Poster House

Third Sunday Always Free
2025-12-21 10:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-18 10:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-15 10:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Poster House, 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
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 available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Poster Kids: Spread the Word
2025-12-21 10:30 - 12:00
What’s the power of a poster? Posters can serve to persuade and control—but also to protest and empower. At this month’s Poster Kids, learn about the different functions of posters through The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy. Then, use Styrofoam printing to create your own positive message. Distribute your posters and spread the word!
This program invites children 5–11 years old and their adults to collaborate (siblings are welcome).
This is not a drop-off program.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Poster Kids: Little Letterpress
2026-01-04 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-01-18 10:30 - 12:00 | Poster House, 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
German-born artist and designer Peter Strausfeld made a name for himself with his evocative posters for screenings of numerous classic and avant-garde films at the Academy Cinema in London during the second half of the 20th century. Discover the secrets of the art house poster and then apply them to the design of your own movie poster. For the finishing touch: use woodtype and a printing press to create a bold, stand-out movie title!
This program invites children 5–11 years old and their adults to collaborate (siblings are welcome).
This is not a drop-off program.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Docent Tour: Molly Crabapple
2026-01-09 17:00 - 18:00
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 the posters from Utopia in Our Time: The Posters of Molly Crabapple.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Burlesque Drink & Draw
2026-01-10 18:00 - 20:00
In honor of the exhibition Utopia in Our Time: The Posters of Molly Crabapple, Poster House is presenting a homage to Molly’s very own Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School and hosting a burlesque-themed life drawing class complete with speakeasy-themed cocktails.
Hosted by instructor Robin Mork, this titillating evening will feature live model Dame Cuchifrita accompanied by classic bump-n-grind tunes. Guests are encouraged to bring their own supplies; however, if you do not have materials, fear not! Limited supplies will also be available for general use.
Ticket price includes one complimentary beverage, with a cash bar available for additional purchases.
Dame Cuchifrita is a regular fixture in New York City’s neo-burlesque movement, and is known for her surprising storytelling, generally accompanied by gorgeous sets and costumes that reflect her work as a visual artist and fashion designer. A regular feature at Dr. Sketchy’s, she has also modeled at the Society of Illustrators and at Poster House, creating animated and character-based poses to inspire and titillate in performances incorporating improvisation and dramatic costumes and props. Dame Cuchifrita can also be found working hard as a menswear designer during the day and as a semi-professional cook and baker on the weekends.
Robin Mork is an illustrator and educator, teaching design and the creative process at Queens College and St. John’s University, as well as a variety of workshops at Poster House. She is an avid on location and live drawing artist, with a strong interest in gesture and materials exploration. Her work can be seen at robinmork.com.
This program is suitable for attendees over the age of 21.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Members-Only Tour: Posteritati
2026-01-14 18:00 - 19:00
How does advertising for art house cinema differ from that of mainstream movies? In honor of Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld, Poster House members are invited to a special presentation of art house posters from around the world at Posteritati, the city’s leading movie poster gallery.
This tour takes place at Posteritati Movie Poster Gallery, located at 239 Centre St., Floor 4, New York, NY 10013. Due to the size of the gallery, space is strictly limited!
Accessibility Note: As this is an off-site event, masks and clear masks are available free of charge with prior notification. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon advanced request. This gallery is on the fourth floor; there is an elevator on site.
Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

