To promote development of local creative industry, Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) hosts the opening ceremony of Creativity in Spring – Exhibition of Teachers and Students Works on the 29 May. The Exhibition showcases the works of teachers and students of three series of courses offered by the Institute namely Souvenir Design and Production, DIY Recycle Design, Painting, as well as the Graphic Design Course which IFT co-organises with Luso-Chinese Professional School for their high school students. Exhibition starts from 29 May to 31 August at IFT Educational Restaurant and Team Building. Interested parties are welcome to pay a visit.

To cope with Macao SAR Government’s policy to develop and promote creative industry, IFT has offered various related courses through its Community Education and Development Programme since 2011, providing a free-of-charge learning opportunities for residents. Courses offered in the Souvenir Design and Production Series include Traditional Mosaic, Creative Decoupage Collage, Introduction to Model Making, Introduction to Paper Artwork, Creative Felt Making, Trendy Accessory DIY and Creative Silver Art. In the DIY Recycle Design Series, courses comprise Stationery Production and Floral Production. In the area of painting, IFT provides Elementary Sketching, Introduction to Acrylic Painting and Elementary Chinese Ink Painting courses. There are also courses related to design and life such as Introduction to Design - Applying Design Elements, Combining and Applying Colours and Creative Life Media Design and Production. These rich and practical courses align with the cultural and art development trend that promotes continuous advancement of the industry and keeps it abreast of times.

Since 2009, IFT has collaborated with Luso-Chinese Professional School to offer Graphic Design Courses for high school students, in order to promote arts education, creative thinking and training talents for creative industries. This Course has been successfully held over the last 6 years, cultivating graphic design talents for local industry and providing basic training for students who are interested in pursuing high education studies. It is hoped that through the combination of theory and practice, students can effectively gain knowledge of graphic design and create a solid foundation for their future studies and careers. This course has unique characteristics which covers not only basic design principles and chromatography, but also painting, illustration, art history, photography, advertising design, printing, computer graphics and other professional subjects.

To further develop the career of creative industry professionals in Macao, IFT provides learning opportunities for them. Concerning the lacking creative art administrative management talents in Macao, IFT has been running an Art Administration Programme for the three consecutive years and invited renowned overseas professors to deliver lectures at IFT. Local culture and arts associations and industry talents are welcome to enroll in the course, in order to promote the cultural and arts development of Macao. IFT will continue to meet social needs and offer more diversified cultural and creative courses to the public and interested parties in the future.