SFO Museum

Emilio Pucci called this collection 727 Braniff Place in honor of the airline’s Boeing 727 jets. This multiple-style uniform included dresses and a new look in airline attire—the pantsuit. Made in lightweight nylon Qiana, the uniform came in this two-tone blue version. The short-sleeve dress had above-the-knee and mini lengths, and square, ruffled, or scoop neck options. It was worn with or without the palazzo pants, or a hot pants alternative for the mini. Pucci’s famous print designs appear on the skirt and as decorative borders to create a finished appearance.

“Fashion In Flight: A History of Airline Uniform Design” was on display, from June 16, 2016 to January 08, 2017 in the International Terminal and the Aviation Museum and Library. See our exhibition catalog online at: https://bit.ly/FashioninFlight

Craig Calderwood's magnificent three-story mural “The Only Blue is the Sky” uses a visual vernacular of dogs, flowers, fruits, potted plants, and stripes to express the diversity and exuberance of q***r history and culture. Located in Havery Milk Terminal 1, the work also honors the legacy of civil rights pioneer Supervisor Milk. Histories are non-linear, relying on a diverse constellation of signifiers and people to order and give meaning to the chaos of the past. Calderwood's work ties together various signs to highlight a q***r network, connecting ideas of desire, resistance, deviance, kinship, and alternative family structures throughout history. This colorful tableau also reflects the multifaceted nature of q***r identity and expresses Milk's utopian ideas of making life for those who live outside of the mainstream easy, comfortable, and joyful.

See “The Only Blue is the Sky” by Craig Calderwood, on display, pre-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://bit.ly/436TJbV

San Francisco Arts Commission

FREE EVENT: DESTINATION: SAN FRANCISCO - Curator Lecture and Exhibition Tour
This Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Come join exhibition co-curators Samuel Scott and John King for and inside look at the new exhibition “Destination: San Francisco.” The marketing of San Francisco and the Bay Area as a world-famous tourist destination has strong historical links to the airline industry. “Destination: San Francisco,” developed in collaboration with local historian and former San Francisco Chronicle urban design critic, John King, as well as the San Francisco History Center at the San Francisco Public Library, shares key moments of this history though images, objects and ephemera going back over 85 years.

The event will be held at the Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum & Library in the International Terminal. NO RSVP required! For directions to the Museum please visit our website: https://bit.ly/4x4bSF1

Isamu Noguchi is recognized internationally as one of the most significant artists of his generation. Though born in the United States, Noguchi attended elementary school in Japan. Like other schoolchildren in Japan, he learned origami and kirigami (the folding and cutting of paper). This influenced this three-dimensional sculpture from two-dimensional materials, from sheet brass in the late 1920s to surplus sheets of architectural marble cladding in the 1940s to stainless steel in the 1960s and 70s, and steel and bronze plate in the 1980s.

See “Figure” by Isamu Noguchi on display, post-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://bit.ly/4eGYDmT

Today would have marked Harvey Milk’s 96th birthday. Milk was the first openly gay politician elected into public office in California. A visionary leader, Milk was sworn in as the Supervisor of the newly created 5th district of San Francisco on January 8, 1978. On April 11, Mayor George Moscone signed the Human Rights Ordinance, which Milk had co-sponsored, banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing, and public accommodations in the private sector. On June 15, at the Gay Freedom Day, Milk gave his famous, “My Name is Harvey Milk and I want to recruit you” speech. On November 27, Milk and Moscone were assassinated by former city supervisor Dan White. Milk’s legacy lives on at SFO in our exhibition “Harvey Milk: Messenger of Hope.”

See “Harvey Milk: Messenger of Hope” and read the full exhibition catalog online at: http://bit.ly/HarveyMilkExhibition

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San Francisco Gay Democratic Club members rejoice on
Harvey Milk’s day of inauguration January 9, 1978
Photograph by David Waggoner (1947–90)
Courtesy of the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, SFPL
R2019.0203.017

Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone at City Hall March 29, 1978
Photograph by Efren Convento Ramirez (1941–2017)
Collection of Efren Ramirez; Courtesy of the GLBT Historical Society
R2019.0202.007

Harvey Milk during the Gay Freedom Day parade June 1978
Courtesy of the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, SFPL
04101B; R2019.0203.020

In a world of constant distraction, undergraduate photography students at California College of the Arts turn to slowness as an antidote, expressed through labor-intensive practices and restrained visual language.

For many, slowness takes shape through experimentation with analog and alternative photographic processes. Slowness is also evident in the subject matter chosen or in projects that cannot be quickly completed. The exhibition positions slowness as a set of deliberate choices—about materials, subjects, and the pace at which meaning unfolds.

See “Slow Burn: Undergraduate Photography at California College of the Arts” on display, pre-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://bit.ly/4w6zg45

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Night Moss 2025
Benjamin Young (b. 1999)
gelatin silver print
Courtesy of the artist and California College of the Arts
L2026.1101.015

Tangled in the Bittersweet 2025
Sahalie Carnahan-Ramsey (b. 2005)
reproduction of cyanotype on glass
Courtesy of the artist and California College of the Arts
L2026.1101.032

In July 2025
Sahalie Carnahan-Ramsey (b. 2005)
reproduction of cyanotype on glass
Courtesy of the artist and California College of the Arts
L2026.1101.032

Detanglement 2025
Amylee Rachael (b. 2001)
gelatin silver print
Courtesy of the artist and California College of the Arts
L2026.1101.028

Ala Ebtekar's work is informed by light and illumination. He created Zenith (VII) by first applying a photochemical solution to a raw canvas. The light-sensitive material was then overlaid with multiple negatives from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Image Archive and exposed to sunlight. After the chemicals were washed away and the cyanotype of outer space was revealed, the artist painted stylized cloud forms across the deep blue sky. By superimposing fantastical clouds on top of the photographic image of the cosmos, Ebtekar generates a dialogue between science and art, the finite and the infinite, the real and the imagined.

See “Zenith (VII)” by Ala Ebtekar on display, pre-security, in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 and online at: https://bit.ly/4i8WPCX

The marketing of San Francisco and the Bay Area as a world-famous tourist destination is a project with strong historical links to the airline industry. Destination: San Francisco, developed in collaboration with local historian and former San Francisco Chronicle urban design critic, John King, as well as the San Francisco History Center at the San Francisco Public Library, shares key moments of this history though images, objects, and ephemera going back over 85 years.

See our newest exhibition, “Destination: San Francisco,” on display pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal and online at: https://bit.ly/3QSYNhb