“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 […]
Members are invited to not one, but two back-to-back curatorial tours of our latest hallway exhibitions, Schoolgirls at War: French Propaganda Posters from World War I and With My Little Eye: Warnings for the Homefront. Starting upstairs, Chief Curator Angelina Lippert will introduce guests to France's largest all-female rationing campaign from World War I, exploring how children were used to create […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 AIGA NY for a dynamic conversation with the authors of Milton Glaser: POP, a landmark overview of the work of legendary illustrator and designer Milton Glaser during the 1960s and ’70s, which includes hundreds of examples of Glaser’s work from this quintessential period that have not been seen since their original publication. This conversation […]
Poster House is thrilled to welcome the talented multi-hyphenate Zipeng Zhu for a Genius on Display artist’s talk. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from the prolific designer about his expansive practice and distinctive visual style. Questions are strongly encouraged! Zipeng Zhu is a Chinese-born artist, designer, art director, illustrator, and animator in New York […]
Did you know the Black Panther Party wrote a Ten-Point Program aimed at bettering the lives of Black people? They also used to create puppets with children in their community to teach ideas and words that were important to the Black Panther Party. Together, we'll learn about this powerful organization and write our own plans […]
Poster House members are invited to join independent scholar Eve M. Kahn at the Grolier Club for a tour of To Fight for the Poor with My Pen: Zoe Anderson Norris, Queen of Bohemia. Although little remembered today, Norris is considered a foremother of modern-day social-justice advocates and confessional bloggers baring souls in print. In millions […]