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 given by our Lead Educators, allowing you intimate access to the works […]
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Poster House members are invited to a curatorial tour of The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy. Join curator B.A. Van Sise as he discusses how dictator Benito Mussolini adapted to the Futurist art movement, and in turn how Italian culture and commerce bent to the increasingly authoritarian regime of Mussolini. Light […]
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Youth may be wasted on the young, but under the totalitarian state they saw naivety and enthusiasm of youth as a particular opportunity. For the state to prosper, youth was treated as a sub-brand of the greater regime that both followed and perpetuated its ideology. Graphic design, typography, officially sanctioned styles and fashions, symbolism and […]
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In honor of its final weekend, it’s time for the grand finale of Copy/Paste/Print/Repeat: Mike King & The Art of the Gig Poster! Here’s your chance to join Mike King in creating a poster in the classic cut-and-paste punk style of yesteryear. Rev up the Xerox machine and ready your scissors and glue sticks, because […]
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Poster artist and illustrator Molly Crabapple created Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School as a space for artists of all kinds to celebrate, play games, and draw. This Poster Kids activity reimagines Dr. Sketchy’s as a family-friendly sketching session, featuring dancing, music, and refreshment--and a performance artist from Spellbound Theatre! Remember: at Anti-Art School, there’s no such thing […]
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Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Museum members can check in at the Info Desk to receive one free drink ticket to use at the bar from 6–9pm. Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, performance, or activity throughout the day. […]
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Join Poster House for Federico Fellini’s Amarcord (1973), screened in connection with the museum’s exhibition The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy. A semi-autobiographical comedy-drama, Amarcord tells the story of a boy navigating life among the lively family and friends of his village in the Fascist Italy of the 1930s. While the […]
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Join Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop at Poster House for a hands-on screenprinting workshop inspired by Dorothy Waugh’s Lure of the National Parks poster, currently on view in the museum’s exhibition Blazing a Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters. Participants will learn the basics of screenprinting and take home their own two-color print celebrating the beauty […]
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A special perk for Poster House members at the Contributor, Patron, and Aficionado level. See the 2025 NYBG Holiday Train Show FIRST! To RSVP for this event, please email membership@posterhouse.org. Poster House premium-level members (plus one guest) are cordially invited to attend a Patron Preview of the New York Botanical Garden’s Holiday Train Show. After […] |
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Poster House members are invited to a private tour of Modern Rubble at Mmuseumm led by Mmuseum’s material production manager, Jacob Ford. Mmuseumm is located in an old freight elevator in an alley in Chinatown and is dedicated to exploring the modern world and the human condition through the exhibition of vernacular objects. Mmuseumm’s current […]
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Join type historian Paul Shaw for a gallery tour of The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy. In 2002, Shaw spent six months chronicling and visually recording some of the numerous surviving Fascist inscriptions and icons in Rome and other Italian cities. Since then, he has continued to explore the epigraphic and […]
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Join the Poster House education team on guided docent tours of our current exhibitions! Gain a deeper understanding of the historical context and the design techniques behind one of the museum’s shows in an informative yet casual setting. The tours, along with admission on Fridays, are always free! This Friday, we will be focusing on […]
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Join the Poster House Education Team for a conversation about the rise and fall of Italian Fascism—conducted entirely in Italian! Whether you're a native speaker or just beginning your language journey, this tour is for you: simple, clear Italian will make the conversation accessible to everyone. As a group, we’ll dive into politics from a […]
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Poster House members are invited to join curators Angelina Lippert and Mark Resnick for a complimentary group coffee and discussion. Learn more about their work and the current exhibitions before joining both curators for a brief tour of their personal highlights from The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy and Blazing a […]
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Discover the wonders of Poster House with your little one! Enjoy a fun look at two posters featured in the museum’s exhibition Utopia in Our Time: The Posters of Molly Crabapple. During our art workshop, families will channel the soft, dreamy colors of Crabapple’s posters as they explore pastels, charcoal, and watercolor, creating their own […]
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Poster House is free on the third Sunday of every month, often featuring complimentary programming geared toward families. Be sure to sign up to secure your spot—or just enjoy the museum at your own pace! Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are […]
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Poster artist and illustrator Molly Crabapple created Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School as a space for artists of all kinds to celebrate, play games, and draw. This Poster Kids activity reimagines Dr. Sketchy’s as a family-friendly sketching session, featuring dancing, music, and refreshments. Remember: at Anti-Art School, there’s no such thing as a mistake! This program […]
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Join Poster House for a Spanish-language tour of Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters. Dorothy Waugh, whose posters encouraging Americans to travel to the National Parks during the New Deal era have often been overlooked, effectively transformed the image of these officially protected landscapes. Between 1934 and 1936, she designed 17 bold posters […]
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Poster House members are invited to a private tour of the exhibition Blazing a Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters. Join curator Mark Resnick as he discusses details of her incredible biography and groundbreaking work for the National Parks system. This is a unique opportunity to engage with the leading scholar on Dorothy Waugh, so […]
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Join the Poster House education team on guided docent tours of our current exhibitions! Gain a deeper understanding of the historical context and the design techniques behind one of the museum’s shows in an informative yet casual setting. The tours, along with admission on Fridays, are always free! This Friday, we will be focusing on […]
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Every month, Poster House offers 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 both in person and online through Zoom. These tours are given by our Lead Educators, allowing you intimate access […] |
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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 given by our Lead Educators, allowing you intimate access to the works […] |
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