Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Podcasts   /     American Letterpress, The Art of Hatch Show Print: A Walk Around the Floor of the Letterpress Shop

Summary

American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print is a national traveling exhibition produced by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum and Hatch Show Print in Nashville, Tennessee. The exhibition, which includes more than 100 contemporary and archival posters as well as authentic printing blocks, looks at the artistic and cultural legacy of Hatch Show Print in Nashville, a working print shop established in 1879. The exhibition reveals a confluence of graphic design, popular culture, and entertainment history and offers visitors a nostalgic view of American culture in the 20th century. What is it like to work at a shop where computers are purely ornamental? SITES' PR guru, Jennifer Schommer talks to the folks who work at this Nashville landmark.

Subtitle
Talk to the folks who actually create one-of-kind letterpress art.
Duration
8:39
Publishing date
2009-10-28 15:00
Contributors
  Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
author  
Enclosures
http://www.sites.si.edu/podcasts/hatch_episode1.mp3
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