JUNE LUNCHEON
OUT IN THE OPEN: THE POWER OF PUBLIC ART
Out in the Open: The Power of Public Art explores the impact of public art on our communities, shared spaces, and everyday experiences. Join AIA Central Oklahoma on Thursday, June 4th for a dynamic luncheon conversation featuring Oklahoma artists Klint Schor, Stan Carroll, and M.J. Alexander as they share insights into their creative process, inspiration, and the role public art plays in shaping identity, culture, and connection within the built environment.
Through a series of short presentations, each artist will discuss their work, experiences creating art in public spaces, and the collaboration between artists, architects, and communities. This program offers architects, designers, and community leaders a unique opportunity to hear directly from artists whose work contributes to the visual and cultural fabric of Oklahoma.
Thursday, June 4
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Credit Union House
631 E. Hill Street
🎟 AIA Central Oklahoma Members: Free
🎟 Nonmember Guests: $30
đź“… Registration deadline: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Thank you to our June Luncheon Sponsors: Manhattan Construction and Salas O’Brien, for their support!
KLINT SCHOR
Schor has been a maker since childhood, first studying sculpture at the University of Central Oklahoma before switching to graphic design, where he discovered the intersection of art and function. He exhibited with the Individual Artists of Oklahoma (IAO) and the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (OVAC) and assisted artist Randy Marks in creating handmade paper lamps before moving to New York City. In NYC, he worked with a design team distributing Murano glass lighting while immersing himself in galleries and museums that deepened his understanding of art and design. Returning to Oklahoma, he expanded his skills through carpentry, which enabled him to create and install more complex works. Now a full-time artist and fabricator, Schor received his first public art commission in 2009 for Downtown OKC, LLC, and has since completed more than 50 public and private commissions.
M.J. ALEXANDER
M.J. Alexander’s works are an ode to the land and its people, a celebration of the extraordinary in the everyday. A 2019 inductee of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, her artistic practice has evolved from long-form features and photo essays to museum exhibitions and public-art installations to interactive digital experiences. Although the platforms and technology have changed, her goal remains the same: to amplify and illuminate facets of our collective shadowed history, exploring new ways to reach audiences through the ancient art of storytelling.Â
Her portraits of and interviews with Oklahoma centenarians are on permanent display in the Light Gallery of the OKC Underground, the Heritage Trust headquarters and the Oklahoma State Art Collection. Recent projects include Echoes of an Ancient Sun, a site-specific soundscape at the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and Soundtrekking: A Secret Guide to Hidden Music, a GPS-activated portal to 100 minutes of responsive sound installed along 20 acres of winding paths in Norman’s Andrews Park.
She is author and illustrator of two fine-art books: Salt of the Red Earth: A Century of Wit and Wisdom from Oklahoma’s Elders, and Portrait of a Generation: Sons and Daughters of the Red Earth, winner of an Oklahoma Book Award. The International Photography Hall of Fame describes her as “combining the vision of an artist with the skills of a storyteller.”
STAN CARROLL
Stan Carroll lives and breathes a digital 3D design-centric career which stretches well beyond the typical domain of an architect and deeply into advanced computational design, digital fabrication, and sculpture. Carroll’s work spans from design to digital fabrication within the domains of furniture design, architecture, and urban placemaking through large scale public art.