Poster House

Intern Instagram Takeover: Michelle
2020-08-12 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Poster House is currently wrapping up its inaugural cohort of summer interns.
Four amazing people joined our nine-week, paid summer internship program this June–August, giving them remote access to all parts of running a museum. In these final weeks, they will be revealing their final projects, writing for our Blog, and creating unique content for our social media channels.
This Wednesday, our Arts Administration Intern, Michelle Meged, will be taking over out Instagram Stories for a full day, exploring a poster-related topic that interests her.
Michelle is a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University pursuing a Masters in Arts Management. A big fan of Warhol, she believes art is for everyone and aims to break down the barriers to arts participation. She’s never met a pattern she didn’t like.

Intern Instagram Takeover: Danielle
2020-08-10 09:00 - 17:00
Poster House is currently wrapping up its inaugural cohort of summer interns.
Four amazing people joined our nine-week, paid summer internship program this June–August, giving them remote access to all parts of running a museum. In these final weeks, they will be revealing their final projects, writing for our Blog, and creating unique content for our social media channels.
This Monday, our Collections Intern, Danielle Moler, will be taking over out Instagram Stories for a full day, exploring a poster-related topic that interests her.
Danielle is an art librarian wannabe living in Philadelphia. Her greatest passions in life are cats, art history, and cheese. She will be using her Takeover to talk about LGBTQ posters + community archives.

Virtual Talk & Tasting: Cheese Posters!
2020-08-06 18:30 - 20:00
If there’s one thing we can all agree upon, it’s that everyone loves cheese. There’s a cheese for every occasion, every palate, every mood—and what better way to celebrate this dairy delight than with a night of guided tasting and cheese poster appreciation.
Poster House is thrilled to partner with Stephen Gellert of the The World’s Best Cheeses, one of the leading cheese importers, who will guide us on a fascinating epicurean journey around the world with cheese. He’ll beguile you with cheese history and inspire you to create epic cheese plates for your next dinner party (or just your next dinner on the couch).
Our Chief Curator, Angelina Lippert, will also make an appearance, introducing you to a wide array of cheese posters from the last hundred years. Questions on both cheese and cheese poster history are encouraged throughout the night!
So come, join our cheese party, and snack the night away with us!
Stephen Gellert is the Executive Vice President of The World’s Best Cheeses, one of the largest cheese importers and distributors in the country. After a rigorous exam similar to the Sommelier certification process, he was awarded the title of American Cheese Society Certified Cheese Professional (ACS-CCP). He is also a member of the Guilde Internationale Des Fromagers.
Custom cheese kits for this event are available on iGourmet.com and are shipped overnight anywhere in the continental USA.
If you would like to follow along with cheeses purchased at your local store, try to find the following types:

Roquefort-Societe
Brie
Sbrinz
Parmigiano Reggiano (aged 24 months)
Gruyere
Babybel

Intern Instagram Takeover: Maya
2020-08-06 09:00 - 17:00
Poster House is currently wrapping up its inaugural cohort of summer interns.
Four amazing people joined our nine-week, paid summer internship program this June–August, giving them remote access to all parts of running a museum. In these final weeks, they will be revealing their final projects, writing for our Blog, and creating unique content for our social media channels.
This Thursday, our Evaluation Intern, Maya Rodgers, will be taking over out Instagram Stories for a full day, exploring a poster-related topic that interests her.
Maya has spent her summer at Poster House working on survey implementation and visual analysis design. She is finishing up her degree at Ithaca College, where she is majoring in Communication Management and Design with a minor in Graphic Design. She is currently residing in Ithaca, exploring waterfalls, chasing sunsets, and running lots of hilly miles.

