Meeting of the Full Arts Commission

  

Monday, June 2, 2003

3:00 p.m.

25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70

San Francisco, CA 94102


 

Minutes

President Gatti called the meeting to order at 3:15 p.m.
  1. ROLL CALL

    Commissioners Present
    Stanlee Gatti
    Rod Freebairn-Smith
    Ralph Guggenheim
    William Meyer
    Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
    Dugald Stermer
    Ethel Pitts Walker
    Dede Wilsey

    Commissioners Absent
    Kirk Anderson
    Blanche Brown
    Andrea Cochran
    Eddie Marshall
    Janice Mirikitani
    Denise Roth

  2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

    The following Resolution was Moved by President Gatti, Seconded, and unanimously Adopted:

    RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-124: APPROVAL OF MINUTES ADOPTED
    RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby approve the Minutes of the Regular Monthly Meeting of May 5, 2003.

    NOTE: ALL ADOPTIONS ARE UNANIMOUS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

  3. PRESIDENT'S REPORT

  4. DIRECTOR'S REPORT

    Richard Newirth announced that the Port Commission had voted 5 to 0 to place the Yin-Yang sculpture on Port property. He also said that the Arts Commission intended to go before the Port Commission to request additional vending spaces on Port property. He said Street Artist Committee members would be asked to contact their colleagues on the Port Commission to request their support. The Port Commissioners are Michael Hardeman, Kimberly Brandon, Sue Bierman, Wilfred Hsu, and Michela Alioto.

    He reported on the successful June 8 reception at the zoo in honor of the stunning new sculptures at that facility.

    He updated the Commissioners on the progress in developing a long-range strategic plan, and said that Nancy Gonchar, Judy Nemzoff, and Natasha Garcia Lomas will interview potential consultants. He said that Commissioner involvement in the planning process would be appreciated.

    He reported on two successful events the preceding week. They were the annual end-of-the-year WritersCorps celebration and the California State Summer School for the Arts reception.

    He said the next Sculpture in the City event will be held at the airport on June 26 at 5:30 for the recently installed works by Vito Acconci, Ned Kahn, and Deborah Butterfield.

    Mr. Newirth announced that District 8 Supervisor Bevan Dufty was calling for more public art in the Castro District and was holding an informational meeting that evening to discuss what he wants to accomplish.

    He reported on a recent meeting at the Academy of Sciences regarding art enrichment process for that project. He said two percent of the public funding would be allocated for art enrichment.

    He announced that the new Fillmore Bridge art work will be installed in time for the Juneteenth celebration June 14 and 15.

  5. CONSENT CALENDAR

    RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-126: ADOPTED UNANIMOUS
    Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt the following items on the amended Consent Calendar and their related Resolutions:

    Approval of Committee Minutes

    The following item, V-1, was removed from the Consent Calendar

    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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-127: Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of May 21, 2003.
      Explanatory Document: Draft Committee Minutes

    3. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-128: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of May 20, 2003.
      Explanatory Document: Draft Committee Minutes

    4. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-129: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-130: Motion to approve The California Academy of Sciences, Phase 1.

      Regular Civic Design Committee Recommendations (05/19/03)

    6. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-131: Motion to approve the Beach Chalet, Phase 3.

    7. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-132: Motion to approve design approach of the Palace of Fine arts Roof Repair Project.

    8. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-133: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-134: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-135: Motion to approve the FY 2003-04 Community Arts and Education budget.

    11. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-136: Motion to approve a $10,000 allocation from the PAF to fund a consultant to be named for an agency strategic planning process.

    12. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-165: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-125: Motion to approve the allocation of $1,500 to repair and refinish the custom made conference tables.

    14. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-137: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-138: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-139: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-140: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-141: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-142: Motion to approve temporary poster display in the windows of the Performing Arts Garage as proposed by the Department of Parking and Traffic.

    20. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-143: Motion to approve the concept by artists Jon Rubin and Jim Goldberg for a work of art at the Ocean View Recreation Center.

    21. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-144: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-145: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-146: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-147: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-148: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-149: Motion to decline further development of In the Air by Lewis deSoto.

    27. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-150: 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.

        Commissioner Meyer reported that the Committee had approved the details of the new Academy of Sciences building. Part of the plan calls for a rooftop space, with plantings, that people will be able to walk through.

        The Commissioners discussed the Arts Commission role in plans for the Academy, the Golden Gate Park Concourse, and the new de Young Museum. Commissioner Freebairn-Smith emphasized the need for an overall plan for all three sites.

        Nancy Gonchar reported on a meeting that had been attended by representatives of the Fine Arts Museum, the Golden Gate Concourse Authority, and the Academy of Sciences. At that time, those present walked the entire concourse, examined plans and discussed connections between the different facilities.

        Commissioner Freebairn-Smith said that it was not unreasonable to expect plans for all three sites to be finished and well coordinated by now. He said that such a plan should include provisions for parking and public transit as well as landscaping.

        Commissioner Wilsey said that the lack of funds had a negative impact on scheduling for the three sites and their integration.

    2. Visual Arts Committee -- Ralph Guggenheim, Chair
       
      1. Report from Chair of Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

        In reference to the new Diller and Scofidio work, soon to be installed on the Moscone Center Expansion exterior wall, Jill Manton announced that the State Board of Equalization had made the decision that the LED screen, the main component of the work, was exempt from sales tax, an amount that will represent approximately $75,000 to $85,000 in savings. The Board agreed with the City Attorney that the provision the state tax code relieving local governments from paying sales taxes when purchasing art for public display applies in this instance .

        In response to a Commissioner question about item 22, Resolution 0505-03-120, it was explained that the proposed change to the Art Enrichment Guidelines was a streamlining measure.

      2. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-151: Motion to approve the proposal concept by Steve Gillman and Katherine Keefer and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Gillman and Keefer 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-152: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-153: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-154: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-155: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-156: Motion to pay Cynthia Tom $2000 for Female as Vessel as Female exhibit from Grants for the Arts.

      6. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-157: Motion to pay  San Francisco Wu Shu Team $2,700 for the Night of the Rising Stars 2002 from Grants for the Arts.

      7. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-158: Motion to pay Chinese Folk Dance Association $1,200 for the CFDA ‘Shangri-La’ from Grants for the Arts.

      8. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-159: Motion to pay San Francisco Gu Zheng Music Society $250 for their performance at the Chinatown Library from Grants for the Arts.

      9. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-160: Motion to pay San Francisco Poets and Artists Association $1,000 for calligraphy and painting exhibition from Grants for the Arts.

      10. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-161: Motion to pay Valerie Samson $250 for the Gold Mountain Music Ensemble from Grants for the Arts.

      11. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-162: Motion to pay Kearny Street Workshop $1,000 for quarterly poetry readings from Grants for the Arts.

      12. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-163: Motion to grant SomArts $25,454 for fire panel replacement project from Hotel Tax Fund Funds originally held by DPW for soundproofing project.

      13. RESOLUTION NO. 0602-03-164: 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

    There being no further business, the Meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

    Approved by Richard Newirth, Director of Cultural affairs

    RN/sw/06/02/03




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