Meeting of the Full Arts Commission

Monday, October 7, 2002

3:00 p.m.

25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70

Notices
Explanatory documents are available for public inspection and copying at the Arts Commission office, 25 Van Ness Ave, ste 240, San Francisco CA 94102 during regular business hours. Tel: 252-2591.

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

The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.


Agenda
  1. Roll Call

  2. Approval of Minutes

    Motion to approve September 9, 2002 Minutes.
    Explanatory document: Draft minutes

  3. President's Report

  4. Director's Report

  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
    1. Motion to approve the Civic Design Committee Meeting Minutes of September 16, 2002.
      Explanatory Document: Draft Committee Minutes

    2. Motion to approve the Civic Design Committee Meeting Minutes of May 20 and special Meeting Minutes of May 22, 2002.
      Explanatory Document: Draft Committee Minutes

    3. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of September 18, 2002.
      Explanatory Document: Draft Committee Minutes

    4. Motion to approve the Community Arts & Education Committee Meeting Minutes of September 10, 2002.
      Explanatory Document: Draft Committee Minutes

      Civic Design Committee Recommendations (09/16/02)

    5. Motion to approve the Harding Park and Fleming Golf Course Renovation Maintenance Building, Phase 3.

    6. Motion to approve the North Beach Pool Renovation, Phase 3.

    7. Motion to approve the West Portal Clubhouse Renovation, Phase 1 & 2, contingent upon presentation of landscape strategy at Phase 3 review.

    8. Motion to approve the San Francisco Trash Receptacles Design, Phase 1,2,3.

    9. Motion to approve the San Francisco Trash Receptacles color, green to match Decaux Kiosks.

      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (09/18/02)

    10. Motion to approve the mural design by lead artists Aaron Noble and Andrew J. Schoultz at 18th and Lexington Streets, funded by Neighborhood Beautification

    11. Motion to approve the mural design by lead artist Lucena Valle at Clarion Alley, funded by Neighborhood Beautification.

    12. Motion to approve the mural design by lead artists Marisa Jahn and Steve Shada at Clarion Alley near Mission Street, funded by Neighborhood Beautification.

    13. Motion to approve the mural design by lead artist Susan Cervantes, Precita Eyes, to be installed on an interior wall at the office of San Francisco Environment Department (11 Grove Street), funded by the General Fund.

    14. Motion to approve "Everyday Stars," a design for 24 posters for the 2002 Market Street Art in Transit Program, by the artist team of Bull.Miletic, to be exhibited in Market Street kiosks between Van Ness and the Embarcadero from November 15, 2002 to February 13, 2003.

    15. Motion to approve the following selection panels members for the Octavia Blvd. Streetscape Project: John Goldsmith, Phyllis Jackson, David Winslow (all three are community representatives).

    16. Motion to approve the Ocean View Branch Library selection panel's unanimous recommendation of the proposal by John Wehrle for a work of art for the library, and authorization to the Director of Public Affairs to enter into contract with the artist for an amount not to exceed $116,000.

    17. Motion to approve artists Margaret Crane/Jon Winet, Nancy Mizuno Elliott, Robert Gutierrez, and Kara Maria, and the alternate artist team of Ann Chamberlain and Jim Goldberg, to design and produced posters for the 2003 Market Street Art in Transit Program Kiosk Poster Series, as recommended by the 2003 Market Street Art in Transit Program Kiosk Poster Series Artist Selection Panel.

    18. Motion to approve the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artists Margaret Crane/Jon Winet, Nancy Mizuno Elliott, Robert Gutierrez, and Kara Maria, and, if necessary, the alternate artist team of Ann Chamberlain and Jim Goldberg, to design and produce posters for the 2003 Market Street Art in Transit Program Kiosk Poster Series.

    19. Motion to approve the short list of proposed artists to create sculptures for Boarding Area C, which will be submitted to the Airport Art Steering Committee for final selection of 2 -3 sculptures, that includes Joyce Hsu, Takenobu Igarashi, Jun Kaneko, Werner Klotz, Artis Lane, Darlene Nguyen-Ely, Lucy Puls, Michael Stutz, and Al Wong.

    20. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with Cliff Garten in the amount of $72,157 to develop construction documents and a full scale mock-up of his proposed handrail design for Laguna Honda Hospital.

    21. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement for $3,000 with Merle Axelrod-Serlin to develop a design proposal for fabric collages for Laguna Honda Hospital.

    22. Motion to approve the design development documents for proposals for the resident floors from the following artists: Beliz Brother, Ann Chamberlain and Bernie Lubell, Terry Hoff, Arlan Huang, Takenobu Igarashi and Owen Smith.

    23. Motion to appoint Commissioner Guggenheim to sit on the artist selection panel (scheduled 10/11/02) for the Laguna Honda Hospital courtyard sculpture and aqua therapy room tile design project.

    24. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement for up to $70,000 with the firm of Brown and Collings to develop a public relations campaign and materials around the completion of nine sculptures throughout the city.


      Community Arts & Education Committee Recommendations (09/10/02)

    25. Motion to approve a $15,000 award to Intersection for the Arts, the fiscal sponsor for the Arts Providers Alliance of San Francisco, from Youth Arts Fund ($13,700) and CAC Grant ($1,300).

  6. Committee Reports
    1. Civic Design Committee--Stanlee Gatti, Chair
      1. Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

    2. Visual Arts Committee -- Ralph Guggenheim, Chair

       
      1. Report from Chair of Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

      2. Motion to approve the design of the transit history plaque proposed by Michael Manwaring for placement on the Embarcadero between Howard and Folsom streets.

      3. Motion to pay an honorarium of $2,000 each to Heidi Sokolowsky and Christian Werthmann for conceptual development of Harvey Milk Plaza project.

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

      2. Motion to approve proposal by Program Director for Board of Supervisors designation of temporary winter holiday selling spaces for street artists in the Downtown area and at Harvey Milk Plaza; designation for November 15, 2002 - January 15, 2003.

      3. Motion to approve requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares:Susan Giammona, Sabino Sevilla.

    4. Executive Committee -- Stanlee Gatti, Chair
      1. Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

      2. Motion to grant $16,667 to California Lawyers for the Arts for the Period July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003 for the administration of ArtHouse.
        Motion to approve additions to the panel pool:

        -Larry Saxxon - Interim Executive Director of Men Overcoming Violence (MOVE)
        Member of The Association of Black Foundation Executives
        -Viviana Paredes teacher, painter and sculptor
        -Forrest Hamer, poet, professor UC Berkeley, psychologist

    5. Community Arts & Education --Denise Roth, Chair
      1. Report from Chair of Community Arts & Education Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

         
      2. Motion to enter into contract with Karen Garman, WritersCorps Literacy Consultant at Log Cabin Ranch from 11/01/02 to 6/30/03 for up to $5,000 from Juvenile Probation and Youth Arts Funds.

      3. Motion to enter into contract with Cynthia Bowman , WritersCorps Public Relations Coordinator from 11/01/02 to 6/30/03 for up to $2,000 from Youth Arts and earned income.

  7. Reports and Announcements

  8. Public Comment

  9. Adjournment

 

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