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Immersive, dark and sometimes hopeful, Fremantle Arts Centre will be transformed into a dystopic doomsday den for the exhibition Preppers, opening Friday 15 November. With global protests, diplomatic unrest and natural disasters reported daily, it seems now more than ever that the plight of humanity is at the forefront of many people’s minds.

NSW artist Rew Hanks has won this year's FAC Print Award for his work Gone Fishing East of Faskrudfjordur. Hanks takes home $16,000 with the work acquired for the City of Fremantle Art Collection. NT artist Eunice Napanangka Jack was awarded second prize. Congratulations to the winners and all 56 finalists! The exhibition is open daily until Sun 10 Nov.

Sunday Music returns in 2019–20 with a stellar line up of local and touring acts. Running 2–4pm every Sunday from October through to March visitors can enjoy free music performances in FAC’s picturesque Front Garden.

Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award returns for 2019 with a spectacular showcase of works from established, emerging and cross-disciplinary artists from across Australia. Now in its 44th year, Australia’s richest print award presents the very best in prints and artists’ books.

Join us to hear this year’s winner announced at the opening of the exhibition on Thu 19 Sep.

Get lost in an endless wormhole, board a spaceship of desire, take in sweeping space landscapes and experience a monumental echo at Fremantle Arts Centre when the exhibition Other Suns: Cult Sci-fi Cinema and Art opens on Friday 26 July. In partnership with Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Other Suns features a line-up of 20 local, national and international artists.

Renowned Australian artist James Angus will present his very first papier mâché sculptures in the upcoming exhibition Papier Mâché for Beginners. Opening 6:30pm Friday 7 June at Fremantle Art Centre, this is Angus’ first solo show in WA in over a decade and will debut 12 never before seen works.

Don’t miss the opportunity to view a collection of recently unearthed artworks by one of Fremantle’s most fascinating and unheralded maritime figures, 19th Century Harbour Master, Captain George A.D. Forsyth. Opening 6:30pm Friday 7 June at Fremantle Arts Centre, Pilot Painter unveils 14 rarely-seen paintings and drawings created between 1870 and 1893, offering a glimpse of Fremantle Port and Rottnest as they were in the late-1800s.

Revealed, the biggest and best annual event for sharing, supporting and experiencing new Aboriginal art from Western Australia returns to Fremantle Arts Centre from Friday 12 April. Across a program of public talks, art market and exhibition, Revealed explores the rich and diverse creative practices of Aboriginal artists from across the state.

Analogue, digital, acoustic and synthetic sounds are transformed into a spiritual soundscape as vocalist and composer Hanna Benn (US) and percussionist, composer and producer Deantoni Parks (US) come together to perform the Australian premiere of Procession at Fremantle Arts Centre. Presented as part of Perth Festival, this one-night-only event will see FAC’s Inner Courtyard radiate as the celestial song cycle evolves over the course of the evening. Benn and Parks will be joined onstage by a chamber ensemble of Australia’s finest players.

For the first time Fremantle Arts Centre is putting kids front and centre with Animaze: Amazing Animals for Kids, a fun and accessible exhibition specifically for kids. Opening Saturday 17 November and running through the summer holidays, this free exhibition will immerse 5–12 year olds into the world of art and animals.