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Micarta was used in a broad range of products requiring a high degree of durability. As early as 1918, the Westinghouse Company was producing Micarta propellers for the U.S. Army. #EnduranceEngines
This tweet was posted on February 21, 2023.
These objects are rendered in an uncanny fashion with a sense of play, emotional intuition, and surrealism that provokes viewers to reimagine themselves and the way they view the world around them.
#PublicArt #WoodyDeOthello #BlackHistoryMonth
This tweet was posted on February 22, 2023.
“Time, Turn, and Light” by Woody De Othello depict ambiguous sets of hands interacting with everyday objects such as clocks, a flashlight, a candle, and a doorknob. #PublicArt #WoodyDeOthello #BlackHistoryMonth
This tweet was posted on February 22, 2023.
A matching building for the complex airfield lighting system sat adjacent to the hangars, and by the end of the decade, two-way radio communications were required for all aircraft.
#MillsField #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on February 24, 2023.
A new administration and terminal building, designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, was also completed in 1937. The building included a four-story control tower, restaurant, cocktail lounge, and a grand passenger waiting room with terrazzo floors. #MillsField #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on February 24, 2023.
Each portrait in “To Survive on this Shore” by Jess T. Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre includes a powerful interview with each of the featured individual.
#ToSurviveOnThisShore
This tweet was posted on February 24, 2023.
In the 1930s, as commercial aviation evolved into a more practical mode of transportation, San Francisco Airport launched a series of major improvements. By 1937, more than 790,000 sq ft of concrete runways, taxiways, and aircraft parking were in place. #MillsField #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on February 24, 2023.
RT @calmuseums: Looking for a new job at a California museum or cultural organization? Check out our Job Directory (updated every Wednesday…
This tweet was posted on February 22, 2023.
After the brothers achieved their first heavier-than-air flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903, they returned to Dayton to find a suitable location for further experiments. Some of sites utilized by the Wright brothers’ are part of the @DaytonNHP. #AviationHistory
This tweet was posted on March 01, 2023.
Susan O’Malley asked everyday people, ranging in ages from 7 to 88, “What advice would your 80-year-old self give you?” She began this project at a period in her life when she was considering leaving her “grown-up job” to focus on her art. #SusanOMalley #5WomenArtists @SFAC
This tweet was posted on March 03, 2023.
The individual components of “Number 69S” are all remnants from past work in various stages of distress. Drew intends his work to resonate with a wide cross-section of viewers, who carry within themselves a multitude of life experiences. #LeonardoDrew #BlackHistoryMonth
This tweet was posted on February 28, 2023.
“My work really is about a weathered history of our journey on this planet—the cycle of birth, life, death and regeneration.” – Leonardo Drew #BlackHistoryMonth
This tweet was posted on February 28, 2023.
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1. postcard: Wright Brothers Model A Flyer; c. 1908
Purchase
2001.006.016
2. print: Wright Flyer; c. 1968
Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family
2012.147.050.03
This tweet was posted on March 01, 2023.
@SFBallet has performed choreographer Val Caniparoli’s “Lambarena” on an ongoing basis since its premiere in 1995. “Lambarena” takes its name from the town Lambaréné in Gabon where German physician Albert Schweitzer founded a hospital in 1913. #Ballet #SFBalletAt90
This tweet was posted on March 07, 2023.
Caniparoli combined classical ballet movements with African dance movement, creating a seamless integration of the two styles. To ensure authenticity, West African dance specialists Zakariya Sao Diouf and Naomi Gedo Johnson-Washington collaborated with Caniparoli. #SFBalletAt90
This tweet was posted on March 07, 2023.
In 1978, Gail Gorski became the first female pilot to be hired by United Airlines. Gorski, who started flying at the age of 16, was a Boeing 747 and DC-10 pilot based in the Bay Area and an original charter member of @ISA21_Pilots. #52Objects #WomensHistoryMonth #AvGeek
This tweet was posted on March 06, 2023.
Los Angeles-based filmmaker Shiouwen Hong (@shiouwenhong ) follows Caliefah, a single mother of three, who after discovering that personal products like soap are not available through the food stamp program, starts a soap business in her community.
#VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO
This tweet was posted on March 09, 2023.
Photographer Jess T. Dugan and social worker Vanessa Fabbre traveled throughout the U.S. creating “To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults.” Each portrait includes a powerful interview. #ToSurviveOnThisShore
This tweet was posted on March 08, 2023.
