Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre

Jockey club creative arts center was an industry building, creating job opportunities to the surrounding neighbors of shek kip mei residents and it brought economic benefit the building is an award winning architectural building converting the shek kip mei factory building and now is served as a incubation of artworks creation, having more than hundred studio here and offering public programmes such as exhibitions, guided tours, performances and themed fairs. quite enjoyable walking one floor by one floor, i esp like the painting of giraffe on the first few floor haa, also you can see old shop sign wall, murals and old machines dring the trip haha such a cute tour and the environment is full of art feeling love yaya Jockey club creative arts center rating of mine: 4.3

An interesting place. Repurposed into an art centre. Worth a visit if you are into modern arts and want to peep into what local artists are working on.

This is an amazing space. As others have said this is a converted factory building and it is very proud of this industrial past at one level, but also retains, as it should, very much the atmosphere of its past. Although now full of artist units peddling a variety of skills and products including printing, dying, artist shops and coffee rooms, it has the feeling of walking around a large mostly empty - many artisans only work for short periods in the week - building. That said there is an excellent dedicated team ensuring lots is going on including walking tours, theatrical performances in the theatre and workshops. Overall an interesting afternoon but make sure you plan exactly what you want to see before visiting.

They have good free exhibitions and some paid workshops. Best to check their website before going in person.

A nice neighbourhood art centre converted from a former school. Lots of open space! The day we visited there was a mini tango concert and the floor was open for dancing. What an unexpected treat.

Located in Shek Kip Mei, Hong housed in a converted nine-storey factory estate. Walking distance from MTR station. Number of small workshops stores in this building and also showing art projects at least once a week. Like an incubator for Hk artists.

An outstanding heritage project in Hong Kong which is not only a local focus but also a tourist attraction, it was converted from an industrial building to a creative arts centre. There are several area offered spaces for exhibition. Together with boutiques selling products from local designers, you can spend at least half a day here.

An arts hub converted from an old public housing block. Interesting events and spaces here and there, but not very happening as a place with a tinge of over management. If you are in the area it is worth checking out.

JCCAC. I was not certain what this was, but I knew that it was worthy of the subway ride to find out. My husband and I ventured over one Saturday afternoon around 11AM to check it out. I would rank it somewhere between a 3 and 4 in Yelp stars, but I suppose I grant it a 3 in light of the ambiguity of marketing wise not really understanding what this space was in the prior to arrival. What I thought was going to be like a grittier, rustic, re-use space, artist colony like PMQ, turned out to be a grittier, well laid out and thought of, re-use space, artist colony, creative use space for artists to work on their craft and teach others different crafts versus selling a whole lot of retail or art to the public. It is a creative center to go learn to throw a pot or draw a portrait or learn to work with glass. It is a place of individual owners and artists working on their own craft or business. This space is an open, light filled, former industrial complex to do just that. Starting at the top floor and walking all floors to finish up at the JCCAC public gift shop of sorts called Port Design in their center courtyard (where they are actually selling stuff and were open when we where there), each floor had many closed businesses. I imagine artists and teachers and owners come when they are working or have scheduled classes. I would say 90% of the studio spaces were closed when we wandered around, but we could feel the gist of what this place was. It seems like a studio space for artists first. It seems like an event center second. It seems like a learning outlet third. It is an open venue that would be great for special events and really designed for this purpose. It would be a great place to go take a pottery class. It is not really a great place to wander around with the idea of seeing extensive amount of artists with functioning shops that are open to the public at set times. There are a few, but not like PMQ. JCCAC is actually a functioning artist studio building and less of an artist retail outlet, again like PMQ. There was a art gallery selling work in the courtyard, there is the Heritage Tea Room where we grabbed tea and some small dim sum dishes and veggies as a lunch snack in the courtyard, there are many public restrooms. There are old pieces of industrial equipment with some curatorial information about what they are on every floor (near the elevators). There is a good map guide with index of studios on the main floor and every floor. It is a well laid out spot and it is good to see an old building being reused. So I am glad we went and I am glad that a creative outlet exists to the public to learn new things like painting or drawing, but this place is not some place I would return to unless I had reason to be there, like an event or to take a class. Go if you are in the area to see the space or look on-line and find a reason to go and learn something new.

Amazing creative center featuring galleries, artists' workspaces, cafes & shops. I came here for a photo exhibit & fell in love with the space. Perfect for an afternoon sipping coffee, visiting the different exhibits & browsing shops with organic foods & pantry items, natural soaps & toiletries, handmade jewelry, artists' prints and more.

I discovered JCCAC last year during a guided tour of a service programme there. A video describing the history of JCCAC was shown, marking the start of the tour. It's one of the cultural centres revitalised from former industrial buildings. The facilities in the centre are well kept and the whole building remains more or less the same as its original appearance. There is a wide range of studios of various artists. Each of them is both the artist's workplace and mini shop. So it's a bit different from PMQ, where shops are open during a particular period of time in a week. As JCCAC mainly facilitates the development of the creative industry and provides space for creative work, some studios may be closed when the artist is working on his/her masterpiece. Thus though we are welcome to go there and stroll around, we shouldn't disturb the artists when their studios aren't open to the public at the moment. Speaking of creative products in JCCAC, people may think of visual arts and handicrafts such as photography and ceramics. We visited an artist's studio which displayed lots of ceramics. Some related to dogs. She also shared her crafting experience. It's quite a wonderful opportunity to talk with the artists! But of course when they're willing! You may also buy some of their products as you like. In fact performing arts like drama and music are also available there. Some of those artists perform in the theatre regularly and the ticket price is affordable. So we can say that the cultural activities here is quite diverse. Getting there is very easy - just take the MTR to Shek Kip Mei station and walk from Exit B2 or C. Walk along Woh Chai Street or Wai Chi Street and you'll probably see the green redeveloped factory estate after reaching Nam Cheong Street.