Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Lester Beall & A New American Identity
2024-12-03 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
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 our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on the exhibition, Lester Beall & A New American Identity.
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 morning of the virtual tour. Tours start promptly and will last approximately 70 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, call (914) 295-2387, or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

Members-Only Tour: Society of Illustrators
2024-12-03 18:00 - 19:00
Poster House Members are invited to a private tour of two exhibitions at the Society of Illustrators. First, Members will be guided through the American Society of Botanical Artists 27th Annual International Exhibition, featuring original botanical artworks from across the globe. Members will then explore The Original Art Exhibit, which celebrates the fine art of children’s book illustration, showcasing original art from the year’s best children’s books as determined by a jury of outstanding illustrators, art directors, and editors.
This tour will take place at the Society of Illustrators, located at 128 E 63rd St, New York, NY 10065. Space is limited!
Accessibility Note: Unfortunately, this gallery is not wheelchair accessible and there is no elevator for public use. We hope to see you at future wheelchair- accessible events.

First Friday
2024-12-06 10:00 - 21:00
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 – 9 PM. 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.
1-7pm: Drop-In Tote Bag Screenprinting with The Arm – $15
Stop by the Poster History Timeline between 1-7pm to try your hand at screenprinting with The Arm letterpress print shop! Visitors will have the opportunity to screenprint an Interplanetary Funk-themed design on a provided tote bag.
1-7pm: Drop-in Lino-Block Printing
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!
1-2pm: Introductory Cyanotype Workshop – $20
Poster House is pleased to welcome artist and printmaking expert Misa Chhan for an introduction to Cyanotype printing. Known for their brilliant blue hues, cyanotypes are a photosensitive printing process that utilizes UV light to transfer images. Learn the basics of this historic form of printmaking as well as techniques for shifting tones from blue to brown. No previous experience required.
Misa Chhan is a Los Angeles-based artist who works with natural dyes, textiles, printmaking, and artist’s books. Her background in book arts, papermaking, and natural fibers led her to explore natural dyes and fibers as a medium to engage with and learn from the natural world. Through her art practice, Chhan aims to create a container of pure joy to demonstrate our fundamental interdependency with nature, thereby challenging the extractive mindset of domination.
4pm: Hand-Lettering Workshop – $15
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 levels welcome!
5:30pm: Space Jam 2: A New Legacy Movie Screening
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 original, manages to hold together as a movie.”
7-8:30pm: Interplanetary Funk Drag Show
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 speed of light and anything can happen on this interstellar journey! Featuring performances by Junior Mintt, Maljo Blu, Issa Big Dragon, and Dev Doee!
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 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: Introductory Cyanotype Workshop
2024-12-06 13:00 - 14:00
Poster House is pleased to welcome artist and printmaking expert Misa Chhan for an introduction to Cyanotype printing. Known for their brilliant blue hues, cyanotypes are a photosensitive printing process that utilizes UV light to transfer images. Learn the basics of this historic form of printmaking as well as techniques for shifting tones from blue to brown. No previous experience required.
Misa Chhan is a Los Angeles-based artist who works with natural dyes, textiles, printmaking, and artist’s books. Her background in book arts, papermaking, and natural fibers led her to explore natural dyes and fibers as a medium to engage with and learn from the natural world. Through her art practice, Chhan aims to create a container of pure joy to demonstrate our fundamental interdependency with nature, thereby challenging the extractive mindset of domination.
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 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: Drop-In Tote Bag Screenprinting with The Arm
2024-12-06 13:00 - 19:00
Stop by the Poster History Timeline between 1-7pm to try your hand at screenprinting with The Arm letterpress print shop! Visitors will have the opportunity to screenprint an Interplanetary Funk-themed design on a provided tote bag.
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 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: Drop-in Lino-Block Printing
2024-12-06 13:00 - 19:00
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. 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. For other event related questions, please contact info@posterhouse.org.

