Virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Act Black
2026-06-30 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Every month, Poster House offers 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 both in person and online through Zoom. These tours are given by our Lead Educators, allowing you intimate access to the works in the museum’s current shows and in the permanent collection.
This month’s virtual tour will focus on the exhibition Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen.
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 day before the virtual tour. Tours start promptly and will last approximately 60 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, email access@posterhouse.org, or call (914) 295-2387. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.
Accessibility Note: This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees’ cameras off. A recording of this event will be made available to all registered attendees. Automated closed captioning will be provided. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs.

Members-Only Last Look: Act Black
2026-07-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Poster House, 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Poster House members are invited to a private “Last Look” tour of the exhibition Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen.
Starting in the 1880s, Black performers and those invested in telling stories centering Black people attempted to counter the dehumanizing and harmful stereotypes created by white people to portray Black characters. Since theatrical performances are rarely recorded and many of the movies that featured all-Black casts are now considered “lost films” (films where no copies are known to survive), advertising posters are sometimes the only remaining evidence of important productions made with Black talent between the 1870s and the 1940s. The posters in this exhibition provide a guide for viewers as they consider how Black storytelling was transformed in its transition from stage to screen.
Join curator Es-pranza Humphrey for this private, members-only tour and learn more about the innovative efforts of Black writers, directors, and actors to represent Black life and experience for Black audiences.
Light refreshments will be served.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.
