AIGA NY Citizen Designer Now
2019-11-11 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
“Just be a person that wants to help out first, and bring your design second.”—Greg Mihalko
The Citizen Designer Playbook, published in 2018 shows designers how they can contribute to the many forms and faces of civic-minded design. In November, one year ahead of the 2020 election, AIGA NY CDN is hosting an interactive workshop structured around the five tactics for design from the Playbook. In this workshop participants will explore the playbook and look to answer the following questions:
– How do you envision your work as a citizen designer?
– What tools would be helpful as a citizen designer?
– What are ways the design community can take the time to listen to citizen designers?
Hosted on Veteran’s Day this workshop is for the design student, design leader, and civic advocate looking to use design for impact. The outcome of this workshop will inform CDN initiatives in 2020.
The Poster House team, including Melissa Walker, the curator of 20/20 Insight: Posters from the 2017 Women’s March, will be on hand during the workshop to provide background on the exhibition and museum.

This event is free and will be capped at 25 participants.
Schedule
4pm Doors open & check-in
4:10pm Workshop begins
7pm Workshop ends

Around the World w/Nicholas Lowry: An Immersive History of Travel Posters
2019-11-11 18:00 - 20:00
Join the President of Swann Auction Galleries, Nicholas D. Lowry, and Chief Curator of Poster House, Angelina Lippert, as they take you on a magical ride through the wonderful world of travel posters.
In celebration of its 20th anniversary of Travel Poster auctions, Swann is offering the largest collection of rail posters ever to hit the market — and Lowry and Lippert are here to make all your travel fantasies come true! Discover what most collectors consider the gateway drug of posters, and learn why vintage travel advertising remains the most popular genre in the medium.
Daring questions and fabulous attire encouraged!
Space is limited. First 30 ticket buyers will go home with a poster-themed 2020 calendar!
Tickets: $15
Members at the Individual Level get a buy one get one free ticket.
Members at the Supporter and Patron Levels get two free tickets.
Wine, Beer, & cheese provided.
Please Note: This event does NOT take place at Poster House, but at Swann Galleries a few short Avenues away!
Swann Galleries is located at 104 East 25th Street, between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue. Guests should take the elevator to the 6th Floor.

Docent Tour
2019-11-13 12:00 - 2019-12-13 13:00, 2019-11-22 16:00 - 17:00, 2019-12-01 13:00 - 14:00, 2019-12-04 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-12-13 16:00 - 17:00, 2019-12-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2020-01-03 16:00 - 17:00, 2020-01-15 12:00 - 13:00 and 2 more dates
Come learn more about our two current shows Baptized By Beefcake: The Golden Age of Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana and 20/20 Insight: Posters from the 2017 Women’s March through a docent-led tour.
Docent tours are offered once a week and are complimentary with the cost of admission.

Drink & Draw: Beefcake Edition
2019-11-13 18:00 - 20:30
Happy Hump Day! Let’s have a drink and sketch live models in Poster House’s galleries. Stay after-hours in the museum and be inspired by the larger-than-life hunks in our Ghanaian poster exhibition.
Please bring your drawing materials and paper of your choice — but if you don’t have anything, don’t worry! Limited supplies are available for general use.
About the Model: Jhusen Torres is a professional dancer and choreographer in NYC. He is trained in ballet, jazz, modern, West African, and International Latin. He has workshopped and assisted in creating material with top choreographers on Broadway, as well as performed in Latin dance festivals all over the US. Recently, he shot his first commercial film – and will debut in Lin Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights – Warner Brothers Film – June 2020
Tickets: $20
Members at the Individual Level get a buy one get one free ticket.
Members at the Supporter and Patron Levels get two free ticket.
Snacks and beverages available for purchase at Café des Affiches until 7pm.