The Radical Politics of Pleasure: Molly Crabapple & Camille Sojit Pejcha in Conversation
2026-01-15 18:30 - 19:30
Molly Crabapple has traveled the world, from active war zones to underground subcultures and the front lines of political protest, to draw moments of rebellion. During her stint as resident artist at The Box in New York City, she documented the culture of hedonism that predated the financial crash, both satirizing the one percent and capturing the humanity of the dancers and workers who served them. This “artistic coming-of-age” led her to play a formative role in the Occupy Wall Street movement, where she served as both artist and organizer; to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, where she sketched military commission hearings; to protests in Puerto Rico; autonomous zones in Greece; and the Ukraine under Russian bombs.
As she bridges the gap between art and politics, Crabapple has been likened to an artistic version of the politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—going from model and muse to “the millennial generation’s first great radical artist.” But even as she documents the human face of social change, Crabapple never loses track of the essential desires that drive it, seeking out spaces that merge radical politics with the pursuit of pleasure, community care, and free expression. From the anarchist bikers providing hurricane relief to the queer nightlife communities keeping the spirit of New York alive at the Chelsea Hotel, she captures the people carrying this spirit forward amidst global turmoil.
Tonight, she joins sex and nightlife reporter Camille Sojit Pejcha to discuss the revolutionary potential of partying—and how political rebellion, sexuality, and freedom of expression have always been intertwined. Together, they turn their attention toward the importance of spaces that exist outside of what artist and author Sophia Giovannitti terms “Empire Time”: carving out pockets of freedom within a capitalist system, and with them, creating the possibility of alternative futures.
Ticket price includes one complimentary beverage in our Café.
Molly Crabapple is an artist and writer based in New York. She is the author of two books, Drawing Blood and Brothers of the Gun (with Marwan Hisham), which was long-listed for a National Book Award in 2018. Her reportage is the 2022 winner of the Bernhard Labor Journalism Award, and has been published in the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, the Paris Review, Vanity Fair, the Guardian, Rolling Stone, the New Yorker, and elsewhere. Her art is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Crabapple’s animations have been nominated for an Emmy five times and also won an Edward R. Murrow Award. She was a 2024 fellow at the Cullman Center at the New York Public Library while researching her upcoming book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Labor Bund.
Camille Sojit Pejcha is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor covering sex, culture, art, and nightlife. Formerly the Features Director at Document Journal, Pejcha has contributed to the New York Times, W, Slate, and other leading publications. She is the creator of Pleasure-Seeking, a bestselling Substack newsletter and podcast read across hundreds of countries and referenced in the New York Times for its insights on sex, desire, and modern culture. She’s a columnist at Elephant Magazine, and her work has been written about in such publications as Byline, Dazed, PAPER, and Office Magazine.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Docent Tour: Italian Fascism
2026-01-16 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-13 17:00 - 18:00
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 the posters from The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Poster Tots: Letters, Letters, Letters!
2026-01-17 10:30 - 12:00
What better way to practice learning letters with your little one than printing them? Explore the typefaces and colors featured in Peter Strausfeld’s art house movie posters. Work together to make your own letter stamp that can be used again and again for endless arty fun!
Join Poster House for Poster Tots, a program designed to encourage children ages 2–4 (accompanied by their adults) to feel confident in museum settings. Advanced registration is required.
This is not a drop-off program.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Italian-language Tour of The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy
2026-01-18 15:00 - 16:00
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 hundred years ago and ask questions that still have resonance today—all while celebrating the beauty of the Italian language!
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.
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Venite col team educativo della Poster House per una conversazione sull’ascesa e la caduta del fascismo italiano, condotta interamente in italiano! Se per te sia madrelingua o se tu stia appena iniziando il tuo percorso linguistico, questo tour è per te: un italiano semplice e chiaro renderà la conversazione accessibile a tutti. Come gruppo, ci immergeremo nella politica di cento anni fa e porremo domande che hanno ancora risonanza oggi, il tutto celebrando la bellezza della lingua italiana!
Nota sull’accessibilità: mascherine (anche trasparenti) sono disponibili gratuitamente presso il museo. Sono disponibili dispositivi di ascolto assistito e sgabelli. Su richiesta, è disponibile anche l’interpretazione in lingua dei segni americana (ASL) o un servizio di traduzione in tempo reale (CART). Contatta access@posterhouse.org o il numero (914) 295-2387 per richiedere servizi di interpretariato e per qualsiasi altra esigenza di accessibilità. Per altre domande relative all’evento, contatta info@posterhouse.org.

Dorothy Waugh: Design Pioneer, Renaissance Woman
2026-01-22 18:00 - 19:00
Dorothy Waugh’s poster campaign for the National Park Service (NPS) during the depths of the Great Depression was as trailblazing as it was masterful. The government had never before entrusted such an ambitious promotion to a solo designer, let alone a female modernist working in a male-dominated bureaucracy. Yet Waugh’s work for the bureau was just one of the many successful, diverse careers she pursued during her long life. Held in honor of the exhibition Blazing a Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters, this lecture by noted historian and curator Mark Resnick will focus on her NPS campaign, as well as situate it within her broader story.
Mark Resnick is an authority on the history of American graphic design, a field in which he curates, publishes, and lectures. He has also served as an art-museum director, as chief business and legal executive at major film companies, and on various arts-related boards. He is the founder of Resnick Arts and Culture Consulting, which advises cultural institutions and their leaders on a wide range of matters and counsels major collectors on the sale or donation of their collections.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Docent Tour: Dorothy Waugh’s National Park Posters
2026-01-23 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-20 17:00 - 18:00
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 the posters from Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Park Posters.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

