Poster House

New Voices: On Transformation Members-Only Tour
2023-06-13 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Our friends at Print Center New York are inviting Poster House Members to a conversational walkthrough of New Voices: On Transformation led by curator Carmen Hermo.
The exhibition explores how artists engage themes of identity, history, and transformation. Through a selection of highlights, Members will take an up-close look at objects, discuss their contexts, and explore how artists use materials.
Print Center New York is the leading non-profit exhibition space in New York dedicated to exploring the dynamic and accessible medium of print within broader artistic and cultural discourses.

In-Person Verbal Description Tour: Made in Japan
2023-06-15 18:00 - 20:00
Members of the low-vision and blind community are invited to this exciting, in-person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour at Poster House. This after-hours event will provide exclusive access to the museum’s hit exhibition, Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art.
The tour will be led by Chief Curator Angelina Lippert, who has led our virtual description tours for the past two years. This intimate experience will allow guests to get up close with all the posters described, as well as provide additional tactile objects to help illuminate the art. Light refreshments will be provided.
While everyone is welcome, Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind, have low vision, or who benefit from verbal descriptions.
Masks are encouraged during this event and are available free of charge at the museum. Clear masks are also available. Assistive listening devices, stools, and some tactile posters will be provided. Navigational guides are available upon request. If you have any further accessibility needs or require an alternative way to RSVP, please contact Poster House’s Accessibility Coordinator Sarit Cahana at access@posterhouse.org or at ‪(914) 295-2387‬.
For other event-related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Belle Epoque
2023-06-20 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 month’s tour will focus on the Belle Epoque.
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.

Members-Only Tour: Kyohei Inukai
2023-06-20 17:00 - 18:30
Our friends at Japan Society are inviting Poster House Members to an exclusive, curator-led tour of their exhibition Kyohei Inukai.
Featuring over 100 works from the late 1960s through the 1980s, Kyohei Inukai marks the most extensive exhibition to date by the largely unknown, yet prolific, Japanese-American artist Kyohei Inukai (1913–85). With nearly all the works on view to the public for the first time, this rare presentation offers an unparalleled window into Inukai’s exploratory approach to material, line, and space—as seen through his abstract oil paintings, playful screenprints and brooding sumi-e (ink paintings).

An Attack Against One is an Attack Against All: From Civil Rights to Black Power
2023-06-22 18:30 - 19:30
The civil rights movement and the Black Power movement are often presented as discrete and, at times, antithetical campaigns. While these separate approaches relied on different tactics and strategies, both were effective in securing fundamental human rights for Black people in America and have more in common than is generally recognized. Both addressed their audiences through powerful imagery and accessible visual language, thereby galvanizing the masses.
Poster House is pleased to partner with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights for this panel discussion on the impact of these overlapping but divergent movements, with special attention paid to the role of visual communication for each radical strategy.
This program is presented in-person and live-streamed for our virtual audience.

Queer History is Poster History
2023-06-23 18:30 - 19:30
It’s impossible to recognize queer poster history without acknowledging its roots in HIV/AIDS advocacy and organizing. Before alcohol companies were clamoring to pinkwash their brands each June, queer folks were using posters to fight for the lives and dignity of people living with HIV.
Poster House is thrilled to welcome artist and activist Avram Finklestein for a wide-ranging conversation on his experiences as a founding member of the Silence=Death and Gran Fury collectives. Learn more about the origins of these advocacy posters and their lasting impact from one of the artists behind the movement’s most iconic poster designs. Questions strongly encouraged!
Avram Finkelstein is an artist, writer, and activist, and a founding member of the Silence=Death and Gran Fury collectives. His work has shown at MoMA, the Whitney Museum, the Hirschhorn, the Shed, and the Metropolitan Museum, and is in the permanent collections of MoMA, the Whitney, the New Museum, the Metropolitan, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum. He is featured in the artist oral history project at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, and his book for UC Press, After Silence: A History of AIDS Through its Images, was nominated for an International Center Of Photography Infinity Award in Critical Writing And Research, and is now available in paperback. He has written for Frieze, Art21, and OnCurating, been interviewed by The New York Times, Artforum, NPR, Slate, and Interview, and spoken at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and NYU.

