First Friday: Monotype Printing Workshop
2026-04-03 16:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York)
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 by the bold visual language found in Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen and Art for Art House: The Posters of Peter Strausfeld, participants will experiment with color, texture, and composition to create monoprints that reflect themes of storytelling, illustration, and independent film culture.
Everyone will have the opportunity to trade prints at the end of the workshop.
No prior experience will be required and all materials will be provided.
Sabrina Sims (she/her) is a bi, Black Puerto Rican, chronically ill artist from the Bronx. Her saturated multimedia work focuses on Black cosmic tech, softness as a tactile-emotional feeling, and the sharing of community ideas. She enjoys synthesizing mediums, including printmaking/zines, textiles, biomaterials, and livecoded audiovisuals. Sabrina organizes several COVID-safer DIY music events and art fairs with a focus on accessibility for disabled creatives. Skill-sharing, workshops, and other community-building opportunities for Black Indigenous people is a central part of her practice.
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 also 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: Max Fractal Performance Live at Poster House
2026-04-03 19:00 - 20:00
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 visual art and live sound collide.
Max Fractal (@maxfractal) creates an intoxicating swirl of synthesizers and driving beats layered with lush vocal melodies and whip-smart lyrics. Their most recent release, the three song EP RUIN ME, captures the rush of a teenage crush. It is heavy, euphoric, intimate, and electric.
This program is suitable for attendees aged 13 and older.
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 also 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: 100 Years of the Schomburg Center
2026-04-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (135th St and Malcolm X Blvd), New York, NY, 10037
In 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 and Prints—the forerunner to today’s Schomburg Center—as a special collection at its 135th Street branch in Harlem. The division expanded significantly the following year with the purchase of the personal collection of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, the distinguished Puerto Rican–born Black scholar and bibliophile. Schomburg had spent decades collecting books, manuscripts, and art that illustrated Black contributions to global history.
Today, the Schomburg Center is one of the world’s leading cultural institutions devoted to the preservation and study of materials focused on African American, African Diasporic, and African experiences. Its wide-ranging collections illuminate the richness of global Black history, arts, and culture, and continue the tradition established by its namesake.
This major exhibition showcases many of the extraordinary items from the Schomburg Center’s collections, surrounding visitors with the sights, sounds, and objects that have shaped this historic institution’s first century.
Photo credit: Aspects of Negro Life: Song of the Towers, 1934 by Aaron Douglas
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 also 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.

Member Mornings
2026-04-09 09:00 - 10:00
Poster House members of all levels are invited to explore the museum without the crowds during exclusive Member Mornings. Held on select Thursdays throughout the year, these are the ideal times to enjoy your favorite exhibitions at your leisure. No reservations are required, and complimentary coffee and tea will be available for members in the Café.
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 also 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.

Premium Members: VIP Access to IFPDA Print Fair
2026-04-09 17:00 - 21:00 | Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10065
Poster House members at the Contributor, Patron, and Aficionado levels are invited to experience VIP access during the 2026 IFPDA Print Fair. This includes an exclusive preview and champagne toast on Thursday, April 9 at 5pm, access to select programs throughout the city, and unlimited re-entry to the fair during public hours.
Established in 1987, the International Fine Prints & Drawings Association (IFPDA) is the only vetted international membership organization for dealers, publishers, and galleries specializing in prints, editions, and drawings. This year’s Print Fair, the first to include drawing dealers, will present 80 exhibitors from across Europe, Asia, and the U.S.
A VIP ticket includes invitations to programs throughout the city during the week of the fair, including:

Museum of Modern Art: VIP breakfast and private exhibition viewing of Marcel Duchamp.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Private, curator-led highlights tour of the Study Room for Drawings and Prints.
Hauser & Wirth: Private viewing of Glenn Ligon: Late at night, early in the morning, at noon, followed by drinks at the Roth Bar.
The Frick Collection: Private, curator-led exhibition tour of Ruffles & Ribbons: Fashion Plates from the Time of Marie Antoinette.
The Goya Center at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library: Private tour of the print collection with Dr. Patrick Lenaghan, Curator of Sculpture, Prints, and Photographs.

Additional programming information will be shared upon registration. To claim your ticket, please contact membership@posterhouse.org. Tickets are limited!
If you are a member below the Contributor level and would like to upgrade your membership to attend this event, please contact membership@posterhouse.org.

