Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Belle Epoque
2023-06-20 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
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.
For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

First Friday
2023-07-07 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. This July, celebrate Disability Pride Month at Poster House with any of our disability centered offerings!
General accessibility notes: A social narrative is available for this event. Navigational guides and clear masks are provided upon request. Masks are encouraged at this event. Please see the listings below for specific accessibility offerings for each event. Contact access@posterhouse.org or 914.295.2387 if you have further access needs. To learn more about the museum’s accessibility offerings, please go to posterhouse.org/accessibility.
1pm Disability Pride Panel
What is disability pride, and what role does it play in accessibility work? Join Poster House Accessibility Coordinator Sarit Cahana in conversation with Kirsten Sweeney, Accessibility & Inclusion Manager at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and Kemi Sijuwade-Ukadike, Head of Artist Initiatives and Inclusion at Eyebeam for an engaging conversation on the important relationship between disability pride and disability justice. Questions strongly encouraged!
Accessibility: An ASL interpreter, a CART (live captioning), fidget tools, and assistive listening devices will be provided.
2pm Woodblock-Inspired Printing Workshop
Inspired by the ukiyo-e tradition featured in the acclaimed exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art, join artist and educator Sato Yamamoto for a hands-on linocut printing workshop. Learn the basics of this modern printing technique while creating your own print.
Accessibility: An ASL interpreter, assistive listening devices, and earplugs will be provided.
4pm Crip Camp Screening
Crip Camp is a documentary that tells the story of Camp Jened, a summer camp for people with disabilities, and the role the camp played in spurring the 1990 passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Learn more about this important piece of American and disabled history, including the little-known role the Black Panther Party played in supporting disability advocates.
Accessibility: Assistive listening devices and fidget tools will be provided. Audio description and captions will be turned on for the film.
5pm D/deaf & Hard-of-hearing Mixer
Poster House is pleased to welcome New York City Black Deaf Advocates for a D/deaf and hard-of-hearing mixer. Join us at Café des Affiches to mix and mingle in a Deaf/hard-of-hearing affirming environment. Attendees receive 10% off in the café during the mixer.
Accessibility: ASL interpreters and a tactile ASL interpreter will be provided.
7pm Carrie Hawks Comedy Set
Filmmaker, artist, and comedian, Carrie Hawks will stop by Poster House for a hilariously off-beat comedy set. Hawks will recount the relief of their autism diagnosis, delve into the mysteries of bathroom lines, tell tales about eating compliment sandwiches, and probably say a thing or two about snails.
Accessibility: An ASL interpreter, a CART (live captioning), assistive listening devices, and seating will be provided.
7:15pm Stella Rise Performance
Poster House is pleased to welcome Stella Rise, New York City’s premiere disabled drag queen, to the museum for a special performance! Bring your dollar bills and your enthusiasm for this one-of-a-kind drag performance.
Accessibility: An ASL interpreter, a CART (live captioning), assistive listening devices, earplugs, and seating will be provided.

Genius on Display: KASA Collective
2023-07-14 18:30 - 20:00
Poster House is pleased to welcome Robert de Saint Phalle and John Kudos of KASA Collective for a Genius on Display artists’ talk. Kasa Collective is a synergy of two award-winning agencies (KUDOS and Conduit) with distinctive expertise in 2D, 3D, and 4D design, jointly producing high-impact experiences for cultural, corporate, and public spaces.
Robert de Saint Phalle (Creative Director/Principal of Conduit) is an interdisciplinary designer, educator, and maker who creates groundbreaking products and experiences for a wide range of clients like Harley-Davidson, Lady Gaga, Dia, Harvard University, and many others. His collaborative practice weaves together design, engineering, architecture, and emerging technologies to deliver innovative solutions to complex challenges. Robert’s work has been recognized by TIME Magazine, AIA New York, Good Design, GDUSA, IDSA, and Fast Company to name a few. He has 20+ years of design and management experience, including several years at Pentagram prior to establishing Conduit in 2008, and KASA Collective in 2018.
John Kudos (Creative Director/Principal of KUDOS Design Collaboratory) is an Indonesian-born interdisciplinary designer, educator, and DEI advocate leading projects that involve branding, editorial, websites, motion, environments, and interactive experiences. His practice focuses on collaboration and experimentation informed by diverse cultural backgrounds and technological resources. Past clients include Blockchain Creative Labs, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Cornell University, Four Freedoms Park Conservancy, Guggenheim, TheMet, MoMA, Poster House, Smithsonian, Snap Co, Stand with Asian Americans, and Tribeca Film Festival to name a few. His work has been recognized by the Young Guns, AIGA, ADC, D&AD, GDUSA, HOW, PRINT, SPD, TDC, and The Webby. He has 22+ years of design and management experience including 7 years in Pentagram prior to cofounding KUDOS in 2008 and KASA Collective in 2018.
This program is presented in person at Poster House. 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. Visual descriptions will be provided.
Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387‬.
For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Summer Travel
2023-07-18 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 summer travel.
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.