Woodblock Printing Demonstration at Japan Village
2023-06-24 12:00 - 15:00
Inspired by Poster House’s acclaimed exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art, the museum is heading to Japan Village in Industry City for a woodblock printing demonstration featuring Brooklyn-based, Japanese artist Sato Yamamoto. Guests will observe this age-old technique that has become the foundation for much of the modern printing industry. Participants will leave with a woodblock print designed by the artist!
Sato is a Japanese, bilingual artist inspired by culture and diversity. Born in Meguro, Tokyo and currently living in Brooklyn, New York, her unique style of art includes advanced ambidextrous and ukiyo-e printmaking skills that she uses in her artistic practice.

Asian Designers x NYC
2023-06-30 18:00 - 20:00
The achievements and cultural contributions of Asian designers and Asian-led design studios often go under-appreciated. This June, Isometric Studio is convening fellow designers of Asian origin at Poster House for a special roundtable conversation on their journeys, practices, and contributions to the field. Join us to learn more about the conceptual themes that run through these designers’ work, as well as the challenges and opportunities they have encountered in their careers. Each participant will present a brief ten-minute snapshot of their recent work, followed by conversation.
Natasha Jen is an award-winning designer, an educator, and a partner at Pentagram. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, she joined Pentagram’s New York office in 2012. A four-time National Design Award nominee, Natasha’s work is recognized for its innovative use of graphic, verbal, digital, and spatial interventions that challenge conventional notions of media and cultural contexts. Her work is immediately recognizable, encompassing brand identity systems, packaging, exhibition design, digital interfaces, signage and wayfinding systems, print and architecture. Her clients include a wide range of collaborators from global technology brands to cultural institutions, including Google, Waze, Lightmatter, Galaxy Digital, New York Botanic Garden, The Asian American Foundation, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and The Metropolitan Museum. Natasha has earned awards from every major design competition and is frequently published in publications, including Wired, Fast Company, Kinfolk Magazine, Print Magazine,Creative Review, and Metropolis. She was a winner of Art Directors Club’s Young Guns 4 and also served as a judge for the competition in 2007, 2011, and 2017.
Dungjai Pungauthaikan is a co-founder and Creative Director of Once-Future Office. A big picture systems-thinker who loves connecting design, people, and the built environment, she sees potential in all things and brings unmatched creative vision to the studio. A first-generation Thai-Chinese American and native Californian (LBC!), she leads our teams and projects with warmth and patience while getting shit done. Dungjai is an award winning designer whose work has been recognized by the Art Directors Club, Type Directors Club, Print Regional Design Annual, the Society of Publication Designers, and the Van Alen Institute.
Sophia Yeshi is a queer Black & South Asian illustrator and graphic designer in Brooklyn, NY. She’s a digital native that discovered Photoshop at 12 years old while growing up in Baltimore, Maryland. She uses her work to shine a light on Black women, women of color, and folks in the LGBTQIA+ community that are bold, dynamic, and demand attention. She uses her platform to intentionally celebrate the communities that she didn’t see represented growing up. Her aesthetic is defined by joyful figures, vibrant colors, and organic shapes. She works with brands such as UPS, Adobe, Netflix, Spotify, and Madison Square Garden to create culturally-relevant work centered around topics she’s passionate about like LGBTQIA+ pride, support for underrepresented business owners, and mental health awareness.
Andy Chen and Waqas Jawaid are partners at Isometric, a Brooklyn-based graphic design and architecture studio. Andy is a second-generation Taiwanese immigrant, and Waqas is a first-generation Pakistani American. Isometric collaborates with leading cultural institutions, universities, tech companies, and nonprofits, expressing their missions though visual identities, exhibitions, and websites. The studio advances an ethos of inclusion, equity, and justice, centering the lived experiences of marginalized people. Its projects often address complex social issues, amplifying activism on gender equity, climate change, racial justice, LGBT identity, and immigrant rights.
This program is presented in person at Poster House. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request with two weeks notice—please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. Visual descriptions will be provided.
Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387‬.
For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

