Poster House

First Friday: The Dragon Sisters Performance
2022-12-02 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.

For one night only, Poster House is becoming The House of the Dragon with a special visit from The Dragon Sisters. If you missed this powerhouse duo at our Block Party this summer, you don’t want to make the same mistake twice. Grab your friends, your dancing shoes, and your singles for this iconic performance.

Posters & Cocktails: Yes Chef!
2022-12-06 18:30 - 20:00
Posters House’s favorite tipsy trio is ready to help you get in the mood for all the big meals you’ll be eating this holiday season! That’s right, this is Posters & Cocktails: Feasting Edition.
Join Chief Curator Angelina Lippert as she acts as emcee for another booze-fueled evening celebrating all things food and the many cocktails created by your favorite historic eateries.
Nicholas Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries will be our head chef, guiding us through a menu of visual delights. Accompanying him is Poster House’s resident mixologist, Don Spiro of The Green Fairy Society, acting as bartender and sommelier as he explores the storied past of restaurants that created their own signature drinks.
This series is hosted for free over Zoom thanks to the generous support of Don Lebowitz and Claudia Wagner. See below for a complete list of cocktail ingredients so you can follow along at home and taste some of these delectable beverages!
DRY MARTINI
Gin
Dry /French vermouth
Olive or lemon twist
Martini glass
PEGUCLUB
Gin
lime juice
Angostura bitters
Orange liqueur
Cocktail coupe
ARNAUD’S FRENCH 7
Cognac
Sugar
Lemon Juice
Champagne
Champagne flute
WALDORF
Absinthe, to rinse
rye whiskey
Sweet vermouth
Angostura bitters
Garnish: lemon twist (optional)
lemon twist
Cocktail coupe

This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees cameras off. Closed Captioning will be provided. ASL interpretation is available upon request with two weeks notice — please email Sarit@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. A recording of this event will be made available for all registered attendees. Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at Sarit@posterhouse.org.

PH x Teens: One Bright Night
2022-12-09 15:30 - 18:00
What better way to celebrate the holiday season than through creativity? Inspired by the exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes, in which artists use addition, subtraction, and multiplication to alter posters into new works of art, teens will create their own holiday-themed papier-mâché collages on mason jar candle holders. These bright, festive lanterns will make great personalized gifts!
PH x Teens: One Bright Night is a drop-in program for young adults ages 13 to 18. Advanced registration is encouraged, but participants are not expected to stay the entire time; guests should plan to spend about an hour on this interactive, self-guided activity.

Poster House x TDC Holiday Party
2022-12-09 18:00 - 21:00
Celebrate the end of the year at the Poster House x TDC Holiday Party!
Join us for everyone’s favorite design party featuring full access to the museum and Poster House’s current exhibitions, typographic raffle prizes from around the world, and free drinks for the first 50 attendees, courtesy of Work Type IPA and Ghia! Poster House and TDC Members get a 20% discount at the bar thereafter.
Proceeds from the raffle go to supporting our programming including Poster House educational outreach for school tours and TDC’s salons and scholarships.
Poster and lettering for this event created by Vera van de Seyp.
Drinks provided by Ghia, The Working Assembly, and others.
Prizes provided by WorldlyTypes and Poster House.

Poster Kids: Make It Art
2022-12-11 09:15 - 10:15
This month, join Poster Kids and explore the exhibition Masked Vigilantes On Silent Motorbikes. This show focuses on artists who incorporate posters into their work. Together, we’ll discover key differences between posters and fine art. Afterward, we will embellish and reconfigure posters to turn them into our own unique art.
Materials:

colorful and/or patterned paper
glue stick
scissors
paint-sticks and/or permanent markers
a full page print of any poster you love or one you find on our website (can be in color or black and white)

This online event will be hosted on Zoom. Closed Captioning will be provided. Poster Kids will not be recorded due to the presence of minors. Questions about accessibility? Please email Sarit Cahana, Accessibility Coordinator at access@posterhouse.org.

