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Hung Liu was a Bay Area artist whose signature painterly style was one that allowed the paint to drip across the image. In "Take Off", the boy’s outstretched arms mirror the bird’s spreading wings, making it a metaphor for the ancient human aspiration towards flight. #HungLiu This tweet was posted on May 21, 2024.
In his Peru poster, Lawler featured the ruins of Machu Picchu with figures watching a Douglas DC-2 pass overhead. Although the air route did not actually cross at the site, his message was clear: come to Peru by air to see wonders of the Pre-Columbian world. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on May 28, 2024.
Indian American director Hrishi Bardha shares the story of a young girl struggling to bury her pet bird in fear of it haunting her. His film highlights Hinduism in America and the difficulties of preserving one’s traditions and heritage. #VideoArtsSFO #AAPIHM https://t.co/8bm497Jibw This tweet was posted on May 23, 2024.
Sekimachi created a series of hanging sculptures that she named “River,” stating, “I thought of them as rivers because they were narrow and long and sometimes the warp threads were twisted and sort of hung free, and then they came together again.” #KaySekimachi #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 15, 2024.
The poster commemorates the closing of the original buildings of Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco on May 14, 1966. poster: San Mateo County Historical Association, Mills Field; 1966 Gift of John R. Barker 2002.005.044 a https://t.co/qZFZTjYHpS #52Posters #AvGeek This tweet was posted on May 14, 2024.
To weave such long and complex shapes off the loom, Sekimachi employed a six-foot-long, cribbage-like board made by her husband, the master woodturner Bob Stocksdale (1913–2003), that could accommodate up to 400 warp threads and 100 cards. #KaySekimachi #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 15, 2024.
With her preference to focus on one media and technique at a time, Sekimachi then substituted linen for monofilament and created the Marugawa series of card-woven tubes, naming them for a Japanese word that translates to “round river.” #KaySekimachi #AAPIHM This tweet was posted on May 15, 2024.
“I try to supply fifty percent of the experience. The rest is up to the viewer.” —Mickey McGowan, April 1987 The Unknown Museum was conceived as a hands-on experience, encouraging visitors to physically interact with stacks and shelves full of items. #UnknownMuseum This tweet was posted on May 20, 2024.
During the 1930s, Pan American Airways rapidly grew and developed a vast commercial network. To attract the few who could afford to fly at this time, the airline asked Paul George Lawler to create posters to promote its numerous international destinations. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on May 28, 2024.
Forbes applauded the video as “a peppy tune, outstanding choreography, and a healthy dose of attitude… the video encapsulates Virgin's exuberant style and offers a clear distinction between itself and the staid safety messages of its competitors." #VXForever This tweet was posted on May 29, 2024.
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. https://t.co/FKka61ufup #VXForever This tweet was posted on May 29, 2024.
Lawler included airliners flying over the locations, juxtaposing the technological triumph of the airplane with historical panoramas. In his depiction of Rio de Janeiro, Lawler placed a Sikorsky S-42 flying over Christ the Redeemer with Sugarloaf Mountain. #AirwaysArtists This tweet was posted on May 28, 2024.
The next year, the video won the Shorty Award for Best Use of Video in a Social Media Campaign. It set a new standard in safety videos for the airline industry, with numerous other carriers following Virgin America’s example and producing humorous and entertaining safety videos. This tweet was posted on May 29, 2024.
CALL FOR ARTISTS! Are you a filmmaker? Interested in screening your film for an international audience? SFO Museum reviews exhibition proposals from artists and filmmakers on a rolling basis. https://t.co/18M0ivIyMr #VideoArtsSFO This tweet was posted on May 30, 2024.
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 June 03, 2024.
Introduced in 1964, the Boeing 727 was a medium-range jetliner designed to serve regional airports with shorter runways. Beginning in the early 1970s, PSA offered Boeing 727 interiors in peach, pink, & magenta, similar to the colors featured on their liveries at the time. #AvGeek This tweet was posted on June 05, 2024.
SFO Museum is proud to celebrate #Pride Month with 4 Pride themed films. In this endearing documentary, German director Lukas Tielke provides a view of the simple and beautiful lives of Pedro and Flavio, an Italian couple of 30 years in their dream countryside home. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/qd4Ti5ve72 This tweet was posted on June 06, 2024.
VERY DEFINITELY NOT A SECRET! Did you know that SFO Museum has a dedicated collections storage facility that houses a portion of our aviation collection? Check out this episode of Inside SFO to get a glimpse inside our collection storage facility. https://t.co/dkM7GCaKHK This tweet was posted on June 10, 2024.
Video Arts is currently programming 4 new films each month that are 20 minutes or less in duration. Due to our operation in a public space, Video Arts does not program work that features overt sexual or violent content. Interested? Submit your work here: https://t.co/18M0ivIyMr This tweet was posted on May 30, 2024.
