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In 2013, Virgin Produced, a Virgin Group production company, created a new type of musical airline safety video for Virgin America that amused and entertained its passengers in a uniquely Virgin way. This image was posted on May 29, 2024. #vxforever

Pan American Airways was established in 1927. This image was posted on May 28, 2024. #airwaysartists #paulgeorgelawler #panamerican

Initially, Congress banned Concorde service to the United States due to concerns over the aircraft’s sonic boom, but on May 24, 1976, an exception was made for transatlantic service to Washington Dulles International Airport from London and Paris. This image was posted on May 23, 2024. #52posters

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

Hung Liu was a Bay Area artist whose signature painterly style is one that allows the paint to drip across the image. This image was posted on May 21, 2024. #hungliu #publicart #aapihm #sfac

“I try to supply fifty percent of the experience. This image was posted on May 20, 2024. #unknownmuseum #mickeymcgowan #bayarea #bayareahistory

Building on the success of her loom-woven sculptures, in the 1970s Kay Sekimachi adapted nylon monofilament to the centuries-old, off-loom technique of card weaving. This image was posted on May 15, 2024. #kaysekimachiweaving #kaysekimachi #aapihm

This 1966 poster from the San Mateo County Historical Association celebrates the history of Mills Field, renamed to San Francisco Airport in 1931. This image was posted on May 14, 2024. #52posters #avgeek

Africa’s rich cultural heritage encompasses a tremendous range of music, musical instruments, and performing arts. This image was posted on May 13, 2024. #artoftheafricaninstrument #africaninstruments #ucla

Composed of over 3,500 individual kite-like ellipses, “This Infinite Gateway of Time and Circumstance” by Jacob Hashimoto is an immersive sculpture that floats between two floors of the Grand Hyatt at SFO as an undulating, interwoven canopy. This image was posted on May 10, 2024. #sfac #publicart #aapihm

Paul George Lawler was one of the most recognized American airline poster artists of the early commercial aviation period. This image was posted on May 08, 2024. #airwaysartists

“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

The DC-7 was Douglas Aircraft’s final design evolution of the piston-powered, four-engine, low-wing airliner concept that began with the DC-4 in the 1940s. This image was posted on May 03, 2024. #cutabovemodels

Harold McMillan Bixby (1890-1965) was a midwestern businessman and amateur pilot, whose passion for aviation led to a second career that encompassed remarkable milestones in air travel during the 1920s and 30s. #BixbyCollection This tweet was posted on December 08, 2023.

In 1927, Bixby joined a group of businessmen to help finance Charles Lindbergh’s (1902-74) historic transatlantic flight later that year. Bixby celebrated with the famous pilot after his arrival in St. Louis during the 1928 Goodwill Tour of the Americas. #BixbyCollection This tweet was posted on December 08, 2023.

Join us for a public panel discussion and exhibition tour of “Unlocking an Archival Treasure: The Harold Bixby Collection” tomorrow, December 9, 2023, from 1:30 to 3:00, in the Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum & Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/W257PIADyj This tweet was posted on December 08, 2023.

Each portrait in “To Survive on this Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults” by Jess T. Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre includes a powerful interview with the featured individual. #ToSurviveOnThisShore This tweet was posted on December 12, 2023.

Introduced in 1936, the same year as the Douglas DC-3, this United Air Lines sage green wool stewardess uniform was worn with a yellow linen blouse and included a pillbox hat complemented with a green and yellow flat bow. #AirlinerChairs #AvGeek This tweet was posted on December 15, 2023.

London-born director Dumas Haddad’s Afrofuturistic fairytale explores a young prince who embarks on a journey to find his one true love. #VideoArtsSFO #Afrofuturism https://t.co/PAgvQT91OW This tweet was posted on December 15, 2023.

“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.

Bay Area artist and educator Libby Black invited a group of undergraduate and graduate students from San Francisco State University’s School of Art to articulate their unique perspectives on home. #StudentArt #SFSU #FindingHome This tweet was posted on December 22, 2023.

Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based director Justin Tyler Close presents a compelling documentary about the breadth and depth of fatherhood through the stories and perspectives of real fathers and sons from across the country. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/iJnJp9azfP This tweet was posted on December 21, 2023.

RT @airandspace: On this day in 1957, a production version of the Boeing 707 flew for the first time. Pictured here are Boeing 707-121s o… This tweet was posted on December 20, 2023.

The image begins with a view of the bay and a Ramaytush Ohlone fisherman pulling a tule boat leading to agricultural scenes, then to the wilderness of the headwaters in the California Sierra Mountains. #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on December 19, 2023.

Artists from a wide range of cultures and gender identities used a variety of mediums and techniques to examine their search to find a sense of belonging and safety. #StudentArt #SFSU #FindingHome This tweet was posted on December 22, 2023.

Living and working in the Bay Area, these students confront the challenges of pursuing their art in a region where affordable housing and studio space are scarce. #StudentArt #SFSU #FindingHome This tweet was posted on December 22, 2023.

Together these amazing student artists create poignant and thought-provoking representations of the power of art as a language through which diverse voices convey their journeys to find their place in the world. #StudentArt #SFSU #FindingHome This tweet was posted on December 22, 2023.

English director Greg Dennis’ Cast Out with Love is a poetic reconstruction of a Cornish gansey—a uniform for fishermen and sailors dating back to the 18th century— from sheep to sea, in which he captures the heart and soul of these garments. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/IiWxaLJ252 This tweet was posted on December 28, 2023.

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. #BixbyCollection #PanAm #PAA #AvGeek #HaroldBixby This tweet was posted on December 29, 2023.

RT @SFOMuseum: The woodwork was oak, the countertops were of Belgian black marble travertine, and the floor was patterned in a four-color t… This tweet was posted on December 28, 2023.

The shoe shiners use ski masks to obscure their identities, combat discrimination, and maintain their anonymity. The masks serve as both a unifying symbol and a form of resistance against societal exclusion, empowering them to confront prejudices related to their occupation. This tweet was posted on December 27, 2023.

Their story, captured in Federico Estol’s series, "Héroes del Brillo (Shine Heroes)", is a poignant reminder of the daily challenges many face in their pursuit of dignity and respect. Their experience reflects broader global issues of labor discrimination and stigmatization. This tweet was posted on December 27, 2023.

A very special thank you to Forrest L. Merrill for making this exhibition possible. See “June Schwarcz: Unconventional Enamels,” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/UwJlkZOK5e #UnconventionalEnamels #JuneSchwarcz This tweet was posted on January 02, 2024.

Enamel artist June Schwarcz was not trained in metalworking or enameling; rather, she studied industrial design at Pratt Institute. She was introduced to enamels in 1954 through a group of friends. #UnconventionalEnamels #JuneSchwarcz This tweet was posted on January 02, 2024.

In 1954, the de Young Museum in San Francisco presented #JuneSchwarcz's first major exhibition. Two years later, one of her works was included in "Craftsmanship in a Changing World," the inaugural exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in NYC. #UnconventionalEnamels This tweet was posted on January 02, 2024.

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.