Poster House

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Masked Vigilantes
2022-09-20 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | NY
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 Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes, on view at Poster House through February 12 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.

Masked Vigilantes Virtual Curatorial Tour
2022-09-20 18:00 - 19:00
Join guest curator RJ Rushmore for a curatorial tour of Poster House’s first contemporary art exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes. Learn how the artists like Swoon, KAWS, Jilly Ballistic and more use posters as a medium from which to create entirely new works of art, repurposing the language of mass communication. Discover how advertising shapes our built environment and how artists leverage sanctioned and unsanctioned public art to disrupt what is commonplace.
RJ Rushmore is a writer, curator, and public art advocate who 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 former payphones, and he has curated projects for The L.I.S.A. Project NYC, Mural Arts Philadelphia, LMNL Gallery, 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 a “petty criminal.”

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 Sarit@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 Sarit@posterhouse.org.

Educator Happy Hour
2022-09-21 16:00 - 18:00
Educators, kick off the new school year with Poster House! Join us at the museum for a complimentary happy hour and learn more about our field trips, in-school residencies, teen programs, and CTLE-certified teacher professional development. Poster House will be closed to the general public, so attendees will also have private access to our new exhibitions, Masked Vigilantes On Silent Motorbikes and Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue. Drop in anytime between 4:00pm and 6:00pm, and raise a glass with your fellow educators!
This is a drop-in event for PK-12 teachers and college/university professors. Advanced registration is required with a school email address, but attendees can arrive any time between 4:00pm and 6:00pm. Beer, wine, and light refreshments will be served, and we will be raffling off Poster House swag.

PH X Teens Drop-In: First Impressions
2022-09-23 16:00 - 18:00
It’s back-to-school time, and first impressions are everything! The start of the school year is a great time to mark personal and academic growth. Join Poster House for this drop-in program where you can design your very own tote bag or pencil case using letterpress printing techniques. Express your personal affirmations and start your school year off strong!
PH x Teens: First Impressions 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.

Rips & Slices: Masked Vigilantes Artists’ Panel
2022-09-29 18:30 - 20:00
Masked Vigilantes in Silent Motorbikes highlights how posters have long been co-opted by artists to create compelling, vibrant new works of art. Poster House is thrilled to welcome featured artists Swoon, Galen Gibson-Cornell, and Nicholas Fraser to a panel discussion moderated by curator RJ Rushmore on the significance of posters in their practice. Discover how these artists are inspired by posters and how they utilize the formal and conceptual elements of ad campaigns to produce new bodies of work. Each artist’s approach to the medium is unique, making for a rich and vibrant conversation that will provide both newcomers and seasoned poster enthusiasts with a fresh perspective on the dynamism of posters. Questions strongly encouraged!
Caledonia Curry, known as Swoon, is a contemporary artist and filmmaker recognized around the world for her pioneering vision of public artwork. She has spent over 20 years exploring the depths of human complexity by mobilizing her artwork to fundamentally re-envision the communities we live in toward a more just and equitable world.
Galen Gibson-Cornell is a visual artist working with a practice that combines urban exploration, repurpose of found-materials, and principles of détournement. He studies the layers of “urban skin” in cities—the posters, flyers, and paper advertisements—before returning to his Philadelphia studio to deconstruct the resulting materials into methodical and meditative artworks.
Nicholas Fraser creates installations, videos, and sculptures that grapple with the mutability of texts, exploring our compulsion to communicate and mining the gap between intention and perception.
RJ Rushmore is a writer, curator, and public art advocate who 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 former payphones, and he has curated projects for The L.I.S.A. Project NYC, Mural Arts Philadelphia, LMNL Gallery, 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 a “petty criminal.”

