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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Welcome spring early this year by getting a start on your own mini-garden. Participants will choose from a variety of seeds and design their own flower pots. Inspired by the environmental messaging in We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970-2020 guests will then use collage to create a sustainable masterpiece. PH x Teens […]
Poster House is pleased to welcome artist and printing expert Misa Chhan for a hands-on workshop exploring the world of natural dyes inspired by the acclaimed exhibition We Tried to Warn You! Environmental Crisis Posters, 1970–2020. Over the course of this two-day workshop, participants will learn the techniques of mordanting (preparing fabric to accept color) […]