City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco Arts Commission

September 9, 2013

Full Commission - September 9, 2013

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, September 9, 2013
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 April 1, 2013 Minutes.
    Motion to approve May 6, 2013 Minutes.
    Motion to approve May 20, 2013 Minutes.
    Motion to approve June 3, 2013 Minutes.
    Motion to approve July 8, 2013 Minutes.
    Explanatory Documents: Draft minutes
     
  3. President’s Report
    Discussion

    Current developments and announcements, including a report on the strategic planning process.
     
  4. Director’s Report
    Discussion

    Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements, including a report on the 2013 Sister City cultural exchange with Zurich, an update on recent activities of the Public Art Program, and the Joe Blum photography exhibit at City Hall.
     
  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 June 17, 2013.
       
    2. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of July 9, 2013.
       
    3. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of July 10, 2013.
       
    4. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of July 17, 2013.
       
    5. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of August 21, 2013.
       
      Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (July 9, 2013)
      Action
    6. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the following teaching artists to work in the WritersCorps program for FY2013-2014:
      Anne Rovzar $37,000
      Madeleine Clifford $37,000
       
    7. Motion to approve the proposed FY2013-2014 Management and Program Plan (“MPP”) and budget for Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (“APICC”) to SOMArts Cultural Center not to exceed $694,648 (including $596,044 to SOMArts Cultural Center and $98,603 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center), contingent upon revisions.
       
    8. Motion to approve panel recommendations to award ten grants totaling $100,000 in the FY2013-2014 cycle of Community Arts in the Bayview (“CABV”) Pilot Grant Program to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for the amounts listed:
      ZACCHO Dance Theatre, $10,000
      A. Philip Randolph Institute San Francisco, $10,000
      ArtSeed, $10,000
      Performing Arts Workshop, $10,000
      Edgewood Center for Children & Families, $10,000
      Public Glass, $10,000
      3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic, $10,000
      Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco, $10,000
      The Salvation Army Bayview Hunters Point Ministry, $10,000
      Friends of S.C.R.A.P., Inc., $10,000
       
      Street Artists Committee Recommendations (July 10, 2013)
      Action
    9. Motion to approve the following Lottery Committee recommendations of July 1, 2013 Lottery Committee meeting: A monthly official Lottery Committee meeting to occur on the first Monday of each month at 10 a.m. at Joseph Conrad Park; the drawing for the selection of Lottery Committee members to take place at 8:45 a.m. (instead of occurring after the Wharf Main Lottery) on the next-to-last Saturday of the months of February, May, August and November; Street Artists Program to purchase a Lottery Committee table for lotteries.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (July 17, 2013)
      Action
    10. Motion to retroactively approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork Hawk V 4/6, 2007, by Gwynn Murrill. The artwork is a patinated bronze sculpture, 24 inches x 7-1/2 inches x 12 inches, mounted on a limestone base, 52 inches x 9 inches x 11 inches. The artwork was approved for purchase for the San Francisco Zoo (Resolution No. 0806-07-214) and approved for fabrication and transport to the San Francisco Zoo (Resolution No. 0806-07-215).
       
    11. Motion to retroactively accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork What is Missing?, 2008, by Maya Lin. The artwork is a mixed-media sculpture, 102 inches x 128 inches x 230 inches, consisting of a large bronze cone lined with reclaimed redwood that contains a single channel video screen with audio, 28-1/4 inches x 54 inches. The artwork was commissioned for California Academy of Sciences and is on permanent display on its East Terrace. The final design was approved (Resolution No. 0504-09-122) and dedicated on September 17, 2009.
       
    12. Motion to retroactively approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork Time to Dream, 2008, by Amana Brembry Johnson. The sculpture and base measure 52 inches high x 72 inches diameter and consists of a figure made of basalt stone seated on a circular bench base made of basaltic clay and concrete with glass, travertine and marble mosaic tiles. The artwork was commissioned (Resolution No. 0507-07-137) for and is on permanent display at the Joseph P. Lee Recreation Center. The artwork was dedicated on November 18, 2008.
       
    13. Motion to retroactively approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork Woman with Birds, 2005, by Michael Carey. The artwork consists of a 72-inch tall patinated cast bronze human figure atop a COR-TEN steel obelisk, 84 inches x 25-1/2 inches x 25-1/2 inches, mounted on a cement base, 38 inches x 38 inches. The artwork was commissioned for and is on permanent display at the J.P. Murphy Clubhouse (Resolution No. 0503-04-108). The artwork was installed in 2009.
       
    14. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork Domestic Seating, 2012, by Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe. The artwork consists of nine bronze sculptures: four “Wooden Chairs” each measure 46-3/8 inches x 20 inches x 20 inches; three “Leather Chairs” each measure 38-1/2 inches x 20 inches x 20 inches; and two “Rocking Chairs” each measure 39-1/2 inches x 20 inches x 29-1/2 inches. The artwork was commissioned with funds for the Church and Duboce Streetscape Improvement Project and is on permanent display at the intersection of Church and Duboce Streets.
       
