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Title:	Nathalie Miebach: Under A Restless Sky
Date:	8/2/2025 - 4/4/2027
Address:	Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 East Ninth Street, Little Rock, AR 72202
Location:	Little Rock, AR
Hours:	Tuesday & Saturday: 10am - 5pm, Wednesday - Friday: 10am - 8pm, Sunday: 12pm - 5pm
Cost/Cover:	free
Web Page:	https://arkmfa.org/art/installations/nathalie-miebach-under- ...
Contact Info:	501.372.4000

Details:

In Under A Restless Sky, Boston-based artist Nathalie Miebach creates a visual wonderland out of paint, paper, wood, ropes, and other materials, to explore how various species—birds and humans—move and adapt due to environmental and climate changes. She is particularly interested in the idea of a refugium—a place where a species finds shelter when conditions become unfavorable, somewhere where they can survive and even thrive. For example, the Swainson's Warbler finds refuge and flourishes in damaged areas vacated by humans after extreme weather. For Miebach, the Swainson’s Warbler offers the opportunity to consider what might be a human refugium. Miebach digs deep into data points such as weather conditions recorded during historic tornadoes and drone footage depicting the resulting wreckage. Translated and transformed by Miebach, the data becomes a three-dimensional woven tapestry that she builds, unravels, and recombines to reveal how the shifting environment forces new patterns. The installation includes layers of colorful shapes, real and imagined animals, and hybrid forms such as winged homes atop maps. It imaginatively tells the history of Arkansas’ major weather events; ones that have shaped the way people contemplate the weather. With a dynamic sense of circular movement that mimics both storm activity and the rebuilding process, Under A Restless Sky references the past, while probing questions about new future forms of shared habitat for humans and birds.