SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Thursday, April 27, 2017
1:00 p.m.
401 Van Ness Ave, Suite 125
 

 

Agenda

1. Roll Call
 
2. General Public Comment
Discussion
(This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Committee’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Committee’s consideration.)
 
3. 2016-2017 Grants Cycle Presentation
Barbara Mumby, Senior Program Officer
Discussion
Overview of FY2016-2017 grants cycle recommendations and outcomes

4. 2016-2017 Arts for Neighborhood Vitality Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 7 grants totaling $21,000 in the 2016-2017 cycle of Arts for Neighborhood Vitality (“ANV”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following:
Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center, $3,000 
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $3,000 
Chinese Historical Society of America, $3,000 
Genryu Arts, $3,000 
Salsa Festival on Fillmore (Fiscal Sponsor: West Bay Community Conference Center), $3,000 
The Village Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Booker T. Washington Community Service Center), $3,000 
Youth Art Exchange (Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center), $3,000

Explanatory Document: 17ANV Recommendation Packet.pdf; 17ANV Guidelines FINAL.pdf

5. 2016-2017 Artists & Communities in Partnership Grants
a. Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 16 grants totaling $319,688 in the 2016-2017 cycle of Artists & Communities in Partnership (“ACIP”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following:
Acción Latina, $20,000 
Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers (ABD Productions), $20,000 
Asian American Women Artists Association, $20,000
Bindlestiff Studio, $20,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco, $20,000
Brava Theater Center/Brava! For Women in the Arts, $20,000
CounterPulse, $20,000 
Dance Brigade, $20,000 
Instituto Familiar de la Raza, $20,000 
Kulintang Arts Inc., $20,000 
Loco Bloco Drum and Dance Ensemble, $20,000 
Mission Graduates, $20,000 
Mission Neighborhood Resource Center, $20,000 
Performing Arts Workshop, $19,688 
Root Division, $20,000 
Youth Art Exchange (Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Center), $20,000

b. Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 2 grants totaling $40,000 in the 2016-2017 cycle of Artists & Communities in Partnership (“ACIP”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following:
Asian Improv aRts, $20,000
Fresh Meat Productions, $20,000

Explanatory Document: 17ACIP Recommendation Packet.pdf; 17ACIP-Guidelines FINAL.pdf

6. 2016-2017 Cultural Equity Initiatives Grants
a. Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 12 grants totaling $876,962 in the 2016-2017 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives (“CEI”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following:
3rd i South Asian Independent Film Festival, $81,220 
Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center, $47,000 
Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology (BAYCAT), $100,000 
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $100,000 
Contraband/Mixed Bag Productions, $28,906 
CounterPulse, $97,336 
Croatian Cultural Center of San Francisco, $100,000 
Crowded Fire Theater Company, $90,000 
Dance Brigade, $100,000 
Embodiment Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $31,000 
Navarrete x Kajiyama Dance Theater (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancer's Group), $32,700 
Radar Productions, $68,800 

b. Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 4 grants totaling $248,806 in the 2016-2017 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives (“CEI”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following:
Chrysalis Studio (Fiscal Sponsor: Queer Cultural Center), $21,041 
Mural Music and Arts Project, $100,000 
Queer Cultural Center, $100,000 
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (Fiscal Sponsor: Fresh Meat Productions), $27,765

Explanatory Document: 17CEI Recommendation Packet.pdf; 17CEI Guidelines FINAL.pdf

7. 2016-2017 Creative Space Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 9 grants totaling $545,782 in the 2016-2017 cycle of Creative Space (“CRSP”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following:
Blue Bear School of Music, $50,000
Cartoon Art Museum, $90,000
Dance Brigade, $50,000
Galeria de la Raza, $50,000
ODC Theater, $20,000
Public Glass, $100,000
SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts, $100,000
San Francisco Gem and Mineral Society, Inc., $35,782
San Francisco Mime Troupe, $50,000

Explanatory Document: 17CRSP Recommendation Packet.pdf; 17CRSP FacilitiesFINAL.pdf;  17CRSP PlanningFINAL.pdf

