Full Commission - March 6, 2017 - Minutes

Meeting Date: 
March 6, 2017 - 2:00pm
Location: 
City Hall Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, March 6, 2017
2:00 p.m.
City Hall Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place


Minutes

Commission President JD Beltran called the meeting to order at 2:04 p.m.

  1. Roll Call
     
    Commissioners Present
    JD Beltran, President
    Roberto Ordeñana, Vice President
    Gregory Chew
    Dorka Keehn
    Abby Sadin Schnair
    Marcus Shelby
    Janine Shiota
    ​Barbara Sklar
    Lydia So
    Kimberlee Stryker
    Paul Woolford
     
    Commissioners Absent
    Charles Collins
    Simon Frankel
    Sherene Melania
    Jessica Silverman
    Rich Hillis, ex officio
     
     
  2. Approval of Minutes
    Commissioner Stryker requested that the minutes be corrected to show that she had given the Civic Design Review Committee report and not Commissioner Keehn. There was no public comment, and the minutes were unanimously approved, with that correction, as follows.
     
    RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-038: Motion to approve February 6, 2017 Minutes.
     
  3. General Public Comment
    There was no public comment.
     
  4. Director’s Report
    Mr. DeCaigny reported that the Gallery’s exhibit, Not Alone, has drawn many visitors (including former State Senator Mark Leno), and has been extended until March 18. He also reported that the Galleries will present Sanctuary City: With Liberty and Justice for Some, the first installment in a yearlong series of exhibitions and events exploring what it means to be a sanctuary city. He also reported on the temporary artwork in Civic Center Plaza, Sui Sui Ping An, which ends on March 10. He reported on the installation of a new series of Market Street posters, The Zeitgeist, featuring drawings by Deborah Aschheim, part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. He added that the posters have had good press coverage and been well-received.

    Mr. DeCaigny reminded Commissioners that their Statements of Economic Interest are due on April 3, along with Sunshine Ordinance Declarations, and that they should confirm that they are up-to-date on their required biennial Certificate of Ethics Training. He reported on the status of the revision of the Arts Commission’s bylaws and Statement of Incompatible Activities in consultation with the City Attorney’s office, noting the required reviews of the latter by the Ethics Commission and the unions representing Arts Commission staff; he hopes to bring both documents to the Executive Committee for their review in March and to the full Commission in April. He also reported that staff is working on an update on the completion of another year of the Commission’s five-year strategic plan, which will be presented to both the Executive Committee and the full Commission shortly.
     
    He reported that the Commission's draft budget has been submitted to the Mayor’s office. Mr. DeCaigny reported that staff is preparing for the Americans for the Arts Conference from June 15 through June 18, and that scholarship applications will be reviewed soon.  
    President Beltran added that the Executive Committee requested a discussion of how to move forward from the strategic plan. Commissioner Chew noted that both Mr. DeCaigny and Supervisor Aaron Peskin had attended the opening for an art installation at 41 Ross Alley, produced in connection with the Chinese Culture Center, and completed with the help of the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town grant program. He noted that the artwork is a light projection installation by Bay Area artist Summer Lee, and dusk is a great time to see it.
     
    There was no public comment.
     
  5. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
    1. Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
      1. President Beltran reported that the Committee discussed governance issues, including the revisions of the Statement of Incompatible Activities and of the Bylaws, as well as requesting an update on progress on the Strategic Plan and ideas on how to refresh the plan for the next few years. She reported that Mr. DeCaigny broached the idea of hosting the World Cities Culture Forum in San Francisco in November, 2018, with the support of partners at SF Travel. He explained that this is a consortium of some 35 global cultural capitals, and would include 70 to 80 participants. President Beltran reported that the Committee was very supportive of pursuing the idea. The Commission discussed it briefly, asking about the costs this would require and potential funding sources. Mr. DeCaigny noted that some of the host obligations might be met by in-kind donations, such as donations of space rental, and reiterated that this was an early stage in the planning.
         
        Finally, President Beltran reported that the Committee approved a series of temporary art projects for Hayes Valley, and heard public comment from two leaders of the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association. She was pleased to be able to congratulate them and thank them for their partnership in shepherding public art on Patricia's Green.
         
        There was no public comment.
         
    2. Civic Design Review Committee—Kimberlee Stryker, Chair
      1. Commissioner Stryker reported that the Committee held a relatively short meeting, reviewing several projects, including the AirTrain extension to the new hotel at the San Francisco Airport.
         
