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Past Exhibitions

Footprint of the Spirits Touring Exhibition

Selected Aboriginal paintings of the McLeod Gift Collection formed backbone of the Footprint of the Spirits exhibition which toured to seven galleries in New Zealand during 2002/03 and attracted over 60,000 visitors. It was presented at the Centre of Contemporary Art in Christchurch, Otago Museum in Dunedin and galleries in Invercargill, Oamaru, Blenheim, Ashburton and Timaru. Two artists, Heather Umbagai and Petersen Nganjmirra accompanied the tour.

Footprints Invercargill

… complex and fluid iconography … exquisitely beautiful abstractions … powerful paintings … major art from our closest neighbour …

New Zealand Listener March 15 2003

Heather Petersen

In the following years the Footprint of the Spirits exhibition continued to tour regionally and was exhibited at the Whitehorse Art Space in Box Hill, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Manningham Gallery, Lilydale Museum and Portland Art Centre in Victoria, and interstate in Port Macquarie, Hastings Regional Gallery, Wodonga Art Space, NSW and Toowomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations as the traditional custodians of the land where we live, work & play. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. Burrinja extends that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today and acknowledges them as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. It is through valuing their history, traditions, culture and beliefs that we strive to stimulate awareness and promote respect for Indigenous contemporary art and culture and create a positive future for Indigenous and non-indigenous communities together.

Sovereignty was never ceded.

Always was always will be Aboriginal land.