Introducing: The SPK Club
SPK is a student society promoting art, aiming at enhancing ones’ knowledge in art appreciation through mutual idea sharing and active learning. To gather people of same interests we have six categories including Exhibitions, Films, Activities, Reading Group, Tabloids and Music. Each group has certain leaders in charge of the organizing.
SPK started with the idea of “sharing”. At first it was just a few people going to exhibitions together. People who are interested in the topic or the theme of an exhibition that could share or introduce their own ideas and thinking toward it. Thus, each exhibition you not only share with a group of people who hold the same passion as you, but also learn something new and different from your own. With more and more people involved, we wish to expand this idea to the now six major focuses of the club.
The group leaders are responsible for organizing and taking care of their specific focus (or focuses) but they are also obligated to cooperate and interact frequently with all the other leaders and members of the club to keep the club function as a whole.
The members of the club are not limited in any way. There are no age limit or background limits. SPK welcomes all people with the same passion for art and emphasizes the sharing of art and the art of sharing.
The members of the club are not limited in any way. There are no age limit or background limits. SPK welcomes all people with the same passion for art and emphasizes the sharing of art and the art of sharing.
The Six Focuses of SPK Club
Exhibition:
Before the exhibition event is set, there is a certain amount of group members volunteering to take charge of introducing the exhibition, which usually happens at the same day before experiencing the actual exhibition. A small idea-sharing discussion right after the actual exhibition - A sum up of the day.
Activity:
All kinds of outdoor and indoor activities of the club are usually based on current festivals or holidays. For example, gingerbread-house-making for last Christmas.
Reading Group:
A volunteer selects text of any kind, usually just one or two pieces of work, for the attending members to read and discuss. The volunteer will be responsible for introducing some information related to the text. The reading groups are held once a month during school terms. For 2011 two-month summer break, we held it once a week, a total 8 sections.
Films:
SPK Film events are held every month on the last Tuesdays and Thursdays during school days.
Music:
SPK Music includes going to concerts and live (music) shows and all genres of music are included.
Tabloid (in progress):
A tabloid for each semester. We would work on them at the end of the semester during the following long break, and finish and distribute them in the beginning of the next semester.
Content of Tabloid:
- (Basic Section) Gather and sum-up all the events of the semester including members responses to the art activities shared in the club.
- (Additional Section) Artist interviews, photo-sharing project, etc.
Before the exhibition event is set, there is a certain amount of group members volunteering to take charge of introducing the exhibition, which usually happens at the same day before experiencing the actual exhibition. A small idea-sharing discussion right after the actual exhibition - A sum up of the day.
Activity:
All kinds of outdoor and indoor activities of the club are usually based on current festivals or holidays. For example, gingerbread-house-making for last Christmas.
Reading Group:
A volunteer selects text of any kind, usually just one or two pieces of work, for the attending members to read and discuss. The volunteer will be responsible for introducing some information related to the text. The reading groups are held once a month during school terms. For 2011 two-month summer break, we held it once a week, a total 8 sections.
Films:
SPK Film events are held every month on the last Tuesdays and Thursdays during school days.
Music:
SPK Music includes going to concerts and live (music) shows and all genres of music are included.
Tabloid (in progress):
A tabloid for each semester. We would work on them at the end of the semester during the following long break, and finish and distribute them in the beginning of the next semester.
Content of Tabloid:
- (Basic Section) Gather and sum-up all the events of the semester including members responses to the art activities shared in the club.
- (Additional Section) Artist interviews, photo-sharing project, etc.
