You might remember Kylie Thévenau, she the talented designer behind the windows at the Corner Store. She’s been working hard on a new project, a surface pattern and textile design business called The Bell Jar with her friend Elly Joel. They’ve been creating their first print collections and want to take them overseas to industry trade fairs next year where we will be seen by the world’s biggest print buyers and fashion designers.

To help promote The Bell Jar Design Studio they have launched The Bell Jar Scarf Project: a range of beautiful, limited edition scarves, digitally printed with 12 of our designs. These designs have been created specifically for this project with a strong focus on mark making.

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As much as we loved the murals at Stevens Reserve, in a way we’re glad they were removed, so the wall became a canvas again for another great piece – Little Red. Today the West Australian reported that this mural is here to stay (thanks to Mayor Brad and the Freo Council). Great news, it’s quality work with a message. However, it would have been interesting to see what would have come next, you can see that Little Red is keeping the spray cans ready.
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Colour is great, but sometimes the good old black and white approach is more appropriate. It works great for these paintings at Stevens Reserve. A bit weird, a bit dark, but definitely intriguing (bunny skull – why not?).

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It was my parents 40th wedding anniversary recently and I wanted  to do something special for them and I thought yeah a helicopter ride over Freo would be pretty awesome. They loved it and still rave about it. I recommended it to anyone who has visitors from overseas or even if you’re local and want to see our lovely city from a different perspective. Here’s some photos my Dad took.

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Bring a blanket, a picnic and BYO. The City of East Fremantle is hosting two movie nights this weekend. The weather looks like it’s going to hold so you might as well make the most of these nice Autumn evenings.

What Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
When 7pm, Friday 19th April

What  The Sapphires (2012)
When 7pm, Saturday 20th April

Cost Free
Where John Tonkin Reserve, Riverside Road East Fremantle

For us, once again, Bathers Beach and Kidogo Arthouse was the place to be this Summer. In the Summer of 2011 for a few brief glorious weeks we got to have sunset drinks at the Kelp bar. Summer 2012/13 gave us the fantastic Sunset Markets on a Saturday and the Sculpture@Bathers exhibition. Great job everyone involved for making Freo’s city beach such a great place to be. Looking forward to next year.

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Our favourite Arts Centre – Fremantle Arts Centre – is turning 40. Come along this Friday night to celebrate at the FAC ‘Mad About You’ gala party. The evening includes the opening of four exhibitions plus performances from the Zydecats and others.

What Mad About You: 40 Years of Fremantle Arts Centre
When Friday 12 April, 6:30pm
Where Fremantle Arts Centre, 1 Finnerty Street

Once again Easter has rolled around and the weather isn’t looking too shabby for the long weekend ahead. Already you can see the cars piled high with kayaks and surfboards leaving town heading down south, up north and out east. For those of you staying put for the weekend not to worry Fremantle has you covered for something to do with the Street Arts Festival running from Saturday to Monday. Over 20  street theatre, music, comedy, circus and cabaret artists are taking part in the 2013 Fremantle Street Arts Festival. Thirteen  of these are international and seven  will make their Australian debut during the Festival. Last year 110,000  patrons passed through the Festival generating over $3.7m for the local economy. Wow. Read more →