        In response to a question about the Jerry Garcia plaque, Commissioner Stryker explained that it was a plaque to be placed into the sidewalk in front of a house where the musician had lived; Mr. DeCaigny added that this second plaque commemorated the house where he lived with his wife, while the first was in the Excelsior, marking the house where he grew up.
         
        There was no public comment.
         
    3. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Commissioner Keehn reported that the Committee reviewed several projects, including the Airport projects mentioned in the Civic Design Report, as well as the first phase of sites on Treasure Island. She reported that the Committee also approved a large pool of artists prequalified for inclusion on short-lists for projects under $500,000. She noted that staff received over 900 submissions and winnowed the list down to 415. Mr. DeCaigny added that the Committee, and the Commission, would need to approve the artists actually selected for any specific project.
         
        There was no public comment.
         
    4. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. In the absence of Commissioner Melania, Vice President Ordeñana reported that the Committee discussed the Arts Education Master Plan; the Arts Commission and the San Francisco Unified School Distrist issued a Request for Proposals for a "refresh" of the Plan. He pointed out that the Plan was last approved ten years ago, and the voters approved a twenty-year extension in the November ballot.
         
        He reported that the Committee also approved an offset policy, which is intended to increase the ability of smaller organizations to meet their reporting requirements.
         
        President Beltran noted that she recently had occasion to visit the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (“SOTA”), and was enormously impressed with this public school. Mr. DeCaigny added that the school district bond approved in November provides over $100 million for seismic retrofit of the building at 135 Van Ness, which will both house SOTA and serve as an arts hub for all San Francisco public school students.
         
        There was no public comment.
         
  6. Consent Calendar
    RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-039:
    Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt the following items on the Consent Calendar and their related Resolutions:
     
    1. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-040: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of January 23, 2017.
       
    2. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-041: Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of January 23, 2017.
       
    3. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-042: Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of February 1, 2017.
       
    4. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-043: Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of February 13, 2017.
       
    5. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-044: Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of February 14, 2017.
       
    6. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-045: Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of February 15, 2017.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (February 13, 2017)
       
    7. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-046: Motion to approve the Jerry Garcia Plaque Number 2 for installation at 5099 Mission Street.
       
    8. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-047: Motion to approve Phase 3 of the San Francisco Airport Ground Transportation Unit Relocation Project.
       
    9. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-048: Motion to approve post-Phase 3 of the San Francisco Airport Ground Transportation Unit Relocation Project: Fuel Station/Vehicle Wash.
       
    10. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-049: Motion to approve Phase 1 of the San Francisco Airport AirTrain Extension and Improvements Project contingent upon: 1) studying the screen angle of the cantilever of the Hotel Station; 2) investigating the exit stair materials and detail to allow clear views from the station platform; 3) creating a more fluid transition between the end of the rail line and the edge of the Long Term Station stop; and 4) moving the janitor’s closet to the interior, instead of sticking out as a pop-out.
       
      Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (February 14, 2017)
       
    11. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-050: Motion to approve the Offset Policy for San Francisco Arts Commission grant agreements.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (February 15, 2017)
       
    12. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-051: Motion to approve Construction Document deliverables for the artwork by Christine Corday for the Moscone Expansion Howard Street Public Art Project.
       
    13. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-052: Motion to approve an honorarium payment of $4,000 to Steven Wolf for curating the SFAC Main Gallery exhibition running from April 26 through August 19, 2017.
       
    14. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-053: Motion to approve the following Treasure Island sites to be coordinated with Phase 1 construction of the island, pending approval from the Treasure Island Development Authority (“TIDA”): Waterfront Plaza, Building One Northern and Southern Lower Plazas, Marina Plaza, Clipper Cove Promenade, Yerba Buena Hilltop Park and Cityside Waterfront Park. Proposed project budgets to be presented in the near future pending verification of art program budget by TIDA.
       
    15. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-054: Motion to approve Sirron Norris and proposal for the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Pediatric Emergency Department Mural and Exam Room Art Project as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel.
       
    16. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-055: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Sirron Norris for an amount not to exceed $30,000 for design, fabrication and installation of an artwork for the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Pediatric Emergency Department Mural and Exam Room Art Project.
       
    17. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-056: Motion to approve the public art project outline for the San Francisco International Airport AirTrain Extension Project.
       
