{"id":57169,"date":"2023-03-02T13:50:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T18:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=57169"},"modified":"2023-03-02T13:50:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T18:50:07","slug":"dreamland-at-woolworth-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreamland<\/em> at Woolworth Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woolworth Walk will highlight the artwork of Jennifer Spear in a March show titled Dreamland<\/em>, running through the end of the month. There will be a reception for Dreamland<\/em> at the gallery on Friday, March 3. \u201cDreamland was the name of a drive-in movie theater, which once stood where the Lowes home improvement store is now located,\u201d says Spear. \u201cAll of these images were inspired by what that name and idea represent. We look at art for the same reason that we go to movies. We often want to connect with or live in a dreamland state of being, or a dreamland location, or create a world where we feel at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"

Paisley Pug. Jennifer Spear, artist<\/p><\/div>\n

Spear has experimented with a wide range of mediums and subject matter, but is now primarily a painter with Art Deco and Art Nouveau influences. She has been known to work with acrylics, oils and watercolors on canvas, but actually discovered her current technique by accident. \u201cI use liquid watercolor on gesso birch board, which is not a traditional use of either medium,\u201d she says. \u201cIn fact, the only other artist known to use it was William Blake, from whom I learned a few tips through research. So, it\u2019s kind of a lost medium, mostly undiscovered and unexplored, which is endlessly alluring to me. I like the vividness of the colors and how I can blend the watercolor on the boards. You just can\u2019t get the same effect with other materials.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spear first visited Asheville in 2010. She was so struck by the region\u2019s beauty that she immediately returned home to Las Vegas, packed her things and moved here. \u201cI drove all 2,000 miles alone in a dream-like state,\u201d she says. \u201cWhen I arrived I realized that I found my heaven on earth.\u201d Her paintings in Dreamland are an effort to capture that dreamy state\u2014the same ethereal shadow that the old movie theater casts upon the Asheville of long ago. \u201cI hope to help people see these possibilities around them and give them brief moments of awe through the things they might see, or not see,\u201d she says. \u201cAll this in the hopes to provoke an entryway into a beautiful world, connected to our own, but with a sense of the fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Woolworth Walk is located at 25 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 828.254.9234 or visit WoolworthWalk.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Woolworth Walk will highlight the artwork of Jennifer Spear in a March show titled Dreamland, running through the end of the month. There will be a reception for Dreamland at the gallery on Friday, March 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":57172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-galleries"],"yoast_head":"\nDreamland at Woolworth Walk - The Laurel of Asheville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Woolworth Walk will highlight the artwork of Jennifer Spear in a March show titled Dreamland, running through the end of the month. There will be a reception for Dreamland at the gallery on Friday, March 3.\" \/>\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\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dreamland at Woolworth Walk - The Laurel of Asheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Woolworth Walk will highlight the artwork of Jennifer Spear in a March show titled Dreamland, running through the end of the month. There will be a reception for Dreamland at the gallery on Friday, March 3.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/\" \/>\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=\"2023-03-02T18:50:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Woolworth-Unity.-Jennifer-Spear-artist-e1677782966916.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1096\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"624\" \/>\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=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amy Pryor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00\"},\"headline\":\"Dreamland at Woolworth Walk\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-02T18:50:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":427,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/Woolworth-Unity.-Jennifer-Spear-artist-e1677782966916.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Arts\",\"Galleries\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dreamland at Woolworth Walk - The Laurel of Asheville\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/Woolworth-Unity.-Jennifer-Spear-artist-e1677782966916.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-02T18:50:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00\"},\"description\":\"Woolworth Walk will highlight the artwork of Jennifer Spear in a March show titled Dreamland, running through the end of the month. There will be a reception for Dreamland at the gallery on Friday, March 3.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/Woolworth-Unity.-Jennifer-Spear-artist-e1677782966916.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/Woolworth-Unity.-Jennifer-Spear-artist-e1677782966916.jpg\",\"width\":1096,\"height\":624},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dreamland at Woolworth Walk\"}]},{\"@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":"Dreamland at Woolworth Walk - The Laurel of Asheville","description":"Woolworth Walk will highlight the artwork of Jennifer Spear in a March show titled Dreamland, running through the end of the month. There will be a reception for Dreamland at the gallery on Friday, March 3.","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\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dreamland at Woolworth Walk - The Laurel of Asheville","og_description":"Woolworth Walk will highlight the artwork of Jennifer Spear in a March show titled Dreamland, running through the end of the month. There will be a reception for Dreamland at the gallery on Friday, March 3.","og_url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/","og_site_name":"The Laurel of Asheville","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville","article_published_time":"2023-03-02T18:50:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1096,"height":624,"url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Woolworth-Unity.-Jennifer-Spear-artist-e1677782966916.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":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/"},"author":{"name":"Amy Pryor","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00"},"headline":"Dreamland at Woolworth Walk","datePublished":"2023-03-02T18:50:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/"},"wordCount":427,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Woolworth-Unity.-Jennifer-Spear-artist-e1677782966916.jpg","articleSection":["Arts","Galleries"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/","name":"Dreamland at Woolworth Walk - The Laurel of Asheville","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Woolworth-Unity.-Jennifer-Spear-artist-e1677782966916.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-02T18:50:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00"},"description":"Woolworth Walk will highlight the artwork of Jennifer Spear in a March show titled Dreamland, running through the end of the month. There will be a reception for Dreamland at the gallery on Friday, March 3.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Woolworth-Unity.-Jennifer-Spear-artist-e1677782966916.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Woolworth-Unity.-Jennifer-Spear-artist-e1677782966916.jpg","width":1096,"height":624},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/dreamland-at-woolworth-walk\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dreamland at Woolworth Walk"}]},{"@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\/57169","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=57169"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57174,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57169\/revisions\/57174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}