City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco Arts Commission

June 7, 2010

Full Commission - June 7, 2010

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, June 7, 2010
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place


Revised Agenda

  1. Roll Call

  2. Approval of Minutes
    Action

    Motion to approve March 1, 2010 Minutes.
    Motion to approve April 5, 2010 Minutes.
    Motion to approve May 3, 2010 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 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 Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of May 12, 2010.

    2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of May 19, 2010.


      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (May 17, 2010)
      Action
    3. Motion to approve Phase 3 of 525 Golden Gate Avenue.

    4. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Forest Hill Pump Station Upgrade with the contingency of modifying the planter and removing the curb and recess around the building.

    5. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Crystal Springs Pump Station with the contingency of removing the portal from the end of the building and extending the height of the door up to the score line.

    6. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Crystal Springs Control Building with the contingency to have a minimum one foot distance between the steel wall and end of the concrete wall, to revise the paving and river rock, and to remove the small strip of grass.

    7. Motion to approve changes to the Art Enrichment Allocation report to include disclosure about existing artwork and to require project teams to work with the Civic Art Collection staff if the existing artwork will be affected by construction.



      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (May 19, 2010)
      Action
    8. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into agreement with Stephen Galloway for design of art glass for General Hospital Acute Care Unit: Fourth Floor in an amount not to exceed $21,000, which shall include an artist fee of $7,000 and reimbursable expenses of up to $14,000.

    9. Motion to approve a pool of selection panelists for the Central Subway Temporary Art Program project in Chinatown, to Ellen Oh, Executive Director of the Kearny Street Workshop; Kevin Chen, Artist Director of Intersection for the Arts; and Mark Johnson, Director of the Fine Arts Gallery at San Francisco State University.

    10. Motion to approve the selection of artist Cliff Garten and his proposal for the General Hospital Acute Care Unit Entry Drive Median as recommended by the General Hospital Artist Selection Panel.

    11. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Cliff Garten, selected by the General Hospital Artist Selection Panel for design, fabrication, transportation and installation/consultation during installation for an artwork for General Hospital Acute Care Unit: Entry Drive Median in an amount not to exceed $400,000.

    12. Motion to approve the final design by Tom Otterness of Mother with Children for the Potrero Avenue pedestrian plaza and the series of Hearts sculptures for the pedestrian walkway at General Hospital.

    13. Motion to approve the art glass design by Mildred Howard for the General Hospital Acute Care Unit: 3rd Floor curved glass element and light court windows.

    14. Motion to approve the proposed placement of artwork fence panels by Michael Bartalos for Mission Playground as follows: set of ten (10) panels to be installed on the Valencia Street frontage and, pending construction bid results, a second set of ten (10) panels to be installed on the 19th Street frontage.

    15. Motion to Approve Owen Smith’s final clay molds and approval to proceed to casting relief sculptures for Laguna Honda.

    16. Motion to approve Walter Kitundu’s design for Bird Song Benches and Musical Bird Mural for San Francisco International Airport (“SFO”) Terminal Two Children’s Area.

    17. Motion to approve project outline for artist-designed terrazzo for SFO Boarding Area E pending determination of any applicable federal guidelines.


      Community Arts, Education & Grants Committee Recommendations (May 26, 2010)
      Action
    18. Motion to approve recommendations to award fifty-six grants totaling $629,978 in the 2009-2010 cycle of Organization Project Grants to the following organizations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:

      3rd i South Asian Independent Film Festival, $12,000
      African & African American Performing Arts Coalition, $12,000
      Arab Cultural and Community Center, $12,000
      Arab Film Festival, $12,000
      ArtSpan, $12,000
      Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC), $12,000
      Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT), $12,000
      Bindlestiff Studio, $12,000
      Campo Santo, $12,000
      Charming Hostess, $9,563
      Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company, $12,000
      Circuit Network, $12,000
      Contraband/Mixed Bag Productions, $12,000
      CounterPulse, $12,000
      Crowded Fire Theatre Company, $4,250
      Cutting Ball Theatre Company, $12,000
      DanceArt, Inc., $12,000
      Deborah Slater Dance Theater/Art of the Matter, $12,000
      Door Dog Music Productions, $12,000
      Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco, $12,000
      Epiphany Productions, $12,000
      Flyaway Productions, $12,000
      Galería de la Raza, $12,000
      Golden Thread Productions, $12,000
      inkBoat, $12,000
      Joe Goode Performance Group, $12,000
      Kid Serve Youth Murals, $12,000
      La Pocha Nostra, $12,000
      Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, $12,000
      Mary Sano and her Duncan Dancers, $2,990
      ME’DI.ATE, $4,400
      Museum of Craft and Folk Art, $12,000
      Museum of Performance and Design, $12,000
      Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, $12,000
      OngDance Company, $12,000
      Other Minds, $12,000
      Out of Site: Center for Arts Education, $12,000
      PhotoAlliance, $12,000
      Push Dance Company, $6,375
      Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, $12,000
      Radar Productions, $12,000
      Root Division, $12,000
      SAFEhouse, $12,000
      San Francisco Camerawork, $12,000
      San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Festival, $12,000
      San Francisco Independent Film Festival, $8,000
      San Francisco Mime Troupe, $12,000
      San Francisco Silent Film Festival, $12,000
      Shadowlight Productions, $12,000
      Sixth Street Photography Workshop, $12,000
      Southern Exposure, $12,000
      Stephen Pelton Dance Theater, $12,000
      The Bay Bridged, $6,400
      Voice of Witness, $12,000
      Z Space Studio, $12,000
      ZACCHO Dance Theatre, $12,000

      Supplemental Documents: Organization Project Grant applicant ranking; project descriptions; summary notes of the application evaluation; and biographies of the grants review panelists.

    19. Motion to approve a grant to the African American Art and Culture Complex for 2010-2011, not to exceed $78,666, with remaining grant allocation approved upon review of Management and Programming Plan and Budget.

    20. Motion to approve a grant to Bayview Opera House, Inc. for 2010-2011, not to exceed $51,481, with remaining grant allocation approved upon review of Management and Programming Plan and Budget.

    21. Motion to approve a grant to the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts for 2010-2011, not to exceed $86,606, with remaining grant allocation approved upon review of Management and Programming Plan and Budget.

    22. Motion to approve a grant to SOMArts Cultural Center and sub-grantees for 2010-2011, not to exceed $128,626 (including $96,696 to SOMArts, $15,965 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center and $15,965 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center).


       
  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. Action: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Americans for the Arts that will allow the City of San Francisco to participate in their next Arts and Economic Prosperity study, starting in January, 2011, and paying the participants’ fee of $7,000.
         
    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: Report from Chair of Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
    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: Lydia Harari, Jeffrey Walker, Max Seeman, David Aguilar, Amparo Roman, Mary Ann Milburn, Richie Wu, Tianchi Wang, Christian Moffat, Vicky Carp and Ramesh Chindam.
         
    5. Visual Arts Committee—Lorraine García-Nakata, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

      2. Action: Motion to approve Charles Chan, who serves on the Central Subway Outreach Team, as a selection panelist for the Central Subway Temporary Art Program Chinatown Project selection panel.
         
  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.

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

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