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One of Western Australia’s most compelling contemporary artists, Jacobus Capone practice's often combines physically demanding durational performances with sublime landscapes. Beating Heart, showing at Fremantle Arts Centre from 24 July to 7 September, is the artist’s largest exhibition to date, bringing together three large bodies of work including mesmeric mark making, duration performance, installation and video works.

Highly commended in this year's Print Award, Beth Ferialdi's I've Been Meaning to Give You These is a playful homage to the mixtape of yesteryear. The cassettes feature thematic playlists of love and longing, with surprise acapella cameos from Ferialdi's friends. Beth's playlist will get a workout on Wednesday 14 July at the inaugural Print Party - an evening of art, talks and karaoke after dark to close out the 45th FAC Print Award.

We’re delighted to announce that Caris Harper will be joining the Fremantle Arts Centre family following her appointment as General Manager. A familiar face in the national arts sector, Caris’ impressive CV includes stints at Melbourne Festival, Carriageworks, Dark Mofo and PICA, to name a few. We can’t wait to unleash her unique combination of programming genius, business smarts and advocacy for participation and inclusion when she starts in the role in August.

Ahead of her upcoming Artist Talk and Catalogue Launch, Deanna Hitti spoke with FAC about her exhibition Object of the Game, and the heart-rending experiences of grief, loss and cross-cultural connection that inspired it

Amanda Bell is among five artists who will be speaking at the Revealed Artist Talks on Saturday 15 May. Ahead of the event, we chatted to her about the fascinating story behind From our lips, mouths, throat and belly, the blazing pink neon artwork which features in this year’s Revealed Exhibition.

Showing from 25 March until 23 May, Straight Outta Wilurarra at FAC offers a rare glimpse into Aboriginal youth culture in the Western Desert. We speak to Silvano Giordano – Wilurarra Creative’s Director – about desert selfies, life in the outback and the transformative power of storytelling.

What’s the one thing more satisfying than silver smithing your own new pair of earrings? Lathering them in a bright dollop of enamel paint. “Colour has always been a large focus of mine. I strongly believe in dopamine dressing,” says Kate Sale, a celebrated Australian jeweller and tutor of a series of new courses at FAC, focussing on unconventional approaches to contemporary jewellery-making. Kate’s courses are among a swag of new offerings for term two that invite students – from beginners to seasoned visual artists – to explore beyond ‘normal’ approaches to art making. Read on to discover more about the new courses.

As the final days of the season approach for A Forest of Hooks and Nails we caught up with exhibiting artists Phoebe Clarke, Zev Weinstein and Maxxi Minaxi May to learn more about the works they created, and what aspects of Fremantle Arts Centre and exhibition install sparked their curiosity.

Angela Ferolla has had a long relationship with Fremantle Arts Centre. She’s been a popular tutor for 15 years – teaching adults and kids a range of textile-related skills from sewing machine basics to screen printing – and has been part of FAC’s install crew for the last two years. For A Forest of Hooks and Nails Angela pays homage to the ancient flora that would have grown on the site we now know as Fremantle Arts Centre before the building was erected.

For this year's Perth Festival FAC presents A Forest of Hooks and Nails, an exhibition of new works which sees FAC's install crew become the artists. Creating new artworks specific to the building's history, architecture and their experiences working behind the scenes, the exhibition is rich and varied.  We're catching up with some of the artists to find out more about their practice, kicking off with Rob Kettels. For A Forest of Hooks and Nails Rob has filled Gallery 3 with 2.5 tonnes of rock salt for his work Mineral Rites, painting out the space with a dreamy pink gradient which we know visitors are going to love.