Monyee Chau: Virtual Studio Tour
Poster House is dedicated to celebrating all voices within the poster community. In an effort to share with our audience the widest array of poster talent, we are partnering with numerous […]
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Members-Only Tour: You Won’t Bleed Me
Poster House is thrilled to invite our members to a private tour of the museum’s newest exhibition You Won’t Bleed Me: How Blaxploitation Posters Defined Cool & Delivered Profits. This exclusive tour will be led by exhibition curator Adam Howard. Proof of vaccination and reservations will be checked at the door. Masks and proper social […]
PH X College: BIPOC Professionals in Museums
As part of our reimagined PH x College Fall 2021 series, Poster House will be hosting a panel of BIPOC professionals in museums followed by a Q&A . Three panelists from across the museum sector will share their personal experiences and lessons learned navigating the field. This event, moderated by emerging museum professional Matthew Waldemar, will speak to […]
Psychedelic Posters: An Introduction
The psychedelic poster movement coincided with the rise of American counterculture, the use of mind-expanding substances like marijuana and LSD, and the explosion of the rock-n-roll scene in the late […]
LaserWriter II Book Launch
Before there was Poster House, there was Tekserve, the neighborhood computer store that fixed a million tech issues. It was a beloved New York institution, and its ghosts still haunt the museum’s art-filled halls. Tonight, join Tamara Shopsin as she launches LaserWriter II, a book that brings Tekserve back to life. The event will feature […]
Alphonse Mucha: The Illustrator Who Changed the Advertising World
This event is hosted externally by NY Adventure Club. Alphonse Mucha arrived in Paris in 1887, living in relative poverty as an obscure illustrator for many years. On Christmas Eve in 1894, the Lemercier printing firm was tasked with making a poster for the reopening of a play featuring one of the world's most famous […]
Remote Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: LeRoy Neiman
Every month, Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision. Explore one of the museum’s shows with a museum educator trained in the art of verbal description and learn more about the history of printed posters. In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we […]
Genius on Display: Expanding Access with Cheryl Miller
Poster House 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, United StatesPoster House is thrilled to welcome 2021 AIGA Award Medalist Cheryl D. Miller for an evening highlighting unsung Black and racialized designers of the 1960s and ‘70s. Set against the backdrop of our current exhibitions, Miller’s talk will focus on the talented yet overlooked BIPOC designers of this era and the hurdles and systems that […]
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Posters & Cocktails: Up In Smoke
Our Posters & Cocktails events continue to delight guests around the world! Tonight, smoke ‘em if you got ‘em because we’re lighting one up with tobacco posters. Poster House’s Chief Curator will once again be hosting Nicholas Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries and Don Spiro of The Green Fairy Society over Zoom as they blaze […]
Poster Kids: Ready, Set, Costumes
Join Poster House on the last Sunday morning of every month, from 9:15–10:15am for a family-friendly, interactive, virtual poster tour and a related art-making experience. Admission is free; advanced registration is required […]