Poster Kids: Make It Art
2022-12-11 10:30 - 12:15
This month, join Poster Kids and explore the exhibition Masked Vigilantes On Silent Motorbikes. This show focuses on artists who incorporate posters into their work. Together, we’ll discover key differences between posters and fine art. Afterward, we will embellish and reconfigure posters to turn them into our own unique art.
Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from 10:30am–12:15pm for a family-friendly, interactive poster tour and a related art-making experience. Admission is free; advanced registration is required.
This program invites children 5–11 years old and their adults to collaborate (siblings are welcome). This is not a drop-off program.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: With My Little Eye
2022-12-13 16:00 - 17:00
Every month, Poster House offers virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision.
In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we offer our description tours online through Zoom. These tours are led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This tour will focus on With My Little Eye: Warnings For The Homefront, on view at Poster House through April 16 2023.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call ‪(914) 295-2387 to sign up for this event. You will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing Zoom the morning of the virtual tour.
Tours start promptly and will last approximately 70 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, call (914) 295-23873, or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

Members-Only Tour Bruno Munari: The Child Within
2023-01-07 15:00 - 17:00
Poster House Members are invited to a private tour of Bruno Munari: The Child Within at the Center for Italian Modern Art in SoHo. Munari was an accomplished artist, inventor, graphic designer, and a designer of objects who prioritized the idea of play in all his work. This exhibition focuses on the children’s books that he wrote, designed, and illustrated. These books were not meant just to be seen, but to be interacted with as conduits for play and imagination.

Someone Talked! WWII Espionage Posters
2023-01-10 18:00 - 19:00
Poster House is pleased to welcome military poster expert Mel Meehan in conversation with guest curator Tim Medland on the acclaimed exhibition With My Little Eye: Warnings from the Homefront. This program will cover propaganda posters from around the world produced during World War II that explore the theme of espionage and its risks. Ranging from chilling to cheeky, these images showcase how each of the Allied countries took a different approach to warning its citizens of spies. Questions Strongly encouraged!

This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees cameras off. Closed Captioning will be provided. ASL interpretation is available upon request with two weeks notice — please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. A recording of this event will be made available for all registered attendees. Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at Access@posterhouse.org.

Members-Only Tour: Kapoor Galleries
2023-01-19 18:00 - 20:00
Poster House is pleased to partner with Kapoor Galleries for this exclusive tour of their space in honor of Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue. As the curatorial juggernaut behind this incredible exhibition, Kapoor Galleries approached the posters from the perspective of India’s rich artistic heritage. Now is your chance to see museum-quality pieces that inspired many of the posters on view in the show, from miniature paintings to ancient bronze sculptures.
Led by the owner and director of Kapoor Galleries, Sanjay Kapoor, this private tour of the gallery will introduce you to dazzling imagery and a deeper appreciation for Indian art.

Poster Kids: Grow It!
2023-01-22 10:30 - 12:15
In this food-focused Poster Kids program, we will look at propaganda and advertisements from around the world featuring food. At our gallery stops, we’ll share memories, plan meals, and write recipes. Then, we’ll head to the workshop space where we’ll plant our own take-home gardens.
Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from 10:30am–12:15pm for a family-friendly, interactive poster tour and a related art-making experience. Admission is free; advanced registration is required.
This program invites children 5–11 years old and their adults to collaborate (siblings are welcome). This is not a drop-off program.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Winter Wonderland
2023-01-24 16:00 - 17:00
Every month, Poster House offers virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision.
In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we offer our description tours online through Zoom. These tours are led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on winter travel posters.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call ‪(914) 295-2387 to sign up for this event. You will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing Zoom the morning of the virtual tour.
Tours start promptly and will last approximately 70 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, call (914) 295-23873, or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

