Utopia Prints
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The Anmatyerre and Alyawarrespeaking artists who live on the lands that make up the Utopiacommunity in the eastern part of central Australia have artistictraditions similar to those of their western desert neighbours, despitedifferences in language and social structure. Their land was taken overby pastoral leases or stations in the 1920s, but some 50 years laterthe Anmatyerre and Alyawarre speaking people began to reoccupy theirtraditional lands north and north-west of Alice Springs. In 1979 theywon back the rights to the area that had been temporarily the Utopiacattle station and instead of establishing a town or settlement, theyelected to live in small out stations or camps, close to theirancestral country and the spiritual sustenance it affords.
Atnwengerrrp is in a very small community on the banks of the SandoverRiver 50 km South East of Ampilatwatja. This is the traditional countryAnmatyere and Alyawerre people and is noted for its barren red desertand rocky outcrops. A harsh climate with low rainfall and long summersand cold winter nights. The changing seasons is marked by theappearance of wild flowers and bush fruits, adding colour to thespinifex grasses, mulga trees and low bush scrub.
Atnwengerrrp is in a very small community on the banks of the SandoverRiver 50 km South East of Ampilatwatja. This is the traditional countryAnmatyere and Alyawerre people and is noted for its barren red desertand rocky outcrops. A harsh climate with low rainfall and long summersand cold winter nights. The changing seasons is marked by theappearance of wild flowers and bush fruits, adding colour to thespinifex grasses, mulga trees and low bush scrub.
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