Poster House

Members–Only Tour: Moscoso Cosmos at Instituto Cervantes
2024-02-15 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
Poster House Members are invited to a private tour of Moscoso Cosmos: Victor Moscoso’s Visual Universe at the Instituto Cervantes New York. This is the first large-scale exhibition in New York City of the work of this legendary psychedelic poster designer. Drawn almost exclusively from the collection of the City Council of A Coruna, the largest public collection of the artist in Europe, this show is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see dozens of visually arresting posters and other graphic work by Moscoso.
This tour will take place at Instituto Cervantes, located at 211-215 E 49th St, New York, NY 10017. Space is limited!

Poster Kids: Reusing & Recycling
2024-02-11 10:30 - 12:00
Join Poster Kids for the final month of We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020 to look at posters that celebrate the natural world, warn of the dangers facing it, and call people to action in a time of climate change. Afterward, participants will reuse and recycle materials in our studio as we make art together.
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.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Archives Tour
2024-02-09 18:30 - 19:30
Did you know that Poster House has over 11,000 posters in its permanent collection? Join the museum’s Registrar, Melanie Papathomas, on a behind-the-scenes look at posters from around the world! Get a glimpse of our Living Archive, explore recent acquisitions, and grab a sneak peek of posters slated for upcoming exhibitions. From vintage posters to contemporary advertising and everything in between, you don’t want to miss this rare opportunity for unbridled access to Poster House’s expansive collection!
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Biodynamic Bounty: Eco-Conscious Wine Tasting & Tour
2024-02-08 18:30 - 20:00
Reflecting on the ongoing environmental crises can lead to despair, but it’s not all doom and gloom! Industries around the globe are finding ways to adapt and reduce their environmental impact every day, including the wine industry. Join Joel Schott of Skurnik Wines to discover how vineyards are developing sustainable practices to reduce their environmental impact while still creating delicious wines. Learn about the differences between organic, natural, and biodynamic wines while tasting examples of each. Along the way, join curator Tim Medland for a tour of the exhibition We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Members–Only Tour: Storywork at Print Center New York
2024-02-06 18:00 - 19:00
Poster House Members are invited to a private tour of Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt at Print Center NY. This exhibition is the artist’s first traveling retrospective and the first to reflect the role of printmaking in her ambitious interdisciplinary work, considering her output as both a process and a philosophy—a medium that has had a nuanced and enduring impact on her career since 1996. Featuring over 50 works, Storywork presents Watt’s incredible etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts alongside a selection of her monumentally-scaled sculptures and textiles.
Watt is a member of the Seneca Nation with German-Scot ancestry. Her work is a site of twinned language between the present and the past, drawing from Native and non-Native traditions such as Greco-Roman myth, pop culture, and Indigenous oral narratives.
This tour will take place at Print Center New York, located at 535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011. Space is limited!

In Their Own Words: Art Deco Architects Speak
2024-02-06 12:00 - 13:00
The great Art Deco skyscrapers—the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building—were designed by socially prominent architects, often of old New York stock. But a generation of lesser-known architects and builders—new to the profession and often new to the country—helped spread the Deco style across the more modest, but also more numerous, middle-class landscapes of the city, from the Garment District to the Grand Concourse. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Anthony W. Robins had the good fortune to meet and interview three of those architects, and he recorded the interviews.
The three architects––Israel Crausman, Louis Allen Abramson, and Marvin Fine––came from varying backgrounds. This program explores the work of these architects—three of the dozens who helped transform the face of New York City in the 1920s and ‘30s—through their own words. In addition to Robins’s commentary, participants will hear the architects describe their buildings, their experiences, and their inspirations.
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

We Tried To Warn You! Exhibition Talk at the Clark
2024-02-04 16:00 - 17:00
For the last half-century, artists and designers all over the world over have sought to express the urgency of environmental issues in graphic terms—and to spark action. Their efforts have met with tragically little success, but the variety and ingenuity of their appeals is astounding. Tim Medland, curator of the current exhibition at Poster House in New York, We Tried to Warn You!, joins Clark curator of contemporary projects, Robert Wiesenberger, for an introduction to the exhibition and a conversation about what it might take to get the message across.
This event takes place at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, located at 225 South St, Williamstown, MA 01267.