Anchor in Continuum Dance Performance
2023-01-27 19:30 - 20:00
Poster House is thrilled to welcome dancer and choreographer Shira Kagan-Shafman and violinist and composer Leandria Lott for a new performance piece created in conversation with the exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes. Much like the acclaimed exhibition, this production blurs the boundaries among multiple artistic mediums. Together, the pair will explore the tension between the inevitability of change and the permanence of time, allowing viewers to experience a Poster House exhibition in a new and engaging way.
Shira Kagan-Shafman (she/her) is a dancer and choreographer based in New York City. In 2021, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance from The New School and spent time in Israel participating in DanceJerusalem and Batsheva Dance Company’s Summer Course for outstanding dance students. She has performed professionally in works by Caitlin Corbett, Kelley Donovan, Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, Peggy Florin, Dean Moss, Rebecca Stenn, Jess Pretty, Mariana Valencia, and Joanna Kotze. Additionally, she participated in the Arts on Site Residency and Retreat, developing her work To Breathe Over Seas that premiered at Arts on Site in December 2021 and was restaged in March 2022.Currently, Kagan-Shafman works for Ephrat Asherie Dance.
Leandria Lott (she/they) is a Brooklyn-based, multi-faceted musician, teacher, composer, and artist. Their passion has ignited her to explore music around the world. She has performed and participated in workshops and classes in the United Kingdom and Italy, and has toured The Virgin Islands. She has also performed with Stevie Wonder and Kirk Franklin. They work with Arts on Site as a Community Leader, and they are on the board of B.R.I.D.G.E Orchestra, a hip hop orchestra based in Brooklyn, where they act as the Marketing Manager. They play guitar, violin, and sing in the band The Royal Green Rangers with bandmate Brittany Harris.
Image of dancer taken by Noor Eemaan, image of violinist by Steph Russell.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: New Orleans Travel Posters
2023-02-21 16:00 - 17:00
Every month, Poster House offers virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision.
In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we offer our description tours online through Zoom. These tours are led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on New Orleans travel posters.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call ‪(914) 295-2387 to sign up for this event. You will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing Zoom the morning of the virtual tour.
Tours start promptly and will last approximately 70 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, call (914) 295-2387, or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

First Friday
2023-03-03 10:00 - 21:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, performance, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
1pm: Exhibition Design Tour
Ever wonder how an exhibition comes together? Join Poster House Director of Design & Exhibits, Ola Baldych, for a design-focused tour of the museum’s latest exhibitions, Made in Japan & Black Power to Black People. Learn about the inspirations for these incredible installations and the behind-the-scenes decisions that go into crafting a seamless visitor experience. Questions strongly encouraged!
6:30pm: In-Person Archives Tour
Don’t miss this rare and exclusive opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at Poster House’s permanent collection! Led by Collections Manager Melissa Walker, this intimate tour will give 10 people the chance to explore highlights from the museum’s collection of over 10,000 posters from around the world. Catch sneak previews of upcoming exhibition material, take a peek at recent acquisitions for the Living Archive, and get up close and personal with the museum’s growing collection. Members receive 20% off by entering their email at checkout!
6:30pm: Thermal Paper Art Workshop
This workshop will introduce beginners to the art and technology of thermal paper printing (printing without ink). Learn how to “hack” receipt technology by printing your own receipts and altering existing ones through heat transfer. Participants will also experiment with printmaking techniques, including monotype printing on receipt paper. By the end of this workshop, you will never look at a receipt in the same way again! Members receive 20% off by entering their email at checkout!
Instructor will provide all materials; however, participants will need to download an app on their smartphones for printing.
7pm: Butoh Performance
Poster House is pleased to welcome the New York Butoh Institute for a special performance in honor of the museum’s latest exhibition, Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art. Experience Butoh, the avant-garde dance form born in Japan in the 1950s, in conversation with this vibrant, colorful exhibition. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to witness contemporary Butoh up close!

