Speaker Sessions: Celene Aubry on Hatch Show Print
Tue, Apr 09
|Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Time & Location
Apr 09, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Birthplace of Country Music Museum , 101 Country Music Wy, Bristol, VA 24201, USA
About the event
Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Location: Birthplace of Country Music Museum (in-person); YouTube (virtual)
Cost: Free and open to the public
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Join us at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on Tuesday, April 9, 7:00 p.m. for our monthly Speaker Sessions with Celene Aubry exploring the history and work of Hatch Show Print (HSP), a letterpress poster and design shop located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1879, HSP is still designing and printing over 600 jobs a year, using the original wood type found on countless posters advertising carnivals, circuses, and vaudeville and minstrel shows of years gone by, combined with hand carved imagery that spans the history of the shop. Though the 144-year-old business is known for its 20th century country music posters, the work the shop has put out over five generations in operation reflects changes in technology, communication arts, and…