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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.

Fremantle-based artist Dan McCabe has been selected as the WA participant in the 2018 FAC-Art Ichol Artist in Residence Exchange Program. He will travel to India for a month long residency at the esteemed multi-arts organisation Art Ichol in September.

Almost 25 years ago, Fremantle Arts Centre presented the ground breaking exhibition Bush Women: Fresh Art from Remote WA, the first showcase of works by WA Aboriginal artists from the Kimberley region and the Ngaanyatjarra Lands of the Western Desert. Now Bush Women: 25 Years On reassembles the works of Paji Honeychild Yankkarr, Daisy Andrews, Queenie McKenzie (Gara-Gara), Tjapartji Kanytjuri Bates, Tjingapa Davies and Pantjiti Mary McLean a quarter of a century later.

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.

Returning to Fremantle Arts Centre in 2018, Revealed is an annual program that provides development opportunities and exposure for new and emerging artists from WA Aboriginal art centres across the state.

Join us for the opening of our next exhibition, Sensual Nature. Opening Wed 28 Mar | 6.30pm

Featuring twelve Australian artists, the exhibition explores the often sensual nature of organic forms and the human want to perceive seductive shapes, symbols and metaphors in the world around us.

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.