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Full Commission - November 3, 2014 - Meeting Minutes

Full Commission - November 3, 2014

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


Minutes

Commission President JD Beltran called the meeting to order at 3:07 p.m.

  1. Roll Call

    Commissioners Present
    JD Beltran, President
    Abby Sadin Schnair, Vice President
    Gregory Chew
    Charles Collins
    Simon Frankel
    Dorka Keehn
    Sherene Melania
    Roberto Ordeñana
    Marcus Shelby
    Kimberlee Stryker
     
    Commissioners Absent
    Janine Shiota
    Jessica Silverman
    Barbara Sklar
    Cass Calder Smith
    Kathrin Moore, ex officio
     

  2. Public Comment
    There was no public comment.
     
  3. Approval of Minutes
    There was no public comment, and the minutes were unanimously approved as follows.
     
    RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-258: Motion to approve October 6, 2014 Minutes.
     
  4. Director’s Report
    After first congratulating the World Series Champion Giants, Mr. DeCaigny reported on the successful Galleries event, Passport, which took place this year in the “Calle 24” Latino Culture District. He noted that this was the first year that passports were donated to nonprofit partners, including Mission Girls, Galería de la Raza, Brava Theater and Mission High School students, through Acción Latina. He also announced the November 13 opening of The Point, photographs by Kirk Crippens and the Bayview-Hunters Point community, on the ground floor of City Hall and the North Light Court. The event will begin at 5:00 p.m., and will include a performance by Ms. Mary Booker.
     
    Mr. DeCaigny reported on the Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for the nonprofit displacement funds authorized by the Board of Supervisors. The funds will be administered by Northern California Community Loan Fund, and the RFP is posted on their website, with a link from the Arts Commission’s website. He urged everyone to share the information, and explained that the deadline for applications is November 14. In response to questions from the Commission, he explained the panel review process, the panel composition and how the funds could and could not be used, emphasizing long-term solutions.
     
    Finally, Mr. DeCaigny reported briefly on his recent cultural trip to China with a California arts delegation appointed by Governor Brown. He expected to make a fuller presentation in the coming months.
     
    There was no public comment.
     
  5. Consent Calendar
    President Beltran severed agenda item 24, regarding the Moscone Center expansion, for separate consideration. Vice President Schnair recused herself from discussion on this item because her husband is a partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the architecture firm for the Moscone expansion. Commissioner Frankel also disclosed that he sits on the board of directors of a private elementary school with one of the artists named in item 20, regarding finalists for the sculpture opportunity at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. President Beltran confirmed that they have no financial relationship, and thus no conflict requiring his recusal.
     
    Vice President Schnair left the room, and President Beltran called for consideration of the following item. There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows, with the recusal of Commissioner Schnair.
     
    RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-283: Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Moscone Center Expansion project.
     
    Vice President Schnair returned to the meeting room following the vote, and President Beltran called for a vote on the remainder of the Consent Calendar.
     
    There was no public comment on the remainder of the Consent Calendar, and it was unanimously approved as follows.
     
    RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-259:
    Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt the following items on the Consent Calendar and their related Resolutions:
     
    Approval of Committee Minutes
    1. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-260: Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of October 15, 2014.
       
    2. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-261: Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of October 20, 2014.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (October 15, 2014)
    3. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-262: Motion to approve the mural, Blooming on Fragrance Alley, by lead artist Margarita Soyfertis, on the exterior wall of a privately owned building at 857 Clay Street and Han Ah Alley in Chinatown. The proposed mural is 15 feet by 12 feet. The project is sponsored by the Chinatown Community Development Center and is funded by the Community Challenge Grant program.
       
    4. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-263: Motion to approve the mural, Play, Run, Have Fun, by lead artists Frederick Alvarado and Max Marttila at the Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center. The proposed mural is 10 feet by 80 feet on a newly renovated wall of an athletic field. The project is sponsored by the Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc. and is funded by City Fields Foundation.
       
    5. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-264: Motion to approve the mural, Please Respect the Water in San Francisco, by lead artist Yukako Ezoe Onodera (and 42 participating second graders) at George Peabody Elementary School at 251 Sixth Avenue. The proposed mural is 3 feet by 42 feet. The project is sponsored by the Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc.
       
