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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.

Writer Janine Mikosza (VIC) and artist Stephanie Jones (NSW/ACT) have been friends for over 30 years. They currently occupy Studio 1 & 2 here at FAC and are working independently and collaboratively on a project that delves into memories and attachment to place. We sat down with Janine and Stephanie to chat about their works, their friendship and what's up next for the both of them.

On Wed 7 Feb, Perth Festival's new exhibition Museum of Water opens at FAC. We caught up with FAC's own Caroline Brook to chat about the water donation she made to the ever-growing collection. Hers is just one of the 500+ stories you can discover when you visit the show.