First Friday
2023-07-07 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, performance, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection. This July, celebrate Disability Pride Month at Poster House with any of our disability centered offerings!
General accessibility notes: A social narrative is available for this event. Navigational guides and clear masks are provided upon request. Masks are encouraged at this event. Please see the listings below for specific accessibility offerings for each event. Contact access@posterhouse.org or 914.295.2387 if you have further access needs. To learn more about the museum’s accessibility offerings, please go to posterhouse.org/accessibility.
1pm Disability Pride Panel
What is disability pride, and what role does it play in accessibility work? Join Poster House Accessibility Coordinator Sarit Cahana in conversation with Kirsten Sweeney, Accessibility & Inclusion Manager at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and Kemi Sijuwade-Ukadike, Head of Artist Initiatives and Inclusion at Eyebeam for an engaging conversation on the important relationship between disability pride and disability justice. Questions strongly encouraged!
Accessibility: An ASL interpreter, a CART (live captioning), fidget tools, and assistive listening devices will be provided.
2pm Woodblock-Inspired Printing Workshop
Inspired by the ukiyo-e tradition featured in the acclaimed exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art, join artist and educator Sato Yamamoto for a hands-on linocut printing workshop. Learn the basics of this modern printing technique while creating your own print.
Accessibility: An ASL interpreter, assistive listening devices, and earplugs will be provided.
4pm Crip Camp Screening
Crip Camp is a documentary that tells the story of Camp Jened, a summer camp for people with disabilities, and the role the camp played in spurring the 1990 passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Learn more about this important piece of American and disabled history, including the little-known role the Black Panther Party played in supporting disability advocates.
Accessibility: Assistive listening devices and fidget tools will be provided. Audio description and captions will be turned on for the film.
5pm D/deaf & Hard-of-hearing Mixer
Poster House is pleased to welcome New York City Black Deaf Advocates for a D/deaf and hard-of-hearing mixer. Join us at Café des Affiches to mix and mingle in a Deaf/hard-of-hearing affirming environment. Attendees receive 10% off in the café during the mixer.
Accessibility: ASL interpreters and a tactile ASL interpreter will be provided.
7pm Carrie Hawks Comedy Set
Filmmaker, artist, and comedian, Carrie Hawks will stop by Poster House for a hilariously off-beat comedy set. Hawks will recount the relief of their autism diagnosis, delve into the mysteries of bathroom lines, tell tales about eating compliment sandwiches, and probably say a thing or two about snails.
Accessibility: An ASL interpreter, a CART (live captioning), assistive listening devices, and seating will be provided.
7:15pm Stella Rise Performance
Poster House is pleased to welcome Stella Rise, New York City’s premiere disabled drag queen, to the museum for a special performance! Bring your dollar bills and your enthusiasm for this one-of-a-kind drag performance.
Accessibility: An ASL interpreter, a CART (live captioning), assistive listening devices, earplugs, and seating will be provided.

