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dent of CUHK, Thomas Fung Yee-tin, about HK$40,000 to HK$50,000 in an around HK$10,000 to HK$12,000 for
says he wants to be a full-time artist exhibition. But the income is unstable, renting a studio, purchasing materials
after his graduation. He says some as they can only afford to hold one or for his artworks and daily expenses.
of the artists try to create commer- two exhibitions with around 30 paint-
cial artworks that are welcomed by ings in each event every year. There Fierce competition
the market for more stable income. is no guarantee that the sales will Currently, publicly-funded fine
He specialises in be good in every exhibition. “If the arts or visual arts programmes are
Chinese painting sales of artwork is good in an exhibi- only available at the CUHK, the Hong
now, an art gen- tion, the artist can earn HK$300,000 Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and
re that is rela- to HK$400,000, but he or she has to the Education University of Hong
tively popular share the earnings with the gallery in Kong (EduHK).
in Hong Kong. a 50:50 or 40:60 ratio,” Fung says. Only 19 out of the 1,675 applicants
Fung says that Fung now takes up a part-time job were admitted to the fine arts pro-
a Chinese paint- as an event campaigner for more in- gramme at CUHK in 2018. The visual
ing can be sold for Thomas Fung come. He adds that he needs to spend arts programme offered by HKBU
Yee-tin