Harold Bixby, a midwestern businessman, started working for Pan American Airways in 1933 and helped manage PAA’s partnership in the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC). This image illustrates the Chinese-American partnership that made up the CNAC. #BixbyCollection This tweet was posted on June 18, 2024.
San Francisco-based director Aurora Brachman captures an honest and emotional conversation of a child revealing a secret to their mother: “I’m not a girl.” #VideoArtsSFO #Pride #Joychild #AuroraBrachman https://t.co/tRrrmtT46h This tweet was posted on June 20, 2024.
The Unknown Museum, curated by Mickey McGowan, was conceived as part conceptual art, part hands-on experience. When confronted with so many common objects from years past, visitors often asked McGowan, to see a specific item, and then proceeded to search for it. #UnknownMuseum This tweet was posted on June 21, 2024.
Today is the grand opening of the final phase of Harvey Milk Terminal 1! The new area in HMT1 includes: new concessions, 2 new boarding gates, a new security check point, a walkway connecting HMT1 to T2, 11 SFAC public artworks, 2 new Museum galleries, and more! #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on June 17, 2024.
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/FFFoijZTJd #UnknownMuseum #MickeyMcGowan #BayArea #BayAreaHistory This tweet was posted on June 21, 2024.
Artist Paul Madonna is known for blending poetic and poignant text with lush and inviting hand-drawn cityscapes. This panoramic view from SF’s Excelsior district depicts two perpendicular streets descending from a hilltop; the houses and trees ebbing & flowing in a graceful wave. This tweet was posted on July 02, 2024.
Carved human or animal forms, heads, or faces in high or low relief animate instruments. For instance, the shell of a drum may display carved human forms, while a sculptural figure adorns the handle of a bell or the top of a harp lute. #ArtoftheAfricanInstrument This tweet was posted on July 01, 2024.
Field crafted several airliner models as mementos for his father, a former pilot for Continental. Field also initially worked for the airlines in maintenance until the demand for his craft enabled him to pursue model making as a full-time occupation. #CutAboveModels This tweet was posted on June 24, 2024.
Gary Field endeavored to create a highly accurate interior based on the original Continental DC-7B cabin details and amenities, with seats, luggage racks, lavatories, a galley, passengers, and Continental’s signature Coach Lounge all individually cast in plastic. #CutAboveModels This tweet was posted on June 24, 2024.
SF's 54th Pride Parade is 6/30. #OnThisDay in 1978, Harvey Milk, the 1st openly gay elected official in CA, gave 1 of his most powerful speeches “My Name is Harvey Milk and I want to recruit you” at the Gay Freedom Day, a predecessor of today’s Pride Parade. #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on June 25, 2024.
San Francisco-based director Amanda Beane displays a beautiful story of two dancers struggling with the flip sides of homophobia. Through dance, the duet learns how to break societal norms and come to terms with platonic intimacy. #VideoArtsSFO #Pride #IJustWannaDance https://t.co/WIOGKWcr9P This tweet was posted on June 27, 2024.
The process evoked familiarity, comfort, and was thought-provoking. McGowan recalled a “special kind of laughter” heard from visitors, “not like you hear at comedy shows, but more like some incredible kind of therapeutic release.” #UnknownMuseum This tweet was posted on June 21, 2024.
To create metal models, Field first carved a positive form in wood based on aircraft plans. From this form he created a mold to cast the model in metal, usually aluminum. In cutaway models he left portions of the fuselage open to insert the interior & add plastic viewing windows. This tweet was posted on June 24, 2024.
"I use traditional tapestry techniques modified for my own personal needs. Rather than working in rigid color areas and interlocking weft, I try for a more fluid effect by [using] extra weft inserts and overlapping threads.” —Kay Sekimachi, 1959 #KaySekimachiWeaving #KaySekimachi This tweet was posted on July 08, 2024.
A very special thank you to Forrest L. Merrill for making this exhibition possible. See "Kay Sekimachi: Weaving Traditions" on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/6dR9pasyoc #KaySekimachiWeaving #KaySekimachi #weaving This tweet was posted on July 08, 2024.
Bay Area-based animator Alisha Liu shares a relatable story about a lovely Sunday afternoon picnic in the park that is interrupted by deep contemplation that spirals into existential dread. #VideoArtsSFO https://t.co/vXaFGRovvu This tweet was posted on July 11, 2024.
Did you know SFO Museum has an exhibition prep area where we can mockup exhibitions on a 1:1 scale? As a non-traditional museum, we create everything at an off-site location, then set it up like a dress rehearsal for easy installation once it is time to install in the airport. This tweet was posted on July 10, 2024.