Full Commission - September 15, 2015 - Minutes

Meeting Date: 
September 15, 2015 - 1:00pm
Location: 
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
1:00 p.m.
City Hall Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place


Minutes

Commission President JD Beltran called the meeting to order at 1:05 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
    Janine Shiota
    Paul Woolford
    Kathrin Moore, ex officio
     
    Commissioners Absent
    Marcus Shelby
    Jessica Silverman
    Barbara Sklar
    Cass Calder Smith
    Kimberlee Stryker
     
  2. Public Comment
    Joen Madonna of ArtSpan spoke about the survey.
     
    Ann Treboux spoke about the Street Artists Program, and the recent hearing on Manuel Loli’s license, and requested an investigation.
     
    Ada Chan of the Pilipino Cultural Heritage District spoke about the 5M development agreement, expressing her concerns about the project. She urged the Commission to demand improvements to the agreement and not simply accept what was presented to them.
     
    Vinay Patel, Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, spoke about the 5M development agreement. While he recognized the historic benefits to the arts in the agreement, he was concerned about displacement and insufficient involvement of the Filipino community in decisionmaking. He urged movement on the Filipino Heritage District. He was also concerned about the Redlick building.
     
    Andrew Wood spoke against the 5M development, arguing that the developer has blatantly disregarded the community, and recalling the danger to the arts in the dot-com boom fifteen years ago. He asked the Commission to speak on behalf of the arts as well as the broader constituency.
     
    Truong Tran said that he was a displaced artist from the Redlick Building and was grateful for the support of the Commission. He said that artists were misrepresented and not consulted, and he talked abou the impact of displacement of artists as well as communities of color and working-class communities.
     
    Sharon Steuer said that she was an endangered Mission artist who helped solicit responses to the survey. She said that the arts are not just static pieces purchased from artists in other cities, but that performances and community make San Francisco vibrant. She advocated a long-term cultural plan.
     
     
    Commissioner Frankel entered the room at 1:30.
     
    Skot Kuiper of SPACE said he was eager to hear about the displacement survey and that there was a crisis in low-income housing not only for artists, but for educators and others. He said that he has advocated for the Filipino community, and appreciates what Forest City has done, but doesn’t like to see artists pitted against the community. He called the Cultural Center process a beacon, and advocated for arts and culture uses of City-owned properties.
     
    Marisa Vela, a displaced Redlick Building artist, said that cultural placemaking was trendy, but without involvement by artists, in the end, the area would convert to high-end and office space.
     
    Lorna Velasco of Bindlestiff said it was disconcerting that the cultural benefits of the 5M project were not going to organizations working for 25 years in the area. She said that Bindlestiff had been creating theater on Sixth Street since 1987, and that after being kicked out of their space, it took ten years to bounce back and return. She talked about the vibrant SOMA arts organization, said that arts and culture leaders needed to be at the table when decisions are made, and asked about the housing for people already in the neighborhood.
     
    Mike Roddy explained that he grew up in San Francisco and talked about going to Cal in the 1960s. He proposed a climate museum of 12,000 square feet south of Mission, and referred the Commission to his work online at greenframe.
     
    There was no further public comment.
     
  3. Approval of Minutes
    There was no public comment, and the minutes were unanimously approved as follows.
     
    RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-197: Motion to approve July 6, 2015 Minutes.
     
  4. Director’s Report
    Mr. DeCaigny began his report by saying that staff and the Commission take the public comments very seriously and will take them into account in future agendas.
     
    He invited the Commission and the public to the ribbon-cutting and rededication of the War Memorial Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness, at 11:30 on September 16, and to register for self-guided tours of the building that day, as well as the following Friday and Saturday. He thanked the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor for the capital investment that brings the Arts Commission offices and Galleries into the building.
     
    Mr. DeCaigny announced several staff changes, introducing City Hall Fellow Aman Falol, and bidding farewell to Public Art and Collections Registrar Anne Marie Purkey Levine and Community Investments Program Associate Weston Teruya, who will soon have a residency at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; he thanked them for their years of service at the Arts Commission.
     
    Mr. DeCaigny announced the October 15 deadline for grant applications, and upcoming technical assistance workshops. He thanked the Mayor and the Board for the historic 50% increase in grant funding. He added that grant guidelines and applications were posted on the Arts Commission’s website.
     
    Finally, Mr. DeCaigny reported that he and Deputy Director Krell, along with other City staff representing the Mayor’s Office of Housing and the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure visited an artist housing project in Sacramento, to learn about the financing structure, the artist selection process and other elements, and how this model might inform the creation of affordable artist housing in San Francisco.
     
    There was no public comment.
     