    6. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-265: Motion to approve the mural design, Santana, by Mel Waters painted on a mural site located at 2300 Mission Street. The mural is a project of the Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTS Program, funded by the Department of Public Works.
       
    7. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-266: Motion to approve the mural design, Animal Farm, by Francisco Aquino painted on a mural site located at 776 Clay Street. The mural is a project of the Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTS Program, funded by the Department of Public Works.
       
    8. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-267: Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection, Celebrate Ability, 2013 by Johanna Poethig. The artwork consists of six hand-painted ceramic tile and byzantine glass smalti mosaic medallions, each 48 inches in diameter by 1 inch deep: Ability, Adapt-ability, Endure-ability, Enjoy-ability, Flex-ability, Response-ability. The artwork was commissioned for and installed at Hamilton Recreation Center, 1900 Geary Boulevard.
       
    9. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-268: Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection, Untitled, 2009 by Horace Washington. The artwork consists of glazed ceramic tile motifs installed along the upper exterior façade of the Hamilton Recreation Center, 1900 Geary Boulevard. The building was dedicated on April 6, 2013.
       
    10. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-269: Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection a gift from the Pirkle Jones Foundation consisting of 147 selenium-toned gelatin silver prints by Pirkle Jones and two selenium-toned gelatin silver prints by F. W. Quandt, printed by Pirkle Jones for a print total of 149 artworks:
       
      Untitled (“Mud Wedding” Captain Garbage, Thunder Pussy, Dredge Facing Front and Herman and Walter From the Back, #91, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (“Question Mark” Rock Spring Delineated by Dark Grass and Trees, in a Bleached Grass Field, from Mt. Tamalpais Series), 1981;
       
      Untitled (“The Thumper” Boat Owned by Dredge and Ferryboat Vallejo in the Background, #27, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Alan Watts, #76, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Ansel Adams, Guest Photographer Pirkle Jones Class, China Basin, San Francisco),1955;
       
      Untitled (Artist Jean Varda, #15, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Asian Family Picnic, Easter Sunday, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco), 1960;
       
      Untitled (Bald Man Playing Guitar, #32, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Billboard “J.E. French,” Highway 101 and Bay Bridge, San Francisco), 1961;
       
      Untitled (Billboards and Bay Bridge, San Francisco), 1961;
       
      Untitled (Black Man Carrying Bags of Corn, Farmer’s Market, San Francisco), 1949;
       
      Untitled (Black Woman Wearing Plaid Coat and Umbrella, San Francisco, from Rain Series), 1955;
       
      Untitled (Blond with Hair in Braids and Spangles, #108, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1969;
       
      Untitled (Blue Heron and Houseboats: Owl on the Left, Madonna Center Right and San Rafael on the Right, #3, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Boulders in the American River, California), 1964;
       
      Untitled (Breaking Wave and Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco), 1952;
       
      Untitled (Breaking Wave, Golden Gate, San Francisco), 1952;
       
      Untitled (Buddha, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1976;
       
      Untitled (Buddhist Shrine in Temple, from Walnut Grove: Portrait of a Town), 1961;
       
      Untitled (Bust of Jose Hernandez, South American Hero, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1978;
       
      Untitled (California Oak Trees on Knowles Ranch, from Berryessa Valley the Last Year), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Captain Garbage the Groom Holding Daisy, Mud Wedding #11, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Child Mannequins with Crutches, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1976;
       
      Untitled (Cigar Smoking Sidewalk Superintendent, San Francisco), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Circus Trunk Cover, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1974;
       
      Untitled (Cityscape from Diamond Heights Looking Northeast, San Francisco), 1952;
       
      Untitled (Clouds with Dark Foreground of Trees on Ridge, Southern California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Coit Tower from Lombard and Hyde Streets, San Francisco), 1962;
       
      Untitled (Crosses, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1976;
       
      Untitled (Crowd Listening, Man with Plaid Shirt in Front), 1968;
       
      Untitled (Cynthia with Jean Varda, #36, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Dancer Living on Varda’s Ferryboat the Vallejo, #5 Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Detail of Madroño Trunk [close-up], from Mt. Tamalpais Series), 1980;
       
      Untitled (Dredge and Captain Garbage Working on the Madonna, #47, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1969;
       
      Untitled (Dried Kelp and Rocks, Point Lobos), 1947;
       
      Untitled (Family), 1968;
       
