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Kerry Mansfield is a San Francisco-based photographer. This image was posted on September 17, 2016. #sfomuseum #photography

Wednesday is #AskACurator Day on Twitter! This image was posted on September 12, 2016.

Mid-twentieth-century modern design balanced expression with efficiency and utility. This image was posted on September 02, 2016.

Marguerite Wildenhain enrolled in the Berlin School of Fine and Applied Arts where she studied drawing and sculpture. This image was posted on August 10, 2016.

The Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA) located in the Diamond Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, is a four-year public high school serving students who excel in visual, performing, and creative arts. This image was posted on June 19, 2016.

Marguerite Wildenhain (1896–1985) enjoyed a prodigious sixty-year career as a master potter. This image was posted on June 17, 2016.

For thirty years, Marguerite Wildenhain taught more than twenty students each summer to master the art of wheel-thrown pottery, influencing several generations of studio potters. This image was posted on June 01, 2016.

The pottery and cultures of Central and South America inspired many of Marguerite Wildenhain’s ceramics. This image was posted on May 26, 2016.

“Marguerite was a profound craftsperson and artist who took great pride in nurturing and teaching her students, not only to craft a pot, but how to look and to see. This image was posted on April 18, 2016.

“Sanctuary/Sanctuario” by Juana Alicia & Emmanuel C. Montoya is a family portrait of the Bay Area, a place rich with many different cultures. This image was posted on April 14, 2016.

“Pond Farm is not a ‘school;’ it is actually a way of life, and I believe that the attraction of our session is not only that the students really learn their craft, but more than that, they also learn to concentrate and to find themselves.” Marguerite Wildenhain This image was posted on March 28, 2016. #womenshistorymonth #pondfarm

This 1937 article from Life magazine entitled “To Fly Transport Plane – You operate 145 instruments,” describes the instrument panel of a DC-3, and reports that, “The pilot of a modern transport airplane flies by instruments. This image was posted on March 18, 2016.

Art Nouveau graphic artists portrayed women as enchanting, otherworldly maidens and their elaborate portrayal of female tresses helped distinguish the design style. This image was posted on March 14, 2016. #artnouveausfo

To create “The Hexapodarium” series, Gail Wight focused her creative vision on the housefly, an insect that evolved sixty-five-million-years ago. This image was posted on March 06, 2016.

Nature served as a driving force of the Art Nouveau movement, inspiring designers throughout Europe and North America. This image was posted on March 01, 2016.

When Marguerite Wildenhain first arrived at Pond Farm in the summer of 1942, there was nothing there except an old barn where she and Gordon Herr decided that her workshop would be located. This image was posted on February 16, 2016.

In 1945, aboard a troopship with hundreds of soldiers returning stateside during WWII from China-Burma-India Theater, John Gutmann captured these tattoo images. This image was posted on January 03, 2016.

The modern-day Coast Guard was formed In 1915 by merging the U.S. Life Saving Service with the Revenue Cutter Service and placing it under the Department of the Treasury. This image was posted on December 03, 2015.

Have you ever dressed up as a couple for Halloween? This image was posted on October 29, 2015.

In 1932, Universal debuted The Mummy, spurred by an Egyptian craze after the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the 1920s. This image was posted on October 05, 2015.

The pagodas featured in our exhibition were all hand-carved by teenage boys and young men working at Shanghai’s Tushanwan workshops. This image was posted on September 22, 2015.

Yayoi Kusama is considered one of the most important Japanese artists of her generation. This image was posted on September 15, 2015.

Nine hour layovers are what we are here for! This image was posted on August 24, 2015. #homeschool #art #sfo #parenting #travel

At any given moment, there are up to eight exhibits being prepped in our Design Lab! This image was posted on March 24, 2014.

D. Cherie Johnson created sculptural scenes of rural life during her 2009 #Recology student residency. This image was posted on March 27, 2013.

Installing Andrew Junge's life size styrofoam Hummer for our #Recology exhibition This image was posted on March 19, 2013.