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2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, May 3, 2004
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
Agenda
- Roll Call
- Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve April 5, 2004 Minutes.
Explanatory document: Draft minutes
- President's Report
Discussion
Current developments and announcements; welcome to new Commissioners.
- Director's Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
- 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
- Motion to approve the Civic Design Committee Meeting Minutes of April 19, 2004.
- Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of April 14, 2004.
Civic Design Committee Recommendations (April 19, 2004)
Action
- Motion to approve Harding Park Clubhouse Phase 3.
- Motion to approve India Basin Shoreline Park Restroom Phase 1 & 2 contingent upon review of color scheme at full Commission meeting.
- Motion to approve Hamilton Pool and Recreation Center Phase 1.
- Motion to approve San Francisco 9-11 Memorial Phase 1.
Street Artists Committee Recommendations (April 14, 2004)
Action
- Motion to disapprove the following three provisions of a proposal to amend the lottery procedure for assigning selling spaces: (provision 1) eliminating the Downtown and Wharf lotteries system and replacing it with a single lottery system held on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday with sign-up days on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, (provision 2) eliminating the mini-lottery as well as the unofficial "mini-mini lottery" for unassigned spaces and replacing these lotteries with an allocation of unassigned spaces by ranking order of lottery numbers beginning with the lowest number, (provision 3) allowing Lottery Committee members and helpers to enter the lottery and receive a number, allowing for the free selling space they receive for working to be considered as a first use of their number.
- Motion to approve the following fourth provision of a proposal to amend the lottery procedure for assigning selling spaces: (provision 4) allowing helperships received through the lottery to be for the same lottery period of the following week.
Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (April 28, 2004)
Action
- Motion to approve the loan of a painting by Lucien Labaudt titled Shampoo at Moss Beach to the exhibition: Surrealism USA, organized by the National Academy of Design, NY and touring to the Phoenix Art Museum and a third venue to be determined. Loan dates January 2005 - February 2007.
- Motion to approve the loan of a painting by Robert Bechtle titled San Francisco Nova to the exhibition: Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective, organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and touring to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Loan dates January 2005 - October 2005.
- Motion to approve the loan of a painting by Maurice Lapp titled Urban Forms to the exhibition: Maurice Lapp Retrospective, organized by the Sonoma County Arts Council, Santa Rosa. Loan dates January 2005 - May 2005.
- Motion to pay Meleksah Henderson up to $6,000 honoraria for gallery internship services, starting May 1, 2004, at the rate of no more than $1,000 per month.
- Motion to approve artist Michael Carey's conceptual design for artwork for the JP Murphy Clubhouse project.
- Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with artist Michael Carey in an amount not to exceed $29,000 for the design development, fabrication, transportation and installation of a figurative sculpture for JP Murphy Clubhouse.
- Motion to approve the revised tile color palette by Cheonae Kim for the Aqua Therapy Center at Laguna Honda Hospital.
- Motion to increase the contract with Ann Chamberlain and Bernie Lubell by $240,000 for a total contract amount not to exceed $250,000 for construction documents, fabrication, transportation and installation of their photographic light box artworks for Laguna Honda Hospital.
- Motion to approve Tom Ferentz and The Sixth Street Photography Workshop's proposal, and the artist team of Virginia Hopkins and Victoria Carlson's proposal for the Art on Market Street Temporary Project Program for 2004-05, with Kim Epifano of Epiphany Productions' proposal as an alternate.
- Motion to approve the Director of Cultural Affairs entering into contract with Tom Ferentz and Amanda Herman in an amount not to exceed $17,000, for “Talking Market Street: If Market Street Could Talk,” an art project for the Art on Market Street Temporary Projects Program for 2004-05.
- Motion to approve the Director of Cultural Affairs entering into contract with Virginia Hopkins and Victoria Carlson in an amount not to exceed $17,075 for “Endangered Seed Project,” an art project for the Art on Market Street Temporary Projects Program for 2004-05, pending approval of the site.
- Motion to approve the Director of Cultural Affairs entering into contract with Kim Epifano of Epiphany Productions in an amount not to exceed $16,000 for “Lotta's Opera,” an art project for the Art on Market Street Temporary Projects Program for 2004-05, in the event that one of the two finalists' projects does not proceed to implementation.
- Motion to make final payment to artist Victor Zaballa on his design contract for the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant for an amount not to exceed $2,500.
- Committee Reports
- Executive Committee--Stanlee Gatti, Chair
- Discussion: Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
Action
- Motion to approve 2004-2005 Cultural Equity Grants Guidelines.
Explanatory document: Draft Guidelines
- Motion to approve an honorarium of $2000 to Katie Sevier for her project to analyze public art funding.
- Motion to approve the following individuals as panelists for the Cultural Equity Grants panel pool:
Victoria Bautista, dancer
Lorraine Padden, choreographer
- Civic Design Committee--Stanlee Gatti, Chair
- Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Community Arts and Education Committee
- Discussion: Report from Community Arts and Education Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Street Artists Committee--Dugald Stermer, Chair
- Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Action: Motion to approve requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Susan Giammona, Linda Davis, Jennifer Levine.
- Visual Arts Committee
- Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Reports and Announcements
Discussion
- Public Comment
Discussion
- Adjournment
Action
4/30/04 spr
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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