First Friday: Hand-Lettering Workshop
2024-12-06 16:00 - 17:00
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 levels welcome!
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 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 Moving Screening: Space Jam 2 A New Legacy
2024-12-06 17:30 - 19:00
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 original, manages to hold together as a movie.”
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 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: Interplanetary Funk Drag Show
2024-12-06 19:00 - 20:30
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 speed of light and anything can happen on this interstellar journey! Featuring performances by Junior Mintt, Maljo Blu, Issa Big Dragon, King Molasses, and Dev Doee!
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 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.

Genius on Display: Dr. Bahia Shehab
2025-01-10 18:00 - 19:30
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 the powerful and moving work of this multifaceted artist.
Dr. Bahia Shehab is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, political activist, and historian whose work focuses on the interaction and intersection of modern identity and ancient cultural heritage. Her imaginative combination of calligraphy and Islamic art history produced cutting-edge, beautiful, impactful street art during the Arab Spring and continues to inform her work as an educator and designer.
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 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 Archives Tour
2025-01-15 18:30 - 20:00
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 War & Peace; Puerto Rico in Print: The Posters of Lorenzo Homar; and From the Bronx to the Battery: The Subway Sun. Light refreshments will be provided.
Due to limited capacity in the Archives, this tour will be split into two groups. The second group to see the Archives will be invited to enjoy the light refreshments provided and explore while waiting.
Please kindly note that backpacks, food, and beverages are not allowed in the Storage and Conservation room. Photography without flash is permitted during the tour.
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: Just Snap It!
2025-01-19 10:30 - 12:00
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 family-friendly, interactive poster tour and a related art-making experience. Admission is free; advanced registration is required. This program invites children 4–10 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 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

Vibrant Verbal Description Tour: Munich Olympics
2025-01-23 16:00 - 17:00
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 our current shows and permanent collection.
This month’s tour will focus on the exhibition, Munich 1972: Sports Posters of the XXth Olympic Games.
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 morning of the virtual tour. Tours start promptly and will last approximately 70 minutes with questions.
For a complete list of our accessibility tours, click the Accessibility filter at the top of our Events page, call (914) 295-2387, or email access@posterhouse.org. Poster House will also strive to accommodate any outside accessibility tour requests given two week’s notice.

Afro-Futurism and Nike
2025-01-23 18:00 - 19:30
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.” Poster House is thrilled to host a panel discussion about the ways in which Nike allows us to consider Afro-Futurism within the messaging and styling of a brand that has had special appeal for Black people.This panel will examine Afro-Futurism in the context of fashion history, literature, and visual language to investigate a future that never was. Join us in thinking about Nike branding from a new perspective.
Dominique Norman (she/they) is a writer and educator whose work critically examines the complex intersections of fashion, media, race, gender, the body, sexuality, and culture. Aside from her digitally published work for numerous media outlets including Refinery29, Bustle, Teen Vogue, Essence, and Fashionista, she has also written for several books and journals. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Fashion Marketing at Marymount Manhattan College, and an adjunct professor at LIM College and FIT. Her research focuses on the Afropunk subculture and how fashion and streetwear culture is used as a tool of resistance.
Victoria Dadet (she/they) is a Harlem-based scholar and museum professional with a background in youth-focused grassroots political organizing. They have a Bachelor’s in Ethnic Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Master’s in American Studies from the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. Their work investigates the connections between the Black Radical Tradition, grassroots organizing, ideas about modernity and futurity, and the development of political consciousness among young people. Her research examines the social and political values held by New York City teenagers in the mid-1960s and how such values were influenced by Black community organizers in Harlem.
Es-pranza Humphrey is the Assistant Curator of Collections at Poster House. She received her BA in History from the University of New Haven and her MA in American Studies from Columbia University, where she examined American history, literature, and culture in relation to those of countries across the globe. Her research has incorporated interdisciplinary approaches to the Black feminine identity expressed through various forms of performance art and fashion. She has been featured in the New Yorker, ABC Here and Now, National Public Radio (NPR), the Fashion and Race Database, and a number of international publications for her curatorial work on the visual media of the Black Panther Party. Her latest research focuses on Black women’s fashion and Black theater in the early to mid-20th century.
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 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.

