Join AAF Central Georgia for our first Advertising After Hours event with guest speaker Jim Sheridan. Jim comes to us for Hatch Show Print in Nashville, TN.
Wednesday, September 28
5:30pm
Location TBA
Sponsored By
JIM SHERRADEN BIO
Jim Sherraden is Manager, Chief Designer and Archivist at Hatch Show Print, one of America’s oldest surviving show poster and design shops. Since 1984 he has overseen its transition from a cultural survivor to a widely recognized graphic design icon and destination for letterpress enthusiasts. He is the co-writer of Hatch Show Print, The History of A Great American Poster Shop, published by Chronicle Books, now in its fifth printing. He is also the creator of one-of-a-kind pieces of art called monoprints, based on the shops archive, which are collected by individuals and institutions worldwide. He is a frequent speaker and conducts letterpress workshops from coast to coast.
HATCH SHOW PRINT SPEECH PRESENTATION
Hatch Show Print is a one-of-a-kind, extraordinary letterpress poster and design shop located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1879, Hatch is still printing and designing over 600 jobs a year, using the original wood type found on countless posters advertising carnivals, circuses, and vaudeville and minstrel shows. The shop is historically best known for its country music posters, and, since 1992, has operated as a non-profit division of the Country Music Hall of Fame(R) and Museum. Jim’s presentation begins with the very first poster printed at Hatch before speeding through over one hundred years of hand-set graphic design. Not resting on its heritage, Hatch operates under the mantra of “preservation through production”, and has probably done posters for many of your favorite contemporary entertainers. Recent Hatch Show Print customers include B.B. King, Neil Young, Coldplay, The Dead, and Alan Jackson. Design customers include The New York Times, Wired Magazine, Golf Digest, Anthropologie, Nike, Taylor Guitars and the neighbor’s Bar Mitzvah.
An exhibition of Hatch Show Print posters is currently enjoying a four year road trip with the Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service (SITES) and will tour nationwide until 2012.