    15. Motion to approve the following list of arts professionals as potential panelists for upcoming public art selection panels in Fiscal Year 2013-2014 including the Phelan Loop Public Plaza, Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco International Airport, Port Department projects, Park and Recreation Department projects, and others as needed:
      Regina Almaguer, arts administrator
      Michael Arcega, artist
      Lucinda Barnes, Chief Curator and Director of Programs and Collections, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
      Joseph Becker, Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Dena Beard, Assistant Curator, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
      Janet C. Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Elisheva Biernoff, artist
      Cath Brunner, Public Art Program Director, 4Culture
      Timothy Burgard, Curator-in-Charge of American Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
      Abby Chen, Program Director, Chinese Culture Center
      Kevin Chen, Program Director, Intersection for the Arts
      René de Guzman, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum of California
      Joseph del Pesco, Director, Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco
      Apsara DiQuinzio, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and Phyllis C. Wattis MATRIX Curator, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
      Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, Acting Head of Architecture and Design, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Jennifer Easton, Senior Project Manager, Public Art, City of San Jose
      Amy Ellingson, artist
      Maya Emsden, Deputy Executive Officer, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
      Courtney Fink, Executive Director, Southern Exposure
      Christian L. Frock, Director, Invisible Venue
      Rupert Garcia, artist
      Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Jeanne Gerrity; Curatorial Associate, Contemporary Jewish Museum
      Barbara Goldstein, Principal at Barbara Goldstein & Associates, Creative Placemaking and Public Art Planning
      Susan Gray, Creative Services Manager, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transport Authority
      Stephanie Hanor, Director, Mills College Art Museum
      Glen Helfand, independent writer, critic, curator, and educator
      Dana Hemenway, artist
      Kendal Henry, Artist/Public Art Consultant in Residence at Maribyrnong City Council
      Betti-Sue Hertz, Director of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
      Katie Hood Morgan, Interim Exhibitions Coordinator, Walter and McBean Galleries
      Heather Holt Villyard, Executive Director, ArtSpan
      Valerie Imus, Exhibitions and Programs Manager, Southern Exposure
      Mark Johnson, Director, San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery
      Ned Kahn, artist
      Brooke Kellaway, independent curator
      Lex Leifheit, Executive Director, SOMArts Cultural Center
      Constance Lewallen, Adjunct Curator, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
      Christina Linden, independent curator
      Patricia Maloney, Director, Art Practical
      Hesse McGraw, Vice President for Exhibitions and Public Programs, The San Francisco Art Institute
      Chuck Mobley, Director, SF Camerawork
      Judy Moran, arts administrator
      Leigh Markopoulos, Chair, California College of the Arts Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice
      Katya Min, Curator of Public Programs, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
      Ceci Moss, Assistant Curator, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
      Ellen Oh, Program Administrator, Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University
      Amy Owen, Curator, di Rosa
      Marc Pally, Public Art Curator and Artistic Director, Glow
      Matthew Passmore, artist
      Maurizzio Hector Pineda, independent curator
      Renny Pritikin, California College of the Arts Faculty
      Lawrence Rinder, Director, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
      Rebeka Rodriguez, Program Director: Education & Community Engagement, Intersection for the Arts
      Jerome Reyes, artist
      Mary Rubin, Project Manager, Public Art, City of San Jose
      Karen Tsujimoto, Curator, Contemporary Jewish Museum
      Maysoun Wazwaz, Program Manager, Mills College Art Museum
      Xiaoyu Weng, Curator of Asia Programs, Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco
      Shelly Willis, Interim Executive Director/Art in Public Places Director, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission
      Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Jenifer Wofford, artist
      Tanya Zimbardo; Assistant Curator of Media Arts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
       
    16. Motion to approve a $2,000 honorarium payment to artist Sabine Reckewell for her installation at the SFAC Galleries Grove Street Window Installation Site in the fall of 2013.
       
    17. Motion to approve Val Britton’s final designs for the Design Development and Construction Document Phases and to enter into the Fabrication Phase for her project at San Francisco International, Terminal 3, Non-secure Connector Site.
       
    18. Motion to approve the Construction Document Phase deliverables (final design drawings and sculpture mock-up) to enter into the Fabrication Phase for an artwork by Eric Staller for San Francisco International Airport, Boarding Area E, Children’s Area.
       
    19. Motion to approve the Public Art Program Project Outline for the Public Utilities Commission, Southeast Community Facility.
       
    20. Motion to authorize modification of the Agreement with Narduli Studios to increase the contract amount from $259,700 to $531,040 and to increase the scope to include purchase and fabrication of the stone for the monument and fountain for Passage of Remembrance, the veteran’s memorial for Memorial Court, and to provide consulting services during site construction and installation by others.
       
    21. Motion to approve Binh Danh, Lisa Levine, and Jetro Martinez as finalists with Kerry Vander Meer as an alternate for the San Francisco General Hospital, Emergency Room Entry Wall Public Art Project.
       
    22. Motion to approve the selected artist, Kelly Ording, for the Phelan Loop Plaza public artwork opportunity and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist for an amount not to exceed $18,000 to design an artwork which will be integrated into the paving of the plaza.
       
