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The collaborative duo known as the Golden Wattle Hookers was established in 2015 by mother and daughter Jill and Holly O’Meehan. The Hookers' practice attempts to engage audiences through the use of mass crochet and soft sculpture to question the stereotypes of crafts, particularly throughout regional Australia. We caught up with the pair to chat about their installation in our upcoming exhibtion, Animaze: Amazing Animals for Kids.

We recently caught up with Canberra-based artist Rebecca Selleck to find out what she's been working on during her month-long residency at FAC.

Queensland artist Fiona Elisala took home second prize at this year's Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award supported by Little Creatures Brewing for her work Uman. We caught up with her to talk about her work and what the award means to her.

Matt Brown (WA) is an Artist in Residence at Fremantle Arts Centre. We caught up with him to have a chat about his upcoming solo exhibition and check out what he's been up to since he started his residency back in April.

Melbourne artist Deanna Hitti took home first prize at this year's Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award supported by Little Creatures Brewing for her work TOWLA. We caught up with her when she was in town for the exhibition opening to talk about her work and what winning the award means to her.

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.