Posters & Cocktails: American Travel, Part Deux
2023-07-18 19:00 - 20:30
Your favorite tipsy trio is back for another edition of the enormously popular Posters & Cocktails! Grab your shakers and your luggage as we traverse the great 50 states for part two of our trip through American travel posters.
As always, our Chief Curator will be hosting Nicholas Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries and Don Spiro of The Green Fairy Society over Zoom, journeying through the United states from sea to shining sea, complete with boozy beverages and vibrant views.
Don will start our journey off right with a welcome cocktail as we take our seats. Then, our trusty conductor, Nicholas, will pull the train out from the station, highlighting popular travel destinations throughout American history. Be sure to keep your seatbelt on and your luggage stowed beneath the seat in front of you, cause it’s going to be a bumpy ride!
Cocktail list:
Chicago Cocktail
2 oz Brandy
1 dash aromatic bitters
.25 oz orange Curacao Orange Liqueur
Cocktail glass
Alaska Cocktail
1.5oz gin
.5oz yellow Chartreuse
1 dash orange bitters
Garnish: lemon twist
Cocktail glass
Cape Codder
1.5oz vodka
Cranberry juice
Garnish: lime wedge
Highball glass
20th Century
1.5oz gin
.5oz Lillet blanc
.5oz white creme de cacao
.75oz fresh lemon juice
Garnish: lemon twist
Coupe glass
Pan American Clipper
2 ounces calvados or apple brandy
.75oz fresh lime juice
.5oz grenadine
2 dashes absinthe
Garnish: lime wheel
Coupe glass

Comrade Sisters Panel & Book Signing
2023-07-21 18:30 - 20:30
The role of women in the Black Panther Party has historically gone unacknowledged. It’s estimated that six out of ten Panther Party members were women. While regularly making headlines agitating, protesting, and organizing, these remarkable women were also building communities and enacting social justice, providing food, housing, education, healthcare, and more to the people. Comrade Sisters is their story.
Join women of the New York Chapter of the Black Panther Party, Yasmeen Majid and Claudia Chesson-Williams, and Comrade Sisters co-author and photographer, Stephen Shames, in conversation about their Black Panther Party experiences and life after the BPP. Book signing to follow.

First Friday
2023-08-04 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.
3pm Collage Dreams with Luis Martin
Join collage artist Luis Martin/The Art Engineer for an afternoon of conversation and creativity. In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore collage techniques by making their own artwork using provided materials. No experience necessary; just bring your curiosity and creativity!
5pm Just Like Me Screening & Talkback
Just Like Me is a documentary created and directed by Havas Chicago’s Senior Art Director, TTK Harris. It spotlights Black creatives’ contributions to the advertising and design industry and their influences on culture. The film also exposes the challenges many Black creatives face simply because of the color of their skin and reinforces the importance of representation in advertising and beyond. Just Like Me shares stories of triumph and inspiration from eight visionary Black voices who, against all odds, made it to the top of their game and are now throwing a line to the next generation.
6pm Memories of the Moon Dance Performance
Poster House is pleased to host an exclusive performance of Memories of the Moon by Yu.S.Artistry. Inspired by the diary of a prisoner of a Japanese internment camp during World War II, Memories of the Moon tells the story of how he logged the passage of time within his jail cell by counting the full moons. Don’t miss this powerful excerpt from a beautiful work of dance!
7pm Josh Lawrence Jazz Performance
Poster House is thrilled to welcome Josh Lawrence for a jazz quartet performance in celebration of his two latest albums, And That Too and Call Time. Enjoy selections from these award-winning releases and experience the triumphant and emotional energy of jazz in the museum’s main gallery.
Josh Lawrence is a critically acclaimed trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and recording artist who serves as Director of Jazz Studies at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Concert Posters
2023-08-08 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 concert 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.