Genius on Display: KASA Collective
2023-07-14 18:30 - 20:00
Poster House is pleased to welcome Robert de Saint Phalle and John Kudos of KASA Collective for a Genius on Display artists’ talk. Kasa Collective is a synergy of two award-winning agencies (KUDOS and Conduit) with distinctive expertise in 2D, 3D, and 4D design, jointly producing high-impact experiences for cultural, corporate, and public spaces.
Robert de Saint Phalle (Creative Director/Principal of Conduit) is an interdisciplinary designer, educator, and maker who creates groundbreaking products and experiences for a wide range of clients like Harley-Davidson, Lady Gaga, Dia, Harvard University, and many others. His collaborative practice weaves together design, engineering, architecture, and emerging technologies to deliver innovative solutions to complex challenges. Robert’s work has been recognized by TIME Magazine, AIA New York, Good Design, GDUSA, IDSA, and Fast Company to name a few. He has 20+ years of design and management experience, including several years at Pentagram prior to establishing Conduit in 2008, and KASA Collective in 2018.
John Kudos (Creative Director/Principal of KUDOS Design Collaboratory) is an Indonesian-born interdisciplinary designer, educator, and DEI advocate leading projects that involve branding, editorial, websites, motion, environments, and interactive experiences. His practice focuses on collaboration and experimentation informed by diverse cultural backgrounds and technological resources. Past clients include Blockchain Creative Labs, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Cornell University, Four Freedoms Park Conservancy, Guggenheim, TheMet, MoMA, Poster House, Smithsonian, Snap Co, Stand with Asian Americans, and Tribeca Film Festival to name a few. His work has been recognized by the Young Guns, AIGA, ADC, D&AD, GDUSA, HOW, PRINT, SPD, TDC, and The Webby. He has 22+ years of design and management experience including 7 years in Pentagram prior to cofounding KUDOS in 2008 and KASA Collective in 2018.
This program is presented in person at Poster House. Automatic closed captioning will be provided. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request with two weeks notice—please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. Visual descriptions will be provided.
Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387‬.
For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Summer Travel
2023-07-18 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 month’s tour will focus on summer travel.
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.

Posters & Cocktails: American Travel, Part Deux
2023-07-18 19:00 - 20:30
Your favorite tipsy trio is back for another edition of the enormously popular Posters & Cocktails! Grab your shakers and your luggage as we traverse the great 50 states for part two of our trip through American travel posters.
As always, our Chief Curator will be hosting Nicholas Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries and Don Spiro of The Green Fairy Society over Zoom, journeying through the United states from sea to shining sea, complete with boozy beverages and vibrant views.
Don will start our journey off right with a welcome cocktail as we take our seats. Then, our trusty conductor, Nicholas, will pull the train out from the station, highlighting popular travel destinations throughout American history. Be sure to keep your seatbelt on and your luggage stowed beneath the seat in front of you, cause it’s going to be a bumpy ride!
Cocktail list:
Chicago Cocktail
2 oz Brandy
1 dash aromatic bitters
.25 oz orange Curacao Orange Liqueur
Cocktail glass
Alaska Cocktail
1.5oz gin
.5oz yellow Chartreuse
1 dash orange bitters
Garnish: lemon twist
Cocktail glass
Cape Codder
1.5oz vodka
Cranberry juice
Garnish: lime wedge
Highball glass
20th Century
1.5oz gin
.5oz Lillet blanc
.5oz white creme de cacao
.75oz fresh lemon juice
Garnish: lemon twist
Coupe glass
Pan American Clipper
2 ounces calvados or apple brandy
.75oz fresh lime juice
.5oz grenadine
2 dashes absinthe
Garnish: lime wheel
Coupe glass

Members-Only Tour: A Century of Dining Out
2023-07-20 17:30 - 18:30
Poster House advisor Eve Kahn, an independent scholar, will give a tour of the Grolier Club’s exhibition, A Century of Dining Out: The American Story in Menus, 1841-1941, from the collection of Grolier member Henry Voigt. The show excerpts 225 menus from Voigt’s comprehensive collection to shed light on the history of cuisines, immigration, ethnic groups, travel, agriculture, and mealtime settings, whether a Gilded Age banquet or a Great Depression food-relief eatery.
This tour will take place at the Grolier Club, located at 47 E 60th St, New York, NY 10022.

Comrade Sisters Panel & Book Signing
2023-07-21 18:30 - 20:30
The role of women in the Black Panther Party has historically gone unacknowledged. It’s estimated that six out of ten Panther Party members were women. While regularly making headlines agitating, protesting, and organizing, these remarkable women were also building communities and enacting social justice, providing food, housing, education, healthcare, and more to the people. Comrade Sisters is their story.
Join women of the New York Chapter of the Black Panther Party, Yasmeen Majid and Claudia Chesson-Williams, and Comrade Sisters co-author and photographer, Stephen Shames, in conversation about their Black Panther Party experiences and life after the BPP. Book signing to follow.