With herself as the subject, the artist uses a rich mix of images, graphics, and typography to explore how the relationships between organic beings and artificial beings are constructed, deconstructed, and reconstructed in digital environments. #StudentArt #CeliaZiyanCai
This tweet was posted on March 06, 2023.
During the 1990s, Qantas operated a large fleet of the 747-400 airliner. In 1994, one of these airliners was renamed and painted in a special livery called Wunala (kangaroo) Dreaming to celebrate the art and culture of Australia's indigenous Yanyuwa people. #FlyingSouthernCross
This tweet was posted on March 10, 2023.
In December 1940 at the Metropolitan Opera, Pons wore this costume, made for her role as Marie in a revival of Gaetano Donizetti’s "La Fille du Régiment." When San Francisco Opera performed "La Fille du Régiment" in 1941–42, the production featured Pons in this same costume.
This tweet was posted on March 14, 2023.
Ruth Kadish was the first woman to serve on the San Francisco Airport Commission upon being appointed in 1976 by Mayor George Moscone; she served until 1984. She was a champion for humanizing and beautifying the airport environment. #52Objects #SFOHistory #WomenHistoryMonth
This tweet was posted on March 13, 2023.
#Onthisday in 1927, San Francisco signed a lease with the Mills Estate for 150 acres to use as an airport. The terms were for 3 years at $1,500 per year for a “temporary and experimental” municipal airport. This original tract of land remains part of SFO today. #SFOHistory
This tweet was posted on March 15, 2023.
French American coloratura soprano Lily Pons (1898–1976) was a pop-cultural sensation and appeared on radio programs, recorded for RCA Records, starred in Hollywood films, and had perfume, flowers, and even a town—Lilypons, Maryland—named after her. #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera
This tweet was posted on March 14, 2023.
Linda Geary is an abstract painter whose work is inspired by material processes of cutting, revision and repair; a collage approach that references actions of sewing and construction, akin to making a quilt. #LindaGeary #PublicArt #WomensHistoryMonth #5WomenArtists
This tweet was posted on March 15, 2023.
People often ask: “Where is the museum at SFO?” One answer is: The airport is the museum! Read about an experimental web-based wayfinding tool we’ve built to guide you to and from gates and artwork. Give it a try and send us feedback! https://t.co/Up6idAOteO
#museumlife #SFO
This tweet was posted on March 14, 2023.
RT @calmuseums: Looking for a new job at a California museum or cultural organization? Check out our Job Directory (updated every Wednesday…
This tweet was posted on March 15, 2023.
Want to see “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration” but don’t have a flight tickets? SFO Museum and @SFOpera are offering monthly tours the first Tuesday at 10am! Learn more: https://t.co/BTtcSXdt9g
#SFOperaCentennial #Opera
This tweet was posted on March 14, 2023.
“River” by Linda Geary refers to the synthesis of multiple sightlines and different ways of looking and provides an energetic backdrop for travelers as they begin their journey. The composition references architectural facades, steps, and a body of water. #LindaGeary #PublicArt
This tweet was posted on March 15, 2023.
Freda Koblick (1920–2011) was a native of San Francisco who pioneered cast-acrylic plastic sculpture. She was fascinated by “the promise and the mystery of transparency” of plastic as art. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #FredaKoblick #5WomenArtists
This tweet was posted on March 17, 2023.
RT @SFOMuseum: Want to see “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration” but don’t have a flight tickets? SFO Museum and @SFOpera are off…
This tweet was posted on March 17, 2023.
The color palette is reminiscent of the psychedelic traditions of San Francisco in the 1960s, while the sunrise pinks, midday blues & greens reflect the color of a setting sun over an imaginary body of water. Yellows & oranges move like the reflection of a rising sun. #LindaGeary
This tweet was posted on March 15, 2023.
The first woman to graduate from the Plastic Industries Technical Institute in LA, Koblick envisioned plastic as a fine arts medium that could provide exciting possibilities beyond the material’s traditional, industrial applications. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #FredaKoblick
This tweet was posted on March 17, 2023.
📸:
1. photograph: Western Air Lines, Convair CV-240; 1948
Gift of Barbara A. Dawson
2000.073.010
2. photograph: San Francisco Airport, Western Air Lines Convair CV-240; c. 1947
Collection of Justus H. Dobrin
2013.132.001
This tweet was posted on March 16, 2023.
But in 1971, with astronomically high costs, doubts about profitability, and pressure from environmental groups due to the noise pollution caused by supersonic aircraft, Congress cancelled funding for the SST program before Boeing could produce a prototype. #SSTFirstGeneration
This tweet was posted on March 21, 2023.