First Friday: Songs From If This Be Sin, a Musical by Kirya Traber & Sissi Liu
2024-02-02 19:00 - 19:30
If This Be Sin is a new musical based on the life of the fat, Black, and butch Harlem Renaissance entertainer, Gladys Bentley. The show is a raucous ride from her infamous performances in Harlem’s most notable clubs in the 1930s to her eventual path to conformity as a “good christian wife” in Los Angeles in the 1950s. This 30-minute presentation will feature three songs from the musical in development, performed by Shari Gill and Denise Manning. It will be followed by a short discussion of the work with co-creators, Kirya Traber and Sissi Liu.
Kirya Traber is a writer, performer, and cultural organizer. She was a 2021 Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellow, New York Stage and Film’s 2020 Founders Award recipient, and Lincoln Center’s lead Community Artist in Residence from 2015–2020. Her collaborative work with Ping Chong + Company, Undesirable Elements: Generation NYZ, was a NYTimes Critics Pick in 2018. She received a NY Emmy Nomination in 2018 for her work on First Person PBS. Her plays include the play-with-music Both My Grandfathers (workshop production, Lincoln Center in 2015), Ready or Not (formerly Lucky development reading, NYSAF 2020), and the musical If This Be Sin (development workshops at Hi-ARTS and the Kennedy Center 2021). Her debut novel, based on the play Ready or Not, will be published by Dutton Books. Throughout her ambitious artistic career, Kirya continuously advocates for social change. More at kiryatraber.com
Dr. Sissi Liu is a composer-lyricist and dramaturg whose work has been seen on the stages of the Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, and Times Square Alliance, among others. She is a Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) certified designer. Her writings on musical theatre appear in leading academic journals such as Studies in Musical Theatre, Theatre Topics, Performance Research, as well as several edited volumes. She holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance from The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and has taught at CUNY colleges and Brown University. She is currently a Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ. Her book, Designturgy: the Drama of Design, will be published by Bloomsbury. Her alter ego, Lusi Erling, is a painter. More at sissiliu.net.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Shari Gill (Gladys Bentley) has been performing as long as she can remember. Her show credits include “Officer Barrel/Miss Pennywise” in Urinetown, “Ronette” in Little Shop of Horrors, “Gary Coleman” in Avenue Q, “Madame Thenardier (us)” in Le Miserable, “BJ” in Smokey Joe’s Cafe, “Mama Noah” in Children of Eden, “Motormouth Maybelle” in Hairspray, and “Maria” in Porgy & Bess (the musical/concert version), “Harriette V. Moore” in the play Fearless, and is currently performing in mainly the NY area.
Denise Manning (Erica) AKA @TheHalfPintLegend is a New-York City-based Actor-vist, Comedian, and Musician. Denise was a 2023 Drama Desk Nominee for Outstanding Lead Performance as Amani in AMANI written by A.K. Payne & directed by Josiah Davis. She was co-composer, performer and member of the producing team on the 2023 Capital Emmy Award-Winning PBS documentary The InHEIRitance Project and her narrative performance in the short film The Roll Call: The Roots to Strange Fruit earned her a 2023 New York Emmy nomination. Of her favorite credits she includes: NYT Critic’s Pick World Premiere and tour of What to Send Up When It Goes Down written by Aleshea Harris & directed by Whitney White. For more: check out Denisemichellemanning.com
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

First Friday: Gettin’ Fishy with Miss Toto–Drag & Tag Presentation and Performance
2024-02-02 18:30 - 19:00
What do sharks and drag queens have in common? More than you would think! Poster House is pleased to welcome the iconic Miss Toto for a performance and marine science presentation inspired by the hit exhibition We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020. Learn about Miss Toto’s contributions to monitoring shark populations off the coast of Florida, recently featured in Scientific American.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

First Friday: Art Deco Curatorial Tour
2024-02-02 16:00 - 17:00
Join Poster House Chief Curator Angelina Lippert for a guided tour of the acclaimed exhibition Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde. This show chronicles the rise and fall of what would come to be known as Art Deco, starting with the 1925 Paris Exhibition where various factions of the European avant-garde were distilled through commercial endeavors to become the visual language of capitalism, and ending as Deco graphics became more nationalistic in the lead up to World War II. Questions encouraged!
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