Survival Pending Revolution: A Conversation with Gayle Asali Dickson and Colette Gaiter
2023-08-17 13:00 - 14:30
Poster House is pleased to welcome artist and former Black Panther Party member, Gayle Asali Dickson, in conversation with design historian, Colette Gaiter. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear about the lived experience of a BPP member at the height of the Party’s power, with special attention paid to the leadership roles of women within the Party. Questions strongly encouraged!
Gayle “Asali” Dickson is an artist, an ordained minister, and a former member of the Black Panther Party from 1970–1976. During the art and culture Renaissance on the West Coast in the late 1960s, the name “Asali” was given to her. Her worldview, beginning in her formative years during the civil rights struggle of the 1950s, is that of women and children. Under the pseudonym “Asali,” she created vintage art drawings during the time she worked for the Black Panther Party’s newspaper (1972–1974). They consist mostly of women and children, and the use of the “vote” was promoted as a tool for survival within a system of patriarchy. Her era in the Party was about implementing a vision of survival pending total change from an uncaring social system to one that cares for humanity.
Colette Gaiter is a Professor in the Departments of Africana Studies and Art & Design at the University of Delaware. After working in graphic design in New York City, she became an educator, artist, and writer. Her visual work, exhibited internationally, covers a range of media and forms, including artist books. Since 2005, she writes about former Black Panther artist Emory Douglas’s work, including his current international human rights artist activism. Her essays on his work appear in Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas (for which she wrote introductions to the 2014 edition and current third edition), and other books and publications. The 2022 book The Black Experience in Design includes her interview with Emory Douglas and an essay on evolving visual literacy.
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: Ocean Liners
2023-09-14 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 ocean liners.
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.

West Side Fest: Poster House on the Pier
2023-09-30 13:00 - 17:00
Poster House is pleased to participate in the first-ever West Side Fest! In partnership with Hudson River Park, Join us from 1–5pm at Hudson River Park’s Pier 63 for a fun-filled afternoon of performances and activities for all ages. But the fun doesn’t stop there! At the museum, enjoy free admission and timed tours of our newly opened exhibitions throughout the day; and on the High Line, we’ll set up our interactive wheatpasting wall where you can paste up a poster like the professionals!
Activities at the pier include:
All-ages yoga with Karma Kids Yoga
Live screenprinting with Mike King
Live letterpress printing with The Arm
Double-Dutch with Elite Brooklyn Jumpers
Children’s printmaking activities
Face painting, bubbles, and more!
Performances at the pier include:
Hosted by Glo Butler
DJ April Hunt
Hila The Earth
DJ Matthew Law
The Dragon Sisters
After the performances, join The Dragon Sisters for a procession through Hudson River Park, ending at The Shed for the concluding event of West Side Fest!
Be sure to stop by the museum for free admission to our newest exhibitions, Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde & We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020.
Tours at the museum include:
12pm: Exhibition Design Tour
1pm: Art Deco Architecture Walking Tour
2pm: We Tried to Warn You! Curatorial Tour
3pm: Art Deco Architecture Walking Tour
4pm: Art Deco Curatorial Tour

This event will take place at Hudson River Park’s Pier 63, Poster House, and the High Line.

Access at Pier 63: Wheelchairs, limited seating, earplugs, fidget tools, ASL interpreters, and masks are available. Please note: assistive listening devices are available for the tour from the Pier to Poster House.
Access at Poster House: Wheelchairs, stools, earplugs, fidget tools, assistive listening devices, and masks are available.
Access at the High Line: Masks, fidget tools, and earplugs are available.

First Friday
2023-10-06 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.