Posters & Cocktails: Hocus Pocus
2022-10-03 18:30 - 20:00
Posters House’s favorite trio is back at it with a new season of Posters & Cocktails. Join Chief Curator Angelina Lippert as she acts as emcee for another booze-fueled evening focusing on the wonders of magic posters and some seriously spooky cocktails.
Nicholas Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries will showcase decades of posters covering all things paranormal and phantasmagoric, from the likes of Harry Houdini to the mind-bending impossibilities of sideshow necromancers. Accompanying him is Poster House’s resident mixologist, Don Spiro of The Green Fairy Society, who will pair each portion of the lecture with wizardly potions worthy of the alchemist within.
This series is hosted for free over Zoom thanks to the generous support of Don Lebowitz and Claudia Wagner. Please check back closer to the date of the event for a complete list of cocktail ingredients so you can follow along at home and taste some of these delectable beverages!
MAGIC TRUCE
Bourbon
Drambuie
Dry Vermouth
lemon juice (fresh squeezed and strained)
orange juice (fresh squeezed and strained)
cocktail glass
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Islay Scotch (smoky)
Blended Scotch
Lime Juice (fresh squeezed and strained)
Simple Syrup (equal parts water and sugar)
Mint Leaves
absinthe
cocktail glass
LITTLE DEVIL
Rum
Dry Gin
Lemon Juice (fresh squeezed and strained)
Cointreau
cocktail glass
SATAN’S WHISKERS
Gin
Grand Marnier or Curacao
Orange juice
Dry Vermouth
Sweet Vermouth
Orange peel
orange bitters
Cocktail glass or coupe

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 Sarit@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
2022-10-07 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: Tokyo Olympiad screening
Largely hailed as one of the greatest sports movies of all time, Tokyo Olympiad turned the traditional notion of documentary filmmaking on its head, redefining the genre. Enjoy this landmark cinematic feature next to an exhibition of the posters created for the Italian release of the film.
1pm Experimental Marriage Curatorial Tour
Join Poster House Collections Manager Melissa Walker for a curatorial tour of the exhibition Experimental Marriage: Women in Early Hollywood. Learn about the women who shaped the early silent film industry through lobby cards for movies written, directed, produced, art-directed, or edited by them. Questions Strongly Encouraged!
3pm Michael De Feo & RJ Rushmore in Conversation
Poster House is pleased to welcome artist Michael De Feo for a conversation with curator RJ Rushmore on the new book Out of Fashion. This publication explores De Feo’s flower paintings created directly on fashion advertising posters removed from bus shelters. Learn more about the artist’s approach and process during this wide-ranging conversation. Questions strongly encouraged!
6pm Masked Vigilantes Curatorial Tour
Join guest curator RJ Rushmore for a curatorial tour of Poster House’s first contemporary art exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes. Learn how the artists like Swoon, KAWS, Jilly Ballistic and more use posters as a medium from which to create entirely new works of art, repurposing the language of mass communication. Discover how advertising shapes our built environment and how artists leverage sanctioned and unsanctioned public art to disrupt what is commonplace.
7–8:30pm Tarot Card Reading with Maia Lorian
Celebrate the start of ~spooky season~ at Poster House with multihyphenate public artist Maia Lorian, whose poster series A Presidential Parody is in the museum’s permanent collection. She will be leading a free, single-card tarot reading from 7 to 8:30pm. Let this performative consultation with the cards guide you into the last few months of the year and get a glimpse of Lorian’s impressive public art interventions.
Maia Lorian is an actor, creator, Native New Yorker, and artistic director of A Presidential Parody—a guerrilla art ad takeover with live street art performances and interventions around NYC. As an artist, her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, The Nation, Street Art NYC, and many others outlets. Lorian’s pieces are in the permanent collection of Poster House and The 45 Library. Her work as an actor has influenced her practice as an artist, with credits including SNL (NBC), Flight of the Conchords (HBO), The Onion News Network (IFC), and many original works of theater. Her work as a mystic has been featured in Bust, InStyle, Refinery 29, Elite Daily, Bustle, and in many of your favorite astrology apps.

First Friday: Tokyo Olympiad Screening
2022-10-07 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: Tokyo Olympiad screening
Largely hailed as one of the greatest sports movies of all time, Tokyo Olympiad turned the traditional notion of documentary filmmaking on its head, redefining the genre. Enjoy this landmark cinematic feature next to an exhibition of the posters created for the Italian release of the film.

First Friday: Experimental Marriage Curatorial Tour
2022-10-07 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 Poster House Collections Manager Melissa Walker for a curatorial tour of the exhibition Experimental Marriage: Women in Early Hollywood. Learn about the women who shaped the early silent film industry through lobby cards for movies written, directed, produced, art-directed, or edited by them. Questions Strongly Encouraged!

First Friday: Michael De Feo & RJ Rushmore in Conversation
2022-10-07 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.
Poster House is pleased to welcome artist Michael De Feo for a conversation with curator RJ Rushmore on the new book Out of Fashion. This publication explores De Feo’s flower paintings created directly on fashion advertising posters removed from bus shelters. Learn more about the artist’s approach and process during this wide-ranging conversation. Questions strongly encouraged!

