Exhibitions

SARAH MATTHEWS: *UTER(US)

Hatch Show Print’s Haley Gallery / 222 Rep. John Lewis Way S. September 18 - 30th (Reception: September 18 5:00pm - 8:00pm)

Sarah Matthews

Join Haley Gallery at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for printmaker and book artist Sarah Matthews's new exhibit *uter(us), new work created in her time as 2026's Hatch Show Print Visiting Artist.

*uter(us) is a series of letterpress prints and artists' books by Sarah Matthews, created at Hatch Show Print in Nashville, Tennessee. The project examines women's health through the language of medicine, exploring the words and phrases physicians and nurses use when speaking to patients. It also addresses critical issues including period poverty, the maternal mortality crisis, the pink tax, and reproductive healthcare.

Sarah Matthews is an internationally exhibited printmaker, book artist, and educator. She holds an MA in Art & the Book from the Corcoran College of Arts and Design at George Washington University, an MBA with a Marketing Concentration, and a BS in Sociology from Bowie State University. Her works are part of prestigious collections at institutions including the National Museum of African American History & Culture Library and Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Matthews teaches Artist Books at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and bookbinding and printmaking classes.