Gesture Drawing Class

Gesture drawing is a technique that aims to capture fluidity and motion, infusing illustrations with a greater sense of life and vitality. In this class, instructor and illustrator Robin Mork will share methods of working quickly and lightly to capture fluid gesture and moving figures using both charcoal and brush and ink. Afterward, attendees will […]

Anchor in Continuum Dance Performance

Poster House is thrilled to welcome dancer and choreographer Shira Kagan-Shafman and violinist and composer Leandria Lott for a new performance piece created in conversation with the exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes. Much like the acclaimed exhibition, this production blurs the boundaries among multiple artistic mediums. Together, the pair will explore the tension between […]

First Friday

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. […]

Poster Kids: I Spy

Have you ever wanted to play I Spy in a museum? Now you can! Join Poster Kids as we find unique and sometimes hidden images in our poster exhibitions. After our gallery activity, we’ll head to the workshop to create our own I Spy-themed collages and drawings.  Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from […]

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: New Orleans Travel Posters

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 […]

Pattern & Flow Members-Only Tour

Poster House Members are invited to a curatorial tour of the celebrated exhibition Pattern & Flow: A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s. This landmark show is the first of its kind dedicated to exploring the revolutionary and decadently beautiful era of 20th-century artists' papers, brilliantly curated by Mindy Dubansky of the […]

First Friday

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. […]

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Made in Japan

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 […]

Black Power to Black People Virtual Curatorial Tour

Join curator Es-pranza Humphrey for a virtual tour of Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party. Learn how the Black Panther Party devised a graphic language to reaffirm Black humanity and decommodify Black life. Explore the bold language and striking graphics that exposed the public to radical images that captured a shift […]

PH x Teens: Counterculture Collage

In celebration of our new exhibitions Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art and Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party, teens are invited to create a counterculture collage on notebooks. Artists Yokoo Tadanori and Tanaami Keiichi, featured in Made in Japan, and many designers featured in Black Power to Black People contributed […]