Poster House After Hours! Nov. Edition
2019-11-15 18:00 - 21:00
On the third Friday of every month, come unwind at Poster House. Enjoy our gorgeous exhibitions at a more relaxed pace, and share a glass of wine with friends. Our café, galleries, and gift shop will be open late!
This Friday, we are delighted to co-host a special musical event with Fred Kyeremeh and the Ghanaian American Journal in honor of Ghana’s Year of Return, the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans arriving in Jamestown, Virginia.
The Convergence: Afropop Meets Afro Arts
A multicultural mixer showcasing the evolution of African music, from High Life to present-day beats.
Featuring DJ Akuaa and MC Kwesoul
Tickets: $20
Members at the Individual Level get a buy one get one free ticket.
Members at the Supporter and Patron Levels get two free ticket.
Cash Bar
*The event will be photographed, filmed and/or otherwise recorded. Your entry constitutes your consent to such photography, filming and/or recording and to any use herewith.

Members' Hours Curatorial Tour
2019-11-20 09:30 - 10:30
Experience the benefits of Membership and join our exclusive Members’ Hours Curatorial Tour.
This is a great opportunity to get the inside scoop on how both curators developed their respective shows and get a deeper understanding of both exhibitions.
This tour is during our Members-Only early-access hours, and no pre-registration is required. Simply show the front desk your membership card.
Included in the tour are Baptized By Beefcake: The Golden Age of Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana, curated by Angelina Lippert, and 20/20 InSight: Posters from the 2017 Women’s March, curated by Melissa Walker.
Angelina Lippert is the Chief Curator of Poster House. She holds an MA in the art of the Russian Avant-Garde from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and a BA in theology and art history from Smith College. Prior to her time at Poster House, she worked for ten years as a poster specialist at a leading auction house in New York City. She has produced dozens of auction catalogs and articles, as well as The Art Deco Poster, and has lectured at SVA and The Cooper Union. She is a member of AAM, AAMC, AIGA, and is on the Board of Directors for The Ephemera Society of America. Her research interests include German Expressionism, Soviet film posters, and the history of food and wine in advertising
Melissa Walker is the Collections Manager for Poster House, bringing with her extensive experience working in vintage posters, printmaking, as well as 3 years of teaching in South Korea. At this time, she is currently working to digitize the museum’s collection to be accessible for viewing and research via Poster House’s website. Melissa has a Master’s Degree in Studio Art and and ran her own Contemporary Art gallery for three years.
Shop & Cafe will be open by 10:30

Free Community Day!
2019-11-23 11:00 - 18:00
Join us on this special Saturday and explore all of our shows free of charge!
In honor of our exhibition 20/20 InSight: Posters from the 2017 Women’s March, we will be featuring a complimentary drop-in button making station from 11am–1pm (right outside of the 20/20 InSight show in our Cellar Level).
We are also featuring a drop-in storytime at 11am near our 24th Street entrance. We chose two great exhibition-related reads: The Pink Hat by Andrew Joyner and Anansi the Spider: a tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott.
The Pink Hat tells the story of a pink hat that made its way to a girl who took it to the Women’s March – a great entry point to our 20/20 Insight exhibition highlighting posters that were used in the 2017 Women’s March (that features its own pink hat!).
Anansi the Spider: a tale from the Ashanti tells the folktale of Anansi the spider, as told by the Ashanti peoples in Ghana – the birthplace of our Baptized by Beefcake exhibition focused on handpainted Ghanian movie posters.
Join us for one or both before making buttons in our Children’s Space (right outside of the 20/20 Insight show in our Cellar Level).
Cafe & Shop will be open!

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh: Artist's Tour
2019-12-02 18:00 - 19:00
Poster House is thrilled to offer a special tour of 20/20 InSight: Posters of the 2017 Women’s March led by artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh.
Fazlalizadeh will guide guests through the exhibition, discussing imagery and text used by the anonymous makers of those posters and relating it to her own public work. It is an incredible opportunity to hear from one of the most important and renowned contemporary street artists in an intimate setting.
Fazlalizadeh is a Black/Iranian visual artist and Oklahoma City native. She is a painter whose work ranges from the gallery to the streets, using visual art to address the daily oppressive experiences of marginalized people through beautifully drawn and painted portraits. Her street art series, Stop Telling Women to Smile, can be found on walls across the globe.
Tickets: $15
Members at the Individual Level get a buy one get one free ticket.
Members at the Supporter and Patron Levels get two free tickets.

