Gelam Nguzu Kazi – Dugong My Son

Exhibition Curator: Adrian Newstead Exhibition Coordinators: Adrian Newstead and The Australian Art Print Network Community Liaison: Cecilia Alfonso Tour Management: Dennis Nona & Michael Kershaw The first exhibition of limited edition linocut prints by the artists of the Mualgau Mineral Artist Collective featuring stories and legends from Mua Island in the Torres Strait. Having met Torres Strait Islander artists through Anna Eglitis at the Tropical Far North Queensland College of TAFE in Cairns during the 1990s and discussed their desires with them during the Second National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Conference in Cairns in 1999, Adrian Newstead was commissioned to write the first 5-year management and development plan for their nascent art centre. The first tangible result was a body of prints that comprised the exhibition Gelem Nguzu Kazi–Dugong My Son, created by the artists of the Mualgau Mineral Artist Collective. Gelam Ngzu Kazi is the name the elders have given this exhibition where 'Gelam' represents the Dugong, the primary totem of the Moa Island community. The exhibition toured Australia and the USA between 2000 and 2004.