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Fri 26 Mar — Sun 23 May

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Straight Outta Wilurarra

Spanning music, fashion, design, writing and photography, Wilurarra Creative is an arts hub in the remote community of Mirlirrtjarra (Warburton) on the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, 900km north-west of Kalgoorlie. For the past 16 years Wilurarra Creative has supported Ngaanyatjarra young adults to explore and express personal and collective identity, capturing the songs, stories, styles, language, artwork…

Fri 26 Mar — Sun 23 May

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Revealed Exhibition 2021: New and Emerging WA Aboriginal Artists

Presenting the best new and emerging Aboriginal artists from remote, regional and metro WA, Revealed 2021 will showcase artworks across painting, installation, textiles, photography, print media, video, jewellery, carving and sculpture. Hosting over 100 talented emerging Aboriginal artists, the galleries will brim with contemporary work, fresh from the studios of WA’s Aboriginal Art Centres and…

Thu 11 Feb — Sun 14 Mar

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A Forest of Hooks and Nails

A Forest of Hooks and Nails will now open 10am Thu 11 Feb, with an official opening event to follow 6:30pm Fri 19 Feb. Presented in association with Perth Festival Artists often work a range of side jobs to get by. Exhibition install is a prized side hustle, providing close contact with art and the industry,…

Sat 28 Nov — Sun 24 Jan

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DesignFreo: Object, Space, Place

Design is everywhere and we all make design decisions every day – what to wear, where we live, what we buy and how we get from A to B. DesignFreo: Object, Space, Place looks at Fremantle through the lens of design and draws attention to how design shapes our experiences as individuals and as a…

Sat 28 Nov — Tue 26 Jan

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Watch this space! | City of Fremantle Art Collection

Watch this space! is an exhibition of 15 screenprints drawn from the Australian Centre for Concrete Art (AC4CA) print folios published in 2004 and 2011. Each folio of prints displays a series of painted wall projects that span a decade of collaborative practice by AC4CA artists in Fremantle and Perth. Watch this space! includes a…

Sat 26 Sep — Sun 22 Nov

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Bodywork

Morphing figures, performing bodies and pop icons populate Bodywork, an exhibition that brings together mid-career Australian artists Amber Boardman (NSW), Tarryn Gill (WA) and Kaylene Whiskey (SA). Featuring soft sculpture, painting and video, Bodywork focuses on the body as a site for experimentation and self-expression, while exploring ideas connected to body modification, the cult of…

Sat 26 Sep — Sun 22 Nov

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Michelle Hamer | Are You Having a Good Night?

Are You Having A Good Night? is Victorian-based artist Michelle Hamer’s first solo exhibition in WA. For years, Hamer has documented aggressive and patronising language aimed at women. In this new series of intricate hand-stitched works and drawings she continues her engagement with the threatening language many women face daily. Drawing on an archive of…

Sat 26 Sep — Sun 22 Nov

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Presence of Evidence | City of Fremantle Art Collection

Presence of Evidence presents award winning works from the Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award spanning 25 years (1989 – 2015). In the absence of the FAC Print Award in 2020, Presence of Evidence brings together 8 remarkable prints and print series by female artists drawing upon ideas about identity, self-knowledge, motherhood and representation of culture and…

Sat 1 Aug — Sun 20 Sep

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Panacea: The City of Fremantle Art Collection & a Response to COVID19

Panacea is a major exhibition, drawn from the City of Fremantle Art Collection, offering each of us some personal solace as we experience the worldwide shock and disruption of COVID19. Through thoughtful curation Panacea, from the Greek word meaning ‘a universal remedy’, is FAC’s invitation to the community to reflect and find restorative and optimistic…

Mon 15 Jun — Sun 26 Jul

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Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri in WA: Hunter Dreaming

Fremantle Arts Centre re-opens on Monday 15 June and you will be able to view Hunter Dreaming and Revealed in our galleries. The exhibitions are open daily until Sunday 26 July.  Two major paintings by Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri (1929–84), a significant Papunya Tula Anmatyer painter, are reunited for the first time in Hunter Dreaming. Both of these important uniquely WA…

Open the Acknowledgement of Country modal

Walyalup | Fremantle Arts Centre is situated at Walyalup on Whadjuk Nyoongar Boodjar.

Walyalup | Fremantle Arts Centre is situated at Walyalup on Whadjuk Nyoongar Boodjar. We acknowledge the Whadjuk people as the traditional owners and custodians of these lands and waterways and extend our respect to their Elders, past and present.

We offer our heartfelt gratitude to the Whadjuk community and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to care for Country and share their knowledge – this generosity and wisdom helps us to understand and navigate Country safely and respectfully.