3-5pm: Live Screenprinting with Mike King $15
Print your own silkscreen poster with Mike King, the world’s most prolific gig poster artist! This limited–edition poster designed by King advertises Poster House’s newest exhibitions Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde and We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020.
5pm: Preserving Manhattan’s Largest Wetland with New York Restoration Project
How can New Yorkers meet this moment of overlapping and global environmental crises? Jason Smith, New York Restoration Project’s Director of Northern Manhattan Parks, will present a consideration of posters, policy, and on-the-ground efforts to manage New York City’s open spaces to mitigate climate change and support biodiversity in Manhattan’s largest remaining wetland.
Jason Smith is the Director of Northern Manhattan Parks at New York Restoration Project, a nonprofit parks and nature conservancy that partners with local communities, public agencies, and the private sector to acquire, create, maintain, and program public open space throughout New York City.
6pm: Geometric Printmaking Workshop with Katherine Toukhy $10
Join teaching artist Katherine Toukhy for this interactive printmaking workshop inspired by Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde. Participants will use bold, geometric shapes and patterns to make their own Art Deco-inspired prints. No prior experience necessary; all skill levels welcome!
7pm Ceci Pineda Performance
Celebrate the Earth with artist and climate activist Ceci Pineda! Ceci Pineda (they/them) is a brown, queer musician, ecosystem caretaker, and facilitator living between the northeast and Puerto Rico. A singer, guitarist, and jaranere, Ceci writes music for Tlalli (earth, land, and soil), our more-than-human relationships, and dreaming of climate justice worlds. Ceci will share songs that reflect upon the current environmental moment and invite participants into dreaming other ways of relating.

Latinx History is Poster History
2023-10-10 12:00 - 13:00
Latinx History is Poster History! Join us in honoring Latinx Heritage Month by welcoming art historian and curator Alejandro Anreus, who will present an overview of posters in Latin America and Latinx communities (Chicano, Nuyorican, Cuban). Anreus’ expertise in the fields of Latin American and Latinx art history will provide an introductory understanding of posters from these diverse and deeply creative communities.
Alejandro Anreus is an art historian, curator and poet, and emeritus professor of art history and Latin American/Latinx Studies at William Paterson University. Though he began his career as an artist, Anreus is now an art historian and poet, and is professor of art history and Latin American/Latino Studies at William Paterson University. Among his many accomplishments, Anreus is a two-time recipient of the Oscar B. Cintas Foundation and has worked as a curator with public collections such as the Montclair Art Museum and the Jersey City Museum during his career.
This program is presented by Poster House’s CMYK Council, the museum’s BIPOC advisory board that works to ensure the museum is accessible to communities of color.
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

Genius on Display: Victor Newman
2023-10-13 18:30 - 20:00
Genius on Display invites you to an unforgettable evening with two award-winning design experts. Join Creative Director of at Sesame Workshop, Victor Newman, and strategist, author, and professor, Douglas Davis, as they discuss their exciting and illustrious careers. The event will include an opportunity for Q&As!
Victor M. Newman is an New York-based, award-winning creative director recognized for his work in the entertainment, advertising, and film industries. Collaborations include Ogilvy & Mather, Saatchi & Saatchi, Cartoon Network, the Syfy Channel, Nickelodeon, MTV, USA Network, ESPN, TCM, and HGTV. Victor’s work has been honored with three Emmy Awards, a BDA World Class Award, BDA Gold Awards, an Art Directors Club Award, and numerous Telly Awards. His work has also been featured in many design publications and short film festivals.
Brooklyn-based Douglas Davis is an Emmy Award-winning strategist who serves on the advisory boards of Poster House’s CMYK Council, the Type Directors Club, the University of Oregon’s Masters in Advertising and Brand Responsibility, and City College’s Masters in Branding and Integrated Communications. He has found an international audience interested in his approach to blurring the lines between advertising, design, and business education. In 2016, Douglas wrote Creative Strategy and the Business of Design, a title translated into Mandarin and released in 2020 by Beijing Normal University.
This program is presented by Poster House’s CMYK Council, the museum’s BIPOC advisory board that works to ensure the museum is accessible to communities of color.
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. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Genius on Display: Julian Alexander
2023-10-20 18:30 - 19:30
Poster House is pleased to welcome award-winning art director Julian Alexander in conversation with CMYK member Sharif Tassy for a Genius on Display artist talk. In this wide-ranging conversation, Julian will discuss his groundbreaking design practice as well as his advocacy work on behalf of racialized communities. Questions strongly encouraged!
Julian Alexander is a visual artist, GRAMMY-award winning art director, and founder of Brooklyn-based design studio Slang Inc. His iconic album artwork can be seen on packages that have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. In 2020, Julian started the Supremacy Project that addresses the systematic oppression and violence BIPOC communities are fighting to end through art.
This program is presented by Poster House’s CMYK Council, the museum’s BIPOC advisory board that works to ensure the museum is accessible to communities of color.

