Try your hand at lino-block printing! Stop by the Poster History Timeline between 1-7pm and pull your very own print inspired by the acclaimed exhibition Leaving the Smoke Behind: Enjoying an Awayday. No experience necessary! Accessibility Note: Masks and clear masks are available free of charge at the museum. Assistive listening devices and stools are available. […]
Join designer, educator, and CMYK member David Jon Walker for a fun and interactive hand-lettering workshop inspired by the bold typefaces and lettering in Lester Beall and A New American Identity. Learn the basics of hand lettering and how to employ them in your own designs in this special workshop. No previous experience necessary–-all skill […]
Everybody get back up, it’s time to slam…again! Poster House is pleased to screen the 2021 sequel Space Jam 2: A New Legacy, in conjunction with the museum’s acclaimed exhibition Just Frame It! How Nike Turned Sports Stars into Superheroes. Don’t miss what one critic has called “a chaotic, rainbow sprinkle-colored nonsense that, unlike the […]
Take a funky interplanetary journey to the planet Lovetron! This intergalactic drag show is inspired by Darryl “Chocolate Thunder” Dawkins, who is prominently featured in the acclaimed exhibition Just Frame It! How Nike Turned Sports Stars into Superheroes. Fire up your atomic phasers and strap in your anti-gravity boots, because we’re blasting off at the […]
Genius on Display continues with a stellar lineup of artists’ talks for 2025, beginning with Dr. Bahia Shehab. Dr. Shehab’s award-winning artistic practice has been recognized by the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, the Skoll World Forum, UNESCO, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other distinguished organizations. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about […]
This spring, Poster House will open four exciting new exhibitions. Unfortunately, not every poster can make the cut! Join Registrar Melanie Papathomas and Junior Cataloguer Alex Stern for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes preview of highlights from the Poster House Permanent Collection. This tour will include material related to three of the upcoming shows: Fallout: Atoms for […]
Nike's talented designers and photographers turned sports stars into superheroes! Learn about the stories and processes behind the frames from Just Frame It: How Nike Turned Sports Stars Into Superheroes and apply these skills in an action-packed workshop involving photoshoots, collages, and alter egos. Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from 10:30am–12pm for a […]
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 Educators, allowing you intimate access to the items in […]
The sports world has often been a critical marker of future trends in celebrity, style, marketing, and youth culture. The museum’s current exhibition, Just Frame It: How Nike Turned Sports Stars into Superheroes, demonstrates how posters of notable athletes set the tone for the future of sports branding, fostering the idea of the “Sports Star.” […]
In conjunction with the acclaimed exhibition Lester Beall & A New American Identity, Poster House is pleased to partner with the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop for an engaging conversation with esteemed scholar and historian Leslie King Hammond. This presentation reflects on the artistry of African American printmakers in the era of President Roosevelt’s Works […]