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In “Prisoners Repast,” Huffman includes basketballs, textured basketball hoop netting, Kente cloth, and glitter with his expressive brushstrokes to emphasize the complex & multi-layered aspects of contemporary African American identity. #PublicArt #DavidHuffman #BlackHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on February 17, 2023.

The artist uses the basketball as a metaphor for the black body and its changing meaning throughout history. #PublicArt #DavidHuffman #BlackHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on February 17, 2023.

David Huffman (b. 1963), who was born and raised in Berkeley, CA, combines the aesthetics of science fiction, urban vernacular, & the language of abstraction to investigate the politics of race through the iconography of the basketball. #PublicArt #DavidHuffman #BlackHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on February 17, 2023.

See “Between the Lines: Liz at Large” by Abi Cole in the Video Arts Gallery, located pre-security in the International Terminal, open daily from 7am to 10pm. Learn more about this month’s films at: https://t.co/s0oA7gcWli #VideoArtsSFO #BlackHistoryMonth #AbiCole #TheNewYorker This tweet was posted on February 16, 2023.

Washington, D.C.-based filmmaker Abi Cole follows @NewYorker ’s first Black, female cartoonist, Liz Montague, who sketches a world in which Black women are the main characters. #VideoArtsSFO #BlackHistoryMonth #LizMontague #AbiCole This tweet was posted on February 16, 2023.

“Flourish” by Alison Saar is on display in the pre-security connector between Terminal 1 and 2. https://t.co/6X5NUXaKiY #PublicArt #AlisonSaar #BlackHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on February 09, 2023.

See “Blackness is Everything” by Alba Roland Mejia in the Video Arts Gallery, located pre-security in the International Terminal, open daily from 7am to 10pm. Learn more about this month’s films at: https://t.co/s0oA7gcWli #VideoArtsSFO #BlackHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on February 09, 2023.

Oakland-based filmmaker Alba Roland Mejia celebrates the diversity of the Black diaspora in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more about the filmmaker visit: https://t.co/gzMv1gQA9P #VideoArtsSFO #BlackHistoryMonth This tweet was posted on February 09, 2023.

See Parallel Portions” by Mike Henderson on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1. https://t.co/eJVF4TnmaJ #PublicArt #BlackHistoryMonth #MikeHenderson This tweet was posted on February 08, 2023.

To create “Parallel Portions,” Henderson applied vibrant hues of purple and blue in multiple layers, building them up into a luscious impasto and scraping them off with a palette knife to reveal glimpses of color below. #BlackHistoryMonth #MikeHenderson This tweet was posted on February 08, 2023.

Pioneering artist, filmmaker, and blues musician Mike Henderson left Missouri to attend the San Francisco Art Institute, earning his MFA in 1970. Henderson began exploring abstraction, which became the primary visual language of his work. #BlackHistoryMonth #MikeHenderson This tweet was posted on February 08, 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 and online at: https://t.co/IfqCjTrTVx #BlackHistoryMonth @SFOpera #SFOperaCentennial #LeontynePrice This tweet was posted on February 06, 2023.