Members Only: Love & Fury & Poetry & Prose
2026-04-15 19:00 - 20:00
Please note: Attendees of this event must enter the museum via the 24th Street Entrance. The 23d street entrance will be closed for a private event.
In honor of National Poetry Month and the exhibition Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS, Poster House members are invited to a special evening hosted by artists Eleanor Kipping and C. (Constantine Jones) of the cultural collective What Would an HIV Doula Do? (WWHIVDD?).
Eleanor and C. will lead a workshop in which participants will consider poetry, visual language, and politics within the context of the Love & Fury exhibition. Attendees will be invited to engage in a variety of ways, including discussion, writing, and observation. This special event will be part exhibition tour and part creative exercise, encouraging a serious exploration of the current of lived human experiences that drove the grassroots response to AIDS from 1979 to 2003.
Eleanor Kipping is a Brooklyn-based Artist, Educator and Arts Administrator, originally from Maine. Her multidisciplinary practice lies at the intersection of performance, installation and lens-based media and image making. Her work explores the othering of viruses at the intersection of race, gender, class and place. Through the examination and deconstruction of historical and contemporary narratives, she is interested in the public, private, and civic negotiations of race, gender, in addition to the effect and practice of violence and surveillance. She has been awarded residencies at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, School of Visual Arts, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and her work has been exhibited at Portland Museum of Art, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Yellow Fish Durational Performance Festival, and more.
C. (Constantine Jones) is an interdisciplinary Greek-American “thingmaker” raised in Tennessee and now housed in Brooklyn. Their practice is collaborative in nature and rooted at the intersections of HIV/AIDS futurity, communal mythmaking as cultural archive, and poetry as catalyst for social instigation. They lead courses in composition, poetry, and hybrid writing modalities at the City College of New York (CUNY), and facilitate workshops at Brooklyn Poets, Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), Housing Works, the Brooklyn Museum, and elsewhere. A lifelong independent student of myth and epic poetry, C. is currently at work on writing and performing an epic of their own. Their work has been performed or exhibited at various venues across New York City and Tennessee.
WWHIVDD? is a community of people joined in response to the ongoing AIDS crisis. We understand a doula as someone who holds space during times of transition. We understand HIV as a series of transitions that begin long before a person is tested and that continue after treatment and beyond. We know that since no one gets HIV alone, no one should have to live with HIV alone. We doula ourselves, each other, institutions, and culture. Asking questions is foundational to our process.
This program is suitable for attendees above the age of 15.
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 also 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.

Docent Tour: Act Black
2026-04-16 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-30 17:00 - 18:00
Join the Poster House education team on guided docent tours of our current exhibitions! Gain a deeper understanding of the historical context and the design techniques behind one of the museum’s shows in an informative yet casual setting.
The tours, along with your admission ticket, are always free! This Thursday, we will be focusing on the posters from Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen.
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 also 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.

Poster Tots: Will it Print?
2026-04-18 10:30 - 12:00
This month at Poster Tots, we’re shining a spotlight on Poster House’s permanent collection and the special materials used for each printmaking technique–from letterpress to stone lithography. In this workshop, young printers will learn about the process of printing by experimenting with different surfaces and textures, including stone, wood, metal, and plastic. Build practical and critical-thinking skills during a visit to Poster House!
Join Poster House for Poster Tots, a program designed to encourage children ages 2–4 (accompanied by their adults) to feel confident in museum settings. Advanced registration is required. 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 also 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.

Third Sunday Always Free
2026-04-19 10:00 - 18:00, 2026-05-17 10:00 - 18:00
Poster House is free on the third Sunday of every month, often featuring complimentary programming geared toward families. Be sure to sign up to secure your spot—or just enjoy the museum at your own pace!
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 also 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.

Poster Kids: Printmaking from the Pantry
2026-04-19 10:30 - 12:00
This month at Poster Kids, we’re highlighting Poster House’s permanent collection and the printmaking techniques that it showcases—from letterpress to stone lithography. In this workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to work hands-on with the posters and the lithographic tools! After our tour, learn about the process of lithography in a DIY workshop.
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 also 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.

Docent Tour: Love & Fury
2026-04-23 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-05-14 17:00 - 18:00
Join the Poster House education team on guided docent tours of our current exhibitions! Gain a deeper understanding of the historical context and the design techniques behind one of the museum’s shows in an informative yet casual setting.
The tours, along with your admission ticket, are always free! This Thursday, we will be focusing on the posters from Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS.
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 also 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.