8. 2016-2017 Individual Artist Commissions Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 45 grants totaling $675,000 in the 2016-2017 cycle of Individual Artist Commissions (“IAC”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each individual for amounts not to exceed the following:
Anita Chang, $15,000 
Anthony Robles (Fiscal Sponsor: Manilatown Heritage Foundation), $15,000 
Aron  Kantor, $15,000 
Bernie Lubell, $15,000 
Bonnie Ora Sherk, $15,000 
Celeste Chan, $15,000 
Chirag Bhakta, $15,000 
Christopher Burch, $15,000 
Clement Goldberg (Fiscal Sponsor: CounterPulse), $15,000 
Craig Calderwood, $15,000 
Dan Goldes (Fiscal Sponsor: San Francisco Film Society), $15,000 
Dana Hemenway, $15,000 
Evelyn Leder, $15,000 
Ilana Crispi, $15,000 
Jack Walsh, $15,000 
Jacqueline Francis, $15,000 
Jay Rosenblatt, $15,000 
Jenifer Wofford, $15,000 
Jerome Reyes, $15,000 
John Jota Leaños, $15,000 
Josephine Iselin, $15,000 
Juliana Delgado L’Opera, $15,000 
Justin Hoover, $15,000 
Kevin Simmonds, $15,000 
Lisa Wanzer, $15,000 
Lynn Hershman Leeson, $15,000 
Madeleine Lim (Fiscal Sponsor: Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project), $15,000 
Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough, $15,000 
Monica Magtoto, $15,000 
Ploy Pirapokin, $15,000 
Rene Yung, $15,000 
Ron Saunders, $15,000 
Rudy Lemcke, $15,000 
Sandra Davis, $15,000 
Sarah Jimenez, $15,000 
Shani Heckman, $15,000 
Shizue Seigel (DBA: Carol S. Seigel), $15,000 
Storm Miguel Florez, $15,000 
Tina Takemoto, $15,000 
Truong Tran, $15,000 
Valerie Soe, $15,000 
Veronica Majano, $15,000 
Viviana Paredes, $15,000 
Wendy Baker, $15,000 
Yarrow Slaps, $15,000

Explanatory Document: 17IAC Recommendation Packet.pdf; 17IAC Guidelines FINAL.pdf

9. 2016-2017 Organization Project Grants
a. Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 44 grants totaling $834,042 in the 2016-2017 cycle of Organization Project Grants (“OPG”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following:
Acción Latina, $20,000
African American Shakespeare Company, $20,000
AfroSolo Theatre Company (Fiscal Sponsor: Cultural Odyssey), $20,000
Alliance for California Traditional Arts, $20,000
Asian Improv aRts, $20,000
Bindlestiff Studio, $20,000
Brava Theater Center/Brava! For Women in the Arts, $20,000
Campo Santo (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $20,000
Center for the Art of Translation, $20,000
Chinese Cultural Productions, $20,000
Circo Zero / Zero Performances, $20,000
Circuit Network, $20,000
Contraband / Mixed Bag Productions, $20,000
Crowded Fire Theatre Company, $20,000
CubaCaribe, $20,000
Cutting Ball Theatre Company, $20,000
Dancers’ Group, $20,000
Detour Dance (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancers' Group), $8,400
Eldergivers, $20,000
Embodiment Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $20,000
Epiphany Productions    $20,000
Erika Chong Shuch Performance Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $20,000
EXIT Theater, $20,000
Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreography, $7,952
First Voice, $20,000
Flyaway Productions, $20,000
Funsch Dance (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancers' Group), $7,650
Genryu Arts, $20,000
Golden Thread Productions, $20,000
Kearny Street Workshop, $20,000
LIKHA Pilipino Folk Ensemble, $18,040
National Japanese American Historical Society, $20,000
OngDance Company (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancers' Group), $20,000
Push Dance Company, $20,000
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP), $20,000
Robert Moses’ Kin, $20,000
SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts, $20,000
San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancers' Group), $20,000
San Francisco Youth Theatre, $20,000
Scott Wells and Dancers (Fiscal Sponsor: CounterPulse), $20,000
Theatre Rhinoceros, $20,000
Urban Jazz Dance Company (Fiscal Sponsor: Zaccho Dance Theatre), $12,000
Women’s Audio Mission, $20,000
World Arts West, $20,000

b. Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 4 grants totaling $75,067 in the 2016-2017 cycle of Organization Project Grants (“OPG”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following:
Fresh Meat Productions, $20,000
Mural Music & Arts Project, $20,000
Queer Cultural Center, $20,000
Topsy Turvy (Fiscal Sponsor: Queer Cultural Center), $15,067