Collaborative Paper Marbling
2023-07-22 12:30 - 14:00
This workshop will introduce beginners (adults and youth ages 10+) to the oldest form of marbling called suminagashi. This meditative practice consists of printing patterns on paper by floating colors on the surface of water. Each participant will learn to create and experiment with suminagashi marbled paper within small groups. Along the way, we will reflect on and challenge traditional thinking processes through creative problem solving and mindfulness.
Fan Kong (she/her) is a researcher, cultural worker, and teaching artist rooted in Queens, New York City. Born in China and raised in Hong Kong and on Long Island, she works to build safe and inclusive spaces where youth and families can practice social change-making through the arts, especially across languages and generations. During the pandemic, she founded Craft Services, creating educational products inspired by everyday art, science, and technology. Kong received her B.A. in Art History from Columbia University and M.Ed. in Learning Sciences and Human Development from the University of Washington.

Poster Kids: Colors, Shapes, & Lines
2023-07-23 10:30 - 12:00
This month, Poster Kids is exploring colors, shapes, and lines in the posters in our current exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art. After the gallery experience, participants will create mixed-media artworks inspired by what we saw.
Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from 10:30am–12pm 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.

Woodblock Printing Workshop
2023-07-29 12:00 - 2023-07-30 15:00
Poster House is pleased to partner with teaching artist Sato Yamamoto for this two-day woodblock printing intensive workshop. Over the course of this two-day workshop, participants will learn the basics of this historic Japanese printing technique and carve their own woodblock print. All skill levels are welcome to join for this informative workshop–no prior experience is necessary.
Sato is a Japanese, bilingual artist inspired by culture and diversity. Born in Meguro, Tokyo and currently living in Brooklyn, New York, her unique style of art includes advanced ambidextrous and ukiyo-e printmaking skills that she uses in her artistic practice.
This is a two-day art intensive. The program will run from 12–3pm on July 29 and July 30.

Summer Teacher Workshop: Black Power to Black People
2023-08-01 10:00 - 13:00
Join Poster House for a summer teacher workshop! Engage in a guided tour and Q&A session with Es-pranza Humphrey, curator of the exhibition Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party. Afterward, guests will participate in a hands-on artmaking workshop inspired by the work of Black Panther Minister of Culture, Emory Douglas, and learn more about protest posters from Black-led civil rights movements before and after the heydey of the Black Panther Party. Educators will leave with new ideas and strategies for integrating posters into their curricula, along with classroom-ready materials from our Posters in Protest Educator Guide.
This professional development workshop is geared towards K-12 teachers. Advanced registration is required and the program costs $20 (Educator Member discounts apply).
Participants will receive 3 CTLE hours. Coffee and breakfast will be provided.
This program is presented in person at Poster House. Automatic closed captioning will be provided. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request with two weeks notice—please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. Visual descriptions will be provided.
Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387‬.
For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