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. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Open House New York: Poster House Architectural Tour
2023-10-21 14:00 - 15:00
Join lead architect Marc Tsurumaki of LTL Architects on a tour of the design, development, and construction history of Poster House, the only museum in the United States dedicated to posters. Opened in 2019 and occupying the space that once housed Tekserve, the museum design considers that posters are intended for the street and uses the length of the space to evoke a sidewalk, playing with industrial materials.

In-Person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour
2023-10-26 18:00 - 20:00
Members of the low-vision and blind community are invited to an exciting, in-person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour at Poster House. This after-hours event will provide exclusive access to the museum’s exhibition, Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde.
The tour will be led by our museum educator, Maya Varadaraj. 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.
To RSVP or if you have any further accessibility needs, please contact Poster House’s Accessibility Coordinator at at access@posterhouse.org or at ‪914.295.2387‬.
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.
For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.
Poster House would like to thank the New York State Council on the Arts for its support of this event.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: French Deco
2023-10-31 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 French Art Deco.
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
2023-11-03 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. This month, our education team is taking over First Friday to highlight the museum’s education offerings.

10:30am–12:30pm: Pint-Sized Posters Family Program
This drop-in program for toddlers and children of all ages (accompanied by their adults) focuses on the posters in our new exhibitions Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde and We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020. Explore the galleries guided by Poster House’s Kids Cards, then stop by our workshop space to create colorful prints of your own.
1pm: We Tried to Warn You Tour
Join Poster House Educator Maya Varadaraj for a drop-in tour of We Tried to Warn You: Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020. Explore the global history of environmental activism through graphic design. Questions are strongly encouraged!
3pm: Art Deco Tour
Join Poster House Educator Maya Varadaraj for a drop-in tour of Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde. Learn about the rise and fall of what we now know as Art Deco through this in-depth exhibition exploring the global phenomenon of avant-garde commercial advertising. Questions are strongly encouraged!
3:30–5pm: PH x Teens – Vintage Playlist with the Young Lordes Collective
Join the Young Lordes Collective (YLC) for a special edition of PH x Teens at Poster House and make vinyl record covers that promote environmental activism.
Inspired by albums of the 1970s that used natural elements to spread messages of environmental awareness, this activity will allow you to design your own record cover using watercolor paint, collage, and/or letterpress techniques. Don’t forget to include your environmental activism playlist on the back! —
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 required; participants are not expected to stay the entire time. Guests should plan to spend about an hour on this interactive, self-guided activity.
6–7pm: PH x College – We Are The Future! Youth Movements and Environmental Justice
Today’s students have come of age during a time of environmental crises. In this special tour and talkback of We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020, college students are invited to come together and discuss the role of youth in environmental justice movements—past, present, and future.
Poster House Educator, Rayyan Mikati, will guide this conversation toward historical inquiry and speculative imagination. Questions and comments are strongly encouraged!
6:30-8pm Loving with Three Hearts Sins Invalid Film Screening & Discussion
Poster House is thrilled to welcome Lorenzo Van Ness (they/them/elle) from Sins Invalid for a screening and discussion of Loving with Three Hearts. After the viewing, there will be a discussion on the intersection of climate justice and disability justice. Special attention will be paid to how Sins Invalid utilizes performance to explore these connections.
Please note that while Poster House is mask-optional, this event is mask-mandatory. Masks and clear masks will be provided.
Accessibility notes: This film will have an audio description and captions. There will be an ASL interpreter and assistive listening devices provided. Fidget tools will be available.
To view the social narrative for the event, click here: Loving with Three Hearts Film and Talkback Social Narrative.
To address further access needs, please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387.
Lorenzo Van Ness is a queer, trans, Dominican lifelong New Yorker. They have worked in the legal field as a non-attorney as well as an organizer. They’re passionate about building access for people pushed to the margins, supporting community, and continuously growing their knowledge.

