{"id":80945,"date":"2025-06-08T20:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T00:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=80945"},"modified":"2025-06-08T20:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T00:38:44","slug":"shop-talk-blackbird-frame-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/communities\/shop-talk-blackbird-frame-art\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Shop Talk:<\/strong> BlackBird Frame &#038; Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_80947\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80947\" class=\"wp-image-80947\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Shop-Talk-1-BlackBird-Frame-and-Art-jean-for-laurel-May-1-2025-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"472\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-80947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean Stryker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Originally from Paducah, KY, Jean Stryker, owner of BlackBird Frame &amp; Art, studied philosophy and fine art at Vanderbilt before spending a decade in Boston working for a financial company. She later pursued a medical career, earning a degree from Duke and working as a physician assistant in general surgery before transitioning into neurosurgery. After a few years away from work, Jean rediscovered her passion for painting and first encountered BlackBird through framing her own art.<\/p>\n<p>When it came time for Stryker to re-enter the workforce, rather than undergo the long and arduous process of re-activating her medical license, she took a job as a custom framing specialist at a big-box store. \u201cThen a job opened up at BlackBird,\u201d she says, \u201cwhich was wonderful.\u201d She worked at the store for three years before purchasing it about three years ago. \u201cOne of the main reasons I became the owner of BlackBird was to keep the team together,\u201d she says. \u201cI love my employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>BlackBird Frame &amp; Art is located at 365 Merrimon Avenue, one mile north of downtown Asheville, next to Homegrown restaurant. For more information, call the store at 828.225.3117 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/BlackBirdFrame.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlackBirdFrame.com<\/a>. The store can also be found on Instagram and Facebook.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally from Paducah, KY, Jean Stryker, owner of BlackBird Frame &#038; Art, studied philosophy and fine art at Vanderbilt before spending a decade in Boston working for a financial company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":80947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-communities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shop Talk: BlackBird Frame &amp; Art - The Laurel of Asheville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Originally from Paducah, KY, Jean Stryker, owner of BlackBird Frame &amp; 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