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Made in Japan
2023-03-07 16:00 - 17:00
Every month, Poster House offers virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision.
In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we offer our description tours online through Zoom. These tours are led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on the new exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call ‪(914) 295-2387 to sign up for this event. You will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing Zoom the morning of the virtual tour.
Tours start promptly and will last approximately 70 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, call (914) 295-2387, or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

Black Power to Black People Virtual Curatorial Tour
2023-03-07 18:00 - 19:00
Join curator Es-pranza Humphrey for a virtual tour of Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party. Learn how the Black Panther Party devised a graphic language to reaffirm Black humanity and decommodify Black life. Explore the bold language and striking graphics that exposed the public to radical images that captured a shift in tone in the fight for civil rights. Questions strongly encouraged!
This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees’ cameras off. Automatic closed captioning will be provided. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request with two weeks notice — please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. A recording of this event will be made available for all registered attendees.
Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387‬.
For all other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

PH x Teens: Counterculture Collage
2023-03-10 15:30 - 18:00
In celebration of our new exhibitions Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art and Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party, teens are invited to create a counterculture collage on notebooks.
Artists Yokoo Tadanori and Tanaami Keiichi, featured in Made in Japan, and many designers featured in Black Power to Black People contributed to the growing anti-establishment movement of the 60s, known as counterculture, in response to the civil rights movement, anti-war efforts, and anti-censorship movements. These artists utilized collage, digital media, and radical imagery to make bold and progressive demands to change the status quo.
Inspired by their work, teens will design their own radical counterculture message using collage. After they complete their notebooks, teens are encouraged to take what they create into the exhibits to explore.
PH x Teens is a drop-in program for young adults ages 13 to 18. Advanced registration is encouraged, but participants are not expected to stay the entire time; guests should plan to spend about an hour on this interactive, self-guided activity.

We Act As If It Is Possible: Black Feminist Aesthetics for Black Power
2023-03-29 18:00 - 19:00
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”––Angela Davis
In honor of Women’s History Month, Poster House is pleased to welcome Eesha Pandit and Robin Boylorn of the Crunk Feminist Collective to discuss the long-standing impact of a Black feminist aesthetic on the art of the movements that build Black Power. Taking images from Poster House’s permanent collection and current exhibition Black Power to Black People, this wide-ranging conversation will explore images and ephemera created by and of Black cis and trans women that forge a visual style in service of radically transforming the world. Questions strongly encouraged!
Dr. Robin M. Boylorn is an accomplished scholar, activist, writer, speaker, and thinker. Her work concentrates on ways of documenting marginalized lives and making those narratives accessible and available to wide audiences. She seeks to give voice to silenced experiences and offer strategies for talking about and across difference (in its many manifestations). Boylorn is the author of Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience and co-editor of The Crunk Feminist Collection.
Eesha Pandit is a Houston-based writer and activist. She is cofounder and Managing Partner at The Center for Advancing Innovative Policy (CAIP). Pandit specializes in working with a broad range of organizations, including community groups, national organizations, local and state leaders, coalitions, and funders to create innovative policy advocacy strategies that succeed in fostering progressive policy change and in building vital connections across movements. Her writing can be found at The Crunk Feminist Collective, Salon, Feministing, The Nation, RH Reality Check, Feministe, Bitch Magazine, and In These Times.
This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees’ cameras off. Automatic closed captioning will be provided. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request with two weeks notice — please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services.
A recording of this event will be made available for all registered attendees.
Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387‬.
For all other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

