The City of Fremantle Art Collection, established in 1958, is the largest municipal collection in WA with over 1,300 works. The Collection’s focus on Fremantle artists and Australian prints celebrates the enduring importance of the visual arts to Fremantle.

Drawing is a fundamental means by which we connect with the world around us through a primal language to interpret the meanings of the place we inhabit. What it means to be human presented a selection of artworks which recognise the range of permutations and possibilities of drawing to decipher and map signs of being.

The exhibition included drawings by; Penny Bovell Clare Davies Isabel Davies Domenico de Clario Tom Gibbons Bevan Honey Ben jones Jeremy Kirwan-Ward Akio Makagawa Mary McLean Kathleen O’Connor.