City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco Arts Commission

January 4, 2010

Full Commission - January 4, 2010



MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, January 4, 2010
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place


Agenda

  1. Roll Call

  2. Approval of Minutes
    Action

    Motion to approve October 5, 2009 Minutes.
    Motion to approve November 2, 2009 Minutes.
    Motion to approve December 7, 2009 Minutes.

    Explanatory documents: Draft minutes

  3. President’s Report
    Discussion

    Current developments and announcements.
  4. Director’s Report
    Discussion

    Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements, including a brief overview of program and committee accomplishments in 2009, a progress report on strategic planning, and a brief update on City budget issues.
  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
    Action

    1. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of September 21, 2009.
    2. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of October 19, 2009.
    3. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education, and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of December 8, 2009.
    4. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of December 16, 2009.

      Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (December 8, 2009)
      Action

    5. Motion to approve recommendations to award seventeen grants totaling $333,750 in the 2009-2010 cycle of Arts & Communities: Innovative Partnerships grants to the following organizations and individual artists, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
      Asian Women’s Shelter, $25,000
      Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $10,000
      Chinese Progressive Association, $10,000
      Croatian American Cultural Center, $25,000
      Dance Brigade, $20,000
      Deanne Morizono Meyers, $22,500
      Fifth Stream Music, $10,000
      Flyaway Productions, $22,500
      GK Callahan, $20,000
      Intersection for the Arts, $18,750
      Kid Serve Youth Murals, $25,000
      Kulintang Arts Inc., $22,500
      Mary Jean Robertson, $25,000
      Out of Site: Center for Arts Education, $10,000
      Queer Cultural Center, $25,000
      Raissa Simpson, $22,500
      Ruby’s Clay Studio and Gallery, $20,000

    6. Motion to approve the following individuals as grant application review panelists for Cultural Equity Initiatives Level I:
      Julie Fry, program officer, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
      Renee Heider, executive director, Destiny Arts Center
      Roko Kawai, dancer, choreographer and teacher
      An Lu, program specialist for Arts Council Silicon Valley
      Wendy Levy, director of creative programming, Bay Area Video Action Coalition
      Rebeka Rodriguez, photographer, curator and arts administrator
      Jen Soriano, communications strategist, musician and nonprofit consultant
      Shiree Teng, independent consultant

      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (December 16, 2009)
      Action

    7. Motion to approve an honorarium in the amount of $2000 ($1000 for research and development, and $1000 upon delivery of artwork) to the following artists for newly commissioned artwork for the SFAC Gallery’s 40th Anniversary celebration: Gay Outlaw and Taro Hattori.
    8. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection Re-Connection/Re-Cognition, 2007, ten fiberglass sculptures by Linnea Glatt, located in the south courtyard of the North Residence at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.
    9. Motion to approve the following pool of arts professionals for the Tatubi Plaza artist selection panel: Leo Bersmina (artist); Michael Arcega (artist), Johanna Poethig (artist), Rupert Garcia (artist), Owen Smith (artist), Po Shu Wang (artist), Jenifer K Wofford (artist), and Stephanie Syjuco (artist).
    10. Motion to approve artist Beliz Brother’s images for the North Residence Building at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.
    11. Motion to approve artist Diana Pumpelly Bates’ final design for the entry gate at Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.
    12. Motion to approve artist Eric Powell’s proposal for Cayuga Playground as recommended by the Cayuga Playground Artist Selection Panel.
    13. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with artist Eric Powell for design, fabrication, transportation and installation/consultation during installation of artwork for Cayuga Playground in an amount not to exceed $78,000.
    14. Motion to approve the preliminary design illustration by Lena Wolff for a third artwork to be translated into mosaic and installed on the second floor of the San Francisco Acute Care Unit.
    15. Motion to approve the public art project approach as detailed in the Mission Playground Public Art Project Outline and revised by the Committee.
    16. Motion to approve the following arts professionals as potential selection panelists for the Mission Playground Public Art Project: Maurizzio Hector Pineda, Gallery Coordinator, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts; Jafon Hakkinen, Receiver Gallery; Raquel de Anda, Associate Curator, Galeria de la Raza; Justin Hoover, Curator of Visual Arts, SOMArts; Michelle Mansour, Administrative Director, Root Division.
    17. Motion to approve the recommendation of the following seven artists and two artist alternates as finalists for two art opportunities at the Central Subway Chinatown Station by the Chinatown Station Artist Selection Panel: Ming Fay, Yomei Hou, May Sun, with alternate Arlan Huang, for the landmark station opportunity; and Carl Cheng, Tomei Arai, Yunfei Ji, and Faye Zhang, with alternate Chusien Chang, for the wayfinding art opportunity; and to authorize the payment of an honorarium not to exceed $8,000 to each finalist to develop preliminary artwork proposals.
    18. Motion to approve the recommendation of the following six artists and two artist alternates as finalists for two art opportunities at the Central Subway Moscone Station by the Moscone Station Artist Selection Panel: Brian Tolle, Joyce Hsu, Catherine Wagner, with alternate artist team Rosario Marquardt and Roberto Behar, for the landmark station opportunity; and Tom Otterness, artist team Mildred Howard and Michael Bogan, and Michele Oka Doner, with alternate Janet Zweig, for the wayfinding art opportunity; and to authorize the payment of an honorarium not to exceed $8,000 to each finalist to develop preliminary artwork proposals.
    19. Motion to approve the recommendation of the following six artists and artist teams and two artist alternates as finalists for two art opportunities at the Central Subway Union Square/Market Street Station by the Union Square/Market Street Station Artist Selection Panel: Brian Goggin, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, and Erwin Redl, with alternate Lawrence Argent, for the landmark station opportunity; and Michael Davis and Susan Schwartzenberg, Keith Godard, and Jim Campbell and Werner Klotz, with alternate Christian Moeller, for the wayfinding opportunity; and to authorize the payment of an honorarium not to exceed $8,000 to each finalist to develop preliminary artwork proposals.
  6. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
    1. Executive Committee—P.J. Johnston, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
    2. Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
    3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Maya Draisin, Chair
      1. Discussion: Presentation by Community Arts and Education (“CAE”) Program Director Judy Nemzoff on the CAE Program.
      2. Discussion: Report from Chair of Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
    4. Street Artists Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
      2. Action: Motion to approve requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Jodi Mullen, Khadijah McBride.
    5. Visual Arts Committee—Lorraine García-Nakata, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  7. New Business
    Discussion
    (This item is to allow Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration.)

  8. Reports and Announcements
    Discussion
    (This item is to allow the Commissioners to report on recent arts activities and make announcements.)

  9. Public Comment
    Discussion
    (This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Commission’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Commission’s consideration.)

  10. Adjournment
    Action

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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.

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