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“I identify primarily as a woman and secondarily as transgender...I can’t deny or completely separate myself from the past because it did happen and those memories are with me…I remember one day very specifically when we were sitting in a morning meeting... Stephanie, 2014 This tweet was posted on August 02, 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 each of the featured individuals. #ToSurviveOnThisShore This tweet was posted on August 02, 2023.

SFO became the 4th busiest airport in the nation in 1962. To maximize @flySFO’s footprint, a late 1960s master plan envisioned the North Terminal (now T3), Central Terminal (T2), and South Terminal (Harvey Milk T1) surrounding a multi-level parking garage. #52Objects #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 07, 2023.

𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘭 was Jorma Elo’s first commissioned work for @SFBallet. It is a ballet of extremes, with movements both classical and modern. The idea, Elo explains, “is to shake audiences out of complacency. Sometimes you want to break the dynamic of things.” #SFBalletAt90 This tweet was posted on August 04, 2023.

For instance, the suited businessman is a symbol of mainstream respectability, often contrasted with bold, vividly dressed women. #SFAC #ViolaFrey This tweet was posted on August 15, 2023.

San Francisco based director and cinematographer Jeremy McNamara documents fifty-three-year-old Carl during his journey to obtain a GED. Carl seeks help from a student math tutor while studying for his exams, and the two form an unexpected bond. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/pJfBJDB1Y9 This tweet was posted on August 10, 2023.

The grandmother figure is a maternal icon of power inspired by the “take charge” matriarchs in her hometown during World War II. #SFAC #ViolaFrey This tweet was posted on August 15, 2023.

The workman’s glove holds the world in its palm - a statement about the value of work and creativity. #SFAC #ViolaFrey This tweet was posted on August 15, 2023.

Viola Frey was born on this day Lodi, California in 1933. Frey primarily worked in the San Francisco Bay Area. Frey has created a vocabulary of figures and objects that form a personal mythology. #SFAC #ViolaFrey This tweet was posted on August 15, 2023.

Virgin America commenced operations #onthisday in 2007. A low-cost, domestic airline headquartered in nearby Burlingame, CA, the airline operated a fleet of narrow-body Airbus A319, A320, A320 neo and A321 neo airliners on routes across the U.S. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 08, 2023.

#Onthisday in 1938, Pan American Airways signed a multi-year lease with San Francisco for a base at Treasure Island. In 1935, #PanAm inaugurated the world’s first transoceanic service from Alameda but moved when part of Alameda Island was sold to the US Navy in 1936. #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 22, 2023.

Berlin and Mexico City-based director Phillip Kaminiak and Jacob Jonas The Company partnered to present Circle, a riveting dance film set in Mexico City that evokes the frenetic pace and endless movement of those inhabiting modern cities. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/Nc84cWjIM3 This tweet was posted on August 24, 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 each of the featured individuals. #ToSurviveOnThisShore This tweet was posted on August 16, 2023.

Recent San Jose State University (@SJSU) animation graduate Denise Chan’s Kaeru follows a darkroom photographer as she experiences frustration and self-doubt during the creative process until a young child reminds her of the wonder and joy of photography. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/DQ3k0HsvyV This tweet was posted on August 17, 2023.

A visionary artist, Georges Liautaud founded the Haitian metal sculpture movement. In the 1940s, Liautaud opened a forge in his hometown of Croix-des-Bouquets where he fabricated mechanical parts, repaired items, and made crosses for cemeteries. #HaitianMetal #GeorgesLiautaud This tweet was posted on September 12, 2023.

In August 1954, the new Central Terminal (now Terminal 2) at @flysfo was dedicated during a 3-day ceremony. Attended by hundreds of thousands of visitors, the event showcased 43 aircraft for visitors to tour, and invited special guests who wore this badge. #52Objects This tweet was posted on August 28, 2023.

Rhoden has a distinctive choreographic style. Within Rhoden’s piece there is a range of textures, going from fast and chaotic to pensive and serene, paralleling the uncertainty of contemporary world events. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #Ballet This tweet was posted on August 25, 2023.

While "The Promised Land" does not have a fixed story, there is a “wandering narrative” throughout inspired by circumstances of the past few years: the COVID-19 pandemic and the struggle for racial equality. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #Ballet This tweet was posted on August 25, 2023.

