i-dArt – Kitty Woo Gallery

History

Art is a barrier-free common language. To appreciate beautiful things and to do creation freely are the inborn abilities and rights of human beings. The focus of art appreciation should be on the power that the creators give to their creations and also their abilities, instead of their intelligence or physical ability. Holding such beliefs, from 2010 to 2020, the Rehabilitation Service Section of TWGHs set up the community inclusive gallery 'i-dArt' to connect people with different abilities through arts, to explore and develop more possibilities and creative spaces in the community, so as to increase the interactions between various social groups and art media lovers in the community.

In 2017, we established the second art space, "Kitty WOO Gallery", being named after the wife of Mr. WOO Sam-kang, our donor who supported the establishment of this gallery. In 2025, the gallery will relocate to TungPo. The gallery presents exhibitions for public appreciation, allowing enthusiasts from different communities and art mediums to engage and interact more with one another.

Objectives

• To encourage people with different abilities to learn, enjoy and appreciate art;
• To allow people with different abilities to demonstrate their art potential;
• To use art as a media to connect people with different abilities in the community, so as to enhance their better mutual understanding and acceptance, and to foster an inclusive community.

Service Recipients

• We endeavor to offer different kinds of art activities to meet the different needs of people with different abilities and of different communities through different themes and designs of the exhibition projects.