Indigenous History is Poster History
2023-11-08 12:30 - 14:00
Poster House is pleased to welcome graphic designer and scholar Sadie Redwing for a wide-ranging conversation on Indigenous poster history and graphic communication. Describing the perspective of Indigenous ideology in visual communication is very challenging—especially to an audience who does not understand the harm of cultural appropriation. Indigenous sensitivity to appropriation is not taken into consideration when designing for representational material or identifying a traditional presence in the common world. Native Americans rely on stereotypes to distinguish themselves from other cultures. The struggle to display an accurate tribal identity derives from oppression and historical trauma through Western education. American Indian boarding schools erased the traditional image of a Native American that left tribal students uncertain of who they were as people.
As Indigenous peoples progress from the American Indian Boarding School era, the urge to distinct tribes from Pan-Indianism forces a greater responsibility from Indigenous designers to visually communicate sovereignty. The role of an Indigenous visual communicator requires the practice of visual sovereignty, or decolonizing the stereotypical representation into a traditional image for cultural education. Indigenous visual communicators have the power to give Native Americans a respected-face in the world by revealing tribal visual languages in visual communication. The rising movement of visual sovereignty in Indigenous visual communication has revolutionized a new fight against stereotypes and continues to revitalize an honorable image away from the subordinate portrayal of indigenous peoples.
Sadie Red Wing is a Lakota/Dakota graphic designer and advocate from the Spirit Lake Nation. Red Wing earned her BFA in New Media Arts and Interactive Design at the Institute of American Indian Arts. She received her Master of Graphic Design from North Carolina State University. Her research on cultural revitalization through design tools and strategies created a new demand for tribal competence in graphic design research. Red Wing urges Native American graphic designers to express visual sovereignty in their design work, as well as, encourages academia to include an indigenous perspective in design curriculum. Currently, Red Wing serves as an Assistant Professor at OCAD University (Toronto, ONT).
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: Global Deco
2023-11-14 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 or Educators, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on Global Art Deco.
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.

Art Deco Metropolis
2023-11-29 12:00 - 13:00
The Chrysler Building, the Waldorf-Astoria, Rockefeller Center—these are among the hundreds of Art Deco monuments that during the 1920s and ‘30s helped create the image of New York City as the world’s modern metropolis. In New York, Art Deco evolved through a series of Manhattan skyscrapers into the city’s chief architectural language. Following a massive reawakening of interest in them during the 1970s, New York’s Deco buildings survive today as prized remnants of a distant yet modern past that still help define the city’s visual identity.
This lecture is presented by Anthony W. Robins, Vice-President of the Art Deco Society of New York and author of New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham’s Jazz Age Architecture and will cover the great skyscrapers of architects Raymond Hood, William Van Alen, Ely Jacques Kahn, and Ralph Walker, including the Daily News, Empire State, Irving Trust, General Electric, American Radiator, Barclay-Vesey, and RCA Buildings. It will trace the adaptation of this “skyscraper style” through apartment buildings on the Bronx’s Grand Concourse, airport terminals at LaGuardia, the Central Park West residential skyline, automated midtown parking garages, diners, night-clubs, hotels, department stores, banks, and Radio City Music Hall.
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
2023-12-01 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.

3pm Billion Oyster Project Presentation
Learn about Billion Oyster Project‘s vision of a future in which New York Harbor is the center of a rich, diverse, and abundant estuary from Public Outreach Manager Agata Poniatowski. The communities that surround this complex ecosystem have helped construct it, and in return benefit from it, with endless opportunities for work, education, and recreation. The harbor is a world-class public space, well used and well cared for—our Commons. Billion Oyster Project hopes to restore one billion oysters by the year 2035 through public education initiatives working to involve one million people! Learn about our work and how to get involved.
4pm We Tried to Warn You Curatorial Tour
Join Poster House Guest Curator Tim Medland for a drop-in tour of We Tried to Warn You: Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020. Explore the global history of environmental activism through graphic design. Questions are strongly encouraged!
5pm Alt Text as Poetry Workshop
Posters are a visual medium. How can they be made more accessible to the blind and low vision community? Poster House is thrilled to welcome Finnegan Shannon (they/them) and Bojana Coklyat (she/her) as they lead visitors through a workshop on how to reframe alt text (short, written descriptions of images) as a type of poetry. Inspired by posters from the museum’s collection, visitors will practice writing, discussing, and reframing this type of accessible writing. To learn more about this larger project, visit the Alt Text as Poetry website.