Bearing Witness: Black Printmakers “Calling Out” America!
2025-01-24 18:30 - 19:30
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 Project Administration of 1935 to 1941, work that had a powerful impact on subsequent generations of Black printmakers. Each artist–then and now–sought to create original and truthful prints in their chosen mediums and modalities to “signify on” (or indirectly criticize) the realities of their lives as citizens in the United States.
Leslie King Hammond is an art historian, artist, curator, educator, community innovator, and Professor Emerita, former Dean of Graduate Studies, and Project Director for the Ford Foundation-Philip Morris Fellowships for Artists of Color, and Founding Director of the Center of Race and Culture at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Her board service includes the American Craft Council; the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture; the Collections Committee of the Walters Art Museum; the Advisory Board of Craft in America’s Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026; and the Advisory Board of AWARE-The Origin of Others. King Hammond has received lifetime achievement awards from the Studio Museum of Harlem; the Women’s Art Caucus of the College Art Association; the Brandywine Workshop and Archives; the Dubois Circle; the James A. Porter Colloquium at Howard University; and the Creative Alliance. The Detroit Institute of Arts has also given her the Alain Locke International Award and MICA has named a Graduate Student Fellowship in her honor.
Accessibility Note: This program will be livestreamed on Poster House’s Youtube Channel. 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 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.

Chinatown Walking Tour
2025-01-25 10:30 - 12:00
Join Mott Street Girls and Poster House Artist-in-Residence, Christina C. Young, for a walking tour through the historic streets of Manhattan’s Chinatown. This guided experience highlights the neighborhood’s small businesses with stops at cherished family-owned establishments and new neighborhood favorites. Along the way, you’ll hear captivating stories about Chinatown’s rich heritage and resilience while supporting local businesses that reflect the community’s vibrant spirit.
About Mott Street Girls
Mott Street Girls is dedicated to making Chinese American history and culture more accessible to the public. Founded by Anna Huang and Chloe Chan, second-generation Chinese Americans, the organization offers engaging food and history walking tours through Manhattan’s Chinatown, creates educational social-media content, and collaborates with community organizations. Its mission is to preserve the neighborhood’s rich cultural heritage, support local businesses, and share inspiring stories about the Chinatown community.

Members-Only Tour: Just Frame It
2025-01-27 18:00 - 19:00
Poster House Members are invited to a private tour of the exhibition Just Frame It: How Nike Turned Sports Stars into Superheroes. Join curator Adam Howard as he discusses how Nike paved the way for modern sports advertising in posters featuring some of the many professional sports teams and athletes that worked with the brand. In an age when images of sports people are much more accessible and down-to-earth, these posters may seem quaint—but they’re also impressive and undeniably entertaining, just like the stars they depict. Light refreshments will be provided.
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 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.

PH x Teens: Behind The Scenes with a Poster House Curator
2025-01-31 15:30 - 18:00
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes when a curator is preparing a museum exhibition? Poster House invites you to learn more in a hands-on workshop led by our Assistant Curator of Collections, Es-pranza Humphrey, in which we will explore how to conduct research, select posters, and tell a compelling story through design.
Afterward, students will get the chance to test their new skills by workshopping a show of their own based on our upcoming exhibition, The Subway Sun! Snacks and drinks will be provided. This is not a drop-in program, please check-in by 3:30pm for the start of the session at 3:45pm.
PH x Teens is a program for young adults ages 13 to 18 focusing on drop-in art activities and college and career prep.
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 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.

Legacy of Inspiration: The Black Fives & Nike
2025-01-31 18:30 - 20:00
The award-winning author, historian, and Black Fives brand creator Claude Johnson will discuss the history of the early African American basketball teams depicted on his iconic “Legacy of Inspiration” sneaker collaboration with Nike in 2003–04. He will also talk about how that collab came to be, his own experiences at Nike as a product line manager in its branded basketball-apparel group, and, of course, those limited-edition styles themselves, including Air Force Is, IIs, and IIIs, Dunk Highs and Lows, Vandal Highs and Lows, and Blazers. Johnson, whose 2022 book, The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era, won the Museum of African American History’s Stone Book Award, remains the only historian ever to obtain a sneaker deal.
Accessibility Note: This program will be livestreamed on Poster House’s Youtube Channel. 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 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.