First Friday
2023-04-07 10:00 - 21:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, performance, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
12pm Upstander Intervention Training
In response to recent homophobic and transphobic incidents in the neighborhood and the city at large, Poster House is partnering with the New York City Anti-Violence Project to offer an upstander intervention training. Learn de-escalation strategies and how to safely intervene when witnessing or experiencing violence. All levels of experience are welcome to attend this comprehensive training.
3:00pm Black Power to Black People Curatorial Tour
Join curator Es-pranza Humphrey for a tour of Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party. Learn how the Black Panther Party devised a graphic language to reaffirm Black humanity and decommodify Black life. Explore the bold language and striking graphics that exposed the public to radical images that captured a shift in tone in the fight for civil rights. Questions strongly encouraged!
3:30pm PH x Teens: Making the Message
Teens are invited to a special a back-to-back PH x Teens event!
In partnership with the Young Lordes Collective, PH x Teens invites you to a zine making workshop. The YLC will facilitate a discussion about the use of posters/pamphlets/other printable media in activism. After discussion, teens will make a zine about something that they are passionate about. Teens are encouraged to be as creative as they please. After they create their zines, teens are encouraged to explore Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party.
PH x Teens is a drop-in program for young adults ages 13 to 18. Advanced registration is encouraged, but participants are not expected to stay the entire time; guests should plan to spend about an hour on this interactive, self-guided activity.
5:30pm PH x Teens: Watercolor Haiku
Teens are invited to a special a back-to-back PH x Teens event!
Inspired by Satō Kochi’s Five Seasons (1988), teens are invited to learn how to write a haiku using watercolor and calligraphy. Participants will take home a finished artwork, and are encouraged to explore the exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art.
PH x Teens is a drop-in program for young adults ages 13 to 18. Advanced registration is encouraged, but participants are not expected to stay the entire time; guests should plan to spend about an hour on this interactive, self-guided activity.
7pm PH X College: Student Movements & the Black Panther Party
Did you know that many members of the Black Panther Party were students? College students are invited to this special tour and talkback led by Poster House Educator Rayyan Mikati. Learn more about the Black Panther Party’s history of student organizing and students’ roles in the civil rights and Black Power movements. Questions strongly encouraged!

PH x Teens: Making the Message with the Young Lordes Collective
2023-04-07 15:30 - 17:00
Teens are invited to a special a back-to-back PH x Teens event!
In partnership with the Young Lordes Collective, PH x Teens invites you to a zine making workshop. The YLC will facilitate a discussion about the use of posters/pamphlets/other printable media in activism. After discussion, teens will make a zine about something that they are passionate about. Teens are encouraged to be as creative as they please. After they create their zines, teens are encouraged to explore Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party.
Maia Villalba (she/they) is a Chinese Cuban communist, organizer, and abolitionist from Lower Manhattan. At New York University, she concentrates in Social and Cultural Analysis at the College of Arts and Sciences and serves as the President of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Positive Club (SRH+). In her most recent work, Wretched Women: A Manifesto on Abolition, Anti-Globalization, and the International Struggle for the Commons, she exposes the dark underbelly of global corporate development and explains how social practices, acts of provisioning, and forms of peer governance offer practical tools of resistance against the forces of late stage capitalism. Their manifesto is set for publication by Iskra Books in 2023.
At the intersection of artistry and activism, the Young Lordes Collective (YLC) is a grassroots artist-activist youth collective that aims to create a growing and breathing network of underrepresented New Yorkers. Since March 2021, the Young Lords Collective has cultivated a generative space for community-based learning, care, and revolutionary struggle for the emerging artists and activists of our generation. Through multimedia publications, mutual aid initiatives, food drives, open mic nights, educational discussions, and more, the Young Lordes Collective pays homage to activist groups of the past by uplifting the change makers of the future.
PH x Teens is a drop-in program for young adults ages 13 to 18. Advanced registration is encouraged, but participants are not expected to stay the entire time; guests should plan to spend about an hour on this interactive, self-guided activity.