Explanatory Document: 17OPG Recommendation Packet.pdf; 17OPG Guidelines FINAL.pdf

10. 2016-2017 Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 4 grants totaling $110,000 in the 2016-2017 cycle of Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions (“NAACT”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following:
Cultural Conservancy, $20,000 
Dancing Earth Creations (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $20,000 
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu, $20,000 
American Indian Community Cultural Center for the Arts SF (Fiscal Sponsor: The University Corporation, San Francisco State), $50,000

Explanatory Document: 17NAACT Recommendation Packet.pdf

11. 2016-2017 WritersCorps Teaching Artist in Residence Grants 
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve the following recommendations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into three WritersCorps Teaching-Artist-in-Residence grant agreements with the following:
Anne Rovzar (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts) in partnership with Hilltop School for Pregnant Minors, $50,000 annually
Celeste Chan (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts) in partnership with Chrysalis Studio’s Queer Ancestors Project, $50,000 annually
Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Fiscal Sponsor: Root Division) in partnership with San Francisco International High School, $50,000 annually
Each grant agreement would be up to three fiscal years (2017-2020) and for an amount not to exceed those listed above, pending availability of funds.

Explanatory Document: 17WCTAIR Recommendation Packet.pdf; FY17 WCTAIR Guidelines.pdf

12. New Business and Announcements
Discussion
(This item is to allow Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration.)

13. Adjournment
Action

 

Posted 4/24/17 11:20 a.m. CF 

Amendments posted 4/24/17 1:58 p.m. CF 

Amendment posted 4/24/17 4:48 p.m. CF 

Amendment posted 4/24/17 5:28 p.m. CF 

Notices
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, 401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 325, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Cristal Fiel, 415-252-2218. 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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ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY

Per the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Language Access Ordinance, Chinese, Spanish, and/or American Sign Language interpreters will be available upon request. Additionally, every effort will be made to provide a sound enhancement system, meeting materials in alternative formats, and/or a reader. Minutes may be translated after they have been adopted by the Commission. For all these requests, please contact Cristal Fiel, program associate, at least 48 hours before the meeting at 415-252-2218. Late requests will be honored if possible. The hearing room is wheelchair accessible.

利便参與會議的相關規定
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POLITICA DE ACCESO A LA REUNIÓN
De acuerdo con la Ley sobre Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (American Disabilities Act) y la Ordenanza de Acceso a Idiomas (Language Access Ordinance) intérpretes de chino, español, y lenguaje de señas estarán disponibles de ser requeridos. En adición, se hará todo el esfuerzo posible para proveer un sistema mejoramiento de sonido, materiales de la reunión en formatos alternativos, y/o proveer un leedor. Las minutas podrán ser traducidas luego de ser aprobadas por la Comisión. Para solicitar estos servicios, favor contactar a Cristal Fiel, program associate, por lo menos 48 horas antes de la reunión al 415-252-2218. Las solicitudes tardías serán consideradas de ser posible. La sala de audiencia es accesible a silla de ruedas.

Patakaran para sa pag-access ng mga Miting

Ayon sa batas ng American Disabilities Act at ng Language Access Ordinance, maaring mag-request ng  mga tagapagsalin wika sa salitang Tsino, Espanyol at/o sa may kapansanan pandinig  sa American Sign Language. Bukod pa dito, sisikapin gawan ng paraan na makapaglaan ng gamit upang lalong pabutihin ang inyong pakikinig,  maibahagi ang mga kaganapan ng miting sa iba't ibang anyo, at/o isang tagapagbasa. Ang mga kaganapan ng miting ay maaring isalin sa ibang wika matapos ito ay aprobahan ng komisyon. Sa mga ganitong uri ng kahilingan, mangyari po lamang makipag ugnayan kay Cristal Fiel, program associate sa 415-252-2218. Magbigay po lamang ng hindi bababa sa 48 oras na abiso bago ng  miting. Kung maari, ang mga late na hiling ay posibleng tanggapin. Ang silid ng pagpupulungan ay accessible sa mga naka wheelchair.