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Visual Arts Committee - May 21, 2014 - Meeting Agenda

Visual Arts Committee - May 21, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
3 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
San Francisco, CA 94102
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Agenda

 

1. Roll Call

2. Consent Calendar
Action 
Explanatory Documents: Images #1, #2, #3 
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

  1. Motion to approve a StreetSmARTS mural design, Jazz in the Fillmore, by Mel Waters painted on a mural site located at 1233-1235 Divisadero Street. The San Francisco Arts Commission will fund the mural’s implementation.
  1. Motion to approve a StreetSmARTS mural design, Koi, by Francisco Aquino painted on a mural site located at 2597 22nd Street.  The San Francisco Arts Commission will fund the mural’s implementation.
  1. Motion to approve a StreetSmARTS mural design, Believe and Achieve by Shawn Bullen painted on a mural site located at 600 Kearny Street.  The San Francisco Arts Commission will fund the mural’s implementation.

Motion: Motion to approve consent calendar items.

3. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, by Dina-Angel Wing
Susan Pontious
Action
Explanatory Documents: Proposal; Staff Report; Biography; Image
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 Minutes

Discuss the proposed gift of a bronze a bust of Lawrence Ferlinghetti to the Civic Art Collection and approval of its temporary display at the North Beach Library.

Motion: Motion to approve the temporary display a bronze sculpture bust of poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti by Dina-Angel Wing in the Ferlinghetti Reading Room of the North Beach Library from May 10, 2014 until May 30, 2015.

4. North Beach Branch Library
Mary Chou
Action
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of Bill Fontana's artwork Sonic Dreamscape, 2014 as installed at the North Beach Branch Library.

Motion: Motion to approve Bill Fontana's artwork Sonic Dreamscape, 2014 as installed along the exterior of the North Beach Branch Library.

5. Arelious Walker Stair Replacement Project
Mary Chou
Action
Explanatory Document: Images of Arelious Walker Stairway
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of Colette Crutcher and Aileen Barr's artwork Flights of Fancy, as installed on the risers of the Arelious Walker Stairway.

Motion: Motion to approve Colette Crutcher and Aileen Barr's mosaic artwork Flights of Fancy, as installed on the risers of the Arelious Walker Stairway.

6. Art on Market: Kiosk Poster Series - Anthony Discenza
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Documents: Final Poster Designs
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of Anthony Discenza’s thirty six final designs for his Art on Market Kiosk Poster Series, The City as Museum: Highlighting Works from the Civic Art Collection.

Motion: Motion to approve the final poster designs for Anthony Discenza’s Art on Market Kiosk Poster Series, The City as Museum: Highlighting Works from the Civic Art Collection, July 14 – October 3, 2014, pending final copy editing review of poster text by staff.

7. Unity Plaza Historic Photography Public Art Project
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Document: Selection Panel Summary
Presentation time: Approximately 5 minutes

An overview of Wowhaus’s portfolio, the selected artist duo, for the Unity Plaza Historic Photography Public Art Project.

Motion: Motion to approve the selected artist collaborative, Wowhaus, for the Unity Plaza Historic Photography Public Art Project as recommended by the Unity Plaza Public Art Selection Panel on May 6, 2014.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Wowhaus for an amount not to exceed $15,000 for the design of a public artwork at Unity Plaza.

8. San Francisco International Airport

A. Airport Commission
Susan Pontious
Discussion
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes

Report on Airport Art Steering Committee Action, Airport Commission Approval.

B. Terminal 3 East: Departures – Sanaz Mazinani
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Documents: Selected Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the six images selected for the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 3 East, Departures by Sanaz Mazinani.

Motion: Motion to approve the licensing agreement to reproduce three additional artworks from the Forever in the Sky Series: Bayview, Sutro, The Richmond and for an additional $4,500 (in addition to the works approved in Resolution No. 0505-14-128 for a total of $9,000 and six works).

9. Broadway Chinatown Streetscape
Marcus Davies
Action
Explanatory Documents: Selected Images; Selection Panel Summary
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of three finalists for the Broadway Streetscape Improvement Project

Motion: Motion to approve the following finalists and alternate for the Broadway Chinatown Streetscape Improvement Project as recommended by the Broadway Chinatown Streetscape Improvement Project Artist Selection Panel: Michael Arcega, Michael Bartalos, Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe, and alternate Johanna Poethig. 

10. Central Subway: Union Square/Market Street Station Concourse
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action
Explanatory Document: Construction Document Phase Deliverables – Artwork Installation Mock-up and LED program animation
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of Construction Document Phase deliverables (Artwork Installation Mock-up and LED program animation) by Erwin Redl (dba Paramedia LLC) for the Central Subway Union Square/Market Street Station Concourse.

Motion: Motion to approve the Construction Document Phase deliverables (Artwork Installation Mock-up and LED program animation) by Erwin Redl (dba Paramedia LLC) for the Central Subway Union Square/Market Street Station Concourse.

10. Patricia’s Green Temporary Art Installation
The project was previously reviewed at the Visual Arts Committee Meeting on April 16, 2014.

A. Mark Baugh Sasaki
Jill Manton, Mark Bough Sasaki
Action
Explanatory Document: Revised Image of Sculpture Proposal
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 Minutes

Presentation of community funded and supported proposal by Mark Baugh Sasaki for a temporary art installation at Patricia’s Green mid-June or July 2014 through May, 2015.

Motion: Motion to approve the temporary sculpture installation by Mark Baugh Sasaki from mid-June, 2014 through May, 2015 pending permit approval from the Recreation and Park Department. The project will be funded privately through the Hayes Valley Coalition at no cost to the City.

B. Dennis Gallagher or Dana Albany
Jill Manton
Action
Explanatory Documents: Image of Sculptures by Dennis Gallagher; Image of Yes, by Dana Albany
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 Minutes

Consideration of two proposals for display at Patricia’s Green. The committee will select one of the following proposals:

1. Dennis Gallagher; proposal for three to four figurative sculptures

2. Dana Albany: proposal for display of YES, a mosaic tiled spaceship sculpture.

Motion: Motion to approve the temporary installation of (either proposal by Dennis Gallagher or Dana Albany) in Patricia’s Green beginning June 2016 for a period not to exceed one year. Installation will be funded with $20,000 through the City’s Capital Planning, Hayes Valley Development Impact Fees.

C. David Best
Jill Manton
Action
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 Minutes

Discussion of an honorarium for David Best to develop a sculpture proposal for Patricia’s Green.

Motion: Motion to rescind RESOLUTION NO. 0407-14-098: Motion to pay an honorarium of $2,000 to artist David Best for the development of a sculpture proposal for Patricia’s Green to be presented to the Arts Commission, the Recreation and Park Commission and the community for FY 2015-2016 in collaboration with the Black Rock Arts Foundation, with the balance of funding to come from the Black Rock Arts Foundation.

Motion: Motion to pay an honorarium of $2,000 to Black Rocks Arts Foundation to be paid to artist David Best for the development of a sculpture proposal for Patricia’s Green to be presented to the Arts Commission, the Recreation and Park Commission and the community for FY 2015-2016 using funding from the Hayes Valley Impact Fee allocation received by the Arts Commission.

11. Public Comment
Discussion

12. New Business, Old Business, and Announcements
Discussion

13. Adjournment
Action

JDC 5/16/14

Notices

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