Meeting of the Full Arts Commission

Monday, June 2, 2003

3:00 p.m.

25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70

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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.

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Agenda

1. Roll Call
   
   
2. Approval of Minutes
   
   Motion to approve May 5, 2003 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 May 19 and Special Civic Design Meeting Minutes of May 14, 2003.
      Explanatory Document: Draft Committee Minutes
      
      
   2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of May 21, 2003.
      Explanatory Document: Draft Committee Minutes
      
      
   3. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of May 20, 2003.
      Explanatory Document: Draft Committee Minutes
      
   4. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of May 14, 2003.
      Explanatory Document: Draft Committee Minutes
      
      Special Civic Design Committee Recommendations (05/14/03)
      
      
   5. Motion to approve The California Academy of Sciences, Phase 1.
      
      Regular Civic Design Committee Recommendations (05/19/03)
      
      
   6. Motion to approve the Beach Chalet, Phase 3.
      
      
   7. Motion to approve design approach of the Palace of Fine arts Roof Repair Project.
      
      
   8. Motion to approve the Golden Gate Park Concourse Parking Garage, Phase 1, contingent upon review of vent shaft design and location.
      
      Executive Committee Recommendations (05/20/03)
      
      
   9. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the San Francisco Symphony for the 2003 Summer in the City concert series for the amount of $1,211,979.
      
      
   10. Motion to approve the FY 2003-04 Community Arts and Education budget.
       
       
   11. Motion to approve a $10,000 allocation from the PAF to fund a consultant to be named for an agency strategic planning process.
       
       
   12. Motion to review and approve the following to the Cultural Equity Grants panel pool:
       · Rosalyn Tonai, National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc.
       · Marilyn Shaw, board member, Eureka Theatre, Playwrights Foundation, Playbrokers
       · Eugene J. Sakai, AIA, architect
       · Laura Derosier, choreograher
       · Maher Sabry director & playwright. Program Director of Jon Sims Center
       · Fredric Sonenberg, former executive director of San Francisco Arts Education
       Foundation, founding member of New Century Chamber Orchestra Board of Directors
       .Tom Stone, violinist, Cypress String Quartet
       · Valerie Chow Bush, editor, journalist
       
       
   13. Motion to approve the allocation of $1,500 to repair and refinish the custom made conference tables.
       
       
   14. Motion to approve recommendations for grants in the 2003 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiative - Level One category.
       
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (05/21/03)
       
       
   15. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Art Rail, Inc., which is the artist team of Bill and Mary Buchen, for the fabrication, transportation and consultation during installation of artworks for the Third Street Light Rail Project for an amount not to exceed $600,000 (Six hundred thousand dollars).
       
       
   16. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the Artist Team of Horace Washington, Frederick Hayes, and JoeSam for the fabrication, transportation and consultation during installation of artwork for the Third Street Light Rail Project for an amount not to exceed $450,000 (Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars).
       
       
   17. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the Artist Team of Nobuho Nagasawa and Anita Margrill for the fabrication, transportation and consultation during installation of artwork for the Third Street Light Rail Project for an amount not to exceed $400,000 (Four hundred thousand dollars).
       
       
   18. Motion to approve the mural design by Ali Vieira and Luis Hernandez with youth from Urban ArtWORKS at Marshall Elementary School playground, 1575 15th Street funded by Neighborhood Beautification.
       
       
   19. Motion to approve temporary poster display in the windows of the Performing Arts Garage as proposed by the Department of Parking and Traffic.
       
       
   20. Motion to approve the concept by artists Jon Rubin and Jim Goldberg for a work of art at the Ocean View Recreation Center.
       
       
   21. Motion to approve the following artists recommended by the selection panel for the 2003 Recreation and Park Pre-qualified artist pool: Deborah G. Ascheim; Michael Bondi; Robin Brailsford; Mark Brest van Kempen; Judith and Daniel Caldwell; Jordan De Staebler; Roberto L. Delgado; Todd Gray; Tina Hoggatt and Norman Courtney; Joyce Hsu; David Joyce; Miles Karpilow; Deborah Kennedy and Bill Gould; Mark Lere; Cork Marcheschi; Anita Margrill; Brad Miller; Masayuki Nagase; Will Nettleship; Ruth O'Day; Irene Pijoan; John Pugh; Darryl Sapien; Paul Sorey; Kana Tanaka; Banker White.
       
       
   22. Motion to approve Wowhaus, with artists Scott Constable and Ene Osteras-Constable, and their proposal for Life on Market Street: An Audio Archive, and Jo Kreiter's Fly Away Productions, and her proposal for How to Be a Citizen, as recommended by the Selection Panel for the Art on Market Street Temporary Projects 2003 Program.
       
