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Toronto filmmaker Ryan Bergmann brings to life the incredible hand-drawn artwork and story of Rachel Douchette, an artist with a refreshing philosophy of open-mindedness and inclusivity. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/AGEWfo2v2I This tweet was posted on July 25, 2024.

Today in Haiti, the cross represents the nation’s plural religious realities, simultaneously embodying the presence of Jesus Christ for Christians as readily as the Gede spirits of life, death, and rebirth for Vodouizan (devotees). #HaitianMetal This tweet was posted on September 27, 2024.

Learn more about Harvey Milk's life and legacy in our exhibition, "Messenger of Hope," which is on view pre-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Not traveling? The exhibition catalog is available to read online! https://t.co/o0Br4i6sXl #HarveyMilkDay This tweet was posted on May 22, 2024.

Learn more about Harvey Milk's life and legacy in our exhibition, "Messenger of Hope," which is on view pre-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Not traveling? The exhibition catalog is available to read online! https://t.co/o0Br4i6sXl #HarveyMilk #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on June 25, 2024.

Designs are chalked on; pieces are then cut & sculpted using only hand tools & further enhanced by hammering, embossing, cutting holes, & bending the metal. Sculptures reflect everyday life portraits, imaginative themes, and motifs of Haitian Vodou, an African Diasporic religion. This tweet was posted on October 16, 2024.

Lisa Jackson shares an otherworldly film that takes a deep dive into lichen, a species that confounds scientists to this day. This film reveals the hidden magical beauty of this remarkable life form and asks what we might learn from it. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/YCJEz5nao8 This tweet was posted on November 21, 2024.

In the bustling streets of La Paz and the sprawling suburbs of El Alto, Bolivia, nearly three thousand shoe shiners emerge each day in search of clients. This image was posted on November 04, 2024. #héroesdelbrillo #lapaz #elalto #bolvia

Once ubiquitous in Chinese dress, hats were worn on most public occasions. This image was posted on November 01, 2024. #chineseceramics

This is your last week to see “The Enduring Spirit of Haitian Metal Sculpture” on display! This image was posted on October 16, 2024. #haitianmetal

Vibrant art traditions can be found across cemeteries of Africa and the African Diaspora–indeed, it is here that the ancestors reside and are memorialized by their descendants. This image was posted on September 27, 2024. #haitianmetal

In 1942, the United States War Production Board, War Advertising Council, and Office of War Information coordinated a nationwide campaign to recruit women into the workforce. This image was posted on September 10, 2024. #rosietherivetersfo

“I’m a fifty-five year old woman of trans experience and I’m a woman of color. This image was posted on July 09, 2024. #jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming

San Francisco’s 54th annual Pride Parade is this Sunday, June 30th. This image was posted on June 25, 2024. #harveymilk #harveymilkterminal1 #harveymilkexhibition

Harvey Milk Day, organized by the Harvey Milk Foundation (@harveymilkfoundation), is celebrated each year on May 22 on Harvey Milk’s birthday. This image was posted on May 22, 2024. #harveymilkday

“Samm: Hank didn’t know she was a girl until she was around eleven or twelve. This image was posted on May 07, 2024. #jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender

“I live in abundance of many things: experiences, family, friends. Living in abundance is what keeps us healthy and happy. You can’t be shackled by the minutiae of stress and expect to have a full life.... Life really begins when you step out of fear” – Sky #ToSurviveOnThisShore This tweet was posted on December 12, 2023.

Our photography essay “Unlocking an Archival Treasure: The Harold Bixby Collection, The Photographs” featuring 21 highlights from Harold Bixby’s life with Pan American, is on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. https://t.co/MvwMYD0SyN #BixbyCollection #PanAm #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 29, 2023.

This powerful photo essay features individuals with a wide variety of life narratives spanning the last ninety years, offering an important historical record of transgender experience and activism in the United States. #ToSurviveOnThisShore This tweet was posted on January 04, 2024.

"People need to know they're not alone. Because that was my battle. For fifty years. I was in it by myself… I’m really excited to live my life… I missed the first fifty years of my life, but I'm not missing the second fifty.” - D'Santi #ToSurviveOnThisShore This tweet was posted on September 13, 2023.

