On Friday, November 11 the NYC Veterans Day Parade will be taking place from 8 am - 4 pm. Broadway and Fifth Avenue will be closed north of 23rd Street; the Flatiron North Plaza and 24th – 29th Street from Sixth Avenue to Madison Avenue will be closed for staging and parade formation. Please be […]
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 […]
On Sunday, November 6 there will be a boom truck at 1181 Broadway from 6 am - 2 pm for façade work. Please be aware of increased activity at this location.
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 […]
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’ public interventions. This […]
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 designer […]
Join Broken Shaker at the Freehand New York on Wednesday, November 16 for Drag Bingo! Hosted by Androgyny, Drag Bingo will take place from 6 - 8 pm. RSVP here.
Date: Thursday, November 17th Time: 4:30pm or 7:00pm Price: Adult $85/ Kids $50 Duration: 120 minutes Instructor: AYAKO SHIDA This workshop creates Christmas Wreath with the instruction of flower artist Ayako Shida. Ayako will demonstrate technique and guide through process of making the wreath. Participants will leave with a wreath they create in the workshop to […]
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR DETAILS Instructor: AYAKO SHIDAWORKSHOP DESCRIPTION INCLUDING LEARNING OBJECTIVES This workshop creates Christmas Wreath with the instruction of flower artist Ayako Shida. Ayako will demonstrate technique and guide through process of making the wreath. Participants will leave with a wreath they create in the workshop to decorate the home for the holiday season. WORKSHOP MATERIALS […]
About the Event Join us as we come together and Write Aloud. Created by NY Writers Coalition in 2003, our Writing Aloud Reading Series is a free event that unites NYWC’s community of writers and activists with prominent literary figures to share prose, poetry, and other writings in safe and inspiring places. Here’s how it […]
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 the airline’s beloved mascot, the […]
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 […]