Online Talk: Equity & Justice Poster Design During COVID
2020-08-05 16:30 - 18:00
Join Poster House and Isometric Studio—a Brooklyn-based design studio led by queer people of color—as we discuss the transformative role of posters in promoting inclusion, equity, and justice.
The program will begin with a presentation by Poster House Collections Manager Melissa Walker on the history of protest posters. Next, Isometric partners Andy Chen and Waqas Jawaid will present a few case studies of how tech, educational, and cultural institutions are using poster and spatial design to redress racism and authenticate the experiences of people of color.
The event will conclude with a conversation among the presenters and a Q&A session with attendees. Attendees are welcome to create and share their own posters in response to the program during or after the event on social media.
This talk is made possible through Culture Pass, a program for cardholding patrons of New York City’s public libraries, the Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library. Support for Culture Pass is provided by The New York Community Trust, Charles H. Revson Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Virtual Talk: The Racially Segregated Black Fives Era of Basketball
2020-08-04 18:30 - 20:00
Generations before the NBA, hundreds of pioneering African American basketball players, teams, and contributors began paving the way for today’s star players. Their important achievements and gifts to the game were forgotten by history. Until now.
Join us for a special evening with Claude Johnson, founder of the Black Fives Foundation, where he will examine several rare and historically relevant early Black basketball posters from his organization’s renowned archives. Claude will share insights about these artifacts while exploring the impact that systemic racism had on African American basketball during that period, which lasted from the early 1900s to 1950, when the NBA signed its first Black players.
Claude Johnson is a historian, writer, and founder of the Black Fives Foundation, a 501(c)3 public charity whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, teach, and honor the pre-NBA history of African Americans in basketball. Its trademarked slogan is “Make History Now.”

Intern Instagram Takeover: Lucy
2020-08-04 09:00 - 17:00
Poster House is currently wrapping up its inaugural cohort of summer interns.
Four amazing people joined our nine-week, paid summer internship program this June–August, giving them remote access to all parts of running a museum. In these final weeks, they will be revealing their final projects, writing for our Blog, and creating unique content for our social media channels.
This Tuesday, our Education Intern, Lucy Duda, will be taking over out Instagram Stories for a full day, exploring a poster-related topic that interests her.
Lucy recently graduated from Brown University with a BA in Music, History, and Education Studies. She’s passionate about social justice and interdisciplinary connections in museum education, and she has spent the summer working with Poster House’s collection of psychedelic concert posters.

Instagram Takeover: Dingding Hu
2020-08-03 09:00 - 17:00
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 young designers around the world to create Instagram Takeovers—full days on our Instagram account in which up and coming graphic artists give us a personalized peek inside their poster-making world.
Once a month, head to our Instagram to see these amazing contemporary designers. Get special access inside their studios, hear their philosophy on how posters work, peek at their latest poster creations, and ask them questions!
This Monday, we are featuring the designer Dingding Hu. Hu is a New York-based illustrator. She loves drawing characters and making stories. She specializes in documenting daily life in a simplified, modern digital style and presenting it with little surprises and humor. Hu aims to use illustration to reveal the daily extraordinary as well as to delight and inspire her audience. She has designed stickers for Google, illustrated public art for the Department of Transportation NYC and the Museum of Chinese in America, and created editorial illustrations for the New York Times, among others.
Insta: @huishungry
Pronouns: She/Her

Virtual Event: Myth as a Contemporary Practice—a Conversation with Chen Dongfan
2020-07-22 12:00 - 13:00
Poster House is thrilled to be partnering with China Institute on a series of events in honor of The Sleeping Giant: Posters & The Chinese Economy. Due to the COVID-19 global health crisis, many of these events are now taking place online.
Join China Institute on July 22 for a live virtual program with the artist Chen Dongfan.
China is racing into the future, but the way artist Chen Dongfan sees it, mythology still looms large in its collective imagination. The Wuhan hospitals built with lightning speed to address the coronavirus, for example, were named Thunder God Mountain and the Fire God Mountain. Chen is fascinated by the role that mythology plays in contemporary society: from the Mexican Muralists’ interest in Prometheus to pop TV fantasy and sci-fi that takes on folkloric characteristics. In this thought-provoking conversation, the artist shares with curator Xin Wang how mythology informs his graffiti-like murals (he transformed Chinatown’s Doyers Street in 2018 into a celebration of color) and perspectives on being a recent immigrant artist. Chen’s work looks deeply at contemporary culture, and asks, is our subconscious still driven by ancient mythological beliefs?

Chen Dongfan (b. 1982 in Shandong province, China) earned his B.F.A. in 2008 from the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou. Known for his expressive, color-popping compositions, the artist has also created large-scale public art projects worldwide, including: Uncertain (Hangzhou, 2010); Where Is The Happiness? (Hangzhou, 2011); Dream (Turin, 2011); and Live Before You Die (Athens, 2016); all of which are permanent installations. In Summer 2018, Chen was selected to realize a site-specific public art project, co-presented by NYCDOT and Chinatown Partnership, on Doyers Street in New York. The street mural, titled The Song of Dragon and Flowers, covered the asphalt pavement of the entire 200-foot-long street to much public acclaim and wide media coverage. Chen moved to New York in 2014, where he continues to live and work.