Basket Case at Nitehawk Cinema
2019-12-05 19:00 - 21:00
In honor of Baptized by Beefcake: The Golden Age of Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana, we have partnered with Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg for a special screening of Basket Case, one of the many classic horror films featured in our exhibition.
Prior to the screening, audiences will have a chance to hear from our Chief Curator, Angelina Lippert, about why horror and action movies from the 1980s and 1990s make up the majority of hand-painted Ghanaian movie posters, and why Basket Case in particular reflects Ghanaian cultural values in the 90s.
Please note: This event does NOT take place at Poster House, but rather Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg location at 136 Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn. Guests should purchase tickets in advance via Nitehawk’s website.

AIGA New Year - New Yeah!
2019-12-06 19:00 - 21:00
Celebrate the start of a new decade with your design community at AIGA NY’s end-of-year party.
This year has been one for the books! We’ll remember 2019 for its unyielding scandals and trials. We’ll also remember 2019 for its resilience and resistance.
With a few days left until 2020, there’s only one thing we can do. Let’s close out this epic year together and imagine the possibilities a brand new decade will bring.
The AIGA NY Board of Directors is bringing together New York’s design community to celebrate at its annual holiday bash. There’ll be drinks, nibbles, and design chatter. And, of course, there’ll be the most excellent company — yourself included.
Buy a ticket, bring a friend (or three), and get down while saying goodbye to 2019.
All ticket proceeds go towards supporting AIGA NY’s mission to elevate our design community through thoughtful programming and initiatives. We thank you for your continued support.
Even if you’re not able to attend, please consider donating to support AIGA NY.
What’s included:
The purchase of your ticket gives you access by a 2-hour open bar, courtesy of our friends at Widow Jane and Asahi beer
Don’t drink? We got you! Our friends at Euphorics have provided Kin Spritz for your enjoyment
Also included:
– Snacks and party foods
– Access to view all the Poster House exhibitions
– Celebrate the new decade by taking a pic in our selfie booth from our friends at DigiBooths
– Party activity courtesy of our friends at Mohawk
– A raffle ticket and chance to win amazing prizes
– A surprise limited edition swag item on us
– One guest pass valid for one future visit to Poster House
– Awesome music and general good vibes assured!
AIGA NY is a non-for-profit association run by volunteers in the design community. All the proceeds from our numerous activities are dedicated to the every-day run of AIGA NY and the support of its continued programming and initiatives. So your ticket contributes to supporting AIGA NY and everything we do!
Tickets:
General admission: $50
Students: $25
Patron ticket: $100 (includes party admission and tax-deductible donation to AIGA NY)

Type Director's Club Holiday Party!
2019-12-09 18:30 - 21:00
Celebrate the holiday season with the Type Directors Club at Poster House!
Join the Type Director’s Club for a convivial typographic evening full of wine, hors d’oevres, two poster exhibitions with a curator-guided tour, and a silent auction!
There may even be a nerdy typographic game (we’re still working on the details).
Two exciting exhibitions at Poster House will be open during the party and curator Angelina Lippert will lead a tour of the Ghanaian movie poster show, Baptized by Beefcake, during the party. Also on view are smart, passionate protest posters from the 2017 Women’s March in Boston.
Entry fees and silent auction proceeds will benefit the TDC Scholarship Fund. Every year the TDC awards scholarships to seven outstanding students of typography.
We are excited to auction works by TDC Medalists:
– Ed Benguiat
– David Berlow
– Louise Fili
– Zuzana Licko (Emigré)
– Fiona Ross
– Paula Scher
– Erik Spiekermann
Many thanks to our party sponsors:
Poster House
SYLTBAR (premium prosecco)
Deutsch Family Wines & Spirits
A to A Studio Solutions
Tickets:
TDC Members: $20
General Public: $40
**All ticket sales benefit the TDC Scholarship Fund**

Collector's Tour
2019-12-11 18:30 - 20:00
Ghanaian poster collector and exhibition co-curator Ernie Wolfe III is flying to New York to give one last tour of Baptized by Beefcake, currently on view at Poster House. Join us for drinks & snacks and a tour of these incredible hand-painted movie posters that tell the story of how entertainment, economics, and religion mixed in Ghana in the 1980s and 90s.