Visita guiada en español: Amor y furia
2026-04-24 17:00 - 18:00
Participe en una visita guiada en español con el equipo educativo de Poster House para nuestra exposición Amor y furia: La lucha contra el VIH/sida en Nueva York.
Esta exposición explora cómo el diseño gráfico transformó el movimiento popular neoyorquino contra el VIH/sida entre 1979 y el 2003. Las campañas de salud pública, la propaganda de agitación (agitprop), los folletos benéficos y los volantes de las discotecas ofrecen algo más que solo mensajes: reflejan cómo las comunidades construyeron sistemas de supervivencia desde las bases, a menudo antes de que el Estado decidiera a actuar.
Nota sobre accesibilidad: En el museo tenemos disponibles mascarillas y mascarillas transparentes gratis. También hay disponibles audífonos auxiliares y taburetes. Previa solicitud, ofrecemos interpretación en lengua de signos estadounidense (ASL) o traducción con subtitulado en tiempo real (CART). Ponerse en contacto con access@posterhouse.org o llame al (914) 295-2387 para solicitar servicios de interpretación y para cualquier otra necesidad de accesibilidad. Para otras preguntas relacionadas con el evento, ponerse en contacto con info@posterhouse.org.

In American Fashion: Natalie Nudell & Ian Bradley-Perrin in Conversation
2026-04-24 18:00 - 19:00
Join Ian Bradley-Perrin, curator of Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS, in a conversation with author Natalie Nudell, held in celebration of the paperback release of her book In American Fashion, Ruth Finley’s Fashion Calendar (Bloomsbury Press). In this important and scholarly discussion, they will explore how HIV/AIDS impacted the fashion and creative industries in the 1980s and ’90s, and how Ruth Finley’s Fashion Calendar remains an essential record of the fashion community’s response to the epidemic.
In American Fashion, Ruth Finley’s Fashion Calendar will be available for purchase in the Shop. Nudell will be signing her book following the event.
Natalie Nudell (@natalien__) is a fashion and textile historian with a research focus on the 20th- century American fashion industry centered on the Fashion Calendar, labor, and the digital humanities. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the History of Art Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, where she is also the Director of the Fashion Calendar Research Database. Nudell produced and wrote the feature documentary Calendar Girl (2020) about Ruth Finley and New York Fashion Week. Nudell is the recipient of the 2026 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Fashion & Culture.
Ian Bradley-Perrin is a historian of HIV/AIDS in the United States whose work bridges scholarship, activism, and curation. He contributed to Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster at the Memorial Art Gallery and developed his dissertation, “A Consumer’s Epidemic: People with AIDS and the Politics of Consumption,” on the first five years of the AIDS response by People with AIDS. He has worked at AIDS advocacy organizations in Canada and the United States and is currently a Senior Scientist supporting HIV treatment and prevention clinical research. Bradley-Perrin earned his PhD in Sociomedical Sciences and History from Columbia University and has lived with HIV for over 15 years. His scholarship and lived experience inform his approach to curating and interpreting the history of AIDS.
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 also 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.

Community AIDS Memorial Quilt-Making Workshops
2026-04-25 - 2026-04-26
The AIDS Memorial Quilt, comprising more than 50,000 individual panels created by participants around the world, functions as a collective, living archive, honoring those who have died from HIV/AIDS and related causes while documenting decades of activism, grief, and care.
In conjunction with Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS, Poster House and the New York City AIDS Memorial are proud to co-present two free community quilt-making workshops.
Led by artist Erika deVries, participants will collaborate on the design and creation of commemorative quilt panels honoring members of the poster and design communities lost to HIV and AIDS. The workshops will also address the history and impact of the AIDS Quilt while encouraging intergenerational dialogue and community-building.
No sewing experience required! Lunch will be provided to attendees.
Image credit: AIDS Memorial Quilt-Making Workshops, March 2025, at SVA, courtesy of the New York City AIDS Memorial. Photos by Alexander Sargent.
The New York City AIDS Memorial is a living monument honoring the more than 100,000 New Yorkers who have died of AIDS and recognizing the caregivers, activists, and communities who responded to the epidemic with compassion and resolve. Located in a public park at the former site of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village, considered by many to be the epicenter of the crisis in New York, the memorial presents free, year-round public programs and contemporary art commissions that preserve history, activate public memory, and affirm the ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS.
Erika deVries is a visual artist based in Kingston, New York, whose practice centers textiles, adornment, and neon light as language for collective memory, storytelling and care. Working with fabric and found garments alongside neon ritual forms and transcriptions of the handwriting of her children and beloved relatives, she explores how grief, devotion, and language take shape. DeVries cofounded the social sculptural spaces Cygnets Way and Your Mom & the Swan, and is a longtime creative collaborator with the queer neon art studio Lite Brite Neon.
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 also 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.

