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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, June 7, 2004
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70

Agenda

  1. Roll Call

  2. Approval of Minutes
    Action
    Motion to approve May 3, 2004 Minutes.
    Explanatory document: Draft minutes

  3. President’s Report
    Discussion
    Current developments and announcements; update on budget.

  4. Director’s Report
    Discussion
    Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.

  5. Consent Calendar
    The following items are included in the Consent Calendar subject to withdrawal at the request of a Commissioner:

    Approval of Committee Minutes
    Action
    1. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of April 28, 2004.

    2. Motion to approve the Community Arts and Education Committee Meeting Minutes of May 11, 2004.

    3. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of May 12, 2004.

    4. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of May 18, 2004.


      Community Arts and Education Committee Recommendations (May 11, 2004)
      Action
    5. Motion to modify contract for the following individuals to provide training and teaching in creative writing in WritersCorps for 2004-05 from Department of Children, Youth and Families fund and Youth Arts Fund.
      Beto Palomar $28,000
      Chad Sweeney $38,000
      Mahru Elahi $30,000
      Michelle Matz $38,000
      Jime Salcedo-Malo $35,000
      Toussaint Haki $34,000
      Gloria Yamato $32,000
      Judith Tannenbaum $39,000

    6. Motion to pay up to $25,000 from the Arts Education NEA grant to the San Francisco Foundation Community Initiatives Fund to support the 2003-2004 Arts Education Funders Collaborative projects.

    7. Motion to pay Kelly Armstrong $1000 honorarium from Youth Arts Funds to assist with planning the California Arts Scholars award ceremony.


      Executive Committee Recommendations (May 18, 2004)
      Action
    8. Motion to approve the following individuals as panelists for the Cultural Equity Grants panel pool:
      Torange Yeghiazarian, Golden Thread Productions
      Petra Schumann, ArtSpan
      Jess Alan Curtis, dancer, choreographer
      Sean San Jose, Campo Santo
      Liss Fain, dancer, choreographer
      Madeleine Lim, film and video maker
      Explanatory document: Memo from Program Director Jewelle Gomez

    9. Motion to approve recommendations for 49 grants in the 2004 cycle of the Organization Project Grant category totaling $534,800.
      Explanatory document: Memo from Program Director Jewelle Gomez and panel evaluation notes


      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (June 7, 2004)
      Action
    10. Motion to deaccession and return to the artist a work by Judith Linhares titled Turkey, 1978, oil on canvas, 72" x 68" (1980.5) purchased for the San Francisco International Airport.

    11. Motion to approve the relocation of the Goethe Schiller monument from the north end of the Academy of Sciences in the Music Concourse of Golden Gate Park to a location 200 feet away on the north side of the intersecting pedestrian path that links to the Rhododendron Dell.

    12. Motion to approve Wang Po Shu and Douglas Hollis as part of the juror’s pool for the Stern Grove and Pine Lake Park Project.

    13. Motion to approve the proposals of Maria Forde; artist team Jessica Hobbs and Felecia Carlisle; artist team Julio Morales, Jonas Melvin and Claudio Michelo; and Kamau Amu Patton; with Art Hazelwood as an alternate, for posters for the Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series 2005.

    14. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into separate contracts with Maria Forde, artist team Jessica Hobbs and Felecia Carlisle; artist team Julio Morales, Jonas Melvin and Claudio Michelo; and Kamau Amu Patton for the development of six final designs and printing of 24 posters for installation in 24 kiosks on Market Street for consecutive three months exhibition periods from February, 2005, to February 2006, in an amount not to exceed $8,500 per contract.

  6. Committee Reports
    1. Executive Committee--Stanlee Gatti, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

      2. Action: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the San Francisco Symphony to produce the annual Summer in the City concert series for the amount of $1,235,252.

    2. Civic Design Committee--Stanlee Gatti, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

      2. Action: Motion to approve La Grande Tank Replacement Project Phase 3.

    3. Community Arts and Education Committee--Blanche Brown, Chair 
      1. Discussion: Report from Community Arts and Education Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

    4. Street Artists Committee--Dugald Stermer, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

      2. Action: Motion to approve requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Sonia Davis, Jose Da Silva, Lydia Wirth, Derar Samara.

      3. Action: Motion to approve requests by applicants for waiver of 15-day policy in obtaining certificate: Thomas H. Brown, Nina D. Honbo, David Rodgers.

    5. Visual Arts Committee--Stanlee Gatti, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

      2. Action: Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection the sculpture Invocation by Pepe Ozan, 2004, measuring 10' x 8.5' x 2,' made of galvanized steel rod and perforated metal, and installed at the juncture of Cesar Chavez and Vermont Street, commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission with funding from the Cesar Chavez Bicycle Overpass.

    6. Action: Motion to approve a resolution in support of Lori Haigh and the Capobianco Gallery to uphold freedom of expression, the ability of gallery owners to choose work without public censorship and the threat of violence, and the necessary exploration of politics through art.

    7. Reports and Announcements
      Discussion

    8. Public Comment
      Discussion

    9. Adjournment
      Action


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      Notices
      Explanatory documents are available for public inspection and copying at the Arts Commission office, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Sharon Page Ritchie, 415/252-2591.

      Public comment in regard to specific items will be taken before or during consideration of the item.

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