Young Artist Agency

1. 香港浸會大學知識轉移處 Knowledge Transfer Office Hong Kong Baptist University Young Artist Agency Phase I

2. Young Artist Agency Project Leader Mr. Peter BENZ, Academy of Visual Arts External Partner Kingdom University London Project Summary The Academy of Visual Arts (AVA) from HKBU establishes a pilot i-KT Project with the Kingston University London, with a conventional KT Partnership model. This is the first Knowledge Transfer, as well as the first entrepreneurship incubation project initiated by the KTO. The aim of this project is to conduct a study on the feasibility of setting up a Young Artist Agency (YAA) as a new subsidiary of AVA/HKBU. This is also a pilot i-KT project from HKBU KTO, such that with the collaboration with Kingston U KT Office, the HKBU KTO will know more about how to manage and run a full KT project. Depending on the findings of the study, it is to produce a business plan for such an agency that will thereafter be used to apply for further seed funding for launching Hong Kong's first start-up agency for young visual artists along the lines established through the study. The aim of the envisioned Young Artists Agency (YAA) is to systematically, structurally and effectively nurture and encourage the entrepreneurial first steps of young visual artists in Hong Kong.

3. Young Artist Agency Expected Benefits A Business Plan for Young Artist Agency • Statements on structural and legal status of such enterprise • Economic outlooks (an outline of potential market) • Financial risk-assessment • Development benchmarks Establishment of the industry Network • A basic database on potential graduates/student members • A database of the potential clients of YAA • To create a wider network of contacts to authorities and institutions