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Fiber artist Kay Sekimachi studied silk screen printing and watercolor painting at California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC). When she found students in the CCAC weaving room in 1949, Sekimachi used her remaining savings to purchase a four-harness loom. #KaySekimachiWeaving This tweet was posted on January 09, 2024.
Making photographs for Chiara takes great physical effort, patience, and forethought but results in evocative images. In "Cabrillo Highway at Pescadero Creek Road, Variation 4," Chiara captures an idyllic waterfront view along the Northern California coastline. #publicart This tweet was posted on January 19, 2024.
The recent cold snap has us shivering, even in California. But this weather is great for outdoor recreation. This poster from Air California in a classic 1970s style, advertises skiing in Ski Lake Tahoe, CA, and Mt. Hood, OR, both iconic West Coast skiing destinations. #52Posters This tweet was posted on January 30, 2024.
📸: poster: Air California; 1970s Gift of David Winckoski 2011.195.154 https://t.co/3EmRF7Td6W This tweet was posted on January 30, 2024.
See “California Modernist Women: Groundbreaking Creativity” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://t.co/RGair4BImp #CaliforniaModernistWomen #RuthAsawa #California #womenartists #modernism This tweet was posted on July 11, 2023.
In 1928, the J-5-equipped Fokker F.VIIb/3m Southern Cross was piloted by Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm on a 7,200-mile, three-stage, transpacific route from Oakland, California, to Brisbane, Australia, one of the longest flights using a J-5 engine. #EnduranceEngines This tweet was posted on August 01, 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.
On this day in 1959, the DC-8 entered service with Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines. In 2021, SFO Museum presented our scale 1:10 DC-8 cutaway model created by Pacific Miniatures in Alhambra, California. #52Objects #AvGeek #DC8 https://t.co/IrPJ5oDXwo This tweet was posted on September 18, 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.
On November 29, 1935, the inaugural transpacific Pan American Airways airmail service landed in Manila from California carrying 110,865 letters. An elaborate welcoming ceremony welcomed the crew, with an estimated 250,000 people in attendance. #52Objects #ChinaClipper #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 29, 2023.
“No Other Lands Their Glory Know” by Alice Shaw is a photographic image of a redwood forest on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California just north of San Francisco. 📸 © Ethan Kaplan #PublicArt #EarthMonth #SFAC #AliceShaw This tweet was posted on April 01, 2024.
“No Other Lands Their Glory Know” by Alice Shaw is a photographic image of a redwood forest on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California just north of San Francisco. This image was posted on April 01, 2024. #publicart #earthmonth #sfac #aliceshaw
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
This year, in tandem with our forthcoming airline poster artist exhibition, we will be highlighting posters from our collection every week. This image was posted on February 16, 2024. #avgeek #52posters #united
Fiber artist Kay Sekimachi (b. This image was posted on February 06, 2024. #kaysekimachi
The recent cold snap has us shivering, even in California. This image was posted on January 30, 2024. #avgeek #52posters #highlightsfromthecollection #aircalifornia
Virgin America was founded in 2004 by the Virgin Group to offer a more pleasurable domestic airline flying experience to the traveling public. This image was posted on January 24, 2024. #vxforever #avgeek #virginamerica
In an era of digital technology and one-click ease, John Chiara prefers a complex, analog approach to making photographs. This image was posted on January 19, 2024. #publicart #sfac #johnchiara #cameraobscura #waterfront #coastline
Fiber artist Kay Sekimachi studied silk screen printing and watercolor painting at California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC, now California College of the Arts) in Oakland. This image was posted on January 09, 2024. #kaysekimachiweaving #kaysekimachi #weaving
Enamel artist June Schwarcz was not trained in metalworking or enameling; rather, she studied industrial design at Pratt Institute. This image was posted on January 02, 2024. #unconventionalenamels #juneschwarcz
For “Long Arc of Day,” by Kim Anno, Anno combined historical scenes of the San Francisco Bay and the surrounding California landscape into one image. This image was posted on December 19, 2023. #publicart #sanfranciscoartscommission
San Francisco International Airport’s International Terminal officially opened to the public on December 10, 2000. This image was posted on December 11, 2023.
The development of the Wright J-5 Whirlwind began in the early 1920s with the Lawrance Aero-Engine Corporation, a company founded in 1917 by Charles L. Lawrance (1882–1950). This image was posted on December 05, 2023. #enduranceengines #avgeek #aviationhistory
On November 29, 1935, the inaugural transpacific Pan American Airways airmail service landed in Manila from California carrying 110,865 letters. This image was posted on November 29, 2023. #52objects #chinaclipper #avgeek
“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.
The Link Flight Trainer played an important role in the development of commercial aviation. This image was posted on November 07, 2023. #52objects
On this day in 1959, the DC-8 entered service with Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines. This image was posted on September 18, 2023.
In late August 1954, the new Central Terminal (now Terminal 2) at San Francisco International Airport was dedicated during a three-day ceremony. This image was posted on August 28, 2023. #52objects #sfohistory #sfhistory #avgeek
California Arts & Architecture began in 1929 as a magazine for residential design featuring a wide range of styles. When it declared bankruptcy in 1938, the magazine was purchased by John Entenza who transformed it into a modernist haven for design. #CaliforniaModernistWomen This tweet was posted on April 12, 2023.
See “California Modernist Women: Groundbreaking Creativity” on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/RGair4BImp #CaliforniaModernistWomen #RayEames #California #Modernism This tweet was posted on April 12, 2023.
Margaret De Patta was one of the first modernist American jewelers. During the 1920s, she trained as an avant-garde painter at the California School of Fine Arts (now the @SFAIofficial) and the Art Students League in New York City. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #MargaretDePatta This tweet was posted on April 21, 2023.
California also has an abundance of protected and preserved public use lands and national parks such as Joshua Tree, Yosemite, and Lassen Volcanic National Parks. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park contains many of the oldest trees on Earth. #EarthMonth #TBT #ILoveYouCA This tweet was posted on April 27, 2023.
California has the greatest diversity of natural areas, flora, and fauna species in North America—around 6,000 species of plants grow in our state! #EarthMonth #TBT #ILoveYouCA This tweet was posted on April 27, 2023.
Do you remember “I Love You, California: A Natural History”? Check it out online at: https://t.co/L3btndkpmn This tweet was posted on April 27, 2023.
In 2015, we presented “I Love You, California: A Natural History,” which celebrated the flora and fauna of California state. #EarthMonth #TBT #ILoveYouCA This tweet was posted on April 27, 2023.