      Untitled (Farmer Selling Comice Pears “5 for 50 Cents,” Farmer’s Market, San Francisco, California), 1949;
       
      Untitled (Fire is Part of the Demolition Process [House Burning], Berryessa Valley, from Death of a Valley), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Fountain at Dayton, Ohio Museum of Art), 1938;
       
      Untitled (Fruit Tree Orchard in Bloom), 1950;
       
      Untitled (Gazelle Shaped Madroño Tree, from Mt. Tamalpais Series), 1980;
       
      Untitled (Grass and Oak Trees with Clouds, Near Sacramento, California), 1962;
       
      Untitled (Group of Men, from Chinese New Year, San Francisco), 1955;
       
      Untitled (Group of People, Man Holding Sleeping Child), 1968;
       
      Untitled (Gunnera Tinctoria, Leaf, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, from Felinimus and Twig),1950;
       
      Untitled (Heather and C.C. Wilcoxen, Unidentified Woman and Danny Joe Crumb [Back to Camera], #2, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1969;
       
      Untitled (Hermit, #73, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1969;
       
      Untitled (High-Rise Construction and Coit Tower from Russian Hill, San Francisco), 1962;
       
      Untitled (Houseboats and Couple Talking, #28, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Iassos Playing Flute Against Wall, #59, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Iassos’ Torso with Shell Necklace, #61, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Insect Specimens, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1976;
       
      Untitled (Inspectors from the Marin County Fire Department, #12, Gate Five, Sausalito, California),1970;
       
      Untitled (Insulators and Poles, Marin County, California), 1952;
       
      Untitled (Interior of Michael Scott’s Houseboat, [Bass and Skull] #50, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Jac Alfred Campbell in Rowboat, #23, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Jac and Leslie [Back to Camera] on Their Houseboat with Anderson on the Left, #89, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Jaguar John and Cynthia, #52, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Jean Varda and Two Dancers on His Houseboat, #33, Gate Five, Sausalito, California),1970;
       
      Untitled (Joanie McGlaughlin, #42, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Last Memorial Day [Woman with Flowers, Man Kneeling and Dog], from Berryessa Valley The Last Year), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Leslie Dee Sirota and Jac Campbell with Three Friends, Gate Five, Sausalito, California),1970;
       
      Untitled (Madonna on the Left and Mt. Tamalpais to the NW, #24, Gate Five, Sausalito, California),1970;
       
      Untitled (Madroño Tree Trunk, Homage to Henry Moore, from Mt. Tamalpais Series), 1981;
       
      Untitled (Maggie “Catfish,” #37, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Maggie and Joe Tate Playing Piano at Dry-Dock Party, #9, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Man Holding Almond Blossoms, from Chinese New Year, San Francisco), 1955;
       
      Untitled (Man with Arms Crossed), 1968;
       
      Untitled (Mannequin on Top of Car, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1976;
       
      Untitled (McGinnis Home, Monticello, from Berryessa Valley the Last Year), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Memorial Day #3, Young Man Placing Flowers at Tombstone, Berryessa Valley), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Mennonite Woman Wearing Apron, Farmer’s Market, San Francisco), 1949;
       
      Untitled (Mimi Walker, #78, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Monticello Cemetery, from Death of a Valley), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Mother and Child, #43, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1969;
       
      Untitled (Mother and Daughter Selling Beets, Farmer’s Market, San Francisco), 1949;
       
      Untitled (Mud Wedding Party Group at the Tilton Hilton, #90, Gate Five, Sausalito, California),1970;
       
      Untitled (Musician with Bamboo Flutes), 1971;
       
      Untitled (Mussel Bed, Point Lobos), 1947;
       
      Untitled (Nancy and Beaumont Newhall in Ansel Adams’ Garden, San Francisco), 1947;
       
      Untitled (Naugahyde Headboard, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1977;
       
      Untitled (No. 1, San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill 1865, by Taber), 1955;
       
      Untitled (No. 2, San Francisco Bay, Sausalito, Alcatraz Island and Mt. Tamalpais 1865, by Taber),1955;
       
      Untitled (No. 3, San Francisco Bay, Angel Island and Red Rock 1865, by Taber), 1955;
       
      Untitled (No. 4, San Francisco Bay from Telegraph Hill 1865, by Taber), 1955;
       
