Culture & Connection: A Family Listening Tour @ Studio Museum

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Poster House, New York City
Free with RSVP | All Cool Culture families & educators welcome

Join Cool Culture for a special Listening Tour gathering during NYC DOE Spring Break 🌸—a day of art, storytelling, and community connection designed for families, caregivers, and educators.

This immersive experience takes place at Poster House, the first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to the art and history of posters. Together, we’ll explore how visual storytelling informs, inspires, and mobilizes communities—and how families use their voices to shape the world around them.

At the heart of the day is a guided experience through the exhibition
Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen, highlighting the visual culture of Black performance across theater, film, and television.

Through reflection, conversation, and creativity, families and educators will help shape the future of how cultural spaces connect with communities.

Cultural spaces have the power to inspire, educate, and bring communities together—but they are strongest when families help shape them.

This Listening Tour is about hearing directly from families and those who support them.
Whether you share openly, listen deeply, or reflect quietly—your presence and perspective are valued.

Your voice will help guide Cool Culture’s future programming across schools, museums, and communities throughout New York City.

✨ A Warm Welcome
We’ll begin with family-friendly activities and light icebreakers to help everyone feel comfortable, connect, and settle into the space together.

🖼️ Explore the Act Black Exhibition
Families and educators will experience a guided exploration of Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen, reflecting on powerful imagery, cultural history, and the stories behind the work.

💬 Share Your Voice
As part of our Listening Tour, adults and educators will participate in a facilitated conversation to share insights, experiences, and ideas about how cultural spaces can better support families and communities.
Participants may join small group discussions or optional one-on-one reflections.

🎨 Creative Time for Kids
Children will engage with teaching artists in a separate, interactive space, creating artwork inspired by posters, storytelling, and themes from the exhibition—centering imagination, play, and expression.

🍽️ Lunch & Community Time
Families will enjoy a shared meal and informal connection time to reflect, recharge, and build relationships with one another.

🌱 A Collective Close
We’ll come back together to share reflections and celebrate the ideas, creativity, and community that emerged throughout the day.

• Cool Culture families (children, caregivers, and extended family)
• Educators and early childhood professionals
• Community members interested in arts, culture, and family engagement

Whether you visit museums often or are just beginning your cultural journey—you belong here.

This is more than an event—it’s a space to listen, learn, and build together.

👉 Your voice helps shape what comes next.

We look forward to welcoming you for a meaningful day of connection, creativity, and community at Poster House in Manhattan!

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