diff --git a/src_cljs/sketchbook/core.cljs b/src_cljs/sketchbook/core.cljs
index 29f1151..5a4eaf6 100644
--- a/src_cljs/sketchbook/core.cljs
+++ b/src_cljs/sketchbook/core.cljs
@@ -1,19 +1,35 @@
 (ns sketchbook.core
-  (:require [reagent.core :as r]))
+  (:require [reagent.core :as r]
+            [re-frame.core :refer [dispatch subscribe]]
+            [sketchbook.events]
+            [sketchbook.subs]))
 
-(defonce state (r/atom {:thing "world"}))
+(defn sketch [sketch-item width height]
+  [:div {:key (:path sketch-item)}
+   [:h1 (:title sketch-item)]
+   [:img {:src (str "/api/sketches/"
+                    (:path sketch-item)
+                    "?width=" width
+                    "&height=" height)
+          :width width
+          :height height}]])
 
-(defn hello []
-  [:div
-   [:h1 (str "Hello " (:thing @state)"!")]
-   [:button {:onClick (fn [] (swap! state #(assoc % :thing "universe")))}
-    "Universe"]
-   [:button {:onClick (fn [] (swap! state #(assoc % :thing "world")))}
-    "World"]])
+(defn sketches []
+  (let [sketch-list @(subscribe [:sketches])
+        loading @(subscribe [:loading-sketches])]
+    (if loading
+      [:div "Loading..."]
+      (if (> (count sketch-list) 0)
+        [:div
+         (map #(sketch % 300 300) sketch-list)]
+        [:div "No sketches found"]))))
 
 (defn app []
   [:div
-   [hello]])
+   [sketches]])
+
+(dispatch [:initialize])
+(dispatch [:fetch-sketches])
 
 (r/render [app]
           (.getElementById js/document "app"))
diff --git a/src_cljs/sketchbook/db.cljs b/src_cljs/sketchbook/db.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f82022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src_cljs/sketchbook/db.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+(ns sketchbook.db)
+
+(def initial-db
+  {:sketches []
+   :loading-sketches false})
diff --git a/src_cljs/sketchbook/events.cljs b/src_cljs/sketchbook/events.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c58ad7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src_cljs/sketchbook/events.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+(ns sketchbook.events
+  (:require [re-frame.core :refer [reg-event-db reg-event-fx]]
+            [ajax.core :as ajax]
+            [day8.re-frame.http-fx]
+            [sketchbook.db :as db]))
+
+(reg-event-db
+ :initialize
+ (fn [_ _]
+   db/initial-db))
+
+(reg-event-fx
+ :fetch-sketches
+ (fn [{db :db} _]
+   {:http-xhrio {:method :get
+                 :uri "/api/sketches"
+                 :format (ajax/json-request-format)
+                 :response-format (ajax/json-response-format {:keywords? true})
+                 :on-success [:sketches-fetched]}
+    :db (assoc db :loading-sketches true)}))
+
+(reg-event-db
+ :sketches-fetched
+ (fn [db [_ response]]
+   (-> db
+       (assoc :loading-sketches false)
+       (assoc :sketches (js->clj response)))))
diff --git a/src_cljs/sketchbook/subs.cljs b/src_cljs/sketchbook/subs.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5372be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src_cljs/sketchbook/subs.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+(ns sketchbook.subs
+  (:require [re-frame.core :refer [reg-sub]]))
+
+(reg-sub
+ :sketches
+ (fn [db _]
+   (:sketches db)))
+
+(reg-sub
+ :loading-sketches
+ (fn [db _]
+   (:loading-sketches db)))