Remote Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: The Swiss Grid
2020-07-16 16:30 - 18:00
Every month, Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for the low vision and blind community. Explore one of the museum’s shows with an experienced educator trained in the art of verbal description and learn more about the history of printed posters.
Due to the current public health crisis surrounding COVID-19, we’re bringing our description tours online through teleconference. These tours are led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows.
This tour will focus on The Swiss Grid, an exhibition currently on display at the museum which features the parred-down, geometry-based designs of the 1950s.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call 917.722.2439 x413 by July 14 to sign up for this event. You will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing the teleconference the morning of the virtual tour.
Tours start promptly and will last approximately 90 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our Access Tours, click the Access filter at the top of our Events page, call 917.722.2439 x413 or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

Lippert & Lowry: Instagram Live Fireside Chats
2020-07-15 20:00 - 20:30
Join everyone’s favorite blazer-loving poster duo for a Fireside Chat on Instagram Live!
Angelina Lippert, our Chief Curator, and Nicholas Lowry, Director of Swann Auction Galleries, are two of the biggest personalities in the poster world. And they also happen to be best buddies! So why not spend your evening hanging out with them? There’ll even be a real fireplace!
This week, they’ll be focusing on all things animals—from the cute and fluffy to the majestic and awe-inspiring. There might even be an appearance by Nicholas’s dog Tilda and her sister Lolly.
Ask questions, chime in, make requests, play along—no poster is off limits for these two!
Just follow @posterhousenyc and @swanngalleries and tune in at 8pm for the best poster entertainment on the internet!*
*This event has passed. Watch archived Fireside Chats on the “Our Friends” Highlight on our Instagram page!

Art & Activism: Virtual Poster-Making Workshop
2020-07-14 15:00 - 16:30
Show your creativity to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act!
Join The Met, Poster House, and Isometric Studio to learn about the history of disability-activism posters and create your own.
This event is especially for those individuals with developmental and learning disabilities, and those on the autism spectrum, with family and friends.
This event is free, but reservations are required and space is limited.
Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org to register and receive instructions.

Virtual Cooking Class with Aux Epices: Last Goodbye
2020-07-09 18:30 - 20:30
Mei Chau, owner of the Malaysian French restaurant Aux Epices, has sadly announced that she is closing the restaurant permanently. As a farewell gift to the community, Mei is hosting a very special Zoom cooking class, teaching two amazing dishes that were popular at her beloved restaurant. She’ll be joined by “Stir-Fry Guru” Grace Young, author of Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge.
This summer menu will include Malaysian-Style Turmeric Shrimp (or Tofu) and Spicy Cucumber Salad with Preserved Mango. You can serve the meal with either steamed rice or a crusty baguette. The class is free, but any donations will greatly help us support this event and Mei’s participation.
Mei has been kind enough to share her story with us since March as part of Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories, a video series by Grace Young and Dan Ahn detailing the harsh realities and uplifting narratives emerging in the Chinese community. We are honored to work with Grace, a partnership that arose out of programmatic collaboration for our current exhibition The Sleeping Giant: Posters & The Chinese Economy.
We invite you to cook along with Mei and Grace in real time. The recipes are listed below, where you’ll also find resources for where to buy more specialized ingredients. Please note that you will need to have your ingredients pre-measured and ready for the session or you can just watch and cook later at your convenience. Mei will show you how to handle dried curry leaves, as well as the easiest way to cut the cucumber and preserved mango. If you’re using fresh green mango, Mei will demonstrate a simple way to cut it. In this session, you’ll also learn tips from Mei and Grace for using a wok and mastering the stir-fry technique. The recipe will also require a 14-inch flat-bottomed carbon-steel wok and a small food processor. If you do not have a wok, a 12-inch stainless-steel skillet will work. While the event is free to everyone, all donations will be used in support of this event.
About Mei Chau
Mei Chau was born into an immigrant Chinese family in Malaysia. As a young girl, she learned to cook from her mother who ran a food stall. Her dream to be an artist led her across the globe, and she ultimately settled in New York, studying at Parsons School of Design. In 1993, she and her husband, Marc Kaczmarek, a photographer, opened Franklin Station Cafe to supplement their income as artists, and it soon became a much-loved neighborhood fixture until its closing in 2008. In 2013, Mei opened Aux Epices (meaning “with spice” in French) on Baxter Street in Chinatown, with an emphasis on Malaysian and French dishes that are flavored with herbs and spices.
About Grace Young
Named the “Poet Laureate of the wok” by the food historian Betty Fussell, Grace Young has devoted her career to preserving the traditions of wok cookery. She is currently working on Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories, a video series created with Dan Ahn in collaboration with Poster House. Grace’s accolades include James Beard awards for her video the Wok Therapist and cookbook Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge. She is the co-founder of Wok Wednesdays, an online stir-fry group, and has taught over 12,000 students with her popular Blueprint online class The Art of Stir-Frying.

RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS
Spicy Cucumber Salad with Preserved Mango
According to Mei, dried shrimp is the secret ingredient that gives this salad a distinct and special taste. Dried shrimp is available at Po Wing Hong market in New York’s Chinatown or you can call in the order (212) 966-1080, and they will ship it to you. Mei likes the small shrimp at $8.99 a pound. You can make the salad without the shrimp—according to Mei, the salad will still be delicious but a little more ordinary. Preserved pickled mango with chili is available online at Walmart. If you cannot find it, you can use one fresh green mango that’s been peeled and cut into matchsticks. You’ll also want the juice from 1/2 a lime, which adds a tartness that’s necessary. If you’re using preserved mango there’s no need to add the lime juice.
3 kirby cucumbers
1 cup preserved pickled mango with chili, cut into matchsticks
1/4 large red bell pepper, seeds removed and cut into chunks
1/2 cup (about 4 ounces) dried shrimp soaked in 1 cup cold water 30 minutes (optional)
3 -4 small shallots, peeled and halved
1 red Anaheim chili pepper, halved, seeds removed and cut into 4 pieces
5 to 6 fresh mint leaves, chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon sugar
Cut thin lengthwise strips from the cucumber with a vegetable peeler, leaving about a 1/4-inch wide space between strips. Halve the cucumber crosswise. If the cucumber has big, mature seeds, remove them. Cut the cucumber into roughly 3-inch long and 1/4-inch wide matchsticks and put in a salad bowl. Cut the mango into matchsticks. You should have about 1/2 the amount of mango as the cucumber. Add the mango to the salad bowl.
In a small food processor, combine the red bell pepper, drained shrimp (optional), shallots, and chilies. Pulse until it is the consistency of ground peanuts. It should not be smooth or liquified. Add this to the cucumber mixture and toss until just combined. Add chopped mint, salt, sugar—toss to combine.
Serves 4

Malaysian-Style Turmeric Shrimp or Tofu

Curry leaves have a wonderful fragrance and Mei uses them here to infuse the shrimp or tofu with fresh citrus flavor. I was completely surprised when she told me fresh dill can be used in its place—this unexpected substitution is inspired, no doubt, from her exposure to French cuisine. I have cooked the dish with dill leaves, and while they are totally different from the flavor of curry leaves, the stir-fry remains scrumptious. Curry leaves are most often found in Indian markets and in some markets specializing in Southeast Asian ingredients. You can also find dried curry leaves online at Walmart.
2 small dried red chilies or ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
9 dried or fresh curry leaves, or 1 tablespoon fresh chopped dill sprigs
1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined OR one 14-ounce package extra-firm tofu

¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
½ teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 tablespoon chopped shallots
½ teaspoon salt
In a small bowl, cover the small chilies in cold water for 1 hour. Drain the chilies and cut them into ½-inch pieces with the seeds. If using dried curry leaves, soak in cold water for 30 minutes, then squeeze out excess water. Using kitchen shears, cut through the shrimp shells two-thirds of the length down the back of the shrimp. Remove the legs and devein the shrimp, leaving the shells and tails on. If using tofu, rinse and cut into roughly 1-inch cubes. Pat the tofu dry with paper towels. In a medium bowl combine the shrimp/tofu, chilies, curry leaves, turmeric, and pepper. Stir to combine and marinate for 20 minutes. Stir in the sugar.
Heat a 14-inch flat-bottomed wok or 12-inch skillet over high heat until a bead of water vaporizes within 1 to 2 seconds of contact. Swirl in the oil, add the garlic and shallots. Then, using a metal spatula, stir-fry for 10 seconds or until the aromatics are fragrant. Push the aromatics to the sides of the wok. Carefully add the shrimp/tofu and spread them evenly in one layer in the wok. Cook undisturbed for 30 seconds, letting the shrimp/tofu begin to sear. Then, stir-fry 1 minute or until the shrimp/tofu just begins to turn color. Sprinkle on the salt and stir-fry for 1 minute or until the shrimp/tofu have completely turned orange/browned. Cover and allow to stand for 30 seconds off the heat. Uncover and stir-fry for a few seconds or until the shrimp/tofu are just cooked through.
Serves 4 with rice or crusty bread.