Curatorial Tour of Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS
2026-04-25 15:00 - 16:00
Join curator Ian Bradley-Perrin for a guided tour of his exhibition Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS. This show traces the powerful graphics that emerged from New York’s AIDS crisis, highlighting how artists, activists, and community organizers used posters to mobilize care, demand action, and honor those lost. In this tour, Ian will talk about the images, stories, and strategies that shaped a movement—and continue to resonate today.
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 also 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: Love & Fury
2026-04-25 18:00 - 19:00
Join curator Ian Bradley Perrin for a private, members-only tour of Love & Fury: New York’s Fight Against AIDS.
When AIDS hit New York, posters spoke when institutions stayed silent. In a city wired for visual competition—crowded streets, subway ads, nightclub flyers—posters became lifelines. They helped people to find clinics, mourn the dead, demand justice, and fight for the living.
This exhibition explores how graphic design shaped New York’s grassroots response to AIDS from 1979 to 2003. Public health campaigns, agitprop, benefit flyers, and club handbills offer more than just messages—they map how communities built survival systems from below, often before the state would act.
Light refreshments will be served.
This exhibition is rated R for sexually explicit imagery and text.
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 also 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.

In-Person Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Poster History Timeline
2026-04-27 11:00 - 12:30
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 world, we offer our description tours both in person and online through Zoom. These tours are given by our Lead Educators, allowing you intimate access to the works in the museum’s current shows and in the permanent collection.
This month’s in-person tour will focus on a few favorites from Poster House’s Poster History Timeline.
Please email access@posterhouse.org or call (914) 295-2387 to sign up for this event, as space is limited. Tours start promptly and will last approximately 90 minutes with questions. While Poster House offers Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind, have low vision, or who would otherwise benefit from verbal descriptions, everyone is welcome, space permitting.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, email access@posterhouse.org, or call (914) 295-2387. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.
A minimum number of sign-ups is required for the tour to proceed as scheduled. In the event it is cancelled, you will be given 24 hours notice via email.
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 also 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.

Virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Poster History Timeline
2026-04-28 16:00 - 17:00
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 world, we offer our description tours both in person and online through Zoom. These tours are given by our Lead Educators, allowing you intimate access to the works in the museum’s current shows and in the permanent collection.
This month’s virtual tour will focus on a few favorites from Poster House’s Poster History Timeline.
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 day before the virtual tour. Tours start promptly and will last approximately 60 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, email access@posterhouse.org, or call (914) 295-2387. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.
Accessibility Note: This online event will be hosted on Zoom with attendees’ cameras off. A recording of this event will be made available to all registered attendees. Automated closed captioning will be provided. 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.

Members-Only Tour: Joan Semmel at the Jewish Museum
2026-04-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave at 92nd St, New York, NY, 10128, United States
Poster House members are invited to the Jewish Museum for a private tour of Joan Semmel: In the Flesh at the Jewish Museum. This tour will be jointly led by Isometric Studios, the team behind the exhibition’s design, and the museum’s curator of contemporary art, Rebecca Shaykin.
Born in 1932 into a secular Jewish family in the Bronx, Semmel trained as an abstract expressionist painter in New York before moving to Spain in 1963, where she enjoyed early success on an international stage. Upon her return to New York in 1970 as a newly divorced mother of two, she found community within the burgeoning feminist and anti-censorship movements alongside her peers, including Judith Bernstein, Louise Bourgeois, Joyce Kozloff, Joan Snyder, Anita Steckel, Hannah Wilke, and other trailblazing women artists.
In the Flesh highlights Semmel’s lifelong investigation of the female experience. Spanning more than 50 years of the artist’s practice, the exhibition offers new perspectives on some of Semmel’s most pivotal series. Works on view include her 1978 painting Sunlight, one of her iconic self-images and a defining work of the feminist movement, as well as paintings from her bold, high-key Erotic Series of the early 1970s, as well as large, complex compositions as the nude self-portrait Skin in the Game (2019).
Accessibility Note: As this is an off-site event, masks and clear masks are available free of charge with prior notification. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also 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
2026-05-01
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 bar from 6–9pm.
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.
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 also 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.

Poster Kids: Give More Books—Make More Books!
2026-05-03 10:30 - 12:00
We are free to read books, and free to write them too! In celebration of Poster House’s new exhibition, Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime, craft and bind your own blank book, turning it into a storybook or a journal. We’ll learn how to sew the pages together using a needle and thread, and how to attach the pages to covers that you can enjoy decorating.
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 also 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: Reading Under Fire
2026-05-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Poster House, 119 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Join curator Molly Guptill Manning for a private, members-only tour of Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime.
During World Wars I and II, nearly every combatant nation recognized that it was necessary to provide materials to maintain the wellbeing and morale of its soldiers—and books soared in popularity. Between lulls in action or when waiting for orders far from the front lines, the troops read to forget their surroundings and fears, taking a mental vacation from their hardships.
This exhibition includes book-related posters from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Germany printed during both world wars. All of these nations relied on public book donations and fundraising to supply soldiers with reading material, and many posters were designed to encourage such civilian contributions.
Light refreshments will be served.
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 also 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.

