Western Airlines introduced Wally Bird as its mascot in 1955. His name derived from the phrase “Western Air Lines Loves You.” Wally’s catchphrase “It’s the Ooonly way to fly!” became ingrained in popular culture. Do you remember Wally? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on February 13, 2019.
What does home mean to you? During the past year, young artists from Mission Education Center created art that reflects the process of migrating to a new place and of adjustment and growth, while remembering and celebrating their heritage and native cultures. #RootDivision
This tweet was posted on August 17, 2018.
When designing for 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢, a ballet that fuses European and African music and dance, Oakland-born costume and set designer Sandra Woodall applied the same cultural fusion in her vibrant designs for the ballet. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #Ballet
This tweet was posted on April 05, 2023.
With the introduction of flight service to Japan and Asia during the postwar era, beverage service began to incorporate the traditional customs of the cultures from these lands. Have you ever had Japanese-style tea service on an aircraft? #avgeek
This tweet was posted on September 28, 2018.
Working across a wide range of disciplines with a deep sense of social purpose for more than six decades, #IsamuNoguchi developed a uniquely open-ended, inclusive, and forward-looking perspective on global culture.
This tweet was posted on November 17, 2022.
Zuber et Cie uses original antique printing blocks, which the French Ministry of Culture has designated as Historical Monuments, and anywhere from over one hundred to several thousand blocks are needed to create a scenic paper set. #Zuber #wallpaper
This tweet was posted on January 25, 2021.
“Being alone in these remote areas is a very humbling experience. It helps my mind to create a suspension over the reality I perceive; cultural occurrences fade away leaving an apparent void which I try to fill in with shapes and colours of my photographic play.” #LucaTombolini
This tweet was posted on April 18, 2020.
“Sanctuary/Sanctuario” by Juana Alicia & Emmanuel C. Montoya is a family portrait of the #BayArea, a place with many cultures. The #mural is painted in traditional “fresco buono,” a painting technique that mixes pigment directly into wet plaster. #publicart #MuseumFromHome
This tweet was posted on January 05, 2021.
“Santuario/Sanctuary” by Juana Alicia and Emmanuel C. Montoya is a portrait of the Bay Area, a place of many cultures. Just as arrival at SFO is the beginning of a new life for immigrants, so it is refuge to shore birds that flock annually to surrounding wetlands. #5womenartists
This tweet was posted on March 15, 2022.
“To be an artisan, to be a weaver signifies tradition, the culture. We wear our dress. I never have taken it off." —Celia Sántiz Ruíz, Past President, Jolom Mayaetik #EmpoweringThreads
This tweet was posted on January 03, 2018.