First Friday
2023-08-04 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, performance, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection.
3pm Collage Dreams with Luis Martin
Join collage artist Luis Martin/The Art Engineer for an afternoon of conversation and creativity. In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore collage techniques by making their own artwork using provided materials. No experience necessary; just bring your curiosity and creativity!
5pm Just Like Me Screening & Talkback
Just Like Me is a documentary created and directed by Havas Chicago’s Senior Art Director, TTK Harris. It spotlights Black creatives’ contributions to the advertising and design industry and their influences on culture. The film also exposes the challenges many Black creatives face simply because of the color of their skin and reinforces the importance of representation in advertising and beyond. Just Like Me shares stories of triumph and inspiration from eight visionary Black voices who, against all odds, made it to the top of their game and are now throwing a line to the next generation.
6pm Memories of the Moon Dance Performance
Poster House is pleased to host an exclusive performance of Memories of the Moon by Yu.S.Artistry. Inspired by the diary of a prisoner of a Japanese internment camp during World War II, Memories of the Moon tells the story of how he logged the passage of time within his jail cell by counting the full moons. Don’t miss this powerful excerpt from a beautiful work of dance!
7pm Josh Lawrence Jazz Performance
Poster House is thrilled to welcome Josh Lawrence for a jazz quartet performance in celebration of his two latest albums, And That Too and Call Time. Enjoy selections from these award-winning releases and experience the triumphant and emotional energy of jazz in the museum’s main gallery.
Josh Lawrence is a critically acclaimed trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and recording artist who serves as Director of Jazz Studies at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Concert Posters
2023-08-08 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 month’s tour will focus on concert 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 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.

Radical Sips: An Evening of Black Panther-Inspired Cocktails
2023-08-10 18:30 - 20:30
Did you know that the Black Panther Party had their very own cocktail? Panther Piss was the official drink of the BPP and would often make appearances at newspaper distribution events, community gatherings, and other important meetings. Taking note from the Party, Poster House is pleased to welcome DC-based restaurateur Andra “AJ” Johnson for an evening of cocktails inspired by Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party. Enjoy three different cocktails developed by this expert mixologist, paired with an exclusive tour of the powerful exhibition led by Curator Es-pranza Humphrey! Come for the cocktails, stay for the posters!
Poster House Members receive 20% off in-person events by entering their email address at check-out.
Andra ‘AJ’ Johnson is a 22-year restaurant industry veteran who has worked every position, from dishwasher to managing partner. Whether fast casual or fine dining, AJ has found her place and enriched her journey through this industry at some of DC’s mainstays, such as Open City & The Diner, Le Diplomate, and Mussel Bar by Robert Weidmaier. She continues to renew her commitment to providing exemplary service and thoughtful cocktails each day at Serenata/Zumo in La Cosecha Latin Market in Northeast, Washington, DC. The need for diversity and representation in the Washington, DC restaurant scene has inspired her forthcoming book White Plates, Black Faces that continues her work of telling the stories of people of color in the restaurant industry. She is also a co-founder of DMV Black Restaurant Week, established in 2018, and Back to Black Cocktail Pop Up that uplifts restaurant industry professionals to use their skills to raise awareness and support for charities in the Washington, DC area.
This program is presented in person at Poster House. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request with two weeks notice—please email access@posterhouse.org to request interpretation services. Visual descriptions will be provided.
Questions about accessibility? Please contact Sarit Cahana, Access Coordinator, at access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387‬.
For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Poster Kids: It’s Color-o-Clock!
2023-08-13 10:30 - 12:00
Tick-tock, tick-tock: it’s color-o-clock! This month, Poster Kids is spending time in the vibrant Made in Japan exhibition to discuss the history, meaning, and use of color. We’ll see how designers use colors to communicate. Then, we’ll create unique color mood boards and use them to make our own eye-catching clocks to take home!
Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from 10:30am–12pm 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.

Survival Pending Revolution: A Conversation with Gayle Asali Dickson and Colette Gaiter
2023-08-17 13:00 - 14:30
Poster House is pleased to welcome artist and former Black Panther Party member, Gayle Asali Dickson, in conversation with design historian, Colette Gaiter. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear about the lived experience of a BPP member at the height of the Party’s power, with special attention paid to the leadership roles of women within the Party. Questions strongly encouraged!
Gayle “Asali” Dickson is an artist, an ordained minister, and a former member of the Black Panther Party from 1970–1976. During the art and culture Renaissance on the West Coast in the late 1960s, the name “Asali” was given to her. Her worldview, beginning in her formative years during the civil rights struggle of the 1950s, is that of women and children. Under the pseudonym “Asali,” she created vintage art drawings during the time she worked for the Black Panther Party’s newspaper (1972–1974). They consist mostly of women and children, and the use of the “vote” was promoted as a tool for survival within a system of patriarchy. Her era in the Party was about implementing a vision of survival pending total change from an uncaring social system to one that cares for humanity.
Colette Gaiter is a Professor in the Departments of Africana Studies and Art & Design at the University of Delaware. After working in graphic design in New York City, she became an educator, artist, and writer. Her visual work, exhibited internationally, covers a range of media and forms, including artist books. Since 2005, she writes about former Black Panther artist Emory Douglas’s work, including his current international human rights artist activism. Her essays on his work appear in Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas (for which she wrote introductions to the 2014 edition and current third edition), and other books and publications. The 2022 book The Black Experience in Design includes her interview with Emory Douglas and an essay on evolving visual literacy.
This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees’ cameras off. Automatic closed captioning will be provided. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) 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 or (914) 295-2387‬.
For all other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