In-Person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks
2026-01-26 11:00 - 12:30 | Poster House, 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
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 to the works in the museum’s current shows and in the permanent collection.
This month’s in-person tour will focus on the exhibition Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call (914) 295-2387 to sign up for this event, as space is limited. Tours start promptly and will last approximately 90 minutes with questions. While Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind, have low vision, or who would otherwise benefit from verbal descriptions, everyone is welcome, space permitting.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, email access@posterhouse.org, or call (914) 295-2387. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks
2026-01-27 16:00 - 17:00
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 to the works in the museum’s current shows and in the permanent collection.
This month’s virtual tour will focus on the exhibition Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters.
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 day before the virtual tour. Tours start promptly and will last approximately 60 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, email access@posterhouse.org, or call (914) 295-2387. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.
Accessibility Note: This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees’ cameras off. A recording of this event will be made available to all registered attendees. Automated closed captioning will be provided. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs.

Members-Only Last Look: Dorothy Waugh
2026-01-28 18:00 - 19:00
Poster House members are invited to a last look 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 questions are strongly encouraged! Light refreshments will be provided.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Dorothy Waugh Lettering Tour
2026-01-29 18:00 - 19:30
Join typography historian Paul Shaw for a gallery tour of Blazing a Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters, focusing on lettering and graphic design. Waugh’s posters promoting the National Park System in the mid-1930s provide an excellent introduction to the graphic design and print production of the era. Learn about the differences between Art Deco (Art Moderne or Modernistic Art) and Modernism (represented by the Bauhaus, for example) between the two world wars, the difference between lettering and type, and how to distinguish between letterpress printing, offset printing, and silkscreen.
Paul Shaw is a calligrapher, graphic designer, design historian, and type historian who has led five gallery tours for Poster House. He has taught at several New York area universities and design schools over the past 45 years and is currently at the School of Visual Arts.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Docent Tour: Peter Strausfeld
2026-01-30 17:00 - 18:00 | Poster House, 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
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 the posters from Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Members-Only Tour: Art for Art House
2026-02-09 18:00 - 19:00
Peter Strausfeld’s posters are some of the most unique and expressive in cinematic history, yet few people outside of the niche world of art house cinema have ever heard of him. Join curator Tim Medland for this private, members-only tour of Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld and find out more about this incredible artist.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Peter Strausfeld: Collecting & Curating
2026-02-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Poster House, 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Poster House is thrilled to welcome distinguished design historian Michael Lellouche for an in-person conversation with curator Tim Medland on their exhibition Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld. This lively interview will explore Strausfeld’s life and legacy, focusing on his visionary posters for London’s Academy Cinema. Learn about the artist’s unique graphic language, his role in shaping mid-century British visual culture, and the enduring appeal of his bold, minimalist designs. Together, Lellouche and Medland will reflect on his impact as both an artist and an unsung figure in the history of cinema and design. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to discover the man behind these graphic masterpieces.
Added bonus: Copies of the exhibition catalogue—the first English-language publication dedicated to the artist—will be available for purchase in the Shop during the event. This is the *only* opportunity during the run of the exhibition to get both the curator and the collector to sign your copy!
Doors open at 6:00; seating is first come, first served. A cash bar will be available!
Michael Lellouche is a French author, screenwriter, and former film and jazz journalist. A specialist in the history of the poster, he holds a collection of several thousand militant posters. He is the author of Protest! Changing the World with Posters 1968–1973 and contributes articles and essays on the subject, including to the magazine Alternatives Économiques. In 2018, Lellouche curated the exhibition Get Up, Stand Up at the MIMA museum in Brussels. He has also presented lectures on the history of the poster, notably at the Institut National du Patrimoine and the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA).
Tim Medland is an independent curator who focuses on the history of visual and material culture. He holds an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester, with a concentration in socially engaged practice. His research interests include environmental activism and sustainability, and the histories of transport, propaganda, colonialism, and migration.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Members-Only: Coffee with a Curator
2026-02-14 10:00 - 11:00
Poster House members are invited to join curators Tim Medland and Es-pranza Humphrey for a discussion over coffee about their work at the museum and their current exhibitions. Then join them for a brief tour of their personal highlights from Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld and Utopia in Our Time: The Posters of Molly Crabapple. Members will be offered a complimentary cup of coffee or tea at the Café after checking in at the Info Desk.

Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

In-Person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Peter Strausfeld
2026-02-17 11:00 - 12:30
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 to the works in the museum’s current shows and in the permanent collection.
This month’s in-person tour will focus on the exhibition Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call (914) 295-2387 to sign up for this event, as space is limited. Tours start promptly and will last approximately 90 minutes with questions. While Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind, have low vision, or who would otherwise benefit from verbal descriptions, everyone is welcome, space permitting.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, email access@posterhouse.org, or call (914) 295-2387. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Members-Only Last Look: The Future Was Then
2026-02-17 18:00 - 19:00
Poster House members are invited to a private “Last Look” tour of the exhibition 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 refreshments will be served.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

National Parks Posters: Then & Now
2026-02-20 18:00 - 19:00
Poster House is thrilled to partner with the United States International Poster Biennial (USIPB) in celebration of Blazing a Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters. This year’s USIPB theme honors the rich visual legacy of the U.S. National Parks system, inviting contemporary designers to respond to that tradition and reimagine it for the 21st century. Tonight, join designers Christopher Scott, Marlena Buczek Smith, and Taber Calderon as they share how historic National Parks posters influenced their creative process—and how they approached designing new work that bridges past and present.
Christopher Scott is the founder and president of the United States International Poster Biennial and an assistant teaching professor at Iowa State University. He is an internationally recognized, award-winning designer from Northern Ireland who holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Design from the University of Ulster, Magee. He has received over 300 international awards, including honors from the WWF, Amnesty International, Poster For Tomorrow, Adobe, and Graphis—where he won three Gold awards—and a Silver from the International Design Awards. His work has been exhibited worldwide, including at the Louvre in Paris.
Taber Calderon is a New York City-based graphic designer. Born in the south of the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) and raised in the “south” South Bronx in the 1980s, he is influenced by traditional family values and first world culture shock, including poverty, the crack epidemic, crime, and grime. Fortunately, his grandfather and uncles worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was the best going to work with dad(s) days. On the train, he found (or it found him) his biggest influences—the School of Visual Arts subway posters and the all mighty United Colors of Benetton ads. Art was it! His work has been recognized by international design and poster exhibitions.
Marlena Buczek Smith is a designer and author who moved to the United States from Poland in the early ’90s, where she attended the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Her body of work includes posters, commercial graphic design, and paintings. Her posters have been printed in various publications including Print Quarterly and Graphis, the latter elevating her status to Master in the September 2023 issue. Marlena judges and/or participates in international poster exhibitions, including the 8th International Biennale of the Socio-Political Poster, the 14 International Triennial of Political Posters, What Unites Us 2, and the 2021 New Jersey Arts Annual: Revision and Respond. Her latest work, a compilation of posters and poetry book entitled Continuum, was released in Spring 2025.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.
Image designed by Joe Scorsone and Alice Drueding for USIPB 2025 National Parks.

Virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Peter Strausfeld
2026-02-24 16:00 - 17:00
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 to the works in the museum’s current shows and in the permanent collection.
This month’s virtual tour will focus on the exhibition Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld.
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 day before the virtual tour. Tours start promptly and will last approximately 60 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, email access@posterhouse.org, or call (914) 295-2387. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.
Accessibility Note: This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees’ cameras off. A recording of this event will be made available to all registered attendees. Automated closed captioning will be provided. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs.

Members-Only Tour: Gay Harlem Renaissance
2026-02-28 13:00 - 14:00
In anticipation of Poster House’s upcoming exhibition, Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen, Poster House members are invited to a private tour of The Gay Harlem Renaissance at The New York Historical.
This exhibition examines the Black LGBTQ+ artists, writers, and performers central to the Harlem Renaissance and to daily Black gay life in the early 20th century. The exhibition marks the centennial of The New Negro—the landmark 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke—and traces the queer creativity, friendship circles, and mentorships that flourished in Harlem’s salons, social clubs, and thriving nightlife and that helped power the Harlem Renaissance.
This event will take place at The New York Historical, 170 Central Park West, at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street), New York, NY.
Accessibility Note: As this is an off-site event, masks and clear masks are available free of charge with prior notification. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART.