Baptized by Beefcake presents the work of 22 artists whose posters tell the story of how Western movies not only became symbols of modernity, but also vehicles for religious experience. Each artist’s signature style reflects Ghana’s rich tradition of painting, as well as the influence of Western commercial graphics portrayed on VHS and PAL box covers. The eye-catching, sometimes shocking graphics reference a hybrid of indigenous and Pentecostal symbology, where Rambo and the Terminator become messengers of moral ideologies in a larger-than-life mashup of pop culture and religion.
This show focuses on the “Golden Age” because the posters from this period were meant for a local audience—they were aimed at attracting rural Ghanaians to a new type of technological pageantry and storytelling. After the year 2000, tourists began to express interest in these fantastical objects, driving the prices up and creating a new market where artists painted these “posters” explicitly for export. This exhibition only shows posters targeting locals, highlighting regional styles that emerged between the coastal and inland areas, different artistic hands that became famous during the period, and the types of visual signifiers Ghanaians expected and loved to see in their own advertising.

Poster House Book Club: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
2019-12-12 18:00 - 19:30
The intricate and complex history of Ghana features heavily in Baptized by Beefcake: The Golden Age of Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana. To help bring life to this marvelous exhibition, Poster House is hosting its very first book club, featuring the incredible novel Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.
Noted by NPR as one of the Best Books of the Year, Homegoing traces two branches of a Ghanaian family tree over multiple generations, from the Gold Coast to the United States and back again.
This inaugural meeting of the Poster House Book Club will be moderated Nana Osei Quarshie. Nana is a historian of migration and psychiatry in Ghana. Originally from Accra, Ghana’s capital, Nana will be joining the faculty at Yale in the history of medicine. He is a huge fan of Yaa Gyasi’s work.
Aimed at being an intimate, thoughtful discussion, tickets are limited!
Food and beverages available at the café.
Homegoing available at the Poster House gift shop.
The next meeting of the Poster House Book Club will occur in April. In honor of our next exhibition The Sleeping Giant: Posters & The Chinese Economy we have chosen The Republic of Wine by Mo Yan. Copies of this book will be available in the Shop shortly!
Tickets include one guest pass to Poster House for a future visit:
$8 Students
$18 Advance
$20 Day Of

Taking Action: A Night with Tandem
2019-12-18 18:00 - 20:00
Tandem, the award-winning design studio responsible for the visual identity of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‘s congressional run, will sit down at Poster House to discuss how they have used their graphic design skills to pursue the change they want to see in the world.
Forged on the principle that the same persuasive techniques used in marketing and advertising can and should be used to advance the greater good, Tandem will speak about their successful bi-lingual campaign posters for AOC and their continued collaboration with the Congresswoman and her Green New Deal proposal, as well as other poster work they have done and their overall mission to use graphic design as a way to take action.
Shop & Café will be open.
Tickets: $15
Members at the Individual Level get a buy one get one free ticket.
Members at the Supporter and Patron Levels get two free tickets.

