Our ongoing Posters & Cocktails parties have been met with rave reviews, so we are giving the summer one last hurrah 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 […]
New York City didn’t become the capital of the world overnight. The Big Apple also relied on world class advertising to attract visitors. Before it was a tourist destination, New York City was (and still very much is) a port town, a terminus for ships arriving from Europe and beyond. Between 1892 and 1924, over […]
Poster House is thrilled to once again partner with Nom Wah, one of New York's oldest dim sum houses, in honor of the exhibition The Sleeping Giant: Posters & The Chinese Economy. Tune in to this live cooking event where Nom Wah's chefs will guide you through two authentic Chinese recipes highlighted in their upcoming […]
This event is sponsored by Creative Reaction Lab. The first of a two-part student series, this event will delve into the history of design as it relates to community organizing, the visual language behind powerful consciousness-raising designs, and the ways in which social media changes how we encounter, value, and communicate information. Hear from Rafael Esquer, Creative […]
Poster House and Welcome to Chinatown are proud to present Uncovering Our Roots: Asian-American Design Perspectives, a discussion centering on Asian-American designers' roles during COVID-19. Join our panel as they discuss how Asian-American designers grapple with issues around their background, community, and heritage in their work. How do Asian-American designers deal with, break, and appropriate […]
Poster House is thrilled to once again partner with Nom Wah, one of New York’s oldest dim sum houses, in honor of the exhibition The Sleeping Giant: Posters & The Chinese Economy. Tune in to this live cooking event where Nom Wah’s chefs will guide you through an authentic Chinese recipe highlighted in their upcoming cookbook The Nom […]
Starting Monday, September 14, ThoughtMatter and Poster House are teaming up to celebrate the 233rd Anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution. Tune in to our Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts between September 14 and 25 to see one incredible poster per day that focuses on each of the amendments in the Bill […]
The second of a two-part student series about the history of design as it relates to community organizing, this event brings the theories of Part 1 into practice. Through our hands-on workshop led by Isometric Studio, students will gain the knowledge and resources to begin designing their own informational graphics on voting to disseminate among […]
For the past ten years, museum curators around the world have come together for this annual one-day event where members of the public can take to social media and ask a curator everything and anything. Poster House's Chief Curator, Angelina Lippert, will be joining in the fun this year, providing content on our Instagram Stories […]
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 […]