February 6, 2012

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, February 6, 2012
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

1. Roll Call

2. Nomination and Election of Arts Commission Officers
   Action
   Motion to consider nominations and elect officers of the Arts Commission (President and Vice President).
3. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve January 9, 2012 Minutes.

   Explanatory document: Draft minutes

4. Director’s Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements. This report will include an overview and discussion of the current Fiscal Year 2011-2012 budget and discussion of Fiscal Year 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 Arts Commission budget process and timeline.
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 Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of January 10, 2012.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of January 18, 2012.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of January 23, 2012.
       
      Community Arts and Education Committee Recommendations (January 10, 2012)
      Action
   4. Motion to enter into a contract not to exceed $50,000 with Deborah Frieden to serve as the project management consultant for the renovation and restoration of the Bayview Opera House.

      Explanatory document: Biography of Deborah Frieden
       

   5. Motion to approve recommendations to award ten grants totaling $220,730 in the Cultural Equity Initiative Level One grants category to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
      Asian American Women Artists Association, $18,530
      Eth-Noh-Tec, $25,000
      Fifth Stream, $25,000
      Galería de la Raza, $25,000
      Golden Thread, $25,000
      Lenora Lee Dance, $15,700
      Lily Cai Chinese Cultural Productions, $12,750
      Luggage Store/509 Cultural Center, $23,750
      San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, $25,000
      Zaccho Dance Theatre, $25,000

      Explanatory documents: Cultural Equity Initiative Level One grant ranking and project descriptions, presentation slides.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (January 18, 2012)
      Action

   6. Motion to approve conceptual design by Merge Conceptual Design for an artwork for the Fire Station at the new Public Safety Building.
       
   7. Motion to approve the logo (option one) for the San Francisco Arts Commission for recommendation to the full Arts Commission.
       
   8. Motion to approve the design of the Hidden Garden Steps project, a tile mural by Aileen Barr and Colette Crutcher on 16th Avenue and Kirkham Street. The mural is sponsored by the San Francisco Parks Alliance and supported by the Department of Public Works “Street Parks” program.
       
   9. Motion to approve the revised design by Paul Kos for an artwork for the Community Plaza at the new Public Safety Building on the condition that the artist further simplify the design and prioritize the primary elements.
       
   10. Motion to approve revised design by Bill Fontana for an artwork at the North Beach Branch Library.
        
   11. Motion to approve art opportunity as described in the Project Outline for Central Subway, Moscone Station: Entry Plaza Sculpture.
        
   12. Motion to approve art opportunity as described in the Project Outline for Central Subway, Moscone Station: Two-Dimensional Artwork for Ticketing Hall Wall.
        
   13. Motion to approve art opportunity as described in the Project Outline for Central Subway, Moscone Station: Platform Floor Terrazzo Design.
        
   14. Motion to approve Design Development Phase (artwork location, placement and configuration) of the Wayfinding artwork by artists Jim Campbell and Werner Klotz for Central Subway, Union Square Market Street Station.
        
   15. Motion to approve art opportunity as described in the Project Outline for Central Subway, Union Square Market Street Station: Elevator Enclosure and Deck Glass Public Art Project.
        
   16. Motion to approve the loan of Jay DeFeo’s artwork Masquerade in Black, 1974-1975, an acrylic and mixed media painting, approximately 96 in. x 96 in. (San Francisco Arts Commission Accession Number 1980.6) to the exhibition Jay DeFeo Retrospective, organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. The traveling exhibition will be on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from November 3, 2012 to February 3, 2013 and from February 28 to June 2, 2013 at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
        
   17. Motion to approve the loan of Richard Diebenkorn’s artwork Still Life with Letter, 1961, an oil on canvas painting, approximately 20½ in. x 25½ in. (San Francisco Arts Commission Accession Number 1967.31) to the exhibition Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, organized by the de Young Museum in San Francisco. The traveling exhibition will open at the de Young Museum in June of 2013, and travel to the Palm Springs Art Museum in October and to a third U.S. venue in early 2014, as yet to be determined.
        
   18. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection Windswept, 2011 by Charles Sowers—a kinetic sculpture approximately 18 ft. 3 in. high by 33 ft. 6½ in. wide, made of aluminum and aluminum composite panels installed on the east facing exterior façade of the Randall Museum in Corona Heights Park.
        
   19. Motion to approve the Project Plan and Budget for America’s Cup art enrichment funding.
        
   20. Motion to approve the Project Plan and Budget for the non-secure corridor of the Airport Control Tower at San Francisco International Airport.
        
       Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (January 23, 2012)
       Action
   21. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Kimbell Playground renovation on the condition that the standardized Recreation and Parks contemporary restroom design is used as a basis for the restroom, real rock is used instead of synthetic, the size of the tree pits is considered and the design team looks into the layout of the equipment in the play areas.
        
   22. Motion to approve Phase 1 of McCoppin Hub Plaza.
        
   23. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Central Subway Chinatown Station on the condition that the handrails on the concourse level are revised.
        
   24. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Mission Dolores Park Renovation project.
6. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Executive Committee
      1. Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the agency. Staff update of current Fiscal Year 2011-2012 budget, and discussion of Fiscal Year 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 budget process and timeline. Staff update of current Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Street Artists Program budget, and discussion of Fiscal Year 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 budget process and timeline.
          
   2. Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Chair of the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
      2. Action: Motion to approve Phase 3 of the North Beach Branch Library with the tile selection as presented at the January 23, 2012 Civic Design Review Committee Meeting.
          
   3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee
      1. Discussion: Report from the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
      2. Action: Motion to approve the following individuals as grants application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants:
         Pamela Z, composer/performer and media artist
         Yasmen Mehta, choreographer, dancer, and arts administrator
         Erika Chong Shuch, choreographer, director, dancer
         Gabriella Lena Frank, composer
         Roberto Varea, Associate Professor in Theater, University of San Francisco
         Kevin Seaman, Program Assistant, San Francisco Foundation
         Lisa Steindler, Executive Artistic Director, Z Space
         Deborah Steinberg, Director of Artist Services for WomenArts

         Explanatory Documents: Cultural Equity Grants Biographies of Grants Application Review Panelists 
          

   4. Street Artists Committee—Gregory Chew, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Chair of the 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: Gonzalo Ortega, Lisa Mendelson, Kay Merryweather, Rion Merryweather.
          
   5. Visual Arts Committee
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.

          

7. 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.)

8. New Business and Announcements
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow the Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration, to report on recent arts activities and to make announcements.)

9. Adjournment
   Action

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Explanatory documents listed above, as well as documents created or distributed after the posting of this agenda to the Arts Commission will be available for public inspection and copying at the Arts Commission office, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 345, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Sharon Page Ritchie, 415/252-2591. PLEASE NOTE: The Arts Commission often receives documents created or submitted by other City officials, agencies or departments after the posting of the Arts Commission agenda. For such documents or presentations, members of the public may wish to contact the originating agency if they seek documents not yet provided to the Arts Commission.

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