Zurich- and Berlin-based director Chris Santiago documents a Oaxacan woman’s tradition of crafting artisanal Mezcal from the agave plant, just as her father did before her. #VideoArtsSFO #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth https://t.co/O8SwZ9auDb This tweet was posted on September 08, 2023.

event badge: San Francisco International Airport Dedication and Flight Festival, special guest; 08/27/1954-08/29/1954 Gift of Mark A. Benedetto Jr. and Family 2019.064.017 This tweet was posted on August 28, 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 each of the featured individuals. #ToSurviveOnThisShore This tweet was posted on September 13, 2023.

Using recycled oil drums, scraps of iron, barbed wire, and other metals, and employing a hammer, anvil, chisel, and welding iron, #GeorgesLiautaud crafted sculptures embodying many themes—from spirits of the Haitian Vodou pantheon to imaginary figures. #HaitianMetal This tweet was posted on September 12, 2023.

Rhoden has a distinctive choreographic style. Within Rhoden’s piece there is a range of textures, going from fast and chaotic to pensive and serene, paralleling the uncertainty of contemporary world events. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #Ballet This tweet was posted on September 19, 2023.

Suggesting a topography map, the sculptures consist of stacked, shaped planes made from powder-coated steel tubing and greenhouse shade cloth. This material & construction method allows for maximum volume with minimal weight and allows light to penetrate the structure. #PublicArt This tweet was posted on September 15, 2023.

The sculpture may be interpreted in many ways, but the suggestion of immateriality—a frozen moment before a totally new form emerges—is the artist’s objective. #PublicArt #SFAC #KendallBuster This tweet was posted on September 15, 2023.

The suspended shapes create an illusion that the forms have decompressed and expanded and that the two visible sculptures might be fragments of a larger mysterious mass, like clouds. #PublicArt #SFAC #KendallBuster This tweet was posted on September 15, 2023.

While 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥 does not have a fixed story, there is a “wandering narrative” throughout inspired by circumstances of the past few years: the COVID-19 pandemic and the struggle for racial equality. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #Ballet This tweet was posted on September 19, 2023.

📸: United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 Mainliner Captain R. T. Freng cutaway model aircraft c. 1959 Pacific Miniatures, Alhambra, California scale 1:10 fiberglass, metal, wood, paint, plastic, paper, ink, fabric Gift of the Rollison Family 2018.128.001 a j https://t.co/lKudGC7mTt This tweet was posted on September 18, 2023.

Learn more about San Francisco Opera’s history in our exhibition “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/IfqCjTrTVx #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera #SFOpera #Opera This tweet was posted on September 20, 2023.

Olive Ann Beech (née Mellor) was born in Kansas in 1903 and became the first woman to head a major aircraft corporation, when she took over Beechcraft in 1950. #52Objects #OliveAnnBeech This tweet was posted on September 25, 2023.

The two costumes were worn by German tenor Peter Seiffert during a 2007 San Francisco Opera production. The distressed version shows the wear that was incurred through the trials and tribulations of Tannhäuser during his penance to Rome and back. #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera This tweet was posted on September 20, 2023.

𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘩ä𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 is the fifth opera by German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner and was completed between 1843–45. Tannhäuser is a minnesinger, or medieval German lyric poet, who is torn between lust for the goddess Venus and his former love Elisabeth #SFOperaCentennial @SFOpera This tweet was posted on September 20, 2023.

#MiguelArzabe collects and repurposes printed promotional material (posters, flyers, brochures, etc.) from art exhibitions he has attended. He often has a personal connection to the artist whose work is depicted therein. @SFAC #publicart #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth This tweet was posted on September 27, 2023.

#MiguelArzabe’s weaving process is an homage to the textile tradition of his Andean heritage (Bolivia). He creates his own patterns inspired by Andean motifs that describe the environment and mythology of a particular region. @SFAC #publicart #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth This tweet was posted on September 27, 2023.

@gallivanttam Hi! Thank you so much for asking. “San Francisco Opera: A Centennial Celebration" will be on display until mid October so our October tour will unfortunately be the last guided tour. This tweet was posted on September 25, 2023.

A very special thank you to Mickey McGowan for making this exhibition possible. See “Recollections… from the Unknown Museum” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/4G3SzOmcrE #UnknownMuseum #MickeyMcGowan #BayArea #BayAreaHistory This tweet was posted on September 28, 2023.