Driving traffic to a grassroots Hong Kong arts festival

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Driving traffic to a grassroots Hong Kong arts festival

Chai Wan Mei Art & Design Festival

Challenges

In its fourth year, Chai Wan Mei Art & Design Festival, Hong Kong’s grassroots celebration of the arts, opened to the public on 14-15 March 2015 with 30+ participating spaces. With much media noise surrounding Hong Kong Art Week, Chai Wan Mei was up against international giants such as Art Basel and Art Central for column inches.

Though Chai Wan Mei was already established amongst art circles, the challenge was reaching out to the wider Hong Kong public without undermining its influence in the art world.

Approach

Positioned Chai Wan Mei as the ultimate ‘fair antidote’ and grassroots go-to during Hong Kong Art Week
Maintained and strengthened Chai Wan Mei’s solid four-year reputation within the art world and positioned festival co-founder Katie de Tilly as a thought leader in the art industry
Created media hype around the festival through the exclusive Chai Wan Nites event
Hosted a media preview shortly before the launch to give media a teaser of what to expect and generate excitement for the event
Invited select art and lifestyle media to Chai Wan Nites to create exclusivity

Outcomes

+40

media attended events

+70

stories were created across the one-month project

International media including the Daily Mail and Art Radar covered Chai Wan Mei, as did most locally influential publications such as the South China Morning Post, Ming Pao Weekly and Apple Daily
Local lifestyle publications covering Chai Wan Mei included Hong Kong Tatler, Elle HK, Prestige Hong Kong , Baccarat and The Peak

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