Art & Activism: Virtual Poster-Making Workshop
2020-07-09 14:00 - 15:30
Show your creativity and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act!
Join The Met, Poster House, and Isometric Studio to learn about the history of disability-activism posters and create your own.
This program is especially for those individuals who are blind or partially sighted.
This event is free, but reservations are required and space is limited.
Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org to register and receive instructions.

Virtual Amaro Poster & Cocktail Party
2020-07-07 19:00 - 21:00
Our ongoing Posters & Cocktails parties have been met with rave reviews, so we are rounding out the summer with another mixological blend of drinking and design! Our 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 explore the realm of herbacious liqueurs.
While not everyone’s go-to at the bar today, amaros, fortified wines, and other herbal liqueurs were incredibly popular in the heyday of the lithographic poster. After making an initial cocktail with Don, Nicholas will guide you through the vital role these novel beverages played in some of your favorite advertising designs. Afterwards, Don will use many of the liqueurs shown in the posters to create three more fabulous cocktails, teaching you how to incorporate these unique flavor profiles into your home bar.
To best prepare for the evening, the ingredients for Don’s cocktails are listed below! Don’t worry if you don’t have them all on hand—everyone is welcome to just follow along, ask questions, and have fun!
BENTLEY COCKTAIL
Apple Brandy
Dubonnet
Optional Garnish: Orange twist & a dash of bitters
HANKY PANKY
Gin
Sweet Vermouth
Fernet Branca
Orange twist
BROOKLYN (21st Century version)
Rye or Canadian Whiskey
Dry Vermouth
Maraschino Liqueur
Ramazzotti
Maraschino cherry
AMERICANO
Campari
Sweet Vermouth
Soda Water
Orange slice

Instagram Takeover: Sarah Wasko
2020-07-06 09:00 - 17:00
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 young designers around the world to create Instagram Takeovers—full days on our Instagram account in which up and coming graphic artists give us a personalized peek inside their poster-making world.
Once a month, head to our Instagram to see these amazing contemporary designers. Get special access inside their studios, hear their philosophy on how posters work, peek at their latest poster creations, and ask them questions!
This Monday, we are featuring the designer Sarah Wasko. Wasko is a Georgia-born illustrator, designer, and producer. She began her career in Washington, D.C. where she employed design to correct and combat disinformation in the media. She now focuses her creative efforts on providing creative collateral to movements for queer liberation, sex work decriminalization, prison abolition, and speaking truth to corporate power. She is a queer artist dedicated to learning, unlearning, and using design as a tool in the fight for economic, racial, and social equity. She lives in Brooklyn and received her M.A. in Arts Politics from New York University.
Insta: @waskosarah
Pronouns: She/They

Lippert & Lowry: Instagram Live Fireside Chats
2020-07-01 20:00 - 20:30
Join everyone’s favorite blazer-loving poster duo for a Fireside Chat on Instagram Live!
Angelina Lippert, our Chief Curator, and Nicholas Lowry, Director of Swann Auction Galleries, are two of the biggest personalities in the poster world. And they also happen to be best buddies! So why not spend your evening hanging out with them? There’ll even be a real fireplace!
Tonight the dynamic duo are creating a Virtual Feast—their favorite food posters will be setting the virtual table. Come hungry for epicurean graphics!
Ask questions, chime in, make requests, play along—no poster is off limits for these two!
Just follow @posterhousenyc and @swanngalleries and tune in at 8pm for the best poster entertainment on the internet!*
*This event has passed. Watch archived Fireside Chats on the “Our Friends” Highlight on our Instagram page!

