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Fremantle Arts Centre has an exciting program of events and exhibitions in the coming months. If you can't get your hands on a copy of the latest What's On program, read it online.

Fremantle Arts Centre will be closed to the public on Friday 10 May as preparations are made for global pop superstar Billie Eilish's sold out South Lawn show. This decision has been taken to ensure the concert is as safe and successful as possible for audiences, the artist and FAC staff.

Entries are now open for the 2019 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award. If you're an artist living and working in Australia, enter Australia's richest and most prestigious print prize.

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.

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.

The new What's On has landed and you can now read it online. Find out all about the exhibitions, concerts, events and art courses coming up at FAC over the coming months.

Midnight Oil have added a special benefit concert at FAC to their current Australian tour. One For The Oceans will see the band play their iconic album 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 in its entirety for the first time ever in this country, along with an hour of other Oils classics. This one-off gig will happen in the intimate setting of our South Lawn on Sunday 29 October. Every cent of profit from the show will go to various charities that work in the areas of reef protection and climate change including AMCS.org.au.

Sydney artist Evan Pank has won this year's FAC Print Award supported by Little Creatures Brewing for his work Keeping the Bastards Honest. He takes home $16,000 with the work acquired for the City of Fremantle Art Collection. Melbourne artist Valerie Sparks was awarded second prize. All 56 finalists' work can now be viewed in the exhibition, running until Sun 12 Nov.

Ahead of the launch of their new range Sunny Cities at FOUND, we caught up with Beau Est Mien's Johanna Acs and Alina Tang to chat about the collection, their studio and what's next for these much-loved WA printmakers.

Triple j favourite and one of Australia’s fastest rising stars, Tash Sultana returns home with a handful of her biggest shows to date. Sailing in the wake of her recently sold-out world tour, her FAC show on Thursday 7 December will be the last chance to witness her mercurial talents until the end of 2018, as Tash bunkers down to write and record her debut album.