HANDCRAFTED HOTELS
Blind Nil / Magnolia Network
Charles Marquardt
Creator, Executive Producer, Showrunner
Handcrafted Hotels gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the design and inspiration behind unique hotels around the country. Season One features Ben Weprin’s Graduate Hotels and the artists they’ve commissioned to showcase the historic charm, quirks, and cultural influence of the University settings within which each hotel resides. Season Two branches out into luxury territory and features several Auberge Hotel properties with deep ties to their local communities in Santa Fe, Aspen, and Austin, TX.
GRADUATE NASHVILLE - DOLLY PARTON
Artist Ricky Pittman creates the Dolly Parton chicken wire sculpture that is displayed on the roof the Graduate Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.
JEROME HOTEL - CRYSTAL FARMS
Artist and owner of Crystal Farms, Stephen Kent, designs the elk antler chandeliers and furniture displayed in the Jerome Hotel in Aspen, Colorado.
GRADUATE NASHVILLE - MINNIE PEARL
Needlework Artist Margaret Timbrell creates the 9’ x 15’ latch hook rug portrait of Minnie Pearl that hangs in the lobby of the Graduate Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.