First Friday: Recycled Bookbinding workshop
2024-02-02 14:00 - 15:30
Have you ever wondered how bookbinding works? Join this hands-on workshop to learn the basics of bookbinding using recycled materials inspired by Poster House’s acclaimed exhibition We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020. Participants will try their hands at simple bookbinding techniques using leftover promotional materials from the museum’s public programs. Guests will leave with their own hand-bound book. No previous experience necessary; all materials provided.
Isis Rivas is a self-taught bookmaker and paper artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Her practice looks to understand the boundaries of a book, filled an unfilled. Bookmaking as a personal craft has evolved into being a teaching artist for the last 6 years, teaching others the importance of self-reflection though artistic practice and writing.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

First Friday: Live Letterpress Printing
2024-02-02 13:00 - 19:00
Make your own poster with The Arm! Stop by the museum anytime between 1 and 7pm to crank out a custom poster on a traditional letterpress printer! Participants will have the opportunity to set a line of type on a pre-printed gradient by filling in the blank “A Museum for _______ Posters”. Advanced registration is encouraged but not required.

First Friday
2024-02-02 10:00 - 21:00
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, performance, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection. Every First Friday is different–check back soon for a complete list of activities.
Live Letterpress Printing $10 1-7pm
Make your own poster with The Arm! Stop by the museum anytime between 1 and 7pm to crank out a custom poster on a traditional letterpress printer! Participants will have the opportunity to set a line of type on a pre-printed gradient by filling in the blank “A Museum for _______ Posters”. Advanced registration is encouraged but not required.
Recycled Bookbinding workshop: $20 2-3:30
Have you ever wondered how bookbinding works? Join this hands-on workshop to learn the basics of bookbinding using recycled materials inspired by Poster House’s acclaimed exhibition We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020. Participants will try their hands at simple bookbinding techniques using leftover promotional materials from the museum’s public programs. Guests will leave with their own hand-bound. No previous experience necessary; all materials provided.
Art Deco curatorial tour: 4pm
Join Poster House Chief Curator Angelina Lippert for a guided tour of the acclaimed exhibition Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde. This show chronicles the rise and fall of what would come to be known as Art Deco, starting with the 1925 Paris Exhibition where various factions of the European avant-garde were distilled through commercial endeavors to become the visual language of capitalism, and ending as Deco graphics became more nationalistic in the lead up to World War II. Questions encouraged!
Gettin’ Fishy with Miss Toto: Drag & Tag Presentation and Performance 6:30pm
What do sharks and drag queens have in common? More than you would think! Poster House is pleased to welcome the iconic Miss Toto for a performance and marine science presentation inspired by the hit exhibition We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020. Learn about Miss Toto’s contributions to monitoring shark populations off the coast of Florida, recently featured in Scientific American.
Songs From If This Be Sin, a Musical by Kirya Traber & Sissi Liu 7:15pm
If This Be Sin is a new musical based on the life of the fat, Black, and butch Harlem Renaissance entertainer, Gladys Bentley. The show is a raucous ride from her infamous performances in Harlem’s most notable clubs in the 1930s to her eventual path to conformity as a “good christian wife” in Los Angeles in the 1950s. This 30-minute presentation will feature three songs from the musical in development, performed by Shari Gill and Denise Manning. It will be followed by a short discussion of the work with co-creators, Kirya Traber and Sissi Liu.
Kirya Traber is a writer, performer, and cultural organizer. She was a 2021 Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellow, New York Stage and Film’s 2020 Founders Award recipient, and Lincoln Center’s lead Community Artist in Residence from 2015–2020. Her collaborative work with Ping Chong + Company, Undesirable Elements: Generation NYZ, was a NYTimes Critics Pick in 2018. She received a NY Emmy Nomination in 2018 for her work on First Person PBS. Her plays include the play-with-music Both My Grandfathers (workshop production, Lincoln Center in 2015), Ready or Not (formerly Lucky development reading, NYSAF 2020), and the musical If This Be Sin (development workshops at Hi-ARTS and the Kennedy Center 2021). Her debut novel, based on the play Ready or Not, will be published by Dutton Books. Throughout her ambitious artistic career, Kirya continuously advocates for social change. More at kiryatraber.com
Dr. Sissi Liu is a composer-lyricist and dramaturg whose work has been seen on the stages of the Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, and Times Square Alliance, among others. She is a Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) certified designer. Her writings on musical theatre appear in leading academic journals such as Studies in Musical Theatre, Theatre Topics, Performance Research, as well as several edited volumes. She holds a PhD in Theatre and Performance from The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and has taught at CUNY colleges and Brown University. She is currently a Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ. Her book, Designturgy: the Drama of Design, will be published by Bloomsbury. Her alter ego, Lusi Erling, is a painter. More at sissiliu.net.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Members–Only Tour: We Tried To Warn You!
2024-01-30 18:00 - 19:30
Poster House members are invited to Join Guest Curator Tim Medland for a private tour of We Tried to Warn You: Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020. Explore the global history of environmental activism through graphic design. Questions are strongly encouraged!
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For all other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Poster Kids: Planes, Trains, Ships, & Cars
2024-01-28 10:30 - 12:00
Join Poster Kids this month to explore vehicles found in Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde. After visiting the gallery, guests will participate in a craft project that’s sure to transport us!
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.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Puttin' Ink on Paper with Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
2024-01-27 10:00 - 2024-01-28 16:00
Poster House is excited to partner with the Center for Book Arts for a special letterpress printing workshop with Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Over the course of this two-day workshop, participants will work collaboratively to make posters that convey environmental messaging, inspired by Poster House’s current exhibition We Tried To Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970-2020. Learn how to make striking compositions through the layering of wood type, and leave with a stack of posters that advocate for the environment. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to put ink on paper with a master printer described in Hyperallergic as having “the feistiness of a best friend, the warmth of a grandmother, a low tolerance for bullshit, and the energy of the most precocious toddler.”
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. is a prolific letterpress printer based out of Detroit, Michigan, known for his social and political commentary and distinctive, layered printing style.

Talking Loud & Sayin’ Nothin’: Artist Talk & Print Sale with Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.
2024-01-26 18:30 - 20:00
Poster House is thrilled to host an artist talk and print sale with the one and only Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear directly from one of the most prolific and lauded letterpress printers in the United States, in conversation with Poster House Chief Curator Angelina Lippert. A longtime friend of the museum known for his distinctive, layered printing style and strong political and social commentary, Kennedy will discuss his process and approach to printmaking. In addition to being the subject of The Letterpress Posters of Amos Kennedy at the museum in 2020, his work is currently featured in We Tried To Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970-2020. Four of his posters are also on display as part of the permanent Poster History Timeline. Immediately following the talk, Amos will have a selection of posters available for purchase, so bring your questions and your cash!
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Advertising India’s Sandalwood Film Industry
2024-01-25 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 or Educators, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on the new exhibition, Advertising India’s Sandalwood Film Industry.
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: Shary Boyle at MAD
2024-01-23 17:00 - 18:00
Poster House Members are invited to a private tour of Shary Boyle: Outside the Palace of Me at the Museum of Arts and Design. This theatrical exhibition explores the forces that create our inner and outer selves, both individually and collectively, through the Canadian artist’s ceramics, life-sized automatons, two-way mirrors, a coin-operated sculpture, and an interactive soundtrack. This is a not-to-be-missed show that embraces the uncanny in imaginative and idiosyncratic ways.

Drink & Draw: Live Flapper Dancing
2024-01-19 18:30 - 20:00
Break out your seersucker and dust off your boas, because Poster House is taking it back to the 1920s for a motion-drawing class featuring live period dancers! Learn how to capture the fluid gestures of flappers and gentlemen as they perform the hottest dances of the Roaring Twenties—all while enjoying a Prohibition-era cocktail. Instructors Robin Mork and A.E. Kieren will teach participants the basics of live-motion figure drawing. Afterward, attendees will practice their newfound skills by drawing performers from Gatsby Entertainment NYC. Additional inspiration might even be found in the acclaimed exhibition Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde. All skill levels are welcome for this fun and informative workshop! Admission includes a complimentary cocktail from Café des Affiches; all materials provided. Members-be sure to enter your email address in the promo-code section at check-out to receive your discount!
Robin Mork is a Brooklyn-based illustrator and book cover designer, and an adjunct assistant professor of illustration and design at CUNY Queens College. She has a BA from Smith College and an MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts. Clients include Simon & Schuster, JP Morgan Chase, and Columbia University, among others.
A.E. Kieren is a freelance illustrator. He specializes in on-location illustration for “sketch journalism” as well as for events and entertainment. He holds a BFA in Illustration from College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI and an MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay from School of Visual Arts. Kieren also is the host and curator of the long-running and popular weekly sketch night The Anatomy Lesson at Club Cumming.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Members–Only Tour: Society of Illustrators
2024-01-12 18:00 - 19:00
Poster House Members are invited to a tour of the Society of Illustrators, with special attention paid to its annual Original Art Exhibition of the best artwork from award-winning children’s books. Held since 1980, this showcase highlights up-and-coming as well as established talent in the world of book illustration. Afterward, guests will also explore other exhibitions within this storied institution’s galleries.

Members–Only Tour: Open Call at The Shed
2024-01-10 16:00 - 17:00
Poster House Members are invited to a private tour of The Shed’s 2023 Open Call. This large-scale commissioning program is now in its third year and focuses on early-career, New York City-based artists and collectives tapped to create new work. This is a terrific opportunity to witness cutting-edge artistic expression through a host of creative disciplines in a group show.

Rediscovering New York’s Art Deco Architecture
2024-01-09 13:00 - 14:00
On January 11, 1982, a dozen admirers of Art Deco gathered in the Murray Hill apartment of interior designer Henriette Nathan to hold the first official meeting of the newly incorporated Art Deco Society of New York. Interest in the modernistic styles of the 1920s and ‘30s had been growing worldwide since a seminal Paris retrospective exhibition of 1966, and a number of New York’s Deco superstars––Radio City Music Hall, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building––had found shelter under the city’s 1965 Landmarks Law. The revival of interest in Art Deco, however, was still in its early days. Forty years later, Art Deco may be the single most recognizable architectural style in New York City, where more than 80 individual Deco buildings have won Landmarks protection, along with dozens more in historic districts, including a stretch of the Grand Concourse.
In this lecture, Anthony W. Robins––who joined ADSNY while the Society was still getting organized and currently serves as its Vice President––will trace the extraordinary growth of New York’s fascination with Art Deco architecture and its rocky road to acceptance in historic preservation circles. Robins witnessed much of that story while on staff at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, where he wrote the designation reports of half-a-dozen Deco landmarks. He will revisit resounding victories, from rescuing Radio City in the late 1970s to the interiors of the Waldorf-Astoria in 2017. He will also highlight major restorations, from the Empire State Building’s lobby to the Orchard Beach Bathhouse, and recount some of the lamentable losses––from Bonwit Teller, demolished in 1980, to the McGraw Hill Building lobby, stripped to the walls in 2021––serving as a reminder that there is still work to be done.
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

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: We Tried to Warn You!
2023-12-12 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 or Educators, allowing you intimate access to the items in our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on the new exhibition, We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020.
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.

Poster Kids: Indian Film Posters
2023-12-10 10:30 - 12:00
Do you want to learn about how posters are printed? This month, Poster Kids focuses on all things printing by looking at the posters from Advertising India’s Sandalwood Film Industry. We’ll discuss how these beautiful posters were made. Afterward, we’ll try printing our own images using foam plates.
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.

Fused Plastic Collage Workshop
2023-12-09 13:30 - 15:00
Have you ever wondered what you can create with discarded plastics? Presented in conjunction with the exhibition We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1920-2020, this hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the technique of fusing or layering plastics using an iron. Participants will explore the material affordances of various types of biodegradable, recyclable, and single-use plastics in order to create fused plastic collages inspired by posters on environmental activism. Join us in this imaginative intervention into the life cycle of plastics!
We encourage attendees to bring a piece of plastic to this workshop (flexible ones such as bags, mailers, or food packaging work best; they can be biodegradable, recyclable, or single-use). All materials and tools provided; no previous experience necessary.
Fan Kong (she/her) is a researcher and teaching artist rooted in Queens, New York City. Born in China but raised in Hong Kong, Fan works to build safe and inclusive spaces where youth and families can practice social change-making through the arts, especially across languages and generations. She is the founder of Craft Services (follow her on Instagram @fakefankong), 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.
Accessibility Note: 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

PH x Teens: Seasons Greetings Holiday Card Creation
2023-12-08 15:30 - 17:00
Celebrate the season by creating your own holiday card with Poster House! A handmade card is the perfect gift for family and friends that truly captures your creative holiday spirit.
PH x Teens: Seasons Greetings 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.
Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is available upon request.
Please contact access@posterhouse.org or (914) 295-2387 to request interpretation services and to address any other accessibility needs.
For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org

Members-Only Tour: The End of Fossil Fuel
2023-12-07 18:00 - 19:00
In honor of our celebrated exhibition We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020, Poster House Members are invited to an after-hours, private tour of the Climate Museum’s latest show, The End of Fossil Fuel. This new exhibition explores the fossil fuel industry’s history of racism and deception, and spotlights the success of the environmental and climate justice movement in resisting and reversing the industry’s harms. It includes a 45-foot-long mural by the award-winning artist and illustrator R. Gregory Christie envisioning the struggle for a climate-safe and just world, as well as multiple opportunities for visitors to take action in community.
This tour takes place at the Climate Museum, located at 105 Wooster Street, New York, NY, 10012.

Members-Only Tour: Art for the Millions
2023-12-01 17:00 - 18:00
Poster House is thrilled to offer its Members a curatorial tour of the celebrated exhibition Art for the Millions: American Culture & Politics in the 1930s. Currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this exhibition uses over 100 posters, prints, paintings, textiles, sculpture, and other objects and ephemera to tell the complex story of the United States during this tumultuous time. Americans searched for their cultural identity during the Great Depression, a period marked by divisive politics, threats to democracy, and intensified social activism, including a powerful labor movement. This is a not-to-be-missed event!
This tour will be held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located at 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028.

First Friday
2023-12-01 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.

3pm Billion Oyster Project Presentation
Learn about Billion Oyster Project‘s vision of a future in which New York Harbor is the center of a rich, diverse, and abundant estuary from Public Outreach Manager Agata Poniatowski. The communities that surround this complex ecosystem have helped construct it, and in return benefit from it, with endless opportunities for work, education, and recreation. The harbor is a world-class public space, well used and well cared for—our Commons. Billion Oyster Project hopes to restore one billion oysters by the year 2035 through public education initiatives working to involve one million people! Learn about our work and how to get involved.
4pm We Tried to Warn You Curatorial Tour
Join Poster House Guest Curator Tim Medland for a drop-in tour of We Tried to Warn You: Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020. Explore the global history of environmental activism through graphic design. Questions are strongly encouraged!
5pm Alt Text as Poetry Workshop
Posters are a visual medium. How can they be made more accessible to the blind and low vision community? Poster House is thrilled to welcome Finnegan Shannon (they/them) and Bojana Coklyat (she/her) as they lead visitors through a workshop on how to reframe alt text (short, written descriptions of images) as a type of poetry. Inspired by posters from the museum’s collection, visitors will practice writing, discussing, and reframing this type of accessible writing. To learn more about this larger project, visit the Alt Text as Poetry website.

Accessibility Notes:
An ASL interpreter and assistive listening devices will be provided. Seating will include stools and chairs. Tactile posters and fidget tools will also be available.
To view the social narrative for the event, click here: Alt Text as Poetry Social Narrative.
Poster House is wheelchair accessible, with an automatic front door, accessible restrooms, and elevator access.
Please note that while the museum is mask optional, masking for this event is mandatory. Clear masks and N95 masks will be provided.
We always appreciate visitors reaching out to discuss further accessibility needs or questions. Please contact access@posterhouse.org or 914.295.2387.

6:30pm Non-traditional Collage Workshop $15
Poster House is pleased to welcome artist Max Colby for a nontraditional collage workshop. Inspired by We Tried to Warn You: Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020, guests will use recycled supplies from Materials For The Arts to create experimental textural collages. No previous experience required.
7pm Gatsby Entertainment Dance Performance
Celebrate Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde with a performance by Gatsby Entertainment, New York’s premiere Jazz-Age dance troupe. Enjoy the hottest dances of the 1920s performed by expert dancers in full period costume.