Screen, Stage & Spirits: Cocktails Inspired by Act Black
2026-05-06 18:00 - 21:00
What better way to experience the museum’s latest exhibition than with a drink in hand?
Join Poster House for a very special evening of showstopping cocktails inspired by Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen!
Curator Es-pranza Humphrey will be your guide as you explore key themes within this extraordinary exhibition that covers the history of posters promoting Black performers on stage and screen from the 1870s to the 1940s. The tour will be divided into three segments, each perfectly paired with a period-appropriate cocktail crafted by master mixologist Imani Scriber.
Throughout the evening, Imani will also lead a live cocktail demonstration, offering insight into her creative process and the inspiration behind each drink. Each cocktail interlude will connect directly to themes addressed in the exhibition, creating a layered dialogue between visual culture, performance history, and mixology.
The ticket price includes three custom-made cocktails. Guests must be 21+.
Imani M. Scriber is a native of Washington, DC, with more than 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry. She specializes in the development of bar menus, operational structure, and opening execution.
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 also 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: Seneca Village
2026-05-09 11:45 - 13:00 | Seneca Village at Central Park, West 85th Street and Central Park West, New York, NY, 10024, United States
In honor of Poster House’s exhibition Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen, members are invited to a guided tour of Central Park’s Seneca Village.
Before Central Park was built, the area along its perimeter from West 82nd to West 89th Streets was home to Seneca Village, the largest community of African American property owners in New York. Founded in 1825, it was relatively prosperous, with churches, a school, and high rates of property ownership, which, in some cases, made male landowners eligible to vote. The city acquired the land for Central Park in 1853 and its residents were required to leave by the end of 1857. Scholars and archaeologists began to investigate the site more systematically and raise public awareness of it during the 1990s.
Members will meet at the Mariner’s Gate entrance to Central Park on West 85th Street and Central Park West at 11:45am and walk over to Seneca Village for the tour, led by a Central Park Conservancy guide.
Accessibility Note: As this is an off-site event, masks and clear masks are available free of charge with prior notification. ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or a CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) is also available upon advanced 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.

Tunnel Book Workshop: Personal Visions of Freedom
2026-05-09 12:30 - 15:00
Join Poster House and artist Maria Veronica San Martin in this 3D Tunnel Book Workshop inspired by the exhibition Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime. Participants will create a layered, hardcover tunnel book that expresses their personal vision of freedom. All materials are provided but participants are welcome to bring photos, artwork, archival materials, text, and/or historic images—such as protest posters or family memorabilia—to make their books truly unique. Each participant will leave with a one-of-a-kind tunnel book.
Maria Veronica San Martin (@san.martin.maria) is an artist and educator whose work explores memory, history, and human rights. She teaches at Parsons School of Design, The New School and the Center for Book Arts in New York; she also works with Booklyn Artist Alliance, and has led workshops at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is the creator of the Moving Memorials series of 13 artist’s books; 203 copies of them are held in more than 80 international museums and libraries.
Image courtesy of Center for Book Arts, New York.
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 also 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.

Act Black Archives Tour
2026-05-15 17:00 - 18:00
Join Collections Specialist Alex Stern and Assistant Curator of Collections Es-pranza Humphrey for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen. While the exhibition features an astonishing selection of posters highlighting Black performers between the 1870s and the 1940s, not every poster or piece of ephemera made the final cut. We’ll gather in the Storage and Conservation Room on the lower level for an intimate viewing of some of the material that you can’t see in the show.
Space is extremely limited—this tour is capped at 12 guests, so reserve soon to guarantee your space!
Important Notes:

No backpacks, food, or beverages are allowed in the Storage and Conservation Room
Photography is not permitted during the tour
While children are welcome, we ask that they are especially respectful of this delicate material and are able to follow instructions around no touching, running, or other behavior inappropriate for this type of museum setting

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 also 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.

Poster Tots: Needle and Thread
2026-05-16 10:30 - 12:00
At this Poster Tots event, celebrate the joys of reading and writing in a workshop inspired by Poster House’s new exhibition, Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime. After a tour and storytime, families can create their own storybooks from scratch using kid-safe materials. Bind your book together and add your own special title as a finishing touch!
Join Poster House for Poster Tots, a program designed to encourage children ages 2–4 (accompanied by their adults) to feel confident in museum settings. Advanced registration is required. 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 also 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.
