Sun Playroom
The event series "Sun Playroom" aims to promote art appreciation and creation through various types of workshops and experiential programmes, seeking to inspire participants' creativity and imagination.
Introductory Smartphone Photography Course
Sun Museum is pleased to invite the specialized photography instructor, Pure Water (Billy Ng), to host the Introductory Smartphone Photography Course during May.
The course consists of 3 sessions, primarily focusing on beginner smartphone photography. The curriculum includes 2 sessions of indoor photography theory and 1 outdoor practical session in a Hong Kong park, taught by an experienced photography instructor using a practical, easy-to-understand, and immediately applicable approach.
Participants will grasp the fundamental concepts of smartphone photography through hands-on practice, along with interactive teaching and explanations. This course covers the use of smartphone lenses and various modes, such as composition, colour, and basic editing techniques. From the basics to practical application, learn to capture stunning moments in life with your smartphone. We welcome all those interested in beginner smartphone photography to register for participation.
Lesson 1: Indoor Smartphone Photography Practice and Hidden Features, Basic Editing with Snapseed
Date: 6 May 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Venue: Sun Museum Café
Lesson 2: Indoor Smartphone Photography Concepts (Light, Shadows, Colour, Composition), Appreciation and Explanations of Works
Date: 13 May 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Venue: Sun Museum Café
Lesson 3: Outdoor Photography Practical
Date: 20 May 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Hong Kong Park
Fee: HKD 980 for three sessions
Age: 18 years old or above
Languages: Cantonese
Equipment Requirements:
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A smartphone with photography capabilities released within the last 5 years
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A small portable white flashlight (if available)
Wood Carving Courses on Chinese Calligraphy
Sun Museum is going to host a English Wood Carving Courses on Chinese Calligraphy in June 2026. We are pleased to invite Hong Kong renowned carving artists Yo Shing (Mr. Cheung Sing Hung) and Mr. Vincent Cheung to provide personal guidance.
The course consists of three sessions. The instructors will teach the Yin (陰) and Yang (陽) patterns engraving skill in Chinese calligraphy. They will also provide a brief introduction to carving-related information, such as the types and uses of carving tools, along with the traditional Chinese engraving history and category. The course aims to enhance participants' interest and knowledge in wood carving art through practical exercises and demonstration. To provide a preliminary understanding of the value of carving art, allowing participants to experience the joy of carving.
Date: 3, 10, 17 June 2026 (Wednesdays)
Time: 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Venue: Café & Shop at Sun Museum
Fee: HKD 1,600 for three sessions
(including a materials fee of HKD 300)
Materials: One block of premium rosewood (20×20×4 cm) and a set of high-quality carving tools
Language: English
Lesson 1
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Sharing Yin Pattern engraving skill in Chinese calligraphy
Lesson 2
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Sharing Yang-Pattern engraving skill in Chinese calligraphy
Lesson 3
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Applying colour to the art craft
Instructors
Yo Shing (Cheung Sing Hung) - has a deep passion for painting, pottery, and bamboo and wood carving. He received funding from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council to hold a solo exhibition of his carving art. He has participated in the carving work for large-scale outdoor wood inscription at Lantau Island's “Wisdom Path” and Tsz Shan Monastery. His sculptural works, “Return” and “Perseverance”, were selected for the 11th (2009) and 12th (2014) National Exhibition of Fine Arts, respectively. Currently, he serves as an art consultant for several schools and institutions and has been invited to teach carving and pottery art courses at universities, including The University of Hong Kong. He now runs the Yo Shing Art Workshop, focusing on professional artistic creation and teaching.
Vincent Cheung - graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, he pursued further studies at The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in the UK and returned with his qualifications. Influenced by his father Yo Shing from a young age, he developed a love for art. Over the years, he has followed his father in teaching carving and pottery art courses at workshops and schools, assisting in various projects and creative works. He is determined to become a true artist, inheriting and promoting traditional craftsmanship.
Deconstruct x Reconstruct: Experimental Drawing Course
Sun Museum will hold an experimental painting course in May 2026. This event features artist Mr. Xie Chengxuan from the Sun Refresh scheme. The course consists of three 1.5-hour sessions. Xie will guide participants through a disruptive creative process that encourages letting go of traditional painting conventions and producing distinctive, content-rich artwork.
Dates: 9, 16, 23 May 2026 (Saturdays)
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:00 NN
Location: Sun Museum Café
Fee: HKD 980 (materials and tools included)
Language: Cantonese or Putonghua
Lesson 1 | Acrylic image transfer: Context distortion and deconstruction
By teaching acrylic image transfer techniques, we try to sort out what “images” mean to us, the message behind them, and how they were being seen. The purpose of this workshop is to rethink the meaning of motifs, how we are going to reshape and turn them into artworks.
Lesson 2 | Monoprint: Unseen the predicted form
With the use of oil paint and paper, we are trying to make monoprints in the easiest way. Allows us to reflect on the fundamental art education of teaching us how to draw, no planned drawings, only perceptions with instinct.
Lesson 3 | In the Means of Layering
Within 1.5-hour time, each of us is going to work on a small canvas continuously. It’s a non-stop progress until the end of the workshop. Different kinds of layering techniques are introduced. With those techniques, we try to experience a mind-flipping process and therefore make an artwork with rich content.
About Artist | Xie Chengxuan
Born in Guangzhou in 1997, graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2020. He then pursued an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art in London, completing his studies in 2023.
His artistic practice primarily employs oil, acrylic, and mixed media on both canvas and paper. Grounded in deconstruction, he distils objects into their fundamental visual components — points, lines, planes, colour blocks, textures — before reassembling them. Given that each viewer’s cultural and personal background influences their perception, the resulting image resists a single interpretation. The independent visual elements maintain an interactive dialogue within the finished work, creating an ongoing engagement with the surface.
For Xie, the act of painting is akin to digestion. He absorbs influences—political, social, and personal — deconstructs them and reconstitutes them through repeated interactions with the canvas. Each layer reflects a shift in thought, with closure deliberately avoided. A focus on superficial beauty is eschewed; instead, the visible struggle is central to his artistic expression.
Works by Xie Chengxuan are included in the collections of the Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology at the University of Oxford in United Kingdom, Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, X Museum in Beijing, and various private collections.