      Untitled (No. 5, San Francisco Bay, Mt Diablo and Goat Island 1865, by Taber), 1955;
       
      Untitled (No. 6, San Francisco Bay, Oakland Creek and City Front 1865, by Taber), 1955;
       
      Untitled (Nuns Carrying Produce, Farmer’s Market, San Francisco), 1949;
       
      Untitled (Oak Tree in Pirkle Jones’ Garden, Mill Valley, from Pirkle Jones Home & Environment, Mill Valley), 1976;
       
      Untitled (Oak Trees on Steep Slope, from Mt. Tamalpais Series), 1990;
       
      Untitled (Oil Slick, San Francisco), 1947;
       
      Untitled (Old Gas Pump Gauge Mohawk Station, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1978;
       
      Untitled (Orchard in Bloom, from Berryessa Valley the Last Year), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Pear Picker Standing on Ladder, Berryessa Valley), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Photogram #3), 1949;
       
      Untitled (Photographer Dorothea Lange in Cook, McKenzie & Son Store, from Berryessa Valley the Last Year), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Pine Trees and Milkweed, Yosemite, California), 1947;
       
      Untitled (Piro Caro with Statue and Rubber Tree in Background, #4, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Piro Caro’s Living Room on the Ferryboat San Rafael, #39, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Portrait of Pammy “Kooka,” #77, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Portrait of Thunder Pussy—the Bride, Mud Wedding #96, Gate Five, Sausalito, California),1970;
       
      Untitled (Putah Creek as it Runs Through the Valley, From Berryessa Valley the Last Year), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Rock Spring Delineated by Dark Grass, with Rock Outcropping Behind, from Mt. Tamalpais Series), 1981;
       
      Untitled (Ron Martin Wearing Overalls, #22, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (San Francisco from Corona Heights), 1950;
       
      Untitled (San Francisco Skyline from Fort Baker, Sausailto), 1955;
       
      Untitled (Scrapbook Memories, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1976;
       
      Untitled (Snow, Rock Formation and Cars on Hwy 50, Sierras), 1964;
       
      Untitled (Sun Dappled Hazelnut Leaves and Bay Trees, Cascade Park, from Pirkle Jones Home and Environment, Mill Valley), 1993;
       
      Untitled (Tattooed Eagle Chest, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1976;
       
      Untitled (Three Figures and Vintage Baby Photo, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1976;
       
      Untitled (Three Young Men on a Motorcycle, Napa County, District No. 4, Berryessa Valley), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Trees and Hills in Fog, Berryessa Valley), 1956;
       
      Untitled (Two Men Routing Electrical Power Line, #70, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Two Women in Calico from the Back, Farmer’s Market, San Francisco), 1949;
       
      Untitled (Two Women Looking at Newton Portrait, Exhibition of “A Photographic Essay on the Black Panthers” at deYoung Museum, San Francisco, California), 1969;
       
      Untitled (Typewriter at Low Tide, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1976;
       
      Untitled (Uniform, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1977;
       
      Untitled (View of San Francisco at Dusk, Angel Island to the Left), 1952;
       
      Untitled (View of San Francisco with Clouds from St. Germain St., Twin Peaks #2), 1963;
       
      Untitled (View of Twin Peaks #1, San Francisco, from Fog Series), 1955;
       
      Untitled (View of Twin Peaks #4, San Francisco, from Fog Series), 1955;
       
      Untitled (Vintage Electric Hair Curling Machine and 50’s Kind of Guy, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1976;
       
      Untitled (Vintage Porch Columns, Flea Market, Marin City, California), 1976;
       
      Untitled (V-Shaped Landscape, Light Grass with Wooded Area, Oak Tree on the Left, from Mt. Tamalpais Series), 1981;
       
      Untitled (Waterfall, Yosemite, California), 1968;
       
      Untitled (White Cyclamen, from Pirkle Jones Home & Environment, Mill Valley), 1970;
       
      Untitled (White House and Cane, San Francisco), 1953;
       
      Untitled (Window with Numerous Bullet Holes, Including Eldridge Cleaver’s Mouth on Poster),1968;
       
      Untitled (Woman Carrying Almond Blossoms, from Chinese New Year, San Francisco), 1955;
       
      Untitled (Woman Carrying Sack of Collard Greens, Farmer’s Market, San Francisco), 1949;
       