First Friday
2023-09-01 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, performance, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection. This month, Poster House’s CMYK Council is taking over to bring a fun and educational lineup of activities all day long!
1pm Celine Hurka Type Talk
What’s your type? Learn about the ins and outs of creating a typeface from type designer Celine Hurka as she speaks about her experience designing her typespecimen featured in Advertising Type: Women in Digital Design. Celine’s expansive knowledge of global type and graphic design is an experience not to be missed. Questions strongly encouraged!
2pm Dr. Rosemari Mealy in conversation with Es-pranza Humphrey
Poster House is honored to host veteran Black Panther member Dr. Rosemari Mealy in conversation with curator Es-pranza Humphrey against the backdrop of her powerful exhibition Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party. Learn about Dr. Mealy’s experiences as a party member and her continued support of human rights and international solidarity in Cuba.
3pm Exhibition Design Tour with John Kudos
Go behind the scenes with award-winning designer and co-founder of KASA Collective, John Kudos, as he walks through the process of designing our stellar exhibitions Made in Japan and Black Power to Black People.
4pm Pattern-Making Workshop with Zipeng Zhu
Join graphic designer extraordinaire, Zipeng Zhu, for a DAZZLING pattern workshop! Explore exciting color combinations and patterns using a variety of materials. Supplies will be provided and no preparation is necessary—just bring your imagination and curiosity!
5:30pm Portfolio Reviews
Calling all students and recent grads! Join us for a unique opportunity to have your portfolio materials reviewed by CMYK members: Douglas Davis, Zipeng Zhu, John Kudos, and Maya Varadaraj. Participants can meet with up to two CMYK Council members for ten-minute sessions each and receive feedback on their portfolios. Prior sign-up is required, and attendees must be on time to participate. Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate late arrivals.
7pm Rashad Wright Spoken Word Performance
Catch artist and performer Rashad Wright as he activates our space with a powerful spoken word performance.

Poster Kids: Craft Your Image
2023-09-10 10:30 - 12:00
This month, Poster Kids will visit the exhibition Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party and focus on the clothing, accessories, poses, gestures, and words used by Black Panther Party members. After our gallery visit, we’ll reflect on our own images as we create self-portraits inspired by what we saw.
Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from 10:30am–12pm 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.

Members-Only Tour: One Hundred Views of the Moon
2023-09-12 17:00 - 19:00
Ronin Gallery is pleased to offer Poster House Members an advanced tour of their upcoming exhibition, Yoshitoshi’s One Hundred Views of the Moon.
Regarded as one of the great masterpieces of ukiyo-e, this woodblock print series offers not only creative and technical brilliance, but also unfettered passion. From tales of vengeful ghosts and legendary heroes to poetic musings and otherworldly encounters, Yoshitoshi threads together poetry, folklore, literature, and history beneath the light of the moon. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog that includes an introductory, essay, catalog entries, and full-color illustrations.
This tour will take place at the Ronin Gallery, located at 32 W 40th St, New York, NY 10018.

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Ocean Liners
2023-09-14 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 month’s tour will focus on ocean liners.
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.

