Meikel Church: René Magritte Meets Norman Rockwell
Schedule
Fri Jan 09 2026 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Firehouse Museum of Arkansas | Little Rock, AR
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Join the Firehouse Museum for an evening of art, community, and celebration! Enjoy snacks, beer, wine, water, and soft drinks from 5:00–8:00 p.m. as we debut our inaugural art exhibition featuring the work of Meikel Church. We’re excited to open our gallery doors with this powerful and evocative collection—come help us mark the occasion!Rooted in memory, identity, and the emotional landscapes of the American South, the mixed-media collages of Meikel S. Church invite viewers into a world where the familiar becomes uncanny and the past is continually renegotiated.
Using collage as a form of personal archaeology, North Little Rock artist Meikel S. Church transforms found photographs, torn book pages, and vintage printed matter into intimate visual narratives. His works explore memory, identity, and the emotional inheritance of growing up in the American South. Figures often appear obscured or faceless, inviting viewers to step into the spaces between past and present, truth and imagination.
While his imagery carries the worn texture of nostalgia, Church’s collages are anything but sentimental. They probe themes of belonging, grief, queerness, and transformation, revealing the quiet complexities that shape a life. Each piece is built from fragments that once held meaning for someone else, reassembled to form new stories—ones that balance vulnerability with resilience.
Church’s work encourages reflection: on what we keep, what we discard, and how the histories we carry continue to shape us long after their origins fade.
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Where is it happening?
Firehouse Museum of Arkansas, 1201 Commerce St, Little Rock, AR 72202-5122, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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