Full Commission - December 1, 2014

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, December 1, 2014
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

Roll Call
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.)
Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve November 3, 2014 Minutes.
Explanatory Document: Draft minutes
Director’s Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
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 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 27, 2014.
2. Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of October 27, 2014.
3. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of November 4, 2014.
4. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of November 17, 2014.
5. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of November 19, 2014.
  
  Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (November 4, 2014; link to agenda)
  Action
6. Motion to approve recommendations to award eleven grants totaling $271,050 in the 2014-2015 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives Level One grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for the amounts listed:
  Dance Brigade, $25,000
  San Francisco Mime Troupe, $25,000
  Queer Cultural Center, $25,000
  3rd i South Asian Independent Film Festival, $25,000
  Radar Productions, $25,000
  Kulintang Arts Inc., $25,000
  Youth Art Exchange, $25,000
  San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (Tranny Fest), $21,050
  Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT), $25,000
  Lenora Lee Dance, $25,000
  Queer Rebel Productions, $25,000
7. Motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on SFAC review panels for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Fiscal Years:
  Jewelle Gomez, novelist and playwright
  Nancy Gonchar, Principal, Nancy Gonchar & Associates
  Kim Schuck, poet, author and artist
  Mohammed Soriano-Bilal, Executive Director, African American Art & Culture Complex
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (November 17, 2014; link to agenda)
  Action
8. Motion to approve Phase 1 landscaping of the Westside Recycled Water Treatment Plant project.
9. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Golden Gate Recycled Water Pump Station and Reservoir project, contingent upon simplifying the design by (1) not wrapping the barrier wall around the third side of the building; (2) making the gap wall with the transformer a part of the new structure as a singular element.
10. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Alameda Creek Watershed Center in Sunol project.
11. Motion to approve the following mission statement for the Civic Design Review Program: “The mission of Civic Design Review is to ensure that any capital project improves the public realm, respects the natural environment and serves the best interests of the public.”
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (November 19, 2014; link to agenda)
  Action
12. Motion to approve the mural Wellness, Recovery, Health by lead artist Susan Cervantes, in collaboration with Yukako Ezoe Onodera and Elaine Chu, for the 7th Floor Psychiatric Patio at San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Portrero Avenue. The proposed mural consists of three panels; each is 10 feet by 15 feet. The project is sponsored with a Hearts Grant from the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation.
13. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase the agreement with WOWHAUS from $15,000 to $70,000, to add to the scope of work Fabrication, Transportation and Consultation during Installation for an artwork at Unity Plaza.
14. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Magna Chrome in an amount not to exceed $284,720 for the fabrication of artwork reproductions for General Hospital Acute Care Building.
15. Motion to increase the artist licensing agreement fee for reproduction of artworks for display at General Hospital Acute Care Building (approved by the Commission under Resolution No. 0303-14-083) from $1,000 to up to $1,900, which includes an allowance of up to $400 per artist for reimbursable expenses:
  
  Nora Akino: Limantour; Monterey Pines; Wild-Mustard II
  
  Lennell Allen: Drakes Bay at Point Reyes #178; Ocean Beach at Noriega #114; Ocean Beach at Noriega #167; Ocean Beach at Noriega #274
  
  Rob Badger: Golden Gate Bridge in Fog at Sunrise Looking Toward San Francisco; Heart Lake, John Muir Wilderness Area, Inyo National Forest, CA; Poppies and Gilia, Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, CA; San Francisco Beyond the Blue Hills of Marin, View From Mt. Tamalpais; Sycamores New Grass, San Luis Obispo, CA; Wildflowers and Owl’s Clover in Grass, Table Mountain, Butte County, CA
  
  Jennifer Bain: Flurry; Grasshopper; Pretty Bird; Shrinking Habitat; Single Source
  
  John Bankston: Big Machine
  
  Tom Baril: Baker’s Beach
  
  Suzy Barnard: Blue Conversation; Blue Position; July Jade; Still Overcast; Twilight State
  
  Louisiana Bendolph: Mayday; Shared Legacy
  
  Leo Bersamina: Lining Up III
  
  Mark Brown: Drakes Bay Vista; Half Dome; Mt. Shasta and Forest; Mt. Shasta Western Landscape
  
