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Melbourne artist Deanna Hitti was awarded the coveted first prize in this year’s Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award supported by Little Creatures Brewing. She wins $16,000 in prize money and her artist book Towla will be acquired by the City of Fremantle Art Collection.

Second prize of $6,000 will be awarded to Queensland artist Fiona Elisala for her work, Uman.

The winners will be announced at the exhibition opening 6:30pm, Thursday 13 September. The public are invited to attend and view the works of all 50 finalists in this year’s exhibition.

Please find a media release attached with full details and a link to download images of the winning artworks here.

I would be happy to arrange interviews with the winners, organisers and/or judges. Photos of the winner with her work will be available from Friday onwards.

Sculptor and painter Andrew Turier recently completed his residency at Fremantle Arts Centre. We caught up with him to have a chat and check out what he worked on during his two month stint.

Bush Women: 25 Years On Co-Curator and former Fremantle Arts Centre Exhibition Coordinator, John Kean has donated an impressive work by senior WA Aboriginal artist Paji Honeychild Yankarr to the City of Fremantle Art Collection.

We're excited to announce the finalists for this year's Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award supported by Little Creatures Brewing. The winner will be announced at the exhibition opening, Thu 13 Sep.

Each year Fremantle Arts Centre joins forces with Asialink Arts to offer an exciting artist residency exchange program promoting cross-cultural dialogue between Australian and Asian artists.

Our current Asialink Artist in Residence, Hsian Jung Chen has been working away over the last couple of months in our ceramics studio. We caught up with him this week to find out what he's been working on ahead of his open studio, Thu 7 – Mon 11 Jun.

Fremantle Arts Centre and Art Ichol are pleased to announce the renewal of their partnership giving Western Australian and Indian artists the opportunity to engage in an Artist in Residence Exchange Program. Applications are now open for this year's WA resident. The selected artist will travel to the rural city of Maihar in Madhya Pradesh, India to live and work at Art Ichol for one month during September to mid-October 2018.

We’ve put together the ultimate beginner's guide to our adult art courses to help you figure out where to start.

Fremantle Leisure Centre Manager, John East popped into FAC today to donate a special memory to the Museum of Water, adding to the ever-growing collection. He also filled us in on some of the weird and wonderful aspects of running the Centre ahead of this weekend's Museum of Water events.

Australia's richest and most prestigious print award returns in 2018 with $22,000 in prize money. Entries are now open for this year's FAC Print Award supported by Little Creatures Brewing.

FAC's own Exhibitions and Special Projects Coordinator Erin Coates donated a particularly interesting sample of water this week, adding to the hundreds of imaginative donations already on show.