      Untitled (Woman Holding Savoy Cabbage, Farmer’s Market, San Francisco), 1949;
       
      Untitled (Women with Their Left Arms Raised), 1968;
       
      Untitled (Young Black Boy Carrying Greens, Farmer’s Market, San Francisco), 1949;
       
      Untitled (Young Girls Listening to Music on Spencer Michael’s Butterfly Houseboat, #8, Gate Five, Sausalito, California), 1970;
       
      Untitled (Minor White and Pirkle Jones), 1947 by F.W. Quandt, printed by Pirkle Jones 1985;
       
      Untitled (F.W. Quandt, Pirkle Jones, Dwain Faubion, Minor White, Al Gay), 1947 by F.W. Quandt, printed by Pirkle Jones 1985;
       
      Portfolio Two, Twelve Photographs by Pirkle Jones, 1970:
      Breaking Wave, Golden Gate, San Francisco, 1952;
      Log and Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, 1952;
      View of San Francisco in the Rain, 1952;
      Woman with Umbrella, San Francisco, 1955;
      Sunset District and Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, 1951;
      Figures in the Rain, San Francisco, 1955;
      Worker, Saratoga, California, 1958;
      Grape Picker, Berryessa Valley, California, 1956;
      Oak Tree and Rock, Black Hawk Ranch, California, 1954;
      Cowboy, Arizona, 1957;
      Landscape, Jackson, CA, 1948;
      Garden Detail, San Francisco, 1947
       
    11. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-270: Motion to approve an artist honorarium payment in the amount of $3,000 for Kirk Crippins and his contributions to the exhibition The Point at City Hall, opening November 13, 2014.
       
    12. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-271: Motion to approve increasing the budget threshold from $200,000 to $500,000 for the purpose of establishing the 2015-2016 Prequalified Artist Pool from which artists may be short-listed for specific public art project opportunities which have budgets ranging up to $500,000 during the calendar years 2015 and 2016.
       
    13. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-272: Motion to disassemble Aqua Pura, 1993, with permission of the artist team, Collins and Goto, as currently installed, due to the obsolescence of sound equipment and didactics obsolete to the current practices of the facility. The original artwork (Accession ID 1993.2.2a-mmm) consists of 65 framed photographs with accompanying didactic recordings, installed along a wall. All of the artworks’ components will be archived pending its possible reconfiguration. The framed photographs remain hung at the Harry Tracy Water Facility (formerly the San Andreas Water Treatment Facility).
       
    14. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-273: Motion to approve the Conceptual Design Phase deliverables (rendering) by Maria Park for the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Public Art Project for Chinatown Station to be on display for one year beginning in early 2015 (exact date to be determined).
       
    15. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-274: Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Andrea Bergen for the 2015 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist to develop and complete six unique poster designs for an amount not to exceed $10,000.
       
    16. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-275: Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Kelly Inouye for the 2015 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist to develop and complete six unique poster designs and a public programming event for an amount not to exceed $10,000.
       
    17. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-276: Motion to approve the Final Design Phase deliverables, artwork rendering and materials overview, by Kelly Ording for the public art paving design project at Unity Plaza.
       
    18. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-277: Motion to approve the Conceptual Design Phase deliverables (artwork rendering) by Louisiana Bendolph for artwork at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3.
       
    19. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-278: Motion to approve the four selected finalists: Charles Sowers, Po Shu Wang, Cameron Hockenson and Jenny Heishman, for the Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center Public Art Project as recommended by the Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center Public Art Selection Panel.
       
    20. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-279: Motion to approve the four selected finalists for the sculpture opportunity, Po Shu Wang, Richard Deutsch, Linda Fleming and Roger Berry; and the four selected finalists for the integrated opportunity, Stephen Galloway, Merle Axelrad, Suzy Barnard, and Ann Gardner; for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Public Art Program.
       
    21. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-280: Motion to approve the revised Public Art Project Outline for the Bayview Gateway.
       
    22. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-281: Motion to approve the temporary display of the sculpture Red Fish, 2006 by William Wareham (formerly placed at 3rd Street and Cargo Way) in Mendell Plaza at the corner of Third Avenue and Oakdale for a period up to five years, depending on evaluation by the community and the ability to maintain the artwork. The installation will take place pending its conservation and necessary permits from the Department of Public Works. The project is being sponsored by the Bayview Historical Society.
       
