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♪♪

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-Today we're at Populous Seattle
here in Pioneer Square.

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The building is a 1905 historic
warehouse that has been

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adapted to a 120-room hotel.

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It also is serving as a gallery
and so immediately as you enter

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the hotel you're greeted
with these five large

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canvases above you.

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You'll ascend the stairs and
the restaurant has pieces, the

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cafe has pieces, the
hallways have pieces.

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Each elevator landing
on every floor

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has pieces.

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The rooms, they
all have artwork.

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The artwork at the hotel
is all for sale and so

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if you find something that
you appreciate or you

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love you can take it
home and what that does

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is not only support the
artist that made it but it

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creates a future opportunity
for another artist.

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The environment that we've

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created here with the artwork
is intentional to honor

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the history of the neighborhood
and the artists that have been

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a part of this for
a very long time.

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All of the artwork in the
hotel was created next door.

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We would bring in
artists in groups

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of like 10 to 15 over a period
of three months and set them up

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studio space we handmade
all the canvases for the

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project and so the artists
would really come in

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you know and develop
their painting.

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I’m particularly interested
in artists who haven't

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arrived at like an answer,
so I’m always interested

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in art that is still asking
questions itself and

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so the artist process is
in development you know

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they're working through
the ideas and techniques

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and process that isn't
a definitive statement,

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but it's a point on their
timeline of discovery.

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And so a lot of it, you
know, is expressive.

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A lot of it you'll see
is either abstracted

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or altered in a way that it's
not a realist picture of,

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you know, a mountain.

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It's this energy in
exchange of concepts.

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There is over 40 artists that
are represented in this initial

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collection, which has translated
to over 50 original pieces.

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And then there's, I think, over
200 limited edition prints

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that were created out of
a small collection of

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originals for the rooms.

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Opening a hotel was very
interesting, but now that

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it's alive and guests are
really the people who

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bring life to the space.

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So if you haven't been, I really
encourage you to come down

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and experience it for yourself.

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♪♪

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-The Populous Seattle lobby,
restaurant and bar are

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open to the public daily
and self-guided art tours

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are available on request.

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For more information,
including hours and location,

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go to PopulousSeattle.com.