  Vicky Chen: In Between; Road Side View
  
  James Chronister: Large Snowy Forest
  
  Patricia Claro: Momento
  
  Elaine Coombs: Connection 1; Distill 10; Distill 11; Distill 13; Lively 1
  
  Beatrice Coron: BZCT; Vertical Farming
  
  Counterpoint Studio, LLC: 23 Cranes
  
  Binh Danh: Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite, CA, May 15, 2012; Cathedral Rocks and Cathedral Spires, June 11, 2012; Lower Yosemite Fall October 13, 2011, 3:45pm
  
  Eileen David: Bernal Slice #2; Castro Slice #4; Columbus/Francisco; Kite Hill; Potrero; Russian Hill #2
  
  Michael Eade: Cape Arago, Southern Oregon Coast; Inlet; Mount Tabor; Vista
  
  Evah Fan: A Crab in Scrabble; House-O-Rama; Job Seekers; Pet Grass; Ticks Attack Toes
  
  Annie Galvin: Botany Bear; Cloud Bears; Transform
  
  Cliff Garten: Radiolarian–Mace; Radiolarian–Twist 3; Suspect Figure 2
  
  Carmen Lomas Garza: Baile en 1958; Cakewalk; Cumpleaños de Lala y Tudi; Empanadas; La Feria en Reynosa; Tamalada
  
  Linda Gass: After the Gold Rush; Fields of Salt; Sanitary
  
  Sheila Ghidini: Hummingbird Nest; Nest with Turquoise Ribbon; Robin’s Nest
  
  Stanley Goldstein: Late Afternoon; Rodeo Beach; Rodeo Beach–Fog; Spring in China Camp
  
  Rachel Granofsky: One Part of Something to Another; Tenuous Divide; Mountain Stream
  
  Isca Greenfield-Sanders: Tommy and the Ball
  
  Michael Hall: Group
  
  Ophelia Ho: Dragon Gate; Herbal Shop; Lantern Shop; Snowing; Tea with Friend
  
  Josie Iselin: Bolinas Seaweeds; Botryocladia (Sea Grapes); Halosaccion Glandiforme (Sea Sacs)
  
  Diane Jacobs: Bee, Magnolia, Bowl; Chicken & Egg; Farmland
  
  Ivy Jacobsen: Anise; Bending Towards Light; Forest Mist; Night Flyer; Protea; Smoke Bush; Solstice; Summer Light; Perceptions #8
  
  David Johnson: Bayview Boys and Wagon–2; Bayview Girls Hopscotch–6; Bayview Girls Playing Hopscotch–1; Clarence
  
  Todd Lanam: Church Window; Park School Rail; Schoolyard Mural
  
  Beryl Landau: 22 Fillmore; Last Light; Memoria Pond; Pink Light; Primary Colors; San Francisco Skyline from San Bruno Mountain; The Real Thing; True to Form; Walking Along
  
  Bovey Lee: Dragging Cows up A Tree
  
  Katja Leibenath: Riverbank #18/2
  
  Lisa Levine: At the Cove; Swim #3; The Adoration of the Waters
  
  Hung Liu: Happy and Gay the Kite; New Old World Symphony Blue Foot; New Old World Symphony Pink Foot; New Old World Symphony Tender Foot
  
  Peter Loftus: Above Cambria: Evening; Towards Morro: Evening
  
  Steven Lopez: Shelf Life 003; Shelf Life 007
  
  Sharon Louden: Community (3); Community (4); Community (6); Community (7)
  
  Reagan Louie: Hangzhou; San Francisco
  
  Paul Madonna: All Over Coffee #283 Through our Roads; All Over Coffee #485 Dipsea Trail 3; All Over Coffee #517 Guerrero Park; All Over Coffee #548 Golden Gate Park Carousel; All Over Coffee #572 Rocket
  
  Kegan Marling: Duniya Dance and Drum Company, San Francisco City Hall; Gerry and Chris, Castro Street Fair; One Dance: Bay Area Dance Week
  
