Disability Justice Zinemaking Workshop (Virtual)

Join artist, designer, and disability justice activist Jen White-Johnson for this hands-on zine-making workshop. The practice of zine-making emphasizes creative storytelling, self advocacy, and photography through the use of paper and craft materials. Together, participants will create a collaborative zine on the topic of disability justice. Zine making supplies can be picked up in-person at […]

PH x College: Books Not Bombs

Do you dream of a better world? Join Poster House to learn about how student activists have employed design to support causes throughout history, from disarmament to labor rights. After exploring posters from 20th century global student movements, participants in this PH x College event will collage their own poster focused on an issue close […]

Vignelli vs. Vigilantes/Art vs. Design

In honor of the debut of the exhibition Masked Vigilantes on Silent Motorbikes and the 50th anniversary of what is now commonly referred to as the “Vignelli” subway map, Poster House is pleased to partner with the New York Transit Museum for a discussion about design in the New York City transit  system and artists’ […]

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Schoolgirls at War

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 […]

Saying Saree Three Ways

The Maharaja is undoubtedly a fashionable character, demonstrated perfectly in Poster House’s latest exhibition. Looking beyond illustration, though, how does Indian fashion function in the real world? Join fashion scholar Arti Sandhu for this wide-ranging virtual conversation on the history of the saree and contemporary fashion in India. She will discuss the saree as a […]

Members-Only Tour: Air India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue

Poster House is delighted to invite you and a guest to an exclusive, Members-only tour of Air India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue led by curators Carly Johnson and Sophia Williamson. Reservations are required.  This exhibition highlights the history of Air-India’s most iconic travel posters produced from 1946 to 1972. The star of these posters was […]

Saving the Earth…One Poster at a time

Since their creation, posters have been utilized as a form of instant messaging to communicate ideas to the public quickly. Which makes us wonder, what can we learn about society by looking at posters as historical artifacts and their documentation of specific issues over time? Consider environmentalism, which became more mainstream in the United States […]

Collaborative Paper Marbling

Led by cultural worker and teaching artist Fan Kong, this workshop will introduce beginners to suminagashi, the oldest paper marbling technique. This meditative practice involves floating colors on the surface of water and delicately transferring them to paper. Each participant will learn to create and experiment with suminagashi in small groups. Along the way, we […]

Poster Kids: Junior Fashionistas

Join us as we take a fashionable approach to Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue. More than any other mascot, the Maharaja has an incredible fashion sense. This month, we will learn about his incredible style and then create our own wearable art using recycled textiles.  Materials: old clothes and/or fabric scraps  lightweight cardboard (e.g. cereal […]

Poster Kids: Junior Fashionistas

Join us as we take a fashionable approach to Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue. More than any other mascot, the Maharaja has an incredible fashion sense. This month, we will learn about his incredible style and then create our own wearable art using recycled textiles.  Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from 10:30am–12:15pm for […]