HIV/AIDS: Activism & Posters
2020-06-29 17:30 - 19:30
No other crisis in modern American history has had the same visual impact as that of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the myriad posters that were created in its wake. Raw, brutal, harrowing, and direct, these images were a call to action to a society that was ignoring the deaths of countless queer people.
As part of our ongoing Pride Month programming, Poster House is proud to offer a talk between Avram Finkelstein, one of the creators of the iconic Silence=Death poster, and the AIDS historian Ian Bradley-Perrin.
Following a brief historical introduction to the role of posters in HIV/AIDS activism, Avram and Ian will discuss the significance of iconic HIV/AIDS posters, the evolving place of HIV/AIDS iconography in American History, and the place of the HIV/AIDS image canon in our contemporary experience with COVID-19.
Ian Bradley-Perrin is an historian of AIDS, a community activist and is currently completing his PhD in Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University. He is former co-ordinator of the Concordia University Lecture Series on HIV/AIDS in Montreal, co-creator of the AIDS Action Now! PosterVIRUS work, “Your Nostalgia is Killing Me!,” POZ100 honoree, former Pedro Zamora Public Policy Fellow at AIDS United, as well as a Social Science Research Council of Canada Fellow. He is a contributor and section editor for the forthcoming book, Up Against the Wall: Art Activism and the AIDS Poster accompanying an exhibition of the University of Rochester’s collection of more than 8,000 AIDS education posters from around the world. As co-founder of SeroSyndicat and projects like PosterVIRUS, he has worked to translate debates and discussions within the HIV community to images, video, music, and performance to evolve and transform discourse itself.
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.

Instagram Takeover: Kah Yangni
2020-06-29 09:00 - 17:00
As part of Poster House’s Pride Month programming, we are partnering with a host of young designers within the LGBTQ+ community and showcasing their poster work in dedicated Instagram Takeovers.
Head to Instagram on Mondays and Fridays in June to see amazing grassroots talent using posters today. Get special access inside their studios, hear their philosophy on how posters work, peek at their latest poster creations, and ask them questions!
This Monday, we are featuring the designer Kah Yangni. Yangni is an illustrator, printmaker, and muralist living in Philadelphia, PA. They make heartfelt art about justice, queerness, femme life, and joy. Their recent collaborators include Vice Life, Autostraddle, the National Women’s Law Center, Rock the Vote, the 2020 Free Our Mothers Poster Campaign, the Transgender Law Center, Forward Together, Girls Rock Philly, and others. Their work has been mentioned in Them, Colorlines, and Mashable.

Instagram: @kahyangni
Pronouns: they/them/theirs

Poster House Book Club Online: Carter Beats the Devil
2020-06-25 18:30 - 19:30
The Poster House Book Club meets a few times an exhibition cycle to discuss vibrant, interesting, and dynamic works of fiction which relate to the posters on view.
Because we want to encourage community during this time of social distancing, we are moving this edition of book club online!
In honor of our magical billboard installation, we will be discussing Carter Beats the Devil, a “hypnotizing work of historical fiction that stars 1920s magician Charles the Great, a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini.”
This meeting of the Poster House Book Club will be moderated by Laurie Gwen Shapiro. She has written articles for publications including The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, Lapham’s Quarterly, Slate, Aeon, Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Forward. Shapiro is also a documentary filmmaker who won an Independent Spirit Award for directing IFC’s Keep the River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale and an Emmy nomination for producing HBO’s Finishing Heaven.

We want everyone to feel welcome to this event. Please register for free through the link above and you will be sent a link to a Zoom hangout the evening of the meeting.

Lippert & Lowry: Instagram Live Fireside Chats
2020-06-24 20:00 - 20:30
Join everyone’s favorite blazer-loving poster duo for a Fireside Chat on Instagram Live!
Angelina Lippert, our Chief Curator, and Nicholas Lowry, Director of Swann Auction Galleries, are two of the biggest personalities in the poster world. And they also happen to be best buddies! So why not spend your evening hanging out with them? There’ll even be a real fireplace!
This week is the Prohibition Edition! They’ll be taking turns sharing posters from two sides of the aisle—half on all things deliciously alcoholic, and half from a teetotaling perspective.
Ask questions, chime in, make requests, play along—no poster is off limits for these two!
Just follow @posterhousenyc and @swanngalleries and tune in at 8pm for the best poster entertainment on the internet!*
*This event has passed. Watch archived Fireside Chats on the “Our Friends” Highlight on our Instagram page!

