Poster House members are invited to a private tour of the exhibition Copy/Paste/Print/Repeat: Mike King & the Art of the Gig Poster. Join artist Mike King as he discusses some of the rarest posters he produced during a 30-year period of his career. What began as a means of promoting the shows of his own […]
End the spring season with a bang (hopefully not literally) with the latest edition of Posters & Cocktails. Join Nicholas Lowry of Swann Auctions Galleries, Don Spiro of the Green Fairy Society, and our very own Executive Director & Curator, Angelina Lippert, for a night of explosive entertainment straight out of the nuclear age in […]
Poster House members of all levels are invited to explore the museum without the crowds during exclusive Member Mornings. Held on select Thursdays throughout the year, these are the ideal time to enjoy your favorite exhibitions at your leisure. No reservations are required, and complimentary coffee and tea will be available for members in the […]
In this hands-on workshop, students will make a one-hundred-page hardcover sketchbook from scratch. Over two days, we’ll learn how to sew multiple signatures to create a page block and make a cloth-covered hardcover binding. This bookbinding technique can be used to make a range of books in different sizes and shapes with a huge variety […]
Discover the wonders of Poster House with your little one! Enjoy a fun, hands-on tour of two posters from our Lorenzo Homar: Puerto Rico in Print exhibit. Afterwards, explore the process of silk-screen printing through an open-ended workshop, inspired by Homar’s own artistic technique. Join Poster House on select Thursday mornings from 10:30am–12pm for Poster Tots, […]
Lorenzo Homar treated his lettering and typography with as much care, creativity, and precision as he did his illustrations. Text is often the most graphic element in his posters, inviting the viewer to see them as both visual objects and sources of information. Join design and typography historian Paul Shaw for an in-depth tour of […]
Learn about the multifaceted work of artist Lorenzo Homar at this month’s Poster Kids: Puerto Rico in Print Join us for an exciting tour celebrating the historic music, arts, and culture of Puerto Rico. Our exploration of the exhibit will be followed by a silk-screen printing workshop inspired by Homar’s artistic process. Join Poster House on […]
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 […]
Poster House members are invited to a private tour of the exhibition Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar. Join curator Alejandro Anreus as he discusses works by Lorenzo Homar, a pioneering printmaker, poster designer, calligrapher, painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and theater designer, known today as the father of the Puerto Rican poster. This […]
A Lorenzo Homar se lo considera como uno de los artistas gráficos de mayor influencia de Puerto Rico y a menudo se le conoce como el padre del cartel puertorriqueño. Esta visita guiada se enfocará en la historia de la isla, así como en la biografía del artista, proporcionando el contexto necesario para apreciar su […]