Long before she ever heard of Hatch Show Print, Celene Aubry fell in love with letterpress printing.
Fascinated by the smell of ink, the feel of paper, the hand-carved wood type, and the big machines that churn out poster after poster, she spent her spare time learning about it while working a marketing day job in Chicago. What began as a passion led to where she is now: the first woman director of Hatch Show Print, Nashville’s 147-year-old printing institution.
In this episode, Celene shares how her interest in letterpress printmaking became a career, and how she now stewards a legendary shop whose iconic posters have promoted everyone from Dolly Parton and Bill Monroe to nearly every artist who takes the stage at the Ryman Auditorium.
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