    23. Motion to approve the following three bronze sculptures by Seward Johnson for temporary installation, pending other required city approvals: Waiting to Cross in the public right-of-way in front of Yoshi’s Jazz Club on Fillmore Street; Coming Home at the Fillmore and Turk Street mini-park; and Los Mariachis at Steiner Street and Golden Gate Avenue mini-park as part of the Fillmore Street Sculpture Walk exhibit from August 5, 2013 until December 31, 2013. The project is sponsored by the Infin8sync.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (August 19, 2013)
      Action
    24. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the SFO West Field Cargo Building.
      Explanatory Document: Project illustration
       
    25. Motion to approve Phase 2 of of Fire Station #16, subject to design modifications of the northeast corner and the use of dark-colored stucco on the second floor east wall instead of stone.
      Explanatory Document: Project illustration
       
    26. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the 1550 Evans Street Project with the condition that the team work on further developing the color and materials palette, the window design, the design of the entrance overhang, and the landscape design.
      Explanatory Document: Project illustration
       
    27. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Mission Dolores Park Rehabilitation.
      Explanatory Document: Project illustration
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (August 21, 2013)
      Action
    28. Motion to approve the following list of arts professionals as potential panelists for upcoming public art selection panels in Fiscal Year 2013-2014:
      Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins, Manager, Visual Arts Program, Museum of the African Diaspora
      Nate Watson, artist; Executive Director of Public Glass, San Francisco State University Faculty
      Melorra Green, independent curator and Curator, African American Art and Culture Complex
      Walter Kitundu, artist
      Norie Sato, artist
      Ron Moultrie Saunders, artist
      Diana Pumpelly Bates, artist
      Chris Johnson, artist, Professor of Photography and Fine Art, California College of the Arts
      Lewis deSoto, artist; Professor of Art, San Francisco State University
      Donna Graves, Consultant, Arts & Cultural Planning
      Steve Huss, Cultural Arts Manager, Public Art Program, City of Oakland
      Carrie Lederer, artist, Curator of Exhibitions and Programs, Bedford Gallery
      Hung Liu, artist
      Richard Shaw, artist
      Po Shu Wang, artist
       
    29. Motion to approve sound samples by Bill Fontana for the North Beach Branch Library artwork.
       
    30. Motion to approve the Public Art Project Outline for the Bayview Gateway.
       
    31. Motion to approve the General Hospital Two-Dimensional Artwork Program Outline.
       
    32. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify the Agreement with Cliff Garten & Associates to increase the contract from $366,000 to $386,192 in order to provide signed stamped civil and electrical engineering and landscape drawings and to upgrade the light fixtures for the artwork Ethereal Bodies for the entry drive median at the General Hospital Acute Care Unit.
       
    33. Motion to approve the installation of an octagonal iron fence around the perimeter of Robert Ingersoll Aitken’s William McKinley, 1904, bronze, granite and marble, in order to prevent continued vandalism of the monument.
       
    34. Motion to approve the selection of Jorge Pardo for the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Public Art Project as recommended by the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Public Art Selection Panel.
       
    35. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Jorge Pardo for an amount not to exceed $25,000 to work in consultation with the project design team in order to create an artwork proposal for the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Public Art Project.
       
    36. Motion to approve the final poster designs for Mark Ulriksen’s Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series, Active San Francisco, October, 2013–January, 2014.
       
    37. Motion to approve the final installation of the two painted steel entry gates that comprise the artwork Cayuga Portal, 2013, by Eric Powell, as installed at Cayuga Playground.
       
    38. Motion to approve the Conceptual Design Phase deliverables (renderings) by Randy Colosky for the Central Subway Yerba Buena/Moscone Station Construction Barricade along Folsom Street to be on display for one year beginning in late 2013 or early 2014 (exact date to be determined).
       
      Executive Committee Recommendations (August 26, 2013)
      Action
    39. Motion to approve the following individuals as grants application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants: Emiko Ono, Program Officer, Performing Arts Program, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Tere Romo, Program Officer, Arts and Culture, The San Francisco Foundation
       
    40. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into negotiations with Americans for the Arts to host their 2017 convention in San Francisco.
       
    41. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to work-order $200,000 to the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (“OEWD”) to partner on an upcoming competitive Request for Proposals to fund capital needs of nonprofit arts and culture facilities in the Central Market and Tenderloin neighborhoods.
       
  6. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
    1. Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the agency, including an update on fundraising and on community interest in a new “friends of the San Francisco Arts Commission.”.
         
    2. Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
    3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
         
    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.
         
    5. Visual Arts Committee—Barbara Sklar, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
         
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to rescind Resolution #0304-13-076, authorizing the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with the artist team Haddad|Drugan, LLC in an amount not to exceed $190,000 for design, fabrication and consultation during installation of a temporary artwork for the Port Pier 92 Silos Project.
         
      3. Action: Discussion and possible motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with the artist team Haddad|Drugan, LLC in an amount not to exceed $263,200 for design, fabrication and consultation during installation of a temporary artwork for the Port Pier 92 Silos Project.
         
  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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