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WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The New West Hotel on the Main St. strip at Sutherland Ave. got a new paint job by artists from Winnipeg and from Montreal in completely collaborative style on site . The hotel owner gave artistic freedom to the EN MASSE artists Jason Botkin, MC Baldassari, Storm Angeconeb, Jade Rennie-Harper, Charlie Johnston, Matea Radic, Jay Cabredo and Takashi Iwasaki who incorporated images from conversations from the public in the neighbourhood and pure imagination and completed the collective vision in 5 days. The project was part of Wall-to-Wall Mural & Culture Festival and a partnership with North End Renewal Corporation, Graffiti Art Programming, Manitoba Arts Council. Oct.10 2017