{"id":51400,"date":"2022-07-17T21:36:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T01:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=51400"},"modified":"2022-07-17T21:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T01:47:20","slug":"spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight On: I Am Home Art Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_51403\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51403\" class=\"wp-image-51403 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-River-of-Fire.-Michael-Dorch-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"741\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">River of Fire. Michael Dorch, artist at Haywood Street Congregation, I Am Home art room.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Making Art Accessible to Those Experiencing Homelessness in Asheville<\/h2>\n<p>By Emma Castleberry<\/p>\n<p>It all started with an ashtray. Janet Taylor purchased a handmade ashtray from a man on the streets of downtown Austin, TX, in 1998, at the behest of her young daughters. As she watched her children delight in their newly purchased treasure, she realized the power of art to create not only economic independence for people facing housing insecurities but also a sense of community and belonging. In 2017, Taylor moved to Asheville to establish the I Am Home Art Community, a nonprofit that provides a safe space to create and sell art for people who are unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused. \u201cI lived in Asheville 20 years ago and was aware of its rich appreciation of the arts and creating,\u201d Taylor says. \u201cAsheville also has a sympathetic heart towards those who suffer and are in need of help. With these ideas in mind, I decided Asheville would be the perfect place to create a home for the I Am Home Art Community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit approaches its mission with a three-fold approach. The central component is a free art room hosted by Haywood Street Congregation. The space is open to anyone for a few hours twice a week, staffed by volunteers and stocked with plenty of art supplies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51402\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51402\" class=\"wp-image-51402\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-Abbie-Yandle-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-Abbie-Yandle-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-Abbie-Yandle-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-Abbie-Yandle-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-779x1024.jpg 779w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-Abbie-Yandle-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-768x1010.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-Abbie-Yandle-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-1168x1536.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-Abbie-Yandle-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-810x1065.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-Abbie-Yandle-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-1140x1499.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-51402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abbie Yandle, artist at Haywood Street Congregation, I Am Home art room.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cProviding access to art materials and creative space allows people impacted by homelessness to put themselves into a different physical and mental space where they are free to express themselves through art and in the process experience healing, dignity and hope,\u201d says Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>A second component of the nonprofit\u2019s mission is the I Am Home studio and gallery located at Foundation Studios in the River Arts District, where artists can display and sell their work and keep the entirety of their profits. It\u2019s also another space for creation and demonstration, connecting artists to the community in a more public studio.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I Am Home hosts periodical art shows and sales, many of which have been hosted by Ginger\u2019s Revenge Craft Brewery. \u201cYou take home a meaningful piece of art while having a direct, positive impact on the lives of the artists,\u201d says Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Abbie Yandle is an I Am Home artist who works in a variety of media, including crochet, pour painting, sacred geometry and assemblage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy art is inspired in many ways,\u201d she says. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s the stew of energies we are living in. Other times it\u2019s the relationship of the line and the curve. Often, I can\u2019t tell you how something was inspired initially, as it changes with the creation process.\u201d Yandle was houseless for three years and says that \u201chaving a place to create, display and sell my art has been a significant part of my healing and recreating my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I Am Home is always looking for volunteers to help out at the art rooms and studio spaces as well as various other duties. Folks can also support the program by donating art supplies or by making a financial contribution. \u201cOn average, it costs $100 a month per artist to provide art supplies and creative space and to support promotion of their art through the studio and art shows,\u201d says Taylor. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t do what we do without the generous support of volunteers and donors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Angela Wilkers volunteers with her 10-year-old son, Charlie, every Sunday in the I Am Home art room. \u201cWe paint and create our own art while also offering assistance and support to whoever comes in,\u201d she says. \u201cMostly, we just get to know the artists and build relationships with everyone we meet.\u201d The Wilkers family also helped out with a past exhibition at Ginger\u2019s Revenge. \u201cThe show was an opportunity for the community to see a group of underserved and often invisible people as more than their worst circumstances, to see them as their best selves and see their talent and creativity,\u201d Wilkers says. \u201cThe people participating in this program have overcome more challenges and stressors than I can imagine. Making art is one of the most therapeutic things a person can do. It\u2019s a way for some of them to change their circumstances. For others, it\u2019s just a safe place to spend an hour, to express themselves and to be seen and loved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow @IAmHomeArtCommunity on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IAmHomeArt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iamhomeartcommunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> for details about the fall exhibition. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/IAmHomeArtCommunity.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IAmHomeArtCommunity.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2017, Janet Taylor moved to Asheville to establish the I Am Home Art Community, a nonprofit that provides a safe space to create and sell art for people who are unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused. The nonprofit has a free art room \u2014 hosted at Haywood Street Congregation \u2014 that is open to anyone for a few hours twice a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":51403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,1,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-communities","category-visual-arts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spotlight On: I Am Home Art Community - The Laurel of Asheville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In 2017, Janet Taylor moved to Asheville to establish the I Am Home Art Community, a nonprofit that provides a safe space to create and sell art for people who are unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused. The nonprofit has a free art room \u2014 hosted at Haywood Street Congregation \u2014 that is open to anyone for a few hours twice a week.