Frame Your Sole: Sneaker Design Workshop
2025-02-01 14:00 - 17:00
Have you ever dreamed of designing your own sneakers? Turn your dreams into reality in this hands-on workshop with SRGN Academy! Inspired by the acclaimed exhibition Just Frame It! How Nike Turned Sports Stars into Superheroes, this in-depth workshop invites attendees of all skill levels to design their very own pair of sneakers. No previous experience is necessary–SGRN Academy’s expert teachers will guide you through the process to create the sneakers of your dreams. All materials will be provided, just bring your own pair of shoes to customize! All shoes are welcome but Air Force 1’s, Vans, and High Top Chucks are recommended.
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 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
2025-02-07 10:00 - 21:00
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 – 9 PM. 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.
2–3pm: Fabric Collage Workshop
Join artist Mahdiyyah for a collage-poster workshop using upcycled textiles and inspired by the vibrant, theatrical works of Boris Bućan. Drawing on Bućan’s celebrated, large-format posters for the Croatian National Theatre, you’ll explore how color, form, and symbolism can convey powerful messages. With repurposed fabric scraps and materials, you’ll learn how to create a unique, fabric-based poster while reflecting on Bućan’s incorporation of African motifs, including masks and cultural references, in his designs. In this hands-on, guided process, participants will try out a range of textile manipulation, patchwork, and collage techniques. Take home a one-of-a-kind textile piece that honors both artistic heritage and sustainable practice.
3–4pm: Lester Beall Curatorial Tour
Join us for a curatorial tour of the acclaimed exhibition Lester Beall & A New American Identity, the first to display all three of the poster series that Beall created for the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) over a five-year span during the New Deal era. In these groundbreaking posters, he merged avant-garde influences with clear, powerful messaging. Questions strongly encouraged!
4–5pm: Mixed Media Portrait Workshop
Join us this Black History Month to celebrate creativity and storytelling through art. Honor someone special in your life by creating a meaningful mixed-media portrait that captures their essence using simple materials. Bring an image to use as a reference or to incorporate into your portrait for a personal touch.
Jara Montez is a Brooklyn-based artist and educator whose work draws inspiration from the bold, simple style of children’s books. She uses limited materials to craft intentional, mixed-media collages that capture the essence of her subjects. Passionate about amplifying underrepresented voices, her latest project, “The Vanguards,” celebrates the achievements of Black women.
5–6:30pm: He Got Game Movie Screening
Don’t miss this screening of the acclaimed 1998 classic film “He Got Game” by Spike Lee! Presented in conjunction with the acclaimed exhibition Just Frame It: How Nike Turned Sports Stars into Superheroes, this sports drama is considered one of the director’s most important films.
7pm: Brooklynettes Performance
Get up and cheer! Poster House is pleased to welcome the Brooklynettes for a pumped-up performance! Presented in honor of the hit exhibition Just Frame It: How Nike Turned Sports Stars into Superheroes, the Brooklynettes are sure to bring energy and enthusiasm to the house.
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 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: Fabric Collage Workshop
2025-02-07 14:00 - 15:00
Join artist Mahdiyyah for a collage-poster workshop using upcycled textiles and inspired by the vibrant, theatrical works of Boris Bućan. Drawing on Bućan’s celebrated, large-format posters for the Croatian National Theatre, you’ll explore how color, form, and symbolism can convey powerful messages. With repurposed fabric scraps and materials, you’ll learn how to create a unique, fabric-based poster while reflecting on Bućan’s incorporation of African motifs, including masks and cultural references, in his designs. In this hands-on, guided process, participants will try out a range of textile manipulation, patchwork, and collage techniques. Take home a one-of-a-kind textile piece that honors both artistic heritage and sustainable 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 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: Lester Beall Curatorial Tour
2025-02-07 15:00 - 16:00
Join us for a curatorial tour of the acclaimed exhibition Lester Beall & A New American Identity, the first to display all three of the poster series that Beall created for the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) over a five-year span during the New Deal era. In these groundbreaking posters, he merged avant-garde influences with clear, powerful messaging. Questions strongly encouraged!
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 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: Mixed Media Portrait Workshop
2025-02-07 16:00 - 17:00
Join us this Black History Month to celebrate creativity and storytelling through art. Honor someone special in your life by creating a meaningful mixed-media portrait that captures their essence using simple materials. Bring an image to use as a reference or to incorporate into your portrait for a personal touch.
Jara Montez is a Brooklyn-based artist and educator whose work draws inspiration from the bold, simple style of children’s books. She uses limited materials to craft intentional, mixed-media collages that capture the essence of her subjects. Passionate about amplifying underrepresented voices, her latest project, “The Vanguards,” celebrates the achievements of Black women.
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 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: He Got Game Movie Screening
2025-02-07 17:00 - 18:30
Don’t miss this screening of the acclaimed 1998 classic film “He Got Game” by Spike Lee! Presented in conjunction with the acclaimed exhibition Just Frame It: How Nike Turned Sports Stars into Superheroes, this sports drama is considered one of the director’s most important films.

