New Tracks Old Land

Co-curators: Adrian Newstead & Theo Tremblay Exhibited at venues throughout the USA and to more than 25 venues throughout Australia. New Tracks Old Land was the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of fine art prints by Aboriginal artists ever organised for Australia and overseas. It was the result of two years planning and negotiation between the curators, the Massachusetts College of Art, the Aboriginal art Management Association, and the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. In conjunction with its Australian launch at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin (1996) and its later installation at the Araluen Art Centre in Alice Springs, two Getting in to Print Symposia were held, each of which attracted more than 150 artists and arts administrators. The exhibition was accompanied by a 76-page fully illustrated colour catalogue with authoritative essays by the prominent artist and arts administrator, Lin Onus, the exhibition coordinator Chris McGuigan, and the curators Adrian Newstead and Theo Tremblay.