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spotlight On: I Am Home Art Community - The Laurel of Asheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2017, Janet Taylor moved to Asheville to establish the I Am Home Art Community, a nonprofit that provides a safe space to create and sell art for people who are unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused. The nonprofit has a free art room \u2014 hosted at Haywood Street Congregation \u2014 that is open to anyone for a few hours twice a week.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Laurel of Asheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-18T01:36:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-18T01:47:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-River-of-Fire.-Michael-Dorch-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-e1658108157844.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1104\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amy Pryor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AshevilleLaurel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AshevilleLaurel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amy Pryor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amy Pryor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00\"},\"headline\":\"Spotlight On: I Am Home Art Community\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-18T01:36:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-18T01:47:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":786,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-River-of-Fire.-Michael-Dorch-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-e1658108157844.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Arts\",\"Communities\",\"Visual Arts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/\",\"name\":\"Spotlight On: I Am Home Art Community - The Laurel of Asheville\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-River-of-Fire.-Michael-Dorch-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-e1658108157844.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-18T01:36:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-18T01:47:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00\"},\"description\":\"In 2017, Janet Taylor moved to Asheville to establish the I Am Home Art Community, a nonprofit that provides a safe space to create and sell art for people who are unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused. The nonprofit has a free art room \u2014 hosted at Haywood Street Congregation \u2014 that is open to anyone for a few hours twice a week.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-River-of-Fire.-Michael-Dorch-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-e1658108157844.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-River-of-Fire.-Michael-Dorch-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-e1658108157844.jpg\",\"width\":1104,\"height\":667},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Spotlight On: I Am Home Art Community\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Laurel of Asheville\",\"description\":\"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00\",\"name\":\"Amy Pryor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Amy Pryor\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Spotlight On: I Am Home Art Community - The Laurel of Asheville","description":"In 2017, Janet Taylor moved to Asheville to establish the I Am Home Art Community, a nonprofit that provides a safe space to create and sell art for people who are unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused. The nonprofit has a free art room \u2014 hosted at Haywood Street Congregation \u2014 that is open to anyone for a few hours twice a week.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Spotlight On: I Am Home Art Community - The Laurel of Asheville","og_description":"In 2017, Janet Taylor moved to Asheville to establish the I Am Home Art Community, a nonprofit that provides a safe space to create and sell art for people who are unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused. The nonprofit has a free art room \u2014 hosted at Haywood Street Congregation \u2014 that is open to anyone for a few hours twice a week.","og_url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/","og_site_name":"The Laurel of Asheville","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville","article_published_time":"2022-07-18T01:36:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-18T01:47:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1104,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-River-of-Fire.-Michael-Dorch-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-e1658108157844.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Amy Pryor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AshevilleLaurel","twitter_site":"@AshevilleLaurel","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Amy Pryor","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/"},"author":{"name":"Amy Pryor","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00"},"headline":"Spotlight On: I Am Home Art Community","datePublished":"2022-07-18T01:36:57+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-18T01:47:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/"},"wordCount":786,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-River-of-Fire.-Michael-Dorch-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-e1658108157844.jpg","articleSection":["Arts","Communities","Visual Arts"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/","name":"Spotlight On: I Am Home Art Community - The Laurel of Asheville","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-River-of-Fire.-Michael-Dorch-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-e1658108157844.jpg","datePublished":"2022-07-18T01:36:57+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-18T01:47:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00"},"description":"In 2017, Janet Taylor moved to Asheville to establish the I Am Home Art Community, a nonprofit that provides a safe space to create and sell art for people who are unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused. The nonprofit has a free art room \u2014 hosted at Haywood Street Congregation \u2014 that is open to anyone for a few hours twice a week.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-River-of-Fire.-Michael-Dorch-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-e1658108157844.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spotlight-On_-I-AM-HOME-River-of-Fire.-Michael-Dorch-artist-at-Haywood-Street-Congregation-I-Am-Home-art-room.-Photo-by-Rita-Kovtun-e1658108157844.jpg","width":1104,"height":667},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/spotlight-on-i-am-home-art-community\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Spotlight On: I Am Home Art Community"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/","name":"The Laurel of Asheville","description":"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00","name":"Amy Pryor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Amy Pryor"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51407,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51400\/revisions\/51407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}