Transit After-Hours: The Evolution of PSAs with Poster House
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Join us once a month for a series of conversations, presentations, workshops, and performances inspired by Transit Museum exhibitions and collections. Come together online, share ideas, and learn about transit and NYC history.
Dating back to the 1870s, Public Service Announcements (PSAs) have been used to communicate messages to the public on a variety of topics. Over the past 150 years, PSAs have ranged from calls to action to unite the public on war efforts, to messages conveying safety concerns when riding public transportation. Many factors are considered when creating PSAs, including design and placement, for efficient and effective dissemination of information.
Join us after-hours with our Associate Curator, Jodi Shapiro, and the Chief Curator of Poster House, Angelina Lippert, as they explore a general history of PSA posters. Learn more about how PSA messaging has evolved since the late 1800s, how New York City’s buses and subways have functioned as places where PSAs communicate to straphangers, and what the future looks like for the medium.
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