    18. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-057: Motion to approve project outline for the San Francisco Airport (“SFO”) Hotel Public Art Plan.
       
    19. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-058: Motion to approve the following finalists for the Westside Pump Station Reliability Improvements Project Selection Panel as recommended by the Westside Pump Station Reliability Improvements Project Selection Panel: Jet Martinez, Jovi Schnell, Aileen Barr and alternate t.w. five.
       
    20. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-059: Motion to approve the public art project outline for the N-Judah Gateway Project.
       
    21. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-060: Motion to approve the selected artist Sarah Sze artist’s proposal for the Moscone Expansion West Bridge Public Art Project.
       
    22. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-061: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Sarah Sze for an amount not to exceed $400,000 for design, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork for the Moscone Expansion West Bridge Public Art Project.
       
    23. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-062: Motion to approve the selected finalists, Ball-Nogues Studio, Brad Goldberg, Jim Isermann, and Rob Ley, as recommended by the Traffic Company and Forensic Science Division Art Selection Panel for the Traffic Company and Forensic Science Division Art Enrichment Project.
       
    24. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-063: Motion to approve the following 415 artists’ inclusion in the 2017-18 Prequalified Artist Pool as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel:
      After Architecture
      Osman Akan
      Nora Akino
      Tristan Al-Haddad
      Diana Al-Hadid
      Volkan Alkanoglu
      Adela Andea
      Lorene Anderson
      Miya Ando
      James Angus
      Animalis (Dharmesh Patel and Autumn Ewalt)
      Antlre (Hannah Sitzer)
      Kathy Aoki
      Michael Arcega
      Johnna Arnold
      Tatiana Arocha
      Miguel Arzabe
      Deborah Aschheim
      ATLAS LAB (Kimberly Garza)
      Ilan Averbuch
      Jennifer Bain
      Benjamin Ball
      Chris Ballantyne
      Brandon Ballengée
      Freya Bardell
      Suzy Barnard
      Brian Barneclo
      Aileen Barr
      Bart Shaw Architect (Bart Shaw)
      Michael Bartalos
      Lauren Bartone
      Lynn Basa
      Barry Beach
      Bruce Beasley
      Linda Beaumont
      Nash Bellows
      Louisiana Bendolph
      Elizabeth Bennett
      Timothy Berry
      Leo Bersamina
      Chirag Bhakta
      Sarah Bird
      Sandow Birk
      Krista Birnbaum
      Ross Bleckner
      Nancy Blum
      Melissa Borrell
      Matt Borruso
      Tra Bouscaren
      Elizabeth Bowler
      Matthew Brand
      Mindy Bray
      Mark Brest van Kempen
      Olaf Breuning
      Val Britton
      Beliz Brother
      Spencer Brown
      Michael Brown
      Brian W. Brush
      Elaine Buckholtz
      Sarah Cain
      Squeak Carnwath
      Mona Caron
      Ed Carpenter
      Ledia Carroll
      Rob Carter
      Mary Carter Taub
      Jennifer Cecere
      Jeanine Centuori
      Freddy Chandra
      Jaq Chartier
      Kristin Chau
      Alexander Cheves
      Tofer Chin
      John Christensen
      Tim Clifford
      Julie Cloutier
      Jonathan Clowes
      Malcolm Cochran
      Randy Colosky
      Elaine Coombs
      Barbara Cooper
      Troy Corliss
      Helene Cote
      Ilana Crispi
      David Dahlquist
      Richard Daigle
      DAMMIT
      Paz de la Calzada
      Blane De St Croix
      Kate DeCiccio
      Cheryl Derricotte
      Richard Deutsch
      Heather Deyling
      Molly Dilworth
      Anthony Discenza
      Randy Dixon
      James Drain
      David Duskin
      Miriam Dym
      Dave Eggers
      Amy Ellingson
      Christina Empedocles
      Liam Everett
      Marisha Farnsworth
      Suzanne Husky
      Adam Feibelman
      Elise Ferguson
      Bill FitzGibbons