Online Talk: Alphonse Mucha
2020-06-23 17:30 - 19:00
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 actresses, Sarah Bernhardt. Mucha happened to be one of the few illustrators available over the holidays, so it fell on him to design the poster by New Year’s Day. What resulted was a poster that captivated Paris, one that would launch his design career and help him become one of the most celebrated graphic designers of the Art Nouveau period. This is the story of Alphonse Mucha and how his posters changed the advertising world.
Join New York Adventure Club for a virtual journey through the Paris portion of Alphonse Mucha’s career and the exhibition Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau/Nouvelle Femme recently debuted at Poster House — through exhibitions, events, and publications, this museum presents a global view of posters from their earliest appearance in the late 1800s, to their present-day use.
Led by Poster House’s Chief Curator, Angelina Lippert, this digital showcase will include:
– An overview of Poster House, the first museum in the United States dedicated exclusively to posters, which opened its doors in the Summer of 2019
– The story behind Alphonse Mucha’s rise to fame and advertising career, which all started when he met the legendary Sarah Bernhardt, the most famous actress of the time
– A discussion around Mucha’s artistic style, which used alluring, strong women to advertise everything from cookies to bicycles, and alcohol to rolling papers — all inspired by his professional relationship with Bernhardt
– The profound impact of Mucha on the future of posters, and how his designs helped elevate women to be a part of a buddying 20th-century world with newfound independence and social agency
Afterward, We’ll have a Q&A with Angelina — any and all questions about the Mucha or general poster history are welcomed and encouraged!
See you there, virtually!

Virtual Voguing: Werque with Luis Xtravaganza
2020-06-22 19:00 - 20:00
Luis Xtravaganza’s new “Werque” Dance class fuses hip-hop, jazz, and Vogue. With his exciting choreography, you can work up a sweat and add some flair to your game without ever leaving your home! Let your hair down, have some fun, and feel liberated and FIERCE.
This Zoom session will begin with a brief hello from our Chief Curator who will provide us with some voguing inspiration through a variety of historic posters. Then, Xtravaganza will lead us in a little warm up before teaching us a short vogue routine. This class is about feeling empowered and “body comfortable” thru movement and positive reinforcement. Werque welcomes all ages and dance levels!
Luis “Xtravaganza” Camacho, a renowned dancer and choreographer, made a name for himself in the NYC vogue ball scene in the mid-to-late 80s. The School of Performing Arts alumnus was in the pulse of dance, music, visual arts, nightlife, fashion, and community activism way before he caught the eye of superstar Madonna.
Camacho was instrumental in teaching the Queen of Pop how to strike a pose, and was influential in turning voguing into an international dance sensation. He was nominated for a 1990 MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography for his work in Madonna’s Vogue video (in which he is featured), and he choreographed and performed in Madonna’s now-infamous Marie Antoinette Vogue number for the 1990 MTV Video Awards. Camacho was also featured in the documentary Truth or Dare, which gave a behind-the-scenes look at the Blond Ambition Tour, where he was a lead dancer.
Camacho was back on the big screen in 2016, when he reunited with the dancers of Truth or Dare for the critically acclaimed documentary Strike a Pose, a dramatic tale about overcoming shame and finding the courage to be who you are.

Birthday Drag Brunch!
2020-06-21 13:00 - 15:00
It’s our First Birthday!! And there’s no better way to celebrate such a milestone than with a poster-themed Drag Brunch!
We’ve enlisted none other than the incomparable Hedda Lettuce to host Classic Movie Poster Trivia over Zoom. So grab a cocktail (or two), order in some Eggs Benedict from your local diner, and prepare to compete for some hot poster prizes!

PRIZES INCLUDE:
1st Place—Own a piece of poster history with the very last poster created by design legend Tomi Ungerer!
2nd Place—Express your desire for Equality with Kate Pane’s beautiful image, created as part of Du-Good in Unity’s design series celebrating women artists.
3rd Place—Poster House’s exclusive Fists Up! tote featuring images from our Women’s March and Ghanaian Movie Poster shows.
Hedda Lettuce is one of NYC’s premiere drag performers. Hedda’s career has spanned three decades, and Miss Lettuce has appeared on numerous stages and screens throughout the world. She is currently in self-isolation in Puerto Vallarta and can be seen on her popular Instagram Live show (@heddalettucenyc) every Sunday night 9pm EST.

Happy (Virtual) Birthday Poster House!
2020-06-20 11:00 - 18:00
We may be closed, but we’re still celebrating!
Tune in to our various social media accounts all day for memories and milestones from the past year. If you have pictures from your visits to Poster House, be sure to share and tag us in them!