PH x Teens: Watercolor Haiku
2023-04-07 17:30 - 19:00
Teens are invited to a special a back-to-back PH x Teens event!
Inspired by Satō Kochi’s Five Seasons (1988), teens are invited to learn how to write a haiku using watercolor and calligraphy. Participants will take home a finished artwork, and are encouraged to explore the exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art.
PH x Teens is a drop-in program for young adults ages 13 to 18. Advanced registration is encouraged, but participants are not expected to stay the entire time; guests should plan to spend about an hour on this interactive, self-guided activity.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Black Power to Black People
2023-04-11 16:00 - 17:00
Every month, Poster House offers virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision.
In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we offer our description tours online through Zoom. These tours are led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on the new exhibition Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call ‪914.295.2387 to sign up for this event. You will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing Zoom the morning of the virtual tour.
Tours start promptly and will last approximately 70 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, call (914) 295-2387, or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

Made in Japan Virtual Curatorial Tour
2023-05-16 10:00 - 11:00
Join Poster House guest curators Nozomi Naoi and Erin Schoneveld for a virtual tour of the acclaimed exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art. Explore the cultural and political shifts within modern Japan that influenced the functions and messaging of its posters and the public’s response to them. Questions strongly encouraged!
This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees’ cameras off. Automatic closed captioning will be provided. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request with two weeks notice — please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. A recording of this event will be made available for all registered attendees. Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387‬. For all other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Art Nouveau
2023-05-23 16:00 - 17:00
Every month, Poster House offers virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision.
In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we offer our description tours online through Zoom. These tours are led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on Art Nouveau.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call ‪914.295.2387 to sign up for this event. You will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing Zoom the morning of the virtual tour.
Tours start promptly and will last approximately 70 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, call 914.295.2387, or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

In-Person Verbal Description Tour: Made in Japan
2023-06-15 18:00 - 20:00
Members of the low-vision and blind community are invited to this exciting, in-person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour at Poster House. This after-hours event will provide exclusive access to the museum’s hit exhibition, Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art.
The tour will be led by Chief Curator Angelina Lippert, who has led our virtual description tours for the past two years. This intimate experience will allow guests to get up close with all the posters described, as well as provide additional tactile objects to help illuminate the art. Light refreshments will be provided.
While everyone is welcome, Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind, have low vision, or who benefit from verbal descriptions.
Masks are encouraged during this event and are available free of charge at the museum. Clear masks are also available. Assistive listening devices, stools, and some tactile posters will be provided. Navigational guides are available upon request. If you have any further accessibility needs or require an alternative way to RSVP, please contact Poster House’s Accessibility Coordinator Sarit Cahana at access@posterhouse.org or at ‪(914) 295-2387‬.
For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Belle Epoque
2023-06-20 16:00 - 17:00
Every month, Poster House offers virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision.
In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we offer our description tours online through Zoom. These tours are led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on the Belle Epoque.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call ‪914.295.2387 to sign up for this event. You will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing Zoom the morning of the virtual tour.
Tours start promptly and will last approximately 70 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, call (914) 295-2387, or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

Queer History is Poster History
2023-06-23 18:30 - 19:30
It’s impossible to recognize queer poster history without acknowledging its roots in HIV/AIDS advocacy and organizing. Before alcohol companies were clamoring to pinkwash their brands each June, queer folks were using posters to fight for the lives and dignity of people living with HIV.
Poster House is thrilled to welcome artist and activist Avram Finklestein for a wide-ranging conversation on his experiences as a founding member of the Silence=Death and Gran Fury collectives. Learn more about the origins of these advocacy posters and their lasting impact from one of the artists behind the movement’s most iconic poster designs. Questions strongly encouraged!
Avram Finkelstein is an artist, writer, and activist, and a founding member of the Silence=Death and Gran Fury collectives. His work has shown at MoMA, the Whitney Museum, the Hirschhorn, the Shed, and the Metropolitan Museum, and is in the permanent collections of MoMA, the Whitney, the New Museum, the Metropolitan, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum. He is featured in the artist oral history project at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, and his book for UC Press, After Silence: A History of AIDS Through its Images, was nominated for an International Center Of Photography Infinity Award in Critical Writing And Research, and is now available in paperback. He has written for Frieze, Art21, and OnCurating, been interviewed by The New York Times, Artforum, NPR, Slate, and Interview, and spoken at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and NYU.