    23. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-282: Motion to approve the Project Outline for Fire Station #5.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (October 20, 2014)
    24. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-284: Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Glen Canyon Recreation Center Renovation Project, contingent upon: (1) resolving the location for sculpture before Phase 3 review; (2) using a linear rather than wavy design for the aluminum sunshades; (3) refining the design of the entry plaza, handrails and stairway.
       
    25. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-285: Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Balboa Park Pool project.
       
    26. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-286: Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner project, contingent on: (1) resolving the landscape design, investigating the possibility of including a quiet outdoor seating area, integrating artwork; (2) using the same trees to wrap around the building for consistency; (3) simplifying the design of the main glass façade and making it more interesting and less corporate; (4) eliminating the wrapping of the projected canopy around the corner; (5) eliminating the dark banding on the Jennings Street (east) side of the building; (6) making the window frames on the dark banded area the same color as that band; (7) maximizing the plane change from the upper wall to the roof; (8) developing in more detail the design of the security gate area and roof; (9) simplifying the design overall and strengthening the proportional relationship of the elements; (10) scheduling an interim informal review.
       
    27. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-287: Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Fire Station #5 project, contingent upon: (1) resolving the design of the dorm area and how it articulates with the red area below; (2) eliminating the planter on the Turk Street side; (3) reviewing materials in concert with the final resolution of the geometry of the building.
       
    28. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-288: Motion to approve Phase 3 of the San Francisco International Airport Terminal 3 East Improvements project, penthouse design option 1.
       
      Executive Committee Recommendations (October 27, 2014)
    29. RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-289: Motion to modify the contract with Heyday dated June 29, 2012, by eliminating the second book buyback of 400 copies by the City from Heyday and decreasing the total contract amount by $7,500 for a total new contract amount of $12,500.
       
  6. Report on Collections Inventory
    Mr. DeCaigny explained that the completion of a thorough inventory of the Civic Art Collection was one of his early goals, and he was pleased to say that it was now completed. He introduced Public Art and Civic Art Collection Program Director Susan Pontious and Senior Registrar Allison Cummings to present a report on the Collection and the inventory. He also thanked Registrar Anne Marie Purkey Levine, currently on family leave, for her past work on the inventory.
     
    Ms. Pontious gave an overview of the Collection, and described its history and its mission. She explained the variety of ways objects have come into the Collection, and she highlighted some of its most notable artworks, including a fine collection of modernist jewelry as a result of the Art Festivals from 1946 through 1989. She noted that until very recently, objects came into the Collection without any funds for maintenance; now, such gifts require a maintenance endowment in order to be accepted.
     
    She described the loan program, which places artworks from the Collection in City offices, and the large portion of the Collection at the San Francisco Airport, the City’s most valuable collection outside the Fine Arts Museums.
     
    Ms. Pontious explained that San Francisco was one of the first cities to pass a “percent for art” ordinance which requires funds from civic construction projects to be used for public art, which becomes part of the Collection. As a pioneer, San Francisco has had to develop procedures and best practices without prior models.
     
    She described the Collection as “artwork with a job to do”—including healing in the hospital setting and humanizing spaces for people in confinement—with the mission of equity for all in the experience of art and creativity in our neighborhoods. She discussed the tension between making artworks accessible to the public and maintaining the works’ security.
     
    Ms. Pontious explained that a fire in 1979 destroyed a great many files and damaged some artworks. When the Collection’s first registrar was hired in 1984 and began assigning accession numbers, she had to reconstruct records from what notes and files remained, and from comments recorded in historical minutes of the Arts Commission’s meetings. Given the state of records after the fire, it is doubtless that some of the accession numbers were “reconstructed” for objects that were never actually accepted into the Collection, or had already been deaccessioned or otherwise actually removed from the Collection.
     
    Ms. Pontious described the importance of instituting electronic recordkeeping in recent years, along with the other process improvements meant to protect from such a loss of records in the future. She discussed the effect of budget fluctuations on staffing and on the ability to maintain and conserve the Collection.
     
    She reviewed the statistics from the inventory, which was recently completed, and includes condition reports on the objects. Finally, she added that the Visual Arts Committee and staff will be reviewing collection management policies, and doing cost modeling for the annual costs of conservation and maintenance henceforward.
     
