Wender·Vista
Oklahoma City National Memorial
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
in downtown Oklahoma City, on the block where the Murrah Building stood

Oklahoma City National Memorial

— — a quiet built in answer.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“On the block of downtown Oklahoma City where the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building stood until April 19, 1995. The memorial holds the footprint as an open field of 168 empty chairs, nineteen of them small, with a long shallow pool between two bronze gates marked with the minute before and the minute after. The Survivor Tree, an American elm, still stands on the rise above the pool. — from the studio

from the studio
Oklahoma City National Memorial
— bring it home

Oklahoma City National Memorial, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Oklahoma City National Memorial

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

The Oklahoma City National Memorial occupies the three-acre block in downtown Oklahoma City where the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building stood until the bombing of April 19, 1995. The site is now an open field with 168 chairs, one for each person killed, including nineteen children. The memorial was designed by Hans and Torrey Butzer with Sven Berg and dedicated on April 19, 2000, five years after the attack. The grounds are administered by the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation, an affiliate of the National Park Service.

— the stone

The Gates of Time stand at the east and west ends of the Reflecting Pool, two bronze portals inscribed 9:01 and 9:03 — the minute before the bombing and the minute after. Between them, where Fifth Street ran, a long shallow pool covers the old roadbed. The Field of Empty Chairs is set on the footprint of the Murrah Building itself, arranged in nine rows for the nine floors, with each chair set in the row of the floor where the person died. The chairs are lit from beneath at night.

— the silence

The Survivor Tree, an American elm of about a hundred years, stands on the rise above the Reflecting Pool. It survived the blast that took everyone in line of sight of the Murrah Building, and now anchors a circular promenade inscribed with the names of survivors and rescuers. Each April 19 the memorial holds a remembrance ceremony at 9:02 in the morning. The Rescuers' Orchard around the tree was planted with Oklahoma redbuds and Chinese pistache. The grounds are open every day; the museum keeps a posted schedule.

— where
United States · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
— within
Oklahoma City National Memorial
— position
35.4727° N · 97.5170° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
5 km N
Oklahoma State Capitol
capitol
1 km E
Bricktown
district
N
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Oklahoma State Capitol
Bricktown
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Oklahoma City National Memorial — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The memorial occupies the three-acre block in downtown Oklahoma City where the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building stood, bounded by Fifth and Sixth Streets and Robinson and Harvey Avenues.

A truck bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 people including nineteen children in the second-floor day-care. It remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in United States history.

Two bronze portals at the east and west ends of the Reflecting Pool, inscribed 9:01 and 9:03 — the minute before the bombing and the minute after. The blast itself fell at 9:02.

A set of 168 stone-and-bronze chairs on the footprint of the Murrah Building, one for each person killed. Nineteen are sized for children. The chairs are arranged in nine rows for the building's nine floors.

An American elm of about a hundred years that stood on the lot before the bombing and survived the blast. It now anchors a circular promenade above the Reflecting Pool and is the centre of the annual remembrance.

The outdoor memorial is open every day at no charge. The Memorial Museum keeps a posted schedule with an admission fee. A remembrance ceremony is held on the grounds each April 19 at 9:02 in the morning.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful piece for survivors, rescuers, and families connected to the memorial. The work reads as the field and the tree rather than the event. A Small or Keepsake is the gentle choice.

The piece sits well with quiet contemporary, modern American, and prairie-modern rooms. The palette of bronze, stone, and elm green moves with walnut, raw linen, and unpolished metal.

Yes. Many customers place a Keepsake or Small on a shelf with a photograph, a service badge, or a piece of personal memory. The work reads as quiet rather than commemorative on its face.

A single Large reads as a focal piece above a standard sofa. A 4-tile Mural opens a wider wall; a 9-tile Mural carries a long wall or a corridor behind a console.

Yes, on the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both resist scratching and humidity and install well as a backsplash, on a vanity wall, or inside a shower surround.

A microfibre cloth and water. The colour lives inside the ceramic surface, so the tile cleans like a plate. Skip abrasive pads and ammonia-based sprays.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio, curated by Reid Wender. We don't license outside imagery, and each place enters the atlas as a single, considered painting.

— if this one stayed with you

A few you might also love.

Hand-picked by the eye that found Sorapis. Same air, same kind of quiet.