Accessibility Notes:
An ASL interpreter and assistive listening devices will be provided. Seating will include stools and chairs. Tactile posters and fidget tools will also be available.
To view the social narrative for the event, click here: Alt Text as Poetry Social Narrative.
Poster House is wheelchair accessible, with an automatic front door, accessible restrooms, and elevator access.
Please note that while the museum is mask optional, masking for this event is mandatory. Clear masks and N95 masks will be provided.
We always appreciate visitors reaching out to discuss further accessibility needs or questions. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or 914.295.2387.

6:30pm Non-traditional Collage Workshop $15
Poster House is pleased to welcome artist Max Colby for a nontraditional collage workshop. Inspired by We Tried to Warn You: Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020, guests will use recycled supplies from Materials For The Arts to create experimental textural collages. No previous experience required.
7pm Gatsby Entertainment Dance Performance
Celebrate Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde with a performance by Gatsby Entertainment, New York’s premiere Jazz-Age dance troupe. Enjoy the hottest dances of the 1920s performed by expert dancers in full period costume.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: We Tried to Warn You!
2023-12-12 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 or Educators, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on the new exhibition, We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020.
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.

Rediscovering New York’s Art Deco Architecture
2024-01-09 13:00 - 14:00
On January 11, 1982, a dozen admirers of Art Deco gathered in the Murray Hill apartment of interior designer Henriette Nathan to hold the first official meeting of the newly incorporated Art Deco Society of New York. Interest in the modernistic styles of the 1920s and ‘30s had been growing worldwide since a seminal Paris retrospective exhibition of 1966, and a number of New York’s Deco superstars––Radio City Music Hall, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building––had found shelter under the city’s 1965 Landmarks Law. The revival of interest in Art Deco, however, was still in its early days. Forty years later, Art Deco may be the single most recognizable architectural style in New York City, where more than 80 individual Deco buildings have won Landmarks protection, along with dozens more in historic districts, including a stretch of the Grand Concourse.
In this lecture, Anthony W. Robins––who joined ADSNY while the Society was still getting organized and currently serves as its Vice President––will trace the extraordinary growth of New York’s fascination with Art Deco architecture and its rocky road to acceptance in historic preservation circles. Robins witnessed much of that story while on staff at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, where he wrote the designation reports of half-a-dozen Deco landmarks. He will revisit resounding victories, from rescuing Radio City in the late 1970s to the interiors of the Waldorf-Astoria in 2017. He will also highlight major restorations, from the Empire State Building’s lobby to the Orchard Beach Bathhouse, and recount some of the lamentable losses––from Bonwit Teller, demolished in 1980, to the McGraw Hill Building lobby, stripped to the walls in 2021––serving as a reminder that there is still work to be done.
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: Advertising India’s Sandalwood Film Industry
2024-01-25 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 or Educators, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on the new exhibition, Advertising India’s Sandalwood Film Industry.
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.

Talking Loud & Sayin’ Nothin’: Artist Talk & Print Sale with Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
2024-01-26 18:30 - 20:00
Poster House is thrilled to host an artist talk and print sale with the one and only Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear directly from one of the most prolific and lauded letterpress printers in the United States, in conversation with Poster House Chief Curator Angelina Lippert. A longtime friend of the museum known for his distinctive, layered printing style and strong political and social commentary, Kennedy will discuss his process and approach to printmaking. In addition to being the subject of The Letterpress Posters of Amos Kennedy at the museum in 2020, his work is currently featured in We Tried To Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970-2020. Four of his posters are also on display as part of the permanent Poster History Timeline. Immediately following the talk, Amos will have a selection of posters available for purchase, so bring your questions and your cash!
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 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