German filmmaker Thilo Gundelach documents the life of Duane Kemmer, a Amskapi Pikuni (Blackfeet) from Browning, Montana. After struggling with self-worth and belonging, Kemmer chooses sobriety and pursues a new path in Indian relay horse racing. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/OQroBwPF53 This tweet was posted on November 22, 2023.

Maxine Crookston (1915–2016) was known as “The Voice of San Francisco Airport” from the late 1940s through the 1950s. This image was posted on March 26, 2024. #sfohistory #sfhistory #womeninaviation #avgeek #womenshistorymonth

Last week, on Valentine’s Day, Mayor London Breed and the City of San Francisco invited same-sex couples to celebrate a historic milestone. This image was posted on February 21, 2024. #harveymilk #delmartin #phyllislyon #harveymilkexhibition #lgbtq #lgbtqrights #sfhistory

Alison Saar's "Flourish" is a story of displacement and inclusion; a narrative of seeded with the adversity that migrants and refugees often experience upon arrival. This image was posted on February 05, 2024. #blackhistorymonth #alisonsaar

Much of visionary Haitian artist, Georges Liautaud’s (1899–1991) work reflects Vodou, an African Diasporic religion and way of life—from his crosses, which symbolize the crossroads (kafou), where the mortal world meets the spiritual world, to his sculptures depicting various omnipresent Vodou spirits, or lwa, which mirror different facets of nature and life. This image was posted on January 29, 2024. #haitianmetal

Harvey Bernard Milk (1930–78) was a visionary human rights leader, a groundbreaking political luminary, and a seminal figure of the LGBTQ rights movement. This image was posted on January 23, 2024. #harveymilk #harveymilkexhibition #lgbtq #lgbtqrights #sfhistory

SFO Museum is pleased to announce the extension of “To Survive on this Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults” by Jess T. Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre until July 2024. This image was posted on January 03, 2024. #jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming

Harold McMillan Bixby, a midwestern businessman with a strong interest in the emerging technology of aviation, worked for Pan American Airways in the 1930s to the 1950s. This image was posted on December 29, 2023. #bixbycollection #panam #paa #avgeek #haroldbixby

“I identify as a polyamorous gay trans man, primarily with a bear bent. This image was posted on December 12, 2023. #jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming

“I ask for the movement to continue, for the movement to grow, …because last week I got a phone call from Altoona, Pennsylvania, and my election gave somebody else, one more person, hope. This image was posted on November 27, 2023.

Choreographer-in-residence Yuri Possokhov’s twelfth repertory work for San Francisco Ballet, 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳, takes its inspiration from John Cheever’s short story 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳, a surrealistic story of a man who “swims home” through his neighbors’ pools, only to find his home—and his life there—gone. This image was posted on October 20, 2023. #sfballetat90 #ballet

“I identify as a straight male, and I’ve always known. This image was posted on September 13, 2023. #jesstdugan #vanessafabbre #tosurviveonthisshore #trans #transgender #gendernonconforming

Learn more about Harvey Milk's life and legacy in our exhibition, "Messenger of Hope," which is on view pre-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Not traveling? The exhibition catalog is available to read online! https://t.co/eGYmHG2RGn #HarveyMilk #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on April 07, 2023.

Native and exotic plant life, along with vessels and other forms represent the many cultures and people that shape the Bay Area as a unique place. #PublicArt #RobertMinervini @SFAC © Ethan Kaplan Photography This tweet was posted on April 13, 2023.

“When I was tiny kid I just wanted to grow up to be a husband and a father, but in that time and place it was completely impossible. So the notion that I have those things in my life now is nothing short of miraculous.” - Louis #ToSurviveOnThisShore This tweet was posted on April 24, 2023.

New York-based filmmaker Andre Andreev illustrates the story of legendary #Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson, who reflects on the grueling and often surreal nature of life between the goalposts. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO #worldcup #football #illustration This tweet was posted on December 01, 2022.

Though rich in visual information, the images remain difficult to decipher—they flicker between the ordinary and the unknowable, and it is in this state of limbo that Keith’s images come to life. #photography #TommyKeith This tweet was posted on November 30, 2022.