{"id":607546,"date":"2026-08-28T19:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/607546\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T19:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:18:16","slug":"the-gallery-at-dreams-opens-new-show-for-fourth-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/607546\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gallery at DREAMS opens new show for Fourth Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/wooden.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-401285\"  \/>Bob Ostrom\u2019s \u201cWooden That Be Fun?\u201d will be on display, showing a colorful, playful gallery including larger-than-life mermaids and whimsical sea creatures painted in acrylic gouache on plywood. (Courtesy photo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WILMINGTON \u2014 North Carolina artist Bob Ostrom will be showcasing new works at The Gallery at Dreams, located at DREAMS Center for Arts Education, as part of Fourth Friday Gallery Nights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ostrom\u2019s \u201cWooden That Be Fun?\u201d will be on display, showing a colorful, playful gallery including larger-than-life mermaids and whimsical sea creatures painted in acrylic gouache on plywood. He will be available for a meet-and-greet from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m at DREAMS Center for Arts Education, 901 Fanning St.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ostrom is an artist, illustrator, and designer whose career has involved advertising, branding, cartooning, and children\u2019s publishing. He claims to showcase \u201cPop-Art, Cartoontistic-Illustrationism.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gallery at Dreams is part of the effort to cultivate an art ecosystem within the organization. DREAMS creates opportunities for artists to convey their skills and talents at a zero-commission gallery, meaning 100% of proceeds from artwork sales go directly to the artist. Artists at any stage of their career are welcomed to use that space to showcase their artwork.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Port City Daily, we aim to keep locals informed on top-of-mind news facing the tri-county region. To support our work and help us reach more people in 2026, please, consider helping one of two ways: Subscribe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/my.portcitydaily.com\/plan\/subscribe\/1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0or make a one-time contribution\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/my.portcitydaily.com\/cmc\/contribute\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob Ostrom\u2019s \u201cWooden That Be Fun?\u201d will be on display, showing a colorful, playful gallery including larger-than-life mermaids&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-607546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}