Members-Only Tour: Death Is Not the End
2023-09-22 18:00 - 20:00
Poster House is excited to offer an exclusive design-focused tour of Death Is Not the End at the Rubin Museum of Art, led by exhibition designers Isometric Studios.
Death Is Not the End is a cross-cultural exhibition that explores notions of death and afterlife through the art of Tibetan Buddhism and Christianity. During a time of great global turmoil, loss, and uncertainty, the exhibition invites contemplation of the universal human condition of impermanence and the desire to continue to exist.
The exhibition features prints, oil paintings, bone ornaments, thangka paintings, sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, and ritual items, and brings together 58 objects spanning 12 centuries from the Rubin Museum’s collection alongside artworks on loan from private collections and major institutions.
The exhibition is organized around three major themes: the Human Condition, or the shared understanding of our mortality in this world; States In-Between, or the concepts of limbo, purgatory, and bardo; and (After)life, focusing on resurrection, ideas of transformation, and heaven.
This tour will take place at the Rubin Museum of Art, located at 150 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011.

West Side Fest: Poster House on the Pier
2023-09-30 13:00 - 17:00
Poster House is pleased to participate in the first-ever West Side Fest! In partnership with Hudson River Park, Join us from 1–5pm at Hudson River Park’s Pier 63 for a fun-filled afternoon of performances and activities for all ages. But the fun doesn’t stop there! At the museum, enjoy free admission and timed tours of our newly opened exhibitions throughout the day; and on the High Line, we’ll set up our interactive wheatpasting wall where you can paste up a poster like the professionals!
Activities at the pier include:
All-ages yoga with Karma Kids Yoga
Live screenprinting with Mike King
Live letterpress printing with The Arm
Double-Dutch with Elite Brooklyn Jumpers
Children’s printmaking activities
Face painting, bubbles, and more!
Performances at the pier include:
Hosted by Glo Butler
DJ April Hunt
Hila The Earth
DJ Matthew Law
The Dragon Sisters
After the performances, join The Dragon Sisters for a procession through Hudson River Park, ending at The Shed for the concluding event of West Side Fest!
Be sure to stop by the museum for free admission to our newest exhibitions, Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde & We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020.
Tours at the museum include:
12pm: Exhibition Design Tour
1pm: Art Deco Architecture Walking Tour
2pm: We Tried to Warn You! Curatorial Tour
3pm: Art Deco Architecture Walking Tour
4pm: Art Deco Curatorial Tour

This event will take place at Hudson River Park’s Pier 63, Poster House, and the High Line.

Access at Pier 63: Wheelchairs, limited seating, earplugs, fidget tools, ASL interpreters, and masks are available. Please note: assistive listening devices are available for the tour from the Pier to Poster House.
Access at Poster House: Wheelchairs, stools, earplugs, fidget tools, assistive listening devices, and masks are available.
Access at the High Line: Masks, fidget tools, and earplugs are available.

Members-Only Tour: Sherman Creek Park
2023-10-03 17:30 - 18:30
Poster House invites you to come out and enjoy the fall weather on a guided tour of New York Restoration Project’s Sherman Creek Park, located in Inwood, Manhattan. Explore the natural resources and beauty of one of New York City’s most unique green spaces, including a look at a community vegetable garden and an oyster reef along the Harlem River. Sherman Creek Park, a former illegal dumping site, began as a shore cleanup and now encompasses 15 beautifully reclaimed acres along the Harlem River including Swindler Cove, Riley-Levin Children’s Garden, and a living shoreline installation.
This tour will be held at New York Restoration Project’s Sherman Creek Park. Detailed arrival instructions are below:

If arriving by carshare or taxi, you may be dropped off at 3703 10th Avenue, directly in front of PS-5 Elementary School.
If you are driving, street parking is available on Marginal Way, next to PS-5 Elementary School.
If arriving by subway, you can reach Sherman Creek Park by taking the 1 train to the Dyckman Street Station, and then following Dyckman Street one block east to 10th Avenue.