Titanic Day
2019-12-19 11:00 - 18:00
Twenty-two years ago today, the world was blessed with the cinematic gift that is Titanic. This double-VHS powerhouse launched Leo and Kate into icon status, solidifying them in our minds as the original #couplegoals.
Like Rose, we will never let go. And to celebrate this mild obsession, our Shop is outfitting itself with all the original release posters for Titanic that you can imagine. On this very special day (which should be a National Holiday), we are cutting the retail price of this poster, playing some Celine and Enya tracks, and, quite possibly, posing in front of the design while shouting “I’m flying!”
We will also be featuring some very special performances by drag performer and director Michael Kinnan, who will be staging excerpts from Never Let Go: A Truly Unauthorized Retelling of James Cameron’s Titanic.
Each vignette lasts about 15 minutes, and will be staged on the steps near our Shop.
Performance Times:
1pm: Jack & Rose Meet
2pm: “I’m Flying!”
3pm: Confrontation between Rose & Cal
Finale: Drag performance of “My Heart Will Go On”
You can catch Kinnan’s complete, hilarious one-man version of the movie at the BRIC in May 2020.

We Make America Poster Making Workshop
2019-12-20 16:00 - 21:00
Join the national artist collective and activist organization We Make America at Poster House to create posters for the 2020 Women’s March, taking place this January in cities across the world. Formed after the 2016 elections, We Make America made it their mission to create protest posters for the Women’s March, using Lady Liberty as their inspiration. Now they’re gearing up for the upcoming election year and the important march that’s only a few months away.
New York artist and We Make America member Tamara Gayer hosts a happy hour where participants can paint their own posters and make buttons during a drop-in workshop.

Poster House After Hours
2019-12-20 18:00 - 21:00
On the third Friday of every month, come unwind at Poster House. Enjoy our gorgeous exhibitions at a more relaxed pace, and share a glass of wine with friends.
Our café, galleries, and gift shop will be open late!
As an added bonus, this special Friday we are co-hosting a drop-in poster making workshop with We Make America. Please see separate listing for more information.

Docent Tours
2020-01-12
Come learn more about our two current shows Baptized By Beefcake: The Golden Age of Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana and 20/20 Insight: Posters from the 2017 Women’s March through a docent-led tour.
Docent tours are offered once a week and are complimentary with the cost of admission.
Tours offered for the remainder of this exhibition cycle include:
Sunday, January 12: 1-2pm
Wednesday, January 15: 12-1pm
Friday, January 24, 4-5pm
Sunday, February 2, 1-2pm
Wednesday, February 5, 12-1pm

Money Snakes & Revenge Ghosts: A Tour with Morbid Anatomy
2020-01-13 18:30 - 19:30
Money Snakes, Revenge Ghosts, Black Market Body Parts—join Poster House Chief Curator, Angelina Lippert, as she explores hidden beliefs and practices in Ghana as they are revealed in movie posters from the 80s and 90s.
This tour focuses on Baptized by Beefcake: The Golden Age of Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana, an exhibition chronicling a brief period in the country’s history when Pentecostalism, local superstition, and American pop culture collided to create a multi-layered, over-the-top form of advertising.
This event is held in partnership with Morbid Anatomy, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and uncovering of that which falls through the cracks of history.
Tickets: $15
**No member discounts are available for this event**

Poster House After Hours!
2020-01-17 18:00 - 21:00
On the third Friday of every month, come unwind at Poster House. Enjoy our gorgeous exhibitions at a more relaxed pace and share a glass of wine with friends.
Get inspired the night before the 2020 Women’s March! See the exhibition 2020 InSight: Posters from the 2017 Women’s March and make a button based on posters in the show or design your own!
Our café, galleries, and gift shop will be open late!

Free Community Day
2020-02-01 11:00 - 19:00
Join us on this special Saturday and explore all of our shows free of charge!
As an added bonus, we will be offering a variety of special programming throughout the afternoon, including:
—Live performances of African drumming and dance by Legacy Arts Ensemble at 3:30 and 6:30pm in honor of Baptized by Beefcake: The Golden Age of Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana
—Complimentary button making for all ages from 1-4pm in our Children’s Exhibition Area, featuring poster imagery from 2020 InSight: Posters from the 2017 Women’s March
—Live DJ Set by DJ Zsa Zsa at 5:30pm
—Drink specials at Café des Affiches
—On-site discounts in our Shop
