Festival Season

Fremantle Arts Centre is pleased to have two separate programs featured in this year's Perth Festival.

IASKA's Spaced: art out of place, is a biennale exhibition showing work by Australian and overseas artists inspired by 16 regional WA communities. Spaced includes sound, video, sculpture, photography and drawing works which reflect on the struggles, beauty and humanity of each location. The history of the infamous Victoria Hotel in Roebourne is captured in a video work by Sohan Ariel Hayes and Michael Woodley (WA). The Abrolhos Islands are celebrated in Nigel Helyer's big-scale model cray boat, with sound, suspended from the ceiling. Spaced occupies the whole ground floor, North and South wings. Spaced opens tonight 6:30pm Friday 3 February.

Soft Soft Loud: The Americas presents the finest contemporary music for ensemble from North and South America, outdoors in the Inner Courtyard, in a night of Australian premieres. Golijov's achingly beautiful Ayre offers the treat of dazzling mezzo-soprano Dimity Shepherd accompanied by two grand pianos and ensemble outdoors. Soft Soft Loud, Sunday 12 February, will be the highlight of FAC's summer music program. Tickets are selling fast.

West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) returns in 2012 to Courtyard Music, 2pm Sunday 19 February (free). Performing works by Australian composers Peter Sculthorpe, Elena Kats-Chernin and West Australian, James Ledger as well as Mozart, Sibelius and Schubert, the WASO show will be a beautiful concert of fine classical music from WA's premier orchestra. Courtyard Music is sponsored by Bendigo Bank Fremantle with the WASO concert sponsored by Fremantle Ports.

I am pleased, no, ecstatic really, that we now offer online enrolments in FAC courses. It's quick and convenient. You can enrol online now!

Jim Cathcart
Director

WHAT'S COMING UP AT FAC

Spaced Events Spaced: art out of place, IASKA'S inaugural biennial event of socially engaged art opens tonight and runs till 11 March. The Spaced symposium, this weekend, examines the interaction between the artists and communities from which the 16 Spaced projects emerged. Several of the participating artists and representatives from the regional communities will speak, as well as curators and academics with an expertise in socially engaged art. The symposium is FREE, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February. Read more ›

Soft Soft Loud: The Americas Perth International Arts Festival and Fremantle Arts Centre present Soft Soft Loud: The Amerias Sunday 12 February, 7:30pm. WA's finest musicians in ensemble perform exhilarating recent music from the Americas, outdoors in FAC's intimate inner courtyard. See program notes at fac.org.au . You can listen to Artistic Director Matthew Hoy discussing the program here. Tickets are strictly limited and available from BOCS and FAC (phone 08 9432 9555). Read more ›

Artspoken 6.30pm Thursday 23 February (free) Hosted by FAC Curator, Ric Spencer, Artspoken combines gallery tours, artist talks and open studios as a relaxed, intimate experience of art in conversation. Ric has the knack for engaging artists in fascinating conversations and encouraging public discussion. In the next Artspoken Ric will introduce IASKA director Marco Marcon in a tour of Spaced and also artist Kate McMillan. Jackson Eaton and The Museum of Natural Mystery will talk about their experiences as part of FAC's artist in residence program. Also meet Ola Johannson and Amanda Newall artists from Stockholm who are working towards a show at FAC in May. The new Artist Run Initiative recipients Rhinoceros will have their studios open. Read more ›

Gimme Shelter

Saturday 25th February
Gimme Shelter is the annual fundraiser concert for Fremantle's St Patrick's Community Centre. This year's line-up includes Jill Birt and Alsy Macdonald from The Triffids, Adrian Hoffman from The Morning Night, Dave Mann and sultry songstress Felicity Groom with band. Gimme Shelter is always a top show and a great community event. Tickets $30.40 available from Heatseeker, FAC and usual outlets ($35 on the door). Under 16's are $14 (also $14 on the door) and kids under 6 are free.
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South Lawn Gigs

The Cat Empire bring their mix of world, electronic, latin, reggae and soul infused sounds to FAC Friday 10 February. This is their last show before heading to the US. Supports are Tijuana Cartel and local favourites Brow Horn Orchestra.
Disco legends Chic featuring Nile Rogers play FAC Saturday 10 March. Chic's distinctive approach resulted in some of the finest disco/ dance singles of their (and our) time: 'Dance, Dance, Dance', 'Everybody Dance', 'Le Freak', 'I Want Your Love' and 'Good Times'. Tickets from FAC, online, Planet Video, Mills Records or 78 Records.
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Courtyard Music

Courtyard Music is free, in the garden, Sundays 2pm. In February we have Toby, Pugsley Buzzard and The Brow Horn Orchestra, as well as WASO.
Bar open.

Upcoming Concerts

Get tickets now for Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot, WAAPA Direct, Chic, Adam Hall, Stoney Joe, Pierre Bensusan and

more.

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FotoFreo in March

FotoFreo, the premier biennial festival of photography, opens Friday 16 March. FAC will feature an exhibition of contemporary Indian photography.