Woodblock Printing Demonstration at Japan Village
2023-06-24 12:00 - 15:00
Inspired by Poster House’s acclaimed exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art, the museum is heading to Japan Village in Industry City for a woodblock printing demonstration featuring Brooklyn-based, Japanese artist Sato Yamamoto. Guests will observe this age-old technique that has become the foundation for much of the modern printing industry. Participants will leave with a woodblock print designed by the artist!
Sato is a Japanese, bilingual artist inspired by culture and diversity. Born in Meguro, Tokyo and currently living in Brooklyn, New York, her unique style of art includes advanced ambidextrous and ukiyo-e printmaking skills that she uses in her artistic practice.

Asian Designers x NYC
2023-06-30 18:00 - 20:00
The achievements and cultural contributions of Asian designers and Asian-led design studios often go under-appreciated. This June, Isometric Studio is convening fellow designers of Asian origin at Poster House for a special roundtable conversation on their journeys, practices, and contributions to the field. Join us to learn more about the conceptual themes that run through these designers’ work, as well as the challenges and opportunities they have encountered in their careers. Each participant will present a brief ten-minute snapshot of their recent work, followed by conversation.
Natasha Jen is an award-winning designer, an educator, and a partner at Pentagram. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, she joined Pentagram’s New York office in 2012. A four-time National Design Award nominee, Natasha’s work is recognized for its innovative use of graphic, verbal, digital, and spatial interventions that challenge conventional notions of media and cultural contexts. Her work is immediately recognizable, encompassing brand identity systems, packaging, exhibition design, digital interfaces, signage and wayfinding systems, print and architecture. Her clients include a wide range of collaborators from global technology brands to cultural institutions, including Google, Waze, Lightmatter, Galaxy Digital, New York Botanic Garden, The Asian American Foundation, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and The Metropolitan Museum. Natasha has earned awards from every major design competition and is frequently published in publications, including Wired, Fast Company, Kinfolk Magazine, Print Magazine,Creative Review, and Metropolis. She was a winner of Art Directors Club’s Young Guns 4 and also served as a judge for the competition in 2007, 2011, and 2017.
Dungjai Pungauthaikan is a co-founder and Creative Director of Once-Future Office. A big picture systems-thinker who loves connecting design, people, and the built environment, she sees potential in all things and brings unmatched creative vision to the studio. A first-generation Thai-Chinese American and native Californian (LBC!), she leads our teams and projects with warmth and patience while getting shit done. Dungjai is an award winning designer whose work has been recognized by the Art Directors Club, Type Directors Club, Print Regional Design Annual, the Society of Publication Designers, and the Van Alen Institute.
Sophia Yeshi is a queer Black & South Asian illustrator and graphic designer in Brooklyn, NY. She’s a digital native that discovered Photoshop at 12 years old while growing up in Baltimore, Maryland. She uses her work to shine a light on Black women, women of color, and folks in the LGBTQIA+ community that are bold, dynamic, and demand attention. She uses her platform to intentionally celebrate the communities that she didn’t see represented growing up. Her aesthetic is defined by joyful figures, vibrant colors, and organic shapes. She works with brands such as UPS, Adobe, Netflix, Spotify, and Madison Square Garden to create culturally-relevant work centered around topics she’s passionate about like LGBTQIA+ pride, support for underrepresented business owners, and mental health awareness.
Andy Chen and Waqas Jawaid are partners at Isometric, a Brooklyn-based graphic design and architecture studio. Andy is a second-generation Taiwanese immigrant, and Waqas is a first-generation Pakistani American. Isometric collaborates with leading cultural institutions, universities, tech companies, and nonprofits, expressing their missions though visual identities, exhibitions, and websites. The studio advances an ethos of inclusion, equity, and justice, centering the lived experiences of marginalized people. Its projects often address complex social issues, amplifying activism on gender equity, climate change, racial justice, LGBT identity, and immigrant rights.
This program is presented in person at Poster House. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request with two weeks notice—please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. Visual descriptions will be provided.
Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387‬.
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