First Friday: Brooklynettes Performance
2025-02-07 19:00 - 20:30
Get up and cheer! Poster House is pleased to welcome the Brooklynettes for a pumped-up performance! Presented in honor of the hit exhibition Just Frame It: How Nike Turned Sports Stars into Superheroes, the Brooklynettes are sure to bring energy and enthusiasm to the house.
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 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: Coffee with the Curator
2025-02-08 10:00 - 11:30
Poster House Members are invited to join Curators Angelina Lippert and Es-pranza Humphrey for a complimentary group coffee and discussion. Learn more about their work at the museum and the current exhibitions before joining both curators for a brief tour of their personal highlights from Just Frame It: How Nike Turned Sports Stars into Superheroes and Lester Beall & A New American Identity. Members will be offered a free cup of coffee at the café after checking in with Membership Manager Maddie at the Info Desk.
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 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.

Introductory Cyanotype Workshop
2025-02-08 12:00 - 16:00
Join artist Ben Blaustein for an afternoon of cyanotype printing. This introductory workshop will cover all the steps in this historic photographic process, from the coating of the paper to the exposing of the print with UV light. Participants will learn contemporary applications of this technique. No previous experience necessary.
Ben Blaustein is a Brooklyn-based artist working in printmaking, photography, sculpture, and performance. Using the cyanotype process, he creates compositions that explore ideas of time, memory, and secular transcendence.
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 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: The Making of Images
2025-02-09 10:30 - 12:00
Fantastical Streets: The Theatrical Posters of Boris Bućan showcases work by Boris Bućan, a celebrated Croatian artist and graphic designer. He emerged in the 1960s with a unique and democratic approach to storytelling that made him one of the country’s most important poster designers. Together we will explore this exhibition of some of his theater posters, read stories, and create our own posters inspired by our favorite tales.
Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from 10:30am–12pm for a family-friendly, interactive poster tour and a related art-making experience. Admission is free; advanced registration is required. This program invites children 4–10 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 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: Munich 1972
2025-02-12 18:00 - 19:00
Poster House members are invited to a private tour of the exhibition Munich 1972: Sports Posters of the XXth Olympic Games. Join Guest Curator Michael Beirut as he discusses the design program created for the 1972 Munich Olympics. Usually attributed to a single visionary creative director, Otl Aicher, the scheme was, in fact, produced by a team of designers who worked tirelessly on every detail of it for nearly six years. Their work for the event became an influential model not only for the design of subsequent sporting events but also for comprehensive identity programs of every kind. Together, these posters demonstrate a magically calibrated balance of consistency and surprise, control and power, and precision and exuberance: no less than the athletes they celebrate. Light refreshments will be provided.
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 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.