Instagram Takeover: Paterson Hodgson
2020-06-19 09:00 - 17:00
As part of Poster House’s Pride Month programming, we are partnering with a host of young designers within the LGBTQ+ community and showcasing their poster work in dedicated Instagram Takeovers.
Head to Instagram on Mondays and Fridays in June to see amazing grassroots talent using posters today. Get special access inside their studios, hear their philosophy on how posters work, peek at their latest poster creations, and ask them questions!
This Friday, we are featuring the designer Paterson Hodgson. Paterson is a queer, non-binary artist whose work playfully picks at the absurdity, misery, and pleasure of life. A Toronto-based poster artist, illustrator, and comic-maker, Paterson’s work is influenced by everything from travel and feminism, to body-positivity and nature. More recent work reflects Paterson’s involvement in community organizing in Toronto including comics on political issues, and posters for working class movements like Keep Your Rent, which seeks rent forgiveness for tenants during COVID-19.
Instagram: @patersinister
Pronouns: she/they

Designing During COVID: A Virtual Roundtable Discussion
2020-06-18 13:00 - 14:30
When Poster House closed its door to the public on March 10, it looked for ways to continue its mission of educating and serving the public through posters. Inspired by Steven Heller’s article in PRINT Magazine about posters commissioned during the polio epidemic, Poster House and PRINT asked more than 20 designers to contribute pieces that addressed clear public safety advice, support for our community, and profound thanks to everyone who continues to make our cities run through the national shutdown.
Join host Debbie Millman as she talks with participating designers Emily Oberman, Edel Rodriguez, Paul Sahre, Jessica Hische, Jennifer Kinon, and Zipeng Zhu about the process of designing during the COVID-19 outbreak. How was designing during a global pandemic different from their normal practice? How did they approach the task of creating a PSA? How can designers use their talents at this time to better society? Throughout the moderated talk, Debbie will also be fielding questions from viewers, inviting global participation from the comfort and safety of our homes.
This roundtable is a collaboration between Typographics and Poster House, the first museum in the United States dedicated to the art and history of the poster.

Instagram Takeover: Brian Herrera
2020-06-15 09:00 - 17:00
As part of Poster House’s Pride Month programming, we are partnering with a host of young designers within the LGBTQ+ community and showcasing their poster work in dedicated Instagram Takeovers.
Head to Instagram on Mondays and Fridays in June to see amazing grassroots talent using posters today. Get special access inside their studios, hear their philosophy on how posters work, peek at their latest poster creations, and ask them questions!
This Monday, we are featuring the designer Brian Herrera. Herrera is a Chicago-based artist specializing in design and illustration. Born in Veracruz, Mexico and raised in Chicago, his work explores the themes of immigrant identity and queer culture through various mediums. Herrera focuses around uplifting undocumented and queer voices using design, illustration and street installations.
Instagram: @Brianherrera.art
Pronouns: He/him/they/them

Instagram Takeover: Sheikha Al Habshi
2020-06-12 09:00 - 17:00
As part of Poster House’s Pride Month programming, we are partnering with a host of young designers within the LGBTQ+ community and showcasing their poster work in dedicated Instagram Takeovers.
Head to Instagram on Mondays and Fridays in June to see amazing grassroots talent using posters today. Get special access inside their studios, hear their philosophy on how posters work, peek at their latest poster creations, and ask them questions!
This Friday, we are featuring the designer Sheikha Al Habshi. Sheikha is a feminist artist, illustrator, and designer based in Kuwait. Her art is mainly centered around identity and self care as a form of coping in a highly technological age. Being torn between tradition and the constant change of the online arena, her art focuses on women and other marginalized figures seen in Kuwait and the Middle East, and how these figures evolve in digital spaces as well as in more conservative settings. She uses her art as her own way of taking up space, raising questions of gender roles and sexuality in a culture where tradition and privacy play an important role.
Instagram: @coffeeandcastoffs
Pronouns: She/her

Remote Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Highlights from the Poster House Collection
2020-06-11 15:00 - 16:30
Every month, Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for the low vision and blind community. Explore one of the museum’s shows with an experienced educator trained in the art of verbal description and learn more about the history of printed posters.
Due to the current public health crisis surrounding COVID-19, we’re bringing our description tours online through teleconference. These tours are led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows.
This tour will focus on Part Two of a general history of lithographic posters, featuring the Psychedelic era, contemporary graphic design, and a vintage billboard!
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call 917.722.2439 x413 by June 9 to sign up for this event. You will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing the teleconference the morning of the virtual tour.
Tours start promptly and will last approximately 90 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our Access Tours, click the Access filter at the top of our Events page, call 917.722.2439 x413 or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.