First Friday: Masked Vigilantes Curatorial Tour
2022-10-07 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.
Join guest curator RJ Rushmore for a curatorial tour of Poster House’s first contemporary art exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes. Learn how the artists like Swoon, KAWS, Jilly Ballistic and more use posters as a medium from which to create entirely new works of art, repurposing the language of mass communication. Discover how advertising shapes our built environment and how artists leverage sanctioned and unsanctioned public art to disrupt what is commonplace.

First Friday: Tarot Card Reading with Maia Lorian
2022-10-07 19:00 - 20:30
Celebrate the start of ~spooky season~ at Poster House with multihyphenate public artist Maia Lorian, whose poster series A Presidential Parody is in the museum’s permanent collection. She will be leading a free, single-card tarot reading from 7 to 8:30pm. Let this performative consultation with the cards guide you into the last few months of the year and get a glimpse of Lorian’s impressive public art interventions.
Maia Lorian is an actor, creator, Native New Yorker, and artistic director of A Presidential Parody—a guerrilla art ad takeover with live street art performances and interventions around NYC. As an artist, her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, The Nation, Street Art NYC, and many others outlets. Lorian’s pieces are in the permanent collection of Poster House and The 45 Library. Her work as an actor has influenced her practice as an artist, with credits including SNL (NBC), Flight of the Conchords (HBO), The Onion News Network (IFC), and many original works of theater. Her work as a mystic has been featured in Bust, InStyle, Refinery 29, Elite Daily, Bustle, and in many of your favorite astrology apps.

Air-India Virtual Curatorial Tour
2022-10-11 18:00 - 19:00
Join guest curators Carly Johnson and Sophia Williamson for a virtual 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.

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 Sarit@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 Sarit@posterhouse.org.

Genius on Display: Shiva Nallaperumal
2022-10-12 18:00 - 19:00
Poster House is pleased to welcome graphic and typeface designer Shiva Nallaperumal for a Genius on Display artist’s talk. Explore the talented designer’s amazing portfolio featuring work for a wide range of clients, including the New York Times, the NBA, and many more. Learn all about Nallaperumal’s unique approach to design and typography. Questions strongly encouraged!
Shiva Nallaperumal is a graphic designer, art director, and typeface designer, as well as a co-founder (with Juhi Vishnani) of the plural design practice November. Through November, he has created identity systems, printed matter, installations, and typefaces for a wide variety of clients from culture and commerce, including Apple Music, Uber, the New York Times, Bodice, and the NBA. As a typeface designer, he has worked with Commercial Type, Typotheque, Bold Monday, Sharp Type, and Lost Type Co-op. In 2017, he was selected as one of Forbes India’s 30 under 30, and in 2019 he was inducted into the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).
Genius on Display is a platform for spotlighting the expertise of racialized artists and designers within the context of Poster House’s exhibitions and permanent collection. This program series is presented by CMYK Council, Poster House’s working advisory board of BIPOC creatives, designers, educators, and museum staff.

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 Sarit@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 Sarit@posterhouse.org.

Collage Dreams with Luis Martin
2022-10-14 18:30 - 20:00
Join collage artist Luis Martin/The Art Engineer for an evening of conversation and creativity. In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore the collage techniques featured in Poster House’s exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes by making their own collage using provided materials. No experience necessary; just bring your curiosity and creativity!
Luis Martin/The Art Engineer is a New York-based collage artist who spearheaded the global collage community Collage Dream. The artist uses collage as an act of rebellious optimism and creates opportunity to create in community.

Poster Kids: Posters To Picassos
2022-10-16 09:15 - 10:15
Did you know that famous artists sometimes use posters to make their own art? In our new exhibition Masked Vigilantes On Silent Motorbikes we’ll look at some examples of how posters have been turned to fine art. Then, we’ll create our own art using posters.
Materials:

collected or printed posters
paper cup, solo cup, or plastic bottle cut in half
paint and paintbrushes
water
Mod Podge

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: Posters to Picassos
2022-10-16 10:30 - 12:15
Did you know that famous artists sometimes use posters to make their own art? In our new exhibition Masked Vigilantes On Silent Motorbikes we’ll look at some examples of how posters have been turned to fine art. Then, we’ll create our own art using posters.
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.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Air India
2022-10-18 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 Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue, on view at Poster House through February 12 2023.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call ‪(914) 295-2387 by October 15 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.

Members-Only Tour: Masked Vigilantes On Silent Motorbikes
2022-10-20 18:00 - 20:00
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!
