Oxley Art

08/11/2026

We love it when something we worked on and/or produced lives a long life :) The Old State House Museum in Little Rock has traveling exhibits of some of our best exhibit work (we did the traveling exhibit versions as well). "Different Spokes", "Play It Loud: Concerts at Barton Coliseum", and "Lights, Camera, Arkansas!" This last weekend the Fort Smith Museum of History capped off a fantastic month long event with screenings, lectures, food, skits, and featuring that great traveling exhibit.

From AI overview...

The Old State House Museum offers a variety of traveling exhibits that can be borrowed for free by schools, libraries, and other organizations, making them accessible to a wider audience. These exhibits cover diverse historical topics and are designed to engage and educate visitors about local history and culture.

Overview of Old State House Traveling Exhibits

These traveling exhibits provide valuable educational resources.

Free Borrowing — All traveling exhibits can be borrowed at no cost, making them an excellent option for institutions with limited budgets.
Diverse Topics — The exhibits cover a range of subjects, including local history and cultural heritage, appealing to various audiences.
Accessibility — Designed for schools, libraries, and museums, these exhibits help bring history to communities that may not have access to traditional museum settings.
Engagement — The exhibits aim to inspire and engage diverse audiences, fostering a deeper understanding of historical narratives.

For more info...
https://www.arkansasheritage.com/old-state-house-museum/exhibits/traveling-exhibits

07/10/2026

Congratulations to the city of North Little Rock and their fire department. A lot of things happening on the north shore of the Arkansas River these days, including a new NLR Fire Station #1 that had its grand reveal a few weeks ago. Thanks to Bill Rech (his friends know him as B.R.) and Alessi Keyes Construction – the builder – we had an itty bitty part. So small in fact, we weren’t going to mention it until we saw the neat photo of the interior of the fire station BR sent after the install :)

Photograph courtesy of Bill Rech / Alessi Keyes Construction

06/22/2026

Annual Louis Jordan Birthday Celebration

If you are in and around Helena on July 8, 2026, stop by for a special edition of King Biscuit Time and a birthday celebration with cake for "The King of the Jukeboxes."

Time: Noon till 2 pm

Louis Thomas Jordan was an American jazz, blues, saxophonist and band leader from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. He was born on July 8, 1908 in Brinkley, Arkansas.

He is one of our featured artists in the amazing Arkansas in Song exhibit now on display in the DCC Visitor Center.

05/25/2026

The North Little Rock History Commission is proud to announce that we will soon be opening our new permanent exhibit, "Stories from the North Side," in the Heritage Center, 506 Main St., right next door to the Argenta Plaza, in downtown North Little Rock. We are right in the heart of the Argenta Historic District and the Argenta Arts District.

We plan to open late Summer 2026 and we are in need of volunteers. Would you like to help us out? It'll be both fun and educational! If you would like to be one of our volunteers, please apply in one of these three ways. Or, you can always call the Heritage Center at (501) 371-0755 and ask for Kelli. She will help direct you on how to apply.

We need you!!

05/19/2026

Here’s the last of the renderings we did for the Delta Cultural Center (DCC) in Helena, Arkansas' "Arkansas in Song" exhibit now showing till November. We love the early rock’n roll energy of it!

"Ronnie Hawkins was born at Huntsville (Madison County) and moved with his family when he was 10 to Fayetteville (Washington County). The young man thrived in the college town, forming his first band in high school and honing his act as a physical education major at the University of Arkansas. Doing the camel walk three decades before Michael Jackson’s moonwalk and executing multiple back flips, Hawkins worked hard for his audiences, earning him multiple nicknames – “Rompin’ Ronnie,” “Mr. Dynamo,” and “The Hawk.””

– Exhibit except from "Rockin’ in the Shadow of the Sun", Thomas Shell Jacques, acting director, DCC

05/19/2026

It's great to see a "baby" of ours STILL doing duty. Talkin' about the wonderful graphic we created back in the 80's... The Oyster Bar in Little Rock's logographic. Some of our favorite memories are of working with the previous owner Virginia Boyd, seeing a photo of the logo as a flag flying over the tallest peaks in the Himalayas (was it K2? or Everest?), and instructing a young Brandon Oxley in the finer points of the Freehand application in the 90s when he recreated the logo as a vector file. Keep on rockin'!

Tonight! Live at The Oyster Bar!

05/15/2026

One of the renderings we did for the Delta Cultural Center (DCC) in Helena, Arkansas' "Arkansas in Song" exhibit now showing til November.

This one kinda hit home for us a bit. We were fortunate to attend the appearance of Levon and The Band when they played at Commanders in the S.O.B. (Shrimp, Oysters & Beerhaus) Restaurant on 2nd Street in Little Rock back in the late 80’s (or was it the early 90s?). Anyone remember that?

"In the late ‘50s, [Ronnie] Hawkins moved to Helena and formed a new band, The Hawks, including young drummer Levon Helm, born at Elaine, raised at Turkey Scratch, and fresh out of Marvell High School. Receiving word from Conway Twitty that Canadian audiences would love his act, Hawkins packed up his Delta musicians and headed for the Great White North. Most members, too homesick or too cold, quickly headed back to Arkansas. Helm remained the longest, greeting the Canadians hired as replacements – Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, and Rick Danko. Bob Dylan later christened them as The Band. Departing from Hawkins, The Band released its classic debut, “Music From Big Pink,” in 1968."

– Exhibit except from "Rockin’ in the Shadow of the Sun", Thomas Shell Jacques, acting director, DCC

05/13/2026

Well. Guess this is going to happen :)