Peter Max’s colorful, psychedelic designs with motifs drawn from Art Nouveau and Eastern painting traditions are hallmarks of the visual identity of the 1960s. Max created commissions and advertisements for a wide range of clients, from the Woodstock Music Festival (Summer of Love) to bedsheets to clocks for General Electric (GE), the latter of which […]
With the rise of shareable graphics about social justice, socially-conscious design has become an incredibly important component of our daily media intake. A diverse panel of artists will discuss their journeys, ethos, and the thought processes that influence their practices. The presentations will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A, where panelists will engage […]
Genius on Display returns with the one and only Shawna X. Genius on Display is a platform for spotlighting the expertise of racialized artists and designers within the context of Poster House’s exhibitions and permanent collection. Join us as Shawna X shares her vibrant, dreamy, colorful artwork against the backdrop of our current exhibition “Peter […]
Join Chief Curator Angelina Lippert for a deep dive into the museum’s latest exhibition The Utopian Avant-Garde: Soviet Film Posters of the 1920s, on view through August 21. Explore the highs and lows of the golden age of Soviet graphic design with one of the foremost experts on poster history. Featuring posters by Alexander Rodchenko, […]
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 […]
Join us for a special edition of Poster Kids in honor of Women's History Month. Together, we'll tour Poster House's exhibition Ethel Reed: I Am My Own Property and learn about one of the most famous female poster designers of all time. Then, inspired by Reed's figures and lettering, we'll create posters celebrating the influential […]
Join us for a special edition of Poster Kids in honor of Women’s History Month. Together, we’ll tour Poster House’s exhibition Ethel Reed: I Am My Own Property and learn about one of the most famous female poster designers of all time. Then, inspired by Reed’s figures and lettering, we’ll create posters celebrating the influential […]
Poster House is excited to welcome Misha Beletsky for an evening exploring the Cyrillic hand-lettering in The Utopian Avant-Garde: Soviet Film Posters of the 1920s. Moderated by Chief Curator Angelina Lippert, this talk will examine how designers incorporated a variety of lettering styles into their dynamic movie posters, using them as both a means of […]
Explore the Victorian-era hand-lettering featured in Poster House’s latest exhibition Ethel Reed: I Am My Own Property with type historian Patricia Childers. Take a close look at the letterforms this pioneering graphic artist used in her poster designs and the modern typefaces they’ve inspired, and hear about the processes and techniques used to marry the […]
Join Paul Shaw at Poster House for an in-depth exploration of the hand-lettering featured in the museum’s latest exhibition Ethel Reed: I Am My Own Property. Take a close look at the letterforms featured in the show, and learn more about Victorian-era hand-lettering processes. Explore the classic letterforms and learn about the process of transforming […]