Advanced registration is closed; however, there are still tickets available for at-door purchase
If you follow country music, country music history or the history, art and culture of the American South, sooner or later you’re bound to run into the letters, images and unmistakable “look” of Hatch Show Print. One of the oldest working letterpress print shops in America, over the years Hatch’s posters have featured a host of country music performers ranging from Hall of Famers Hank Williams, Bill Monroe and Johnny Cash to present-day stars Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd and Shania Twain.
It started, naturally enough, with the Hatch family. William H. Hatch ran a print shop in the town of Prescott, Wisconsin, where his two sons, Charles R. and Herbert H. (born in 1852 and 1854, respectively), grew up and learned the craft of letterpress printmaking. In 1875, William moved his family to Nashville where, four years later, Charles and Herbert founded CR and HH Hatch.
Hatch flourished, for these were the days when show business was get-up-and-go business. Show posters created the excitement that sold the show, covering the sides of buildings and barns in cities and towns throughout the country. Whether circus, minstrel show, vaudeville act or carnival, if you wanted to fill seats, Hatch got the job done.
Since 1984, and under the headership of Jim Sherraden, Hatch has applied their trademark aesthetic—using vintage woodtype and woodblock carvings—to recent work for musicians like Bruce Springsteen, B.B. King and the Beastie Boys; advertisers such as Nike, Taylor Guitars and Jack Daniels; covers for magazines ranging from Ampersand to Ray Gun; and covers for CDs and books.
Please join us for a evening with Jim Sherraden.
This event is sponsored by Mac Papers.
All attendees will receive an original, event-specific Hatch print with admission!
Books and original Hatch prints will be available for purchase.
Doors 6PM, Lecture 7PM
For more information, please contact Beta Vitale at: beta.eldridge@gmail.com