  5. Presentation by Entertainment Commission Executive Director
    San Francisco San Francisco Entertainment Commission Director Jocelyn Kane, with the assistance of Deputy Director Maggie Weiland, gave a brief overview of the Entertainment Commission, its history and activities, and how it relates to other City agencies. Ms. Kane discussed the tension between regulating and addressing bad actors and promoting a safe and vibrant entertainment culture in San Francisco. She discussed their efforts in creating new kinds of permits for limited live entertainment, tailored for smaller, quieter performances like poetry readings, as distinct from nightclub performances. She discussed the entertainment summits they have held, and efforts to work with the trade organizations and small business owners, as well as with the Police Department. She emphasized the importance of studies to document the economic impact of the entertainment sector. She discussed both nightlife and “daylife” activities such as festivals, and how inspectors from her office work on compliance with sound limits and other regulations. She discussed the Entertainment Commission’s work with Supervisor Breed on a nightlife compatibility ordinance to help entertainment venues to be good neighbors, and to address potential conflicts as early as possible in the development process. Finally, she discussed street performers, noting that they were somewhat similar to the street artists in the Arts Commission’s program, and she looked forward to discussing how the Entertainment Commission might learn from that program.
     
    Mr. DeCaigny thanked Ms. Kane and Ms. Weiland, and noted that the Arts Commission funds neighborhood festivals, which sometimes face permitting challenges; he looked forward to working with her on improving that process.
     
    The Commission also thanked Ms. Kane and Ms. Weiland, and they asked about economic impact, the good neighbor policy, whether the Entertainment Commission was addressing the displacement of musicians from San Francisco, zoning and other concerns. Commissioner Moore noted that the Planning Commission has asked for better disclosure from developers to forestall neighbors’ complaints.
     
    Public Comment:
    Ms. Treboux said that street artists and performers are completely different.
     
    Another speaker said that rehearsal space for musicians is scarce, and that nobody wants it near them.
     
    Another speaker, affiliated with CELLspace, said there were large areas of the city where one couldn’t get a permit, particularly for small and nonprofit arts organizations. He thought the limited live performance permit was a great step, though it was still inadequate for theater and smaller events. Finally, he said the permit process had been improved, and he called the Entertainment Commission “awesome.”
     
     
    There was no further public comment.
     
  6. Individual Artists Space Need Analysis Report
    Mr. DeCaigny invited Commissioner Moore to discuss how the Planning Commission has addressed the need for space for artists and others. She suggested the possibility of a joint session. She described the displacement of workers and artists as a state of emergency, and described the actions taken by the Planning Commission. Referring to the Eastern Neighborhood Area Plan, she reported that they had rezoned a large area for Production/Distribution/Repair (“PDR”) activities, which includes a variety of arts and culture uses. She reported that Planning focuses on enforcement and recognizes the challenges of affordability; she cited the development of the Mission Action Plan and the engagement of artists and arts organizations.
     
    Mr. DeCaigny asked Communications Director Kate Patterson-Murphy and ACLS Fellow Dr. Anh Thang Dao-Shah to present the findings of the Arts Commission survey of artist space neeeds. They reviewed the impetus for the survey in the anecdotal evidence of artist displacement, and described the structure of the survey and its distribution. Dr. Dao-Shah reviewed the findings, discussing the respondents, their space needs and challenges and information about displacement from both workspaces and living spaces.
     
    Commissioner Moore left the meeting during this presentation.
     
    Finally, Ms. Patterson-Murphy thanked the artists present at this meeting who helped with the survey.
     
    Mr. DeCaigny thanked Dr. Dao-Shah and Ms. Patterson-Murphy. He pointed out that Creative Space Grants will be increased by 100%, and he discussed the average cost per square foot in regard to determining what is market rate and what is below market rate. He also noted that many of the artists who responded work in two-dimensional media, and that the agency also wanted to hear from performing artists. The Commission discussed the report and what resources were currently available or might be developed to address the availability and affordability of space.
     
    Public Comment:
    Ms. Steuer asked the Commission to advocate for artists.
     
    John Elberling of the TODCO Group distributed information, and predicted a very alarming mass exodus in the next few years, as people are displaced.
     
    Cheyenne Concepcion of TODCO discussed research they did on artist spaces in the South of Market (“SOMA”) area, noting that only a small portion of the arts space in use is owned outright by the artist or arts organization, and most of that is in the SOMArts Cultural Center. She said that large new projects have space for artists, and that development agreements were required to provide it. She added that in their survey, many said that a rent increase of $.025 or $.50 per square foot would push them out of their spaces.
     
    Mr. Kuiper sand that a great deal of space has been lost in San Francisco, and more will be lost by the end of the year. He described Root Division’s and ArtSpan’s new spaces in dormant buildings as successes, and said that living space was also critical; he referred the Commission to the example of the Tannery in Santa Cruz, and he thought the provision of PDR space on the first floor of a building was a great option.
     
    There was no further public comment.
     
  7. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
    1. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Commissioner Keehn reported that the Committee reviewed great artwork recently installed at San Francisco Airport, and she praised Arts Commission staff. She noted that these commissions had allowed two local artists to work at a scale, and in a medium, they had not used before, and President Beltran pointed out that these opportunities allowed them to become finalists for major public art projects in other cities.
         
        Commissioner Keehn reported that the Committee had approved finalists for Moscone Center artworks, and that their proposals would be on view for public comment later in the year.
         
        There was no public comment.
         
      2. Closed Session—Conference with Legal Counsel for Anticipated Litigation Regarding Use of Film Stills in Proposed Art on Market Street Installation (up to two cases).
         
        1. President Beltran called for public comment on the closed session; there was no public comment.
           
        2. The Commission voted unanimously to