Hatch Show Print: Jim Sherraden

Join us for a night of letterpress show and tell, when Jim Sherraden, of the Nashville’s mythic Hatch Show Print visits East Carolina University. Described as “a tonic for the information age,” Hatch Show Print is a wonderful amalgam of working letterpress print shop, tourist attraction, museum and historical archive. Sherraden will discuss his letterpress work, which reexamines the aesthetic culture of American entertainment and revisits the curiously colorful world of dancing girls, politics, and music. Sherraden will bring 50 pounds of printing blocks that will be on display during his talk and the reception following.

Jim Sherraden began working with Hatch in 1984, and has been creating beautiful original letterpress artwork using Hatch Show Print's shop archives since 1992. During his tenure at Hatch, Sherraden has helped revive the store by focusing on poster production and through reexamining letterpress printing.

For more information about Hatch and to get a sneak peek at their work, visit http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/experience-hatch.aspx

This event is co-sponsored by East Carolina University’s Design Associates student organization and AIGA Raleigh.

Artist’s talk with reception to follow.