       
   23. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Wowhaus artists Scott Constable and Ene Osteras-Constable to implement Life on Market Street: An Audio Archive, for an amount not to exceed $15,000, for the Art on Market Street Temporary Projects 2003 Program.
       
       
   24. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Jo Kreiter of Fly Away Productions to implement How to Be a Citizen, for an amount not to exceed $21,700, for the Art on Market Street Temporary Projects 2003 Program.
       
       
   25. Motion to approve the following purchases/commissions of artwork pending Airport approval: 1) Purchase of Tall Dango 00-8-21 and Tall Dango 02-08-04, by Jun Kaneko for $63,900 each.; 2) Commission Cardboard Kore by Michael Stutz for $33,000; and 3) Commission Anemone by Werner Klotz for $62,500, pending satisfaction of maintenance issues and installation feasibility.
       
       
   26. Motion to decline further development of In the Air by Lewis deSoto.
       
       
   27. Motion to approve the long term temporary installation of Yin and Yang by Robert Arneson in the circular planter located at the center of the walkway west of the northern Ferry Building cross walk, on the west side of the Embarcadero adjacent to Seawall Lot 202 pending Port approval.
       
       
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 proposal concept by (name to be provided at the meeting), and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with (name to be provided) for the design, fabrication, transportation and installation of a new public art work for the Coffman Pool Project for an amount not to exceed $ 56,000.
         
         
   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 requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares:Anastasia Trainer, Paula Capovilla & Michelle Spreights, Lora Arbrador, Hongyan (Tina) Jamison, Michael MacDonald.
         
         
   4. Executive Committee -- Stanlee Gatti, Chair
      
      
      1. Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
         
   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 New Ways Workers for payment of 2003 youth internships from 6/01/03 to 6/30/03, not to exceed $3,500 from Haas and private foundations.
         
         
      3. Motion to issue youth honorarium stipend to WritersCorps Youth Interns,: $500 to Senior Interns Coco Guo and Sadaf Minapara; $300 to Shahid Minapara; Ibukun Hambolu; Huu Chau; and Emmanuela Ocean upon completion of five month service, on June 5, 2003 from earned income.
         
         
      4. Motion to extend contracts with WritersCorps Teachers Danielle Montgomery and Kimberely Nelson from 06/30/03 to 08/30/03, not to exceed their original contract amounts of $26,000.00 and $35,000.00 from DCYF and Juvenile Probation Funds, respectively.
         
         
      5. Motion to pay Cynthia Tom $2000 for Female as Vessel as Female exhibit from Grants for the Arts.
         
         
      6. Motion to pay  San Francisco Wu Shu Team $2,700 for the Night of the Rising Stars 2002 from Grants for the Arts.
         
         
      7. Motion to pay Chinese Folk Dance Association $1,200 for the CFDA ‘Shangri-La’ from Grants for the Arts.
         
         
      8. Motion to pay San Francisco Gu Zheng Music Society $250 for their performance at the Chinatown Library from Grants for the Arts.
         
         
      9. Motion to pay San Francisco Poets and Artists Association $1,000 for calligraphy and painting exhibition from Grants for the Arts.
         
         
      10. Motion to pay Valerie Samson $250 for the Gold Mountain Music Ensemble from Grants for the Arts.
          
          
      11. Motion to pay Kearny Street Workshop $1,000 for quarterly poetry readings from Grants for the Arts.
          
          
      12. Motion to grant SomArts $25,454 for fire panel replacement project from Hotel Tax Fund Funds originally held by DPW for soundproofing project.
          
          
      13. Motion to approve Neighborhood Festival grants of $24,000 from 2003-04 Grants for the Arts funds to the following organizations pending funding confirmation from GFTA:

          Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center, Fiesta on the Hill $3,000

          New Direction, Bayview/Hunters Point 4th of July Picnic $3,000

          Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, Inc., Festival 2003 $3,000

          Precita Eyes Muralists Assoc., Inc., Urban Youth Arts Festival $3,000

          San Francisco SAFE, Annual Holiday Unity Parade & Rally $3,000

          Treasure Island Homeless Development Initiative, Treasure Island Community Day $3,000

          Excelsior Action Group, Excelsior Festival $3,000

          Community Development Institute, SomaFest '03 $3,000

          TOTAL $24,000
          
          

7. Reports and Announcements
   
   
8. Public Comment
   
   
9. Adjournment
   
   

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