WSG: With Special Guest
An exhibit of imagined flyers from the golden age of Punk Rock posters

August 24 - October 29
Cafe 1923, 2287 Holbrook, Hamtramck, MI

Opening reception: August 29, 6-9pm

Familiar and Unknown: Contemporary Paintings by 'Jide Aje is currently on display at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History, 315 East Warren Avenue, Detroit.
All are invited to attend the artist reception on Friday, August 22, 6pm - 9pm.


Model D TV presents "Living in Hamtramck", a three-minute video featuring friend of Hatch (and owner of Cafe 1923) Sean Kowalski. Watch it here.

Hatch is currently accepting submissions for its next exhibit, WSG: Fake Flyers for Fake Gigs.


Starting Sunday, August 24 and throughout the month of September, Hamtramck's Cafe 1923 will be playing bulletin board to a growing collection of outlandish concert flyers, posters, and handbills; and we want YOUR designs!

Submit as many designs as you want. The flyer must promote an imaginary event. Imaginary acts and venues are preferred; please don't use this exhibit to promote your own or upcoming show (besides, we know you have a great idea for band name -- here's your chance to use it). Concert flyers are our focus, but all sorts of flyers (yard sales, lost pet, etc.) will be accepted, as long as they RAWK.

Size/Format: 11" X 17" or smaller. Printouts and photocopies preferred: send originals at your own risk, they will not be returned. We will be treating these like actual flyers. They will be subject to tearing, staple damage, or may be partially covered over as the weeks go on.

How to submit: On Sunday, August 24, 10 am - noon, bring submissions in person to Cafe 1923, 2287 Holbrook Street, Hamtramck. We will be hanging on that day.

Pinwheel Bakery will be showing new paintings by Hamtramck-based artist Carl Oxley III from mid-July through mid-August. The show kicks off with an opening reception on Thursday, July 17 from 5 - 9pm (as part of Ferndale's summer late-night Thursdays). The bakery will be selling special hand-decorated Oxley-designed sugar cookies for the event.

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Jide Aje is participating in the 2008 Ben Franklin Project, currently at 555 Gallery . The popular format, the $100 art has long demonstrated its success in bringing together potential, first and old-timer art collectors with long-time and emerging artists, longing to clear their bins of small, yet promising examples of their work.

The exhibition will run the duration of one week and end with a closing reception on Saturday, July 19, at 7:00pm.

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George McVey and Michael Marcus have a comic book signing event
scheduled for Thursday, July 24th, from 4pm to 8pm at
Comics & More
28059 John R Road
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Please stop by to show your support and take a look at Pulp
Dreams #3 and IF-X #3!

Cranbrook Moves South:
Artwork from the instructors and staff
at the Cranbrook Academy of Art Summer Art Institute

Cafe 1923
2287 Holbrook, Hamtramck, MI 48212

Opening Reception: July 18, 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Stop by the Hatch table for all your made-in-Hamtramck art needs!
Saturday, July 19, noon - midnight
Corner Brewery, 720 Norris Street, Ypsilanti
www.shadowartfair.com

Hamtramck Hatching an Art Center: This article features the input of several Hatch members as well as various Hamtramck community members. The companion piece; Nuns, Cops, Artists: Art Center's Home has Storied Past; sheds some light on the building's history. Both were published in June on detroitmakeithere.com.

The Hatch Flickr site is up and running! Go here to see photos of past Hatch events.
Tales from the Hatch delegation to the June 21 Worldwide Sketchcrawl are posted in this forum, complete with pictures.