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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.

Sunday Music returns in 2018-19 with a great line up of local and touring acts. Running every
Sunday afternoon from October through to March visitors can enjoy free music performances in Fremantle Arts Centre’s picturesque Front Garden.

Being There – Kathleen O’Connor in Paris sees Fremantle Arts Centre stage a major exhibition of painted works
by Kathleen O’Connor, one of WA’s most intriguing artists, to mark the 50th anniversary of her death.

Fremantle-based artist Dan McCabe has been selected as the WA participant in the 2018 FAC-Art Ichol Artist in Residence Exchange Program. He will travel to India for a month long residency at the esteemed multi-arts organisation Art Ichol in September.

Almost 25 years ago, Fremantle Arts Centre presented the ground breaking exhibition Bush Women: Fresh Art from Remote WA, the first showcase of works by WA Aboriginal artists from the Kimberley region and the Ngaanyatjarra Lands of the Western Desert. Now Bush Women: 25 Years On reassembles the works of Paji Honeychild Yankkarr, Daisy Andrews, Queenie McKenzie (Gara-Gara), Tjapartji Kanytjuri Bates, Tjingapa Davies and Pantjiti Mary McLean a quarter of a century later.

Returning to Fremantle Arts Centre in 2018, Revealed is an annual program that provides development opportunities and exposure for new and emerging artists from WA Aboriginal art centres across the state.

Join us for the opening of our next exhibition, Sensual Nature. Opening Wed 28 Mar | 6.30pm

Featuring twelve Australian artists, the exhibition explores the often sensual nature of organic forms and the human want to perceive seductive shapes, symbols and metaphors in the world around us.