      t.w.five
      Toby Fraley
      Adam Frank
      Bernadette Jiyong Frank
      David Franklin
      Chris Fraser
      Terri Friedman
      Jeanne Friscia
      Emily Fromm
      Future Cities Lab
      Madeline Gallucci
      Annie Galvin
      Benicia Gantner
      Karen Ganz
      Ann Gardner
      Cliff Garten
      Mik Gaspay
      Jim Gaylord
      Megan Geckler
      Matthew Geller
      Damien Gilley
      Andrew Ginzel
      Alexander Girard
      DeWitt Godfrey
      Brian Goggin
      Brad Goldberg
      Brian Goldbloom
      Michael Goldman
      Maria Elena González
      Julia Goodman
      Jane Grimm
      Tracy Grubbs
      Sabrina Gschwandtner
      Michele Gutlove
      Laura Haddad
      Diane Andrews Hall
      Lonnie Hanzon
      Emanuela Harris-Sintamarian
      Ellen Harvey
      Liz Harvey
      Kate Haug
      Karen Hawkins
      Frederick Hayes
      Healy Thurston LLC
      Taraneh Hemami
      Dana Hemenway
      Stephen Hendee
      Crystal Hermann
      Judithe Hernandez
      David Hess
      Shawn HibmaCronan
      Edith Hillinger
      Jim Hirschfield
      Amy Ho
      Desiree Holman
      Hooker & Kitchen (Ben Hooker and Shona Kitchen)
      Sarah Hotchkiss
      Hou de Sousa (Josh de Sousa and Nancy Hou)
      Paul Housberg
      Phillip Hua
      Gordon Huether
      David Huffman
      Laura Hughes
      Julie Hughes
      Clint Imboden
      Cynthia Innis
      Kelly Inouye
      Jon Isherwood
      IwamotoScott
      Miki Iwasaki
      Christopher Janney
      Olalekan Jeyifous
      Nova Jiang
      Natasha Johns-Messenger
      Tamara Johnson
      Julian Voss-Andreae, Inc. (Julian Voss-Andreae)
      Wioleta Kaminska
      Jennifer Karady
      Pantea Karimi
      Rachel Kay
      Cy Keener
      Mikey Kelly
      Don Kennell
      Jenifer Kent
      Michael Kerbow
      Kyong Ae Kim
      Jane Kim
      Mike Kimball
      Ray King
      Larry Kirkland
      Sheila Klein
      Michael Koehle
      Naomie Kremer
      BJ Krivanek
      Michael Krondl
      Adam Kuby
      Ernesto Kunde
      Amy Landesberg
      Jonathan Leach
      Carrie Lederer
      Norman Lee
      Yoon Lee
      Lori Lejeune
      Jen Lewin
      Rob Ley
      Donald Lipski
      Janet Lofquist
      Amanda Long
      Reagan Louie
      Dana Lynn Louis
      Mary Lucking
      Luftwerk Studio (Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero)
      Monica Lundy
      Cybele Lyle
      Whitney Lynn
      Miles MacGregor
      Mario Madayag
      Paul Madonna
      David Maisel
      Adam Marcus
      Kara Maria
      Patrick Marold
      Vanessa Marsh
      Dorothy Lenehan and Susan Abbott Martin
      Jet Martinez
      Libbie Masterson
      Victoria May
      Sanaz Mazinani
      Matthew Mazzotta
      Alicia McCarthy
      Adam McCauley
      Nikki McClure
      Klea McKenna
      Chris McMullen
      Jeremy Mende
      Merge Conceptual Design
      Katie Merz
      Melissa Meyer
      Carol Mickett
      Masako Miki
      MILAGROS Collective (Joey Fillastre and Felici Asteinza)
      Carin Mincemoyer
      Robert Minervini
      Masako Miyazaki
      Christian Moeller
      Sarah Morris
      Christopher Moulder
      Ranu Mukherjee
      Masayuki Nagase
      Susan Narduli
      Christopher Nelson
      Chris Natrop
      Rob Neilson
      New American Public Art
      Margaret Noble
      Timothy Nolan
      Jann Nunn
      Amy Oates
      OB3 Studios (Oscar Bucher)
      Ruben Ochoa
      Shaun O’Dell
      Rick Oginz
      Kyuseok Oh
      Scott Oliver
      Sean Olson
      Erin O’Malley
      Kelly Ording
      Fernando Orellana
      Sheryl Oring
      Sean Orlando
      Wowhaus
      Mamiko Otsubo
      Nate Page
      Steve Parker
      Matthew Passmore
      Meryl Pataky
      Tom Patti
      Gregg Payne
      Alison Pebworth
      Stephanie Peek
      Tahiti Pehrson
      Miguel Perez
      Maja Petric
      Joel Daniel Phillips
      Rosemary Pierce
      Luis Pinto
      James Sterling Pitt
      Johanna Poethig
