Artwalk Freo this weekend
Artwalk Freo is on this weekend from 10am to 4pm both Saturday and Sunday. This is a great event in which you can check out the studios and art of Ian de Souza, Megan Salmon, Michael Knight and...
View ArticleFremantle International Portrait Prize 2019: Entries Close July 7
2019 celebrates the fifth time that the Fremantle International Portrait Prize (FIPP) has been staged. FIPP is still the only international portrait photography award in Australia open to ALL...
View ArticleFremantle Festival: 10 Nights in Port kicks off
Fremantle Festival: 10 Nights in Port event, Wowak (Breathe), is a musical collaboration between five Nyoongar family groups and the Perth Symphony Orchestra. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Mansell. Over...
View ArticleFremantle Biennale UNDERCURRENT 19.
Fremantle Biennale launched the 2019 program yesterday – UNDERCURRENT 19. This is looking to be another spectacular visual arts program that builds on Fremantle’s reputation as a creative city. Check...
View ArticleArts and community grants open
Former arts and community grant recipients Spare Parts Puppet Theatre and WA Museum presented ‘Tom Vickers and the Extraordinary Adventure of his Missing Sock’ last year. Credit Jess Wyld. Local art...
View ArticleWA NAIDOC Music Awards at Freo Social
WA NAIDOC Music Awards will be at Freo Social tomorrow night September 6th. Leading the nominations this year with four apiece are Karrajarri man John Bennett (Best Song, Best Album, Best Vocalist, and...
View Article25under25 Art Award exhibition opens Friday
Pip Lewi won the Highly Commended Award for her Three Weeks of TransPerth paintings at last year’s 25under25 Art Award. The City of Fremantle’s 25under25 Art Award returns this Friday 27 September at...
View ArticleWide Angle Film Festival comes to Freo
The City of Fremantle, in partnership with the WA Maritime Museum, is bringing the Wide Angle Film Festival to Freo for the first time. Screening on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 October at the WA Maritime...
View ArticleSculpture at Bathers returning in 2020
The popular Sculpture at Bathers exhibition will return to Bathers Beach in February with support from the City of Fremantle. The biennial exhibition, which commenced in 2013, will present over 90...
View ArticleWatercolour Society Annual Awards
Last night was the 39th Annual Awards Exhibition of the Watercolour Society of WA at the Fremantle Italian Club. It was their biggest Annual Awards Exhibition yet with 272 original, watercolour...
View ArticleMenu Magazine checks out The Fremantle Markets
In case you missed Home in WA on Channel 7 last week, please find below a link to the piece on Fremantle Markets.
View ArticleSupporting Freo’s Creative Sector
Tonight at Fremantle Council we will discuss the new Economic Development Interim Action Plan 2020 – 2022 that has been developed in order to provide a temporary plan for the delivery of city led...
View ArticleFremantle Biennale – UNDERCURRENT 19 – Opens Tonight!
The second edition of Fremantle Biennale – UNDERCURRENT 19 – will officially open tonight with the Australian premiere of a spectacular light display at Esplanade Park. From 7pm tonight the large scale...
View ArticleCollaborative Exhibitions at Whitespace
It is great to see Whitespace Gallery on Packenham St in Fremantle emerge as another quality exhibition space for local artists. If you haven’t been there then there are a couple of exhibitions between...
View ArticleCity-wide book club launches
The Fremantle Book Club, a joint initiative by City of Fremantle and Fremantle Press, has officially kicked off with the aim to unite people living, working, visiting and studying in Freo around a...
View ArticleOne Day to shine spotlight on emerging young talent
Natasha Eldridge, Trent Howard and Indigo Ellis are looking forward to performing at One Day in Fremantle this Saturday. Some of WA’s best young artists will be showcased during this year’s One Day in...
View ArticleSubmissions open for 2020 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award
Unpublished authors are encouraged to get their manuscripts ready for a chance to win a publishing contract with Fremantle Press and a $15,000 cash prize from City of Fremantle in the 30th anniversary...
View ArticleContainer Rainbow gets some TLC
One of Fremantle’s most loved and iconic works of public art is getting a makeover. Commissioned by the City of Fremantle and installed overlooking the Swan River and Fremantle Port in 2016, Rainbow by...
View ArticleSculpture at Bathers 2020 starts this weekend
Artist Alessandra Rossi’s ‘Untitled Girl (Coral, I am always connected)’ and ‘Untitled Boy (Coral, I am always connected)’ 2019. Photo: Tegan Court. The highly anticipated Sculpture at Bathers...
View ArticleRevealed online exhibition opens today
Artworks from Fremantle Art Centre’s 2020 Revealed Exhibition, an annual showcase of the quality and diversity of Western Australian Aboriginal art, are now available to view and purchase online. Art...
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