    Mr. DeCaigny emphasized the critical impact of the fire and the concomitant destruction of records, then kept entirely on paper. He explained that the current electronic database is backed up offsite, and redundancies are built into the recordkeeping system. He also highlighted the need for staff to do the work of managing the Collection and its data, pointing out that for many years there was no dedicated staff for this important work.
     
    The Commission discussed the report and the next steps. Staff explained that any significant pieces determined to be missing will be posted on the Art Loss Register, noting that some artworks listed as missing long before the 1979 fire would not be likely to be found now and would be recommended for deaccession. The Commission discussed the value of the Collection; the cost of appraisal for everything is prohibitive, but anything loaned to another entity is appraised at that time for insurance purposes. Ms. Pontious explained that the entire Airport collection has been appraised. Mr. DeCaigny added that the remainder of the Collection is self-insured by the City.
     
    Commissioner Keehn congratulated the staff on an incredible job, and called the history fascinating. She asked about lost works that might be entered on the national register. Ms. Pontious explained that there were four and provided detailed information on the artworks.
     
    Mr. DeCaigny added that in some cases, staff has contacted the artist’s estate and they don’t believe the work in question was actually in the custody and care of the Arts Commission. He reiterated the significance of the 1979 fire as a barrier to knowing the definitive history of some of the artworks.
     
    President Beltran lauded staff for completing this herculean task.
     
    There was no public comment.
     
  7. Nomination and Election of Arts Commission Officers
    Nominating Committee Chair Commissioner Ordeñana reported that the Committee met and held a robust discussion, culminating in a motion to re-elect JD Beltran as Commission President and Abby Sadin Schnair as Commission Vice President. He discussed their strengths and experience.
     
    The Commission discussed the question of succession planning, and proposed that the Nominating Committee begin to meet earlier in the summer before the next election. Commissioners also requested that staff work with the City Attorney’s office to clarify whether there is a conflict of interest if a member of the Nominating Committee is nominated for one of the offices.
     
    There was no public comment.
     
    The Commission unanimously elected JD Beltran as Arts Commission President and Abby Sadin Schnair as Vice President.
     
    President Beltran and Vice President Schnair thanked Commissioners for their support.
     
    President Beltran left the meeting at 4:28 p.m., and Vice President Schnair chaired the remainder of the meeting.
     
  8. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
    1. Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
      1. Vice President Schnair reported that most of the Committee’s meeting consisted of the performance review of the Director of Cultural Affairs, a confidential personnel matter which took place in closed session. She thanked Commissioners and staff for their responses to the online survey, and explained that President Beltran was working with Department of Human Resources staff to finalize the written review, which would be forwarded to the Mayor’s office.
         
        Vice President Schnair reported that the Committee also approved a revision to the contract with Heyday for San Francisco: Arts for the City—Civic Art and Urban Change, 1932-2012. Mr. DeCaigny explained that the book had sold better than anticipated and the contract modification would allow Heyday to sell copies originally reserved for the Arts Commission’s educational distribution. Commissioners asked about the possibility of publishing some of the material online, as the hard copies were sold out. Mr. DeCaigny said that this was not contemplated in the original contract, and at least some of the photographs did not have permissions appropriate for online publication. He said he would work with staff to investigate this option.
         
        There was no public comment.
         
    2. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. Commissioner Melania reported that the Committee did not meet in October, and she presented the following motion to approve panelists.
         
        The Commission asked about the inclusion of a staff member on this list. Community Investments Director Judy Nemzoff explained that staff is often involved in reviewing grant applications. Mr. DeCaigny added that Arts Commission staff serve on interdepartmental panels, and he would review with the City Attorney’s office whether staff needed to be approved by the Commission to serve on review panels.
         
        There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
         
        RESOLUTION NO. 1103-14-290: Discussion and possible motion to approve panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on SFAC review panels for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Fiscal Years:
        Elmaz Abinader, Professor of English, Mills College; faculty and board member, Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation
        Faith Adiele, Associate Professor, Writing, California College of the Arts; faculty, Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation
        Kevin B. Chen, curator, writer, visual artist
        Minna Dubin, writer, performer, teaching artist
        Malcolm Margolin, Founder and Executive Director, Heyday Books
        Liz Ozol, Arts Education Program Officer, San Francisco Arts Commission
        Federico Salas, independent nonprofit arts professional
         
        Commissioner Melania announced that the San Francisco Dance Film Festival would take place November 6-9 at Brava Theater.
         
    3. Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
      1. Commissioner Stryker reported that the Committee reviewed projects including Glen Canyon Recreation Center, Fire Station #5, preliminary conceptual design for the development of Treasure Island, and the major renovation of Moscone Center.
         
        There was no public comment.
         
    4. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Commissioner Keehn reported that, in addition to a number of projects, the Committee approved a pool of qualified artists. This process allows artists to apply once for any number of projects over a two-year period, and the Committee increased the budget threshold for the projects from $200,000 to $500,000.
         
        She reported that the Committee approved the temporary relocation of the sculpture Red Fish, depending on the ability of the Bayview Historical Society to raise the necessary funds. She reported that the Committee also identified artwork locations for Fire Station #5. Commissioner Chew added that the Committee approved a design for the Central Subway construction barricade.
         
        There was no public comment.
         
  9. New Business and Announcements
    Vice President Schnair acknowledged former Commissioner Leo Chow, first appointed by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom in April, 2009. She discussed his many qualifications and his years of excellent service to the City on the Civic Design Review Committee and the Executive Committee, where he also served as part of the search committee to fill the position of Director of Cultural Affairs.
     
    Vice President Schnair added that she has known former Commissioner Chow personally for more than twenty years, and that he was one of the reasons she felt compelled to join the Commission when the opportunity arose.
     
    Vice President Schnair invited Julia Laue, Principal Architect, Building, Design & Construction, San Francisco Public Works, to speak. Ms. Laue said that when she accepted her position, one of her initiatives was to establish a culture of excellence, and that the department’s work with Mr. Chow and the Arts Commission has been invaluable in that respect, in both formal and informal reviews. She praised Mr. Chow’s collaborative style, encyclopedic knowledge and true professionalism. She added that his suggestions were tangible and concrete improvements to the designs, and that he commands respect with her team, some of whom studied under him. She said that she and her colleagues will miss him, and he leaves big shoes to fill.
     
    Noting that former Commissioner Chow was part of the committee that hired him, Mr. DeCaigny thanked Mr. Chow for his mentorship, and praised his strengths in governance of the agency as a member of the Executive Committee, his very keen eye on financial oversight and accountability to the City.
     
    Commissioner Stryker said she has really enjoyed working with Mr. Chow, often dashing into Civic Design Review Committee meetings wondering with great curiosity what he would have to say about a project. She praised him as always attentive, observant and respectful, and said that working with him has been an elevating experience.
     
    Commissioner Keehn said that she has learned a great deal from Mr. Chow, hearing his perspective, and that it has been a pleasure to serve with him. She added that he has had a major impact on design in the City.
     
    Saying he thought he had simply been invited to go out for drinks, former Commissioner Chow thanked the speakers for their friendship, calling their kind words overwhelming. He said he would miss all of them, and the work he has done with them. He added that, over the last several weeks, as he has stepped away from the daily work of the Commission, as he travels around San Francisco seeing all the things the Commission has worked on—buildings, artworks, Cultural Centers—he has thought about how much the work this Commission does touches everyone in the City. He said he would miss everyone, Commissioners and staff, and their unbridled passion to improve the environment of San Francisco, and he thanked them all.
     
    Commissioner Chew added that he has a view of Mr. Chow’s building at Third and Market streets, so he was not going away.
     
    Public Comment:
    PJ Johnston, former Arts Commission President, spoke to express the thanks of a grateful public for Mr. Chow’s service, and his disappointment at the Ethics Commission’s ruling on the question of a conflict. He recalled that he was the person who recommended to then-Mayor Newsom that he appoint Mr. Chow to the Arts Commission, after Mr. Johnston and Mr. Chow had done some work together.
     
    Mr. Johnston praised Mr. Chow’s enormous talent, and his truly community-oriented values. He added that he knew as well as anyone in the room how much work Mr. Chow had put into his time on the Commission, and that San Francisco was fortunate to have had his service.
     
    To general applause, he thanked Mr. Chow again on behalf of the public.
     
    There was no further public comment.
     
  10. Adjournment
    There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:56 p.m., in honor of Leo Chow.
     

approved 12/1/14
posted 11/17/14 spr


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