      Eric Powell
      Tim Prentice
      R & R Studios (Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt)
      Margot Rada
      Sofie Ramos
      Romy Randev
      Sean Raspet
      Erwin Redl
      Megan Reed
      Steven Siegel
      Mark Reigelman II
      Bonnie Reiss
      Eric Rewitzer
      Katherine Rhoades
      George Rhoads
      Peter Richards
      Lorna Ritz
      Cristina Lei Rodriguez
      John Rogers
      Koryn Rolstad
      Danielle Roney
      Diane Rosenblum
      Mike Ross
      Jessica Sabogal
      Jos Sances
      Darryl Sapien
      Gordon Sasaki
      Heath Satow
      Ron Moultrie Saunders
      Margo Sawyer
      Debra Scacco
      Christopher Schardt
      Matthew Scheatzle
      Jesse Schlesinger
      Shannon Schmidt
      Jovi Schnell
      Jaime Scholnick
      Yvonne Lee Schultz
      Adrien Segal
      Judith Selby Lang
      Muzae Sesay
      Melissa Shanley
      Jenny Sharaf
      Shan Shan Sheng
      Ang Tsherin Sherpa
      Leslie Shows
      Buster Simpson
      Michael Singer
      Sarah A. Smith
      Phillip K. Smith, III
      Tracey Snelling
      Takashi Soga
      Chris Sollars
      Charles Sowers
      Heather Sparks
      Sarah Cowles and Peter Culley
      Miriam Klein Stahl
      Eric Staller
      Jennifer Starkweather and Amanda Hughen
      Joshua G. Stein
      Aaron Stephan
      Arthur Stern
      Roger Stoller
      Katy Stone
      Mary Ann Strandell
      Studio Urban Shadows (Emre Erkal and Serkan Özkaya)
      Deth Sun
      Joel Swanson
      Synthesis Design + Architecture (Alvin Huang)
      Ruth Tabancay
      Seiko Tacchibana
      Seal Tamra
      Kana Tanaka
      Soonae Tark
      Adrienne Tarver
      Marksearch
      Weston Teruya
      Jenn Figg and Matthew McCormack
      The Couto Brothers (Alexandre Couto and Christopher Couto)
      Matthew Schultz
      Michele Theberge
      THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes)
      Patricia Thomas
      Kristin Tollefson
      Cynthia Tom
      Vicki Topaz
      Amy Trachtenberg
      Sam Trout
      Kelly Tunstall
      Tyler Stevermer & Jie Zhang
      Camille Utterback
      Hans van Meeuwen
      Mark Dean Veca
      Andy Vogt
      Catherine Wagner
      Richard Walker
      Martin Webb
      Christopher Weed
      Amanda Weil
      Michelle Weinberg
      Rachel Weiss
      Catherine Widgery
      Stuart Williams
      May Wilson
      David Wilson
      Jenifer Wofford
      David Wolf
      Lena Wolff
      Randy Won
      Mia Yoon
      Huameng Yu
      Brandon Zebold
      Stella Zhang
      Wanxin Zhang
      Mary Zicafoose
      Susan Zoccola
      Minoosh Zomorodinia
      Janet Zweig
       
      Executive Committee Recommendations (February 27, 2017)
       
    25. RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-064: Motion to authorize blanket approval of a series of community-based temporary art projects to take place within Parcels U, R and S during 2017, pending approval from the Department of Real Estate.
       
  7. New Business and Announcements
    President Beltran reported that she had recently spoken to the Yerba Buena Alliance about public art and Sites Unseen. Commissioner Keehn reported that after a successful KickStarter campaign, Sites Unseen will be installing a new project in Annie's Alley.
     
    There was no further news or announcements, and there was no public comment.
     
  8. Adjournment
    President Beltran sadly noted the recent passing at age 48 of Leigh Markopoulos after a car accident. Ms. Markopoulos was a prominent artist, a brilliant scholar and a teacher at California College of the Arts, and former director of Rena Bransten Gallery. President Beltran added that she had just become a United States citizen on the Tuesday before her death.
     
    There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:55 p.m. in memory of Leigh Markopoulos.
     

posted 3/17/17, 5:00 p.m. spr
approved 4/3/17



 


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