, my most sincere gratitude to all patrons, donors, sponsors and collaborators for their tremendous support to our art education. Together we shall embark on another twenty years of exciting journey in art.

自一九七七年成立以來，提供優質的藝術教育一直是香港藝術中心的使命之一。於過去的四十三年中，我們見證着一個起初只提供藝術興趣班的教育部門，發展成一所能開辦經評審專上課程的藝術院校；同事們不懈的努力和貢獻，成就了今天的香港藝術學院。

香港藝術學院在過去二十年間，在培育藝術人才方面扮演着重要的角色，我們的畢業生在本地和國際上都獲得驕人的成就。香港藝術學院不只是一所學院，它更是一個集合創造力的社區和大家庭。我們的學生和老師之間的連繫無間，真正體現出「Art for All」的精神。

我希望藉此恭賀並讚揚歷代的學院督導委員會成員，以及一眾員工的貢獻和付出，沒有他們，我們此時不會慶祝學院二十周年。特別鳴謝我們現任的督導委員會主席，邱詠筠女士，其領導及貢獻，為學院帶來新的發展。最後，我衷心感謝所有贊助人、捐助者，以及合作伙伴對學院藝術教育的大力支持。讓我們一起走上振奮人心的藝術旅程，邁向另一個二十年的里程碑。