Members-Only Tour: Act Black
Starting in the 1880s, Black performers and those invested in telling stories centering Black people attempted to counter the dehumanizing and harmful stereotypes created by white people to portray Black […]
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Poster House 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, United States
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Virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Molly Crabapple
Every month, Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision. In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the […]
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First Friday
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Museum members can check in at the Info Desk to receive one free drink ticket to use at the […]
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First Friday: Drop-In Printmaking with Mikey Quackenboss
Join Poster House for a hands-on block-printing workshop inspired by the exhibitions Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen and Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS. […]
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First Friday: COVERS—Memory Mixtape & Cover Collage Workshop
Inspired by COVERS BY MP3, this playful, hands-on workshop invites participants to create a mini CD keychain with a shareable memory playlist, paired with a self-designed album cover. COVERS BY […]
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First Friday: Act Black Curatorial Tour
Join curator Es-pranza Humphrey for a special tour of her exhibition Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen, exploring how these often very rare posters from theater and film highlight the creative contributions and cultural impact of Black performers, writers, directors, and producers. Es-pranza will share the stories behind selected works and address […]
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First Friday: Happy Hour at Café des Affiches
It’s Happy Hour at Café des Affiches! Every First Friday between 3pm and 6pm, visitors are invited to enjoy $2 off all alcoholic beverages in the museum’s café. Indulge in a delicious drink as you browse the galleries—and be sure to try the special cocktails inspired by the museum’s two newest exhibitions, Act Black: Posters […]
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First Friday: Monotype Printing Workshop
Monotype is a printmaking process that involves applying ink or paint directly onto a printing plate (without first engraving or etching it) to create a unique print. In this hands-on workshop, multimedia artist Sabrina Sims will guide participants through this expressive process while introducing such techniques as stenciling, masking, wet-on-wet blending, and subtractive layering. Inspired […]
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First Friday: Max Fractal Performance Live at Poster House
Poster House is excited to host multihyphenate performer Max Fractal for an evening of incomparable entertainment in connection with the exhibition Utopia in Our Time: The Posters of Molly Crabapple. This special presentation will bring Crabapple’s bold, visionary poster work into conversation with the music it has long inspired, offering an immersive experience in which […]
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Members-Only Tour: 100 Years of the Schomburg Center
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (135th St and Malcolm X Blvd), New York, NYIn honor of Poster House’s current exhibition, Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen, members are invited to a private tour of 100: A Century of Collections, Community, and Creativity at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. In 1925, the New York Public Library opened the Division of Negro Literature, History […]