Lovecitylove’s newest location used to be home to Royal’s Cleaners. After completely gutting a vast majority of the building, including three layers of floor and a ceiling, the group still had a long list of renovations and repairs to make. (Images and words: Seth Halleran)
Zach Self sweeps away dust and dirt left from sanding the floor and pulling wood from the wall to this right, Wednesday Jan. 27th, 2016. Self is one of the core leaders of Lovecitylove and the only one amongst them with carpentry experience. Other members have been simply learning as they go along in renovating each space.
Since October, a group of talented artists and collaborators have been working to renovate and reopen the Royal Cleaners shop on Capitol Hill’s E Pike. This new space will be the fifth location for Lovecitylove, a Seattle based project that aims to encourage openness in the local arts community and provide a place for collaboration amongst local artists.
Lovecitylove has worked for three and a half years as a popup art space that finds its homes in closed business spaces. The core members of the group then work to redesign the space for hosting art shows, film screenings, and studio use. By collecting rental fees for use of the space, Lovecitylove is able to pay for the rent of the locations they’ve used. Their newest location at 1406 E Pike in the heart of Capitol Hill will be celebrating its grand opening with the group’s locally famous Open Mic Wednesdays.
LOVECITYLOVE X WEDNESDAYS
March 9th 8-11 PM
1406 E Pike
After months of work the new space is now ready to open !!! What was a dry cleaners not too long ago is now a …. Wait ends this WEDNESDAY // 5th edition of LOVECITYLOVE Bring Yourself : Bring Family : Bring Friends : Bring Seattle 1406 E. Pike Street (Royal Dry Cleaners) // $7-$10 // Doors @ 8
You can learn more at lovecity.love.
Lucien Pellegrin (left) and Jessa Carter (right) discusses how they could design creative lighting installations in the space, Wednesday Jan. 27th, 2016. Pellegrin conceived of Lovecitylove when he decided to slip a hand-written note under the door of a closed retail space next to the old Bauhaus location on Melrose Avenue. Pellegrin says with Lovecitylove he wants to “push the envelope a little bit, get Seattle to step up its creative spaces.”