  Adam McCauley: Cretian Hillside; Stavros Beach
  
  Nikki McClure: Agree; Barter; Befriend; Home; Inhabit; Lunch; Practice; Rely
  
  Robert Minervini: After Glow; Predator and Prey; United by Fate
  
  Kelly Neidig: Chelsea; Sadie; Scully; Tone
  
  Siddharth Parasnis: Boats and Lotus in the Shallow Water; Boats in the Shallow Water # 6; House near Railway–Crossing; White Street; Two Storied House with a Backyard Maria Park: CN2_1; CN2_4
  
  Michele Ramirez: Big Cloud, Ripon; Burned Hills 3; Outside Butano State Park; Turlock
  
  Eric Rewitzer: Dogpatch; Golden Boy; Homeward Bound; One for the Fans; Yosemite Valley
  
  Mary Robertson: Girl with Gear; River Lounge
  
  Clare Rojas: Bleeding Hearts; Boundary Lines; Forget-Me-Not; Tulips
  
  Ron Moultrie Saunders: Acacia Flower Blossoms; Dodonea Descending (Green); Pine Needles
  
  Jenn Shifflet: An Eclipsed Wonder; Dreaming in Turquoise; In the Midst; Lumen; Wishing on the Wind
  
  Deth P. Sun: Donut Cat; Loving You
  
  Seiko Tachibana: Fern-3a; Fern-9; Fern-21; Fern-22
  
  Jason Tannen: Food Take Out; Prepare; Sam Wo
  
  David Tomb: Azure-breasted Pitta; Blue-capped Kingfisher; Collared Kingfisher; Philippine Trogon; Resplendent Quetzal; Rufous Hornbill; Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove
  
  Martin Webb: The Fog Was Lifting
  
  Pamela Wilson-Ryckman: Golden Gate Park; Lafyette Park
  
  Sarah Winkler: Mesquite Sand Dunes; Sculpted Dune; Solar Harvest: 10 a.m.
  
  June Yokell: China Camp Hill; Crossing; Hayward Salt Flats
16. Motion to approve revised conceptual designs for two artworks by Mark Brest van Kempen for the Alameda Creek Watershed Center.
17. Motion to increase Mark Brest van Kempen’s contract for two artworks at the Alameda Creek Watershed Center by $63,000, from $12,000 to $75,000, for completion of design development and construction documents.
18. Motion to approve the artwork titled Spiral of Gratitude, 2014 by Shimon Attie (aka Scott Attie, Attie Art Projects) with Vale Bruck, as installed in the lobby of the Public Safety Building.
19. Motion to approve the artwork titled First Responder Plaza, 2014 by Paul Kos, as installed in the south plaza of the Public Safety Building.
20. Motion to rescind Resolution No. 0908-14-220, (Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Paulson Bott Press for an amount not to exceed $74,000 for fabrication of the approved design by Louisiana Bendolph for an artwork at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3).
21. Motion to rescind Resolution No. 0908-14-221, (Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a licensing agreement with Louisiana Bendolph for an amount not to exceed $4,000 for an artwork at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3).
22. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Paulson Bott Press for an amount not to exceed $83,500 for artist fees for Louisiana Bendolph and other expenses pertaining to the design, fabrication, transportation and installation of the artwork, New Generation, by Louisiana Bendolph at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3.
  
  Executive Committee Recommendations (November 24, 2014; link to agenda)
  Action
23. Motion to approve recommendation to award Melody of China, Inc. a grant in the 2014-2015 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives Level One, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreement for $25,000.
24. Motion to approve recommendations to award three grants totaling $300,000 in the 2014-2015 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives Level Two grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for the amounts listed:
  Brava Theater Center/Brava! For Women in the Arts, $100,000
  Golden Thread Productions, $100,000
  African American Shakespeare Company, $100,000
25. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with the following organizations in the amounts listed, based on additional secured funding from new sources (the California Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and Office of Economic and Workforce Development funds for the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District):
  The 509 Cultural Center/the luggage store gallery, $35,000
  CounterPulse, $35,000
  Community Arts Stabilization Trust, $75,000
  Brava Theater Center/Brava! For Women in the Arts, $100,000
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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
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.)
Adjournment
Action

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Full Commission - December 1, 2014 - Meeting Agenda