Poster House

Members-Only Tour: Masked Vigilantes On Silent Motorbikes
2022-10-20 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Poster House Members are invited with a guest to a private tour of Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes led by curator RJ Rushmore. This exhibition showcases fine and street art that incorporate advertising posters, repurposing and blurring their intended mass communication. See how renegade artists take the powerful visual language of posters, twisting and reimagining them into critical social commentary. Not a member? Join today to gain access to this Members Only event and all that Poster House has to offer!

Open House New York: Poster House Architectural Tour
2022-10-22 14:00 - 15:00
Join lead architect Marc Tsurumaki of LTL Architects as he takes you on a tour of the design development and construction history of Poster House, the only museum in the U.S. dedicated to posters. Opening in 2019 and occupying the space that once housed Tekserve, the museum design considers that posters are intended for the street and uses the length of the space to evoke a sidewalk, playing with industrial materials. Gesturing to the space’s history, the design incorporates several existing features including the exposed brick walls, barrel vaults and cast-iron columns. These elements create a dialogue with the new architecture, blending old and new, playful and serious, and embody an embrace of the poster’s unique identity as both commerce and art, public information and cultural artifact. The museum design received the AIANY Design Award for interiors in 2019.

PH x Teens Drop-In: Horror House
2022-10-27 16:00 - 18:00
Spooky Season is in full effect, and, for one night only, Poster House is turning into Horror House! Inspired by the exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes where artists take elements from posters and reinterpret them into new works, this program will have you draw from classic horror movie posters to create your own Halloween-themed lanterns. Shed some light on your own creation and join us for this fun, interactive activity! Candy will be provided-Costumes highly encouraged!
PH x Teens: Horror House is a drop-in program for young adults ages 13 to 18. Advanced registration is required but participants are not expected to stay the entire time; guests should plan to spend about an hour on this interactive, self-guided activity.

An Introduction to Cyanotypes with Misa Chhan
2022-10-28 18:30 - 20:00
Poster House is pleased to welcome artist and printmaking expert Misa Chhan for an introduction to Cyanotype printing. Known for their brilliant blue hues, cyanotypes are a photosensitive printing process that utilizes UV light to transfer images. Learn the basics of this historic form of printmaking as well as techniques for shifting tones from blue to brown. Participants will leave with materials to continue experimenting in the medium at home. No previous experience required.
Misa Chhan is a Los Angeles-based artist who works with natural dyes, textiles, printmaking, and artist’s books. Her background in book arts, papermaking, and natural fibers led her to explore natural dyes and fibers as a medium to engage with and learn from the natural world. Through her art practice, Chhan aims to create a container of pure joy to demonstrate our fundamental interdependency with nature, thereby challenging the extractive mindset of domination.

Día de Muertos
2022-11-02 12:00 - 16:00
Poster House is pleased to participate in the Flatiron Nomad Partnership‘s first Día de Muertos celebration. Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican tradition of pre-Hispanic origin that celebrates the memory and presence of the deceased. According to popular belief, from October 31 – November 2 the souls return home to be with their loved ones. Altars are assembled with offerings, food, and rituals to celebrate their visit.
Poster House will offer a DIY printmaking activity using a tortilla press and linoleum blocks with traditional calavera imagery. Additional activities presented by The School of Visual Arts, Fotografiska, and Calpulli Mexican Dance Company.

A Beloved Caricature: The Stereotypes of the Maharaja
2022-11-02 18:30 - 19:30
Air India’s Maharaja is known throughout the world for his clever disguises and attention-grabbing antics, and he is no stranger to controversy. Despite trading in stereotypes and caricatures, the Maharaja has stood the test of time as a beloved mascot for the brand. Inspired by the recent Brown History article How Air India Mascot Maharajah Owned Indian Stereotypes, Poster House is pleased to welcome Ahsun Zafar and Divya Sangar for a wide-ranging conversation on the contemporary resonance of Air India’s Maharaja. Questions strongly encouraged!
Ahsun Zafar is the owner and founder of @BrownHistory
Divya Sangar is a seasoned journalist, currently working with ET Canada. Her articles have been featured in renowned Indian websites, including NDTV and the Indian Express. She writes about entertainment, lifestyle, travel, and health and fitness.

This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees cameras off. Closed Captioning will be provided. ASL interpretation is available upon request with two weeks notice — please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. A recording of this event will be made available for all registered attendees. Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org.

First Friday
2022-11-04 10:00 - 21:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
All Day Viewing: A Maharaja & His World
Get the inside scoop on Air India from Uttara Parikh, former Air India Deputy Commercial Director. In this prerecorded program, Parikh gives guests a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of Air India’s in-house design team. Learn about the development of the Maharaja and his many antics, with anecdotes you won’t hear anywhere else.

1pm Exquisite Corpse with Jordan Seiler-$15
Join Masked Vigilantes artist Jordan Seiler for this hands-on workshop inspired by the exhibition. Participants will work together to add their own unique alterations to a poster reclaimed from the street, creating an entirely new collaborative piece of art. This is a rare opportunity to work with a contemporary public artist, many of whom choose to remain anonymous.
3pm Air India Curatorial Tour
Join guest curators Carly Johnson and Sophia Williamson for an in-person curatorial tour of Poster House’s latest exhibition Air India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rouge. Discover the enduring and occasionally contentious travel posters of India’s national airline while learning about the Maharaja’s trajectory from a humble inflight memo pad to that of a cherished mascot. You’ll also enjoy the many guises of the Maharaja, from a monk in Rome to a lover boy in Paris, and even a Playboy bunny in New York.
5pm Disability Justice Zinemaking Workshop
Join artist, designer, and disability justice activist Jen White-Johnson for this hands-on zine-making workshop. The practice of zine-making emphasizes creative storytelling, self advocacy, and photography through the use of paper and craft materials. Together, participants will create a collaborative zine on the topic of disability justice. Please note: This workshop is intended for people with disabilities and accomplices in the pursuit of disability justice. If you cannot attend in person, a virtual version of this workshop will be offered on November 11th.
Accessibility Notes: Masks will be required during this workshop, and are available free of charge at the museum. Clear masks are available on request. ASL interpretation, assistive listening devices, visual descriptions, and social narratives will be provided. If you have any accessibility needs, please contact Accessibility Coordinator Sarit Cahana at access@posterhouse.org or at ‪(914) 295-2387‬. ​​
6pm Air India Artist’s Tour
Artist and Museum Educator Maya Varadaraj will lead this engaging tour of Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rouge. Learn about Varadaraj’s process in designing the graphic title for the exhibition, and hear how the show resonates with her experience as a contemporary artist. Questions strongly encouraged!
7:30pm Collage Workshop with Katherine Toukhy $10
Join artist and educator Katherine Toukhy for a collage workshop inspired by the pieces in Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes. Make your own mixed-media collage and experiment with different techniques in this hands-on activity. Participants will walk away with a finished work of art!
7pm & 8pm It’s Showtime NYC Dance Performance
In honor of the art exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes, Poster House is pleased to welcome It’s Showtime NYC for an exciting evening of various street dance forms. These skilled performers will activate the main gallery with dances commonly seen in public spaces throughout New York City. You don’t want to miss this one-night-only engagement!

First Friday: Exquisite Corpse with Jordan Seiler
2022-11-04 13:00 - 14:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
Join Masked Vigilantes artist Jordan Seiler for this hands-on workshop inspired by the exhibition. Participants will work together to add their own unique alterations to a poster reclaimed from the street, creating an entirely new collaborative piece of art. This is a rare opportunity to work with a contemporary public artist, many of whom choose to remain anonymous.

First Friday: Air India Curatorial Tour
2022-11-04 15:00 - 16:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
Join guest curators Carly Johnson and Sophia Williamson for an in-person curatorial tour of Poster House’s latest exhibition Air India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rouge. Discover the enduring and occasionally contentious travel posters of India’s national airline while learning about the Maharaja’s trajectory from a humble inflight memo pad to that of a cherished mascot. You’ll also enjoy the many guises of the Maharaja, from a monk in Rome to a lover boy in Paris, and even a Playboy bunny in New York.

First Friday: Disability Justice Zinemaking Workshop
2022-11-04 17:00 - 18:30
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
Join artist, designer, and disability justice activist Jen White-Johnson for this hands-on zine-making workshop. The practice of zine-making emphasizes creative storytelling, self advocacy, and photography through the use of paper and craft materials. Together, participants will create a collaborative zine on the topic of disability justice. Please note: This workshop is intended for people with disabilities and accomplices in the pursuit of disability justice. If you cannot attend in person, a virtual version of this workshop will be offered on November 11th.
Accessibility Notes: Masks will be required during this workshop, and are available free of charge at the museum. Clear masks are available on request. ASL interpretation, assistive listening devices, visual descriptions, and social narratives will be provided. If you have any accessibility needs, please contact Accessibility Coordinator Sarit Cahana at access@posterhouse.org or at ‪(914) 295-2387‬. ​​

First Friday: Air India Artist’s Tour
2022-11-04 18:00 - 19:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
Artist and Museum Educator Maya Varadaraj will lead this engaging tour of Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rouge. Learn about Varadaraj’s process in designing the graphic title for the exhibition, and hear how the show resonates with her experience as a contemporary artist. Questions strongly encouraged!
Maya Varadaraj’s interdisciplinary practice engages South Asian material culture to redefine feminine narratives and representations. Her aesthetic vocabulary references familiar materials such as; vintage advertisements, popular calendar illustrations, and classic image-making techniques such as painted photographs.

First Friday:It's Showtime NYC Dance Performance
2022-11-04 19:00 - 20:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
In honor of the art exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes, Poster House is pleased to welcome It’s Showtime NYC for an exciting evening of various street dance forms. These skilled performers will activate the main gallery with dances commonly seen in public spaces throughout New York City. You don’t want to miss this one-night-only engagement!

First Friday: Collage Workshop with Katherine Toukhy
2022-11-04 19:30 - 20:30
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
Join artist and educator Katherine Toukhy for a collage workshop inspired by the pieces in Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes. Make your own mixed-media collage and experiment with different techniques in this hands-on activity. Participants will walk away with a finished work of art!
Katherine Toukhy is a visual artist/ educator living and working in Brooklyn, NY. As a teaching artist, she has spent the last 11+ years creating and leading inclusive arts programming in public schools, community centers, art schools, neighborhoods, refugee camps, and museums. As an artist she explores im/migration, healing, and decolonization through multiple mediums.

Growing Up Underground: Steven Heller in Conversation with Angelina Lippert
2022-11-07 18:30 - 20:00
Join Steven Heller and Poster House Chief Curator Angelina Lippert for a trip down memory lane as they discuss Heller’s new memoir Growing Up Underground. Hear a firsthand account of New York City’s counterculture in the 1960s and ‘70s as he shares the experiences that defined his early 20s. Much like the book, this conversation will be filled with reminisces and entertaining anecdotes, and is not to be missed. Growing up Underground: A Memoir of Counterculture New York will be available for purchase and signing at the event. Questions strongly encouraged!

Posters That Sing: Notes on Indigenous Poster Design
2022-11-10 18:00 - 19:00
Indigenous representation in poster history typically focuses on racist depictions leaning on stereotypes and caricatures of Native culture to sell products or events. Alongside this horrific history, however, Indigenous poster designers and printers have thrived, creating a legacy of vibrant, exciting imagery that counters the dominant narrative. Poster House is pleased to partner with designer and scholar Brian Johnson for a brief survey on this often overlooked body of Indigenous work, helping expand the cannon of poster history.
Brian Johnson is a partner at Polymode, where he focuses on creative direction, design production, writing, and teaching. Born into a family of printers, he is deeply invested in the production of good design without sacrificing our humanity or environment. He is a member of the Monacan Nation and holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. His most recent publication, Queering the Grid: Reading Codes in Dan Friedman’s Teachings (with Silas Munro), has led him to his current design writing research on Friedman’s 1994 Radical Manifesto, which will be approaching its thirty year anniversary.
This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees cameras off. Closed Captioning will be provided. ASL interpretation is available upon request with two weeks notice — please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. A recording of this event will be made available for all registered attendees. Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org.

Disability Justice Zinemaking Workshop (Virtual)
2022-11-11 13:00 - 14:30
Join artist, designer, and disability justice activist Jen White-Johnson for this hands-on zine-making workshop. The practice of zine-making emphasizes creative storytelling, self advocacy, and photography through the use of paper and craft materials. Together, participants will create a collaborative zine on the topic of disability justice. Zine making supplies can be picked up in-person at Poster House ahead of the event. Please note: This workshop is intended for people with disabilities and accomplices in the pursuit of disability justice.
Accessibility Notes: This event will be hosted on Zoom in meeting format. Closed Captioning, ASL interpretation, visual descriptions, and social narratives will be provided. If you have any accessibility needs, please contact Accessibility Coordinator Sarit Cahana at access@posterhouse.org or at ‪(914) 295-2387‬. ​​

PH x College: Books Not Bombs
2022-11-12 15:00 - 18:00
Do you dream of a better world? Join Poster House to learn about how student activists have employed design to support causes throughout history, from disarmament to labor rights. After exploring posters from 20th century global student movements, participants in this PH x College event will collage their own poster focused on an issue close to their heart. Students will leave the museum with a tote bag bearing their individual design. Come for the tote bag, stay for the community of student activists, and leave equipped with the ability to create powerful graphics to help change the world.
PH x College is an ongoing series of programs designed by college students for college students and recent graduates who are interested in pursuing careers in art, design, or museums, with an emphasis on providing professional development, networking. and creative workshop opportunities.

Vignelli vs. Vigilantes/Art vs. Design
2022-11-14 18:00 - 19:00
In honor of the debut of the exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes and the 50th anniversary of what is now commonly referred to as the “Vignelli” subway map, Poster House is pleased to partner with the New York Transit Museum for a discussion about design in the New York City transit system and artists’ public interventions. . This panel discussion will include insights from curatorial and artistic perspectives.
First, guest curator RJ Rushmore will share some of the public art featured in Masked Vigilantes. Then, New York Transit Museum curator Jodi Shapiro will discuss the development of the MTA’s iconic visual identity. Finally, artist Jilly Ballistic will go over her work remixing the MTA’s timeless designs, as well as other posters found in the subway system, into new works of art. The program will conclude with a Q&A—questions strongly encouraged!
This program is presented in partnership with the New York Transit Museum. Registration information will be shared with both institutions.
Jilly Ballistic (she/they) may be considered New York City’s leading subway vandal. Over the last decade, she has used hundreds of stations, train cars and advertisements to shine a light on our contemporary political climate and the startling evolution of warfare over the last century. Ballistic has been featured in numerous street art documentaries (“Wild in the Streets,” Dega Films), television series (Canal+, PBS, FlowSTATE, All Arts) and international culture magazines—from AnimalNY, BuzzFeed, Hyperallergic, HUCK and BUST;
RJ Rushmore (he/him) is a writer, curator, and public art advocate. Working with artists including Shepard Fairey, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, and Jess X. Snow, RJ builds projects that disrupt visual culture. He is a cofounder of Art in Ad Places, a guerrilla public art campaign across New York City’s payphones, and he has curated projects for Poster House, Mural Arts Philadelphia, and the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery at Haverford College. RJ has been called everything from “one of the most respected critics of street and graffiti art in the world” to “petty criminal.”
Jodi Shapiro is a lifelong New Yorker who has worked at the New York Transit Museum since 2014. Prior to becoming the Curator, she worked in the Museum’s archive (with all the cool photos). She’s curated shows about the Second Avenue Subway, the IRT Flushing Line, the Redbird fleet of subway cars, and the Pullis Brothers. Before she joined the Transit Museum family, Jodi had many jobs: data wrangler, record label stooge, graphic designer, investigative journalist. The most significant of these was working as an archivist for several artists’ estates, including a number of world-renown photographers. She holds a Master’s in Library Science, has way too many cameras, and fears her enormous LP record collection will be the death of her some day.

This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees cameras off. Closed Captioning will be provided. ASL interpretation is available upon request with two weeks notice — please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. A recording of this event will be made available for all registered attendees. Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Schoolgirls at War
2022-11-15 16:00 - 17:00
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 led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This tour will focus on Schoolgirls at War: French Propaganda Posters from World War I, on view at Poster House through April 16, 2023.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call ‪(914) 295-2387 to sign up for this event. You will be emailed poster images for reference as well as information about accessing Zoom the morning of the virtual tour.
Tours start promptly and will last approximately 70 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, call (914) 295-2387, or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

Saying Saree Three Ways
2022-11-15 18:00 - 19:00
The Maharaja is undoubtedly a fashionable character, demonstrated perfectly in Poster House’s latest exhibition. Looking beyond illustration, though, how does Indian fashion function in the real world? Join fashion scholar Arti Sandhu for this wide-ranging virtual conversation on the history of the saree and contemporary fashion in India. She will discuss the saree as a designer garment, a mantle for drag, and the glue that holds social media communities together.
Arti Sandhu is currently an Associate Professor in the Fashion Program in the School of Design at DAAP, University of Cincinnati, USA. Her research is centered on contemporary Indian fashion and related design culture. She is the author of Indian Fashion: Tradition, Innovation, Style (Bloomsbury Academic, 2015). She has also published articles on the contemporary Indian catwalk, craft and sustainable design practices, saree groups on social media, television soap-opera costumes, and drag queens. Arti is currently working on research projects relating to the growing discourse around decolonizing fashion studies, the role craft can play in fashioning sustainable design practices, and an ongoing digital ethnography on social media saree groups. Arti also occasionally writes for the digital fashion magazine The Voice of Fashion.

This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees cameras off. Closed Captioning will be provided. ASL interpretation is available upon request with two weeks notice — please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. A recording of this event will be made available for all registered attendees. Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org.

Members-Only Tour: Air India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue
2022-11-17 18:00 - 20:00
Poster House is delighted to invite you and a guest to an exclusive, Members-only tour of Air India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue led by curators Carly Johnson and Sophia Williamson. Reservations are required.
This exhibition highlights the history of Air-India’s most iconic travel posters produced from 1946 to 1972. The star of these posters was the airline’s beloved mascot, the Maharaja. Conceived in 1946, the Maharaja would go on to become the face of the company and help propel it to the forefront of advertising genius in the mid-20th century.

Saving the Earth...One Poster at a time
2022-11-18 18:00 - 19:00
Since their creation, posters have been utilized as a form of instant messaging to communicate ideas to the public quickly. Which makes us wonder, what can we learn about society by looking at posters as historical artifacts and their documentation of specific issues over time?
Consider environmentalism, which became more mainstream in the United States in the 1960s due to publications like Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring.” What can we learn through the examination of posters from this era? And how has that visual representation shifted as we think about today’s climate change challenges?
Join us as climate scientist Abigail Bodner and chief curator of Poster House Angelina Lippert sit down with science communicator and comedian Kyle Marian Viterbo to examine the decades of posters that have cautioned us to take better care of our environment and the underlying story they reveal about the evolving perception of our relationship to these issues.
This event is in collaboration with our neighbors at Simons Foundation.

Collaborative Paper Marbling
2022-11-18 18:30 - 19:30
Led by cultural worker and teaching artist Fan Kong, this workshop will introduce beginners to suminagashi, the oldest paper marbling technique. This meditative practice involves floating colors on the surface of water and delicately transferring them to paper. Each participant will learn to create and experiment with suminagashi in small groups. Along the way, we will reflect on and challenge traditional thinking processes through creative problem solving and mindfulness.

Poster Kids: Junior Fashionistas
2022-11-20 09:15 - 10:15
Join us as we take a fashionable approach to Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue. More than any other mascot, the Maharaja has an incredible fashion sense. This month, we will learn about his incredible style and then create our own wearable art using recycled textiles.
Materials:

old clothes and/or fabric scraps
lightweight cardboard (e.g. cereal box)
scissors
paint and paint brushes
water
safety pins
stapler
pencil and paper

This online event will be hosted on Zoom. Closed Captioning will be provided. Poster Kids will not be recorded due to the presence of minors. Questions about accessibility? Please email Sarit Cahana, Accessibility Coordinator at access@posterhouse.org.

Poster Kids: Junior Fashionistas
2022-11-20 10:30 - 12:15
Join us as we take a fashionable approach to Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue. More than any other mascot, the Maharaja has an incredible fashion sense. This month, we will learn about his incredible style and then create our own wearable art using recycled textiles.
Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from 10:30am–12:15pm for a family-friendly, interactive poster tour and a related art-making experience. Admission is free; advanced registration is required.
This program invites children 5–11 years old and their adults to collaborate (siblings are welcome). This is not a drop-off program.

First Friday
2022-12-02 10:00 - 21:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
12pm What is Paradise? Workshop with Ghost of a Dream $15
Join Lauren and Adam from the collaborative team Ghost of a Dream for an afternoon of brainstorming and creation. Get to know their techniques and thought processes behind their series Falling From Paradise, featured in Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes. Then, head back to the studio space to workshop ideas about the concept of paradise, cutting those ideas into/out of Ghost of a Dream’s collection of vintage travel posters. No experience necessary; just come and have fun.
3pm Masked Vigilantes Artist’s Tour with Jordan Seiler
Enjoy a unique and engaging artist’s tour of the acclaimed exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes with participating artist Jordan Seiler. Experience the exhibition from the artist’s perspective and get the inside scoop on the show. Questions strongly encouraged!
4:30pm War Stories: Spies & Propaganda
Attend back-to-back curatorial tours of our latest hallway exhibitions, Schoolgirls at War and With My Little Eye. Starting upstairs, Chief Curator Angelina Lippert will introduce you to France’s largest all-female rationing campaign from World War I. Afterward, guest curator Tim Medland will talk about his show breaking down the ways in which Allied countries warned of espionage during World War II.
5:30pm How to Read a Poster with Melissa Walker $25
Posters are designed to communicate a message clearly and quickly, and, as such, are naturally easy to read. Poster connoisseurs, however, observe elements and references that the general public may miss. Join Collections Manager Melissa Walker for an in-depth tutorial on how to read a poster, featuring posters from upcoming exhibitions and the Poster House Permanent Collection. Learn to decode a poster and understand the secrets hidden just beneath the surface in this enlightening and entertaining program.
5, 6, 7pm Ajna Dance Performance
In honor of the celebrated exhibition Air India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue, Poster House is pleased to welcome Ajna Dance Company to First Friday for an evening of Indian dance performances. Stop by the museum at 5, 6, and 7 PM for your chance to watch this engaging medley of Bollywood and Bhangra dance. Be sure to arrive promptly on the hour as not to miss these exciting but brief performances.
7:00pm The Dragon Sisters Performance
For one night only, Poster House is becoming The House of the Dragon with a special visit from The Dragon Sisters. If you missed this powerhouse duo at our Block Party this summer, you don’t want to make the same mistake twice. Grab your friends, your dancing shoes, and your singles for this iconic performance.

First Friday: What is Paradise? Workshop with Ghost of a Dream
2022-12-02 12:00 - 13:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
Join Lauren and Adam from the collaborative team Ghost of a Dream for an afternoon of brainstorming and creation. Get to know their techniques and thought processes behind their series Falling From Paradise, featured in Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes. Then, head back to the studio space to workshop ideas about the concept of paradise, cutting those ideas into/out of Ghost of a Dream’s collection of vintage travel posters. No experience necessary; just come and have fun.

First Friday: Masked Vigilantes Artist’s Tour with Jordan Seiler
2022-12-02 15:00 - 16:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
Enjoy a unique and engaging artist’s tour of the acclaimed exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes with participating artist Jordan Seiler. Experience the exhibition from the artist’s perspective and get the inside scoop on the show. Questions strongly encouraged!

First Friday: War Stories: Spies & Propaganda
2022-12-02 16:30 - 17:30
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
Attend back-to-back curatorial tours of our latest hallway exhibitions, Schoolgirls at War and With My Little Eye. Starting upstairs, Chief Curator Angelina Lippert will introduce you to France’s largest all-female rationing campaign from World War I. Afterward, guest curator Tim Medland will talk about his show breaking down the ways in which Allied countries warned of espionage during World War II.

First Friday: Ajna Dance Performance
2022-12-02 17:00 - 19:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
In honor of the celebrated exhibition Air India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue, Poster House is pleased to welcome Ajna Dance Company to First Friday for an evening of Indian dance performances. Stop by the museum at 5, 6, and 7 PM for your chance to watch this engaging medley of Bollywood and Bhangra dance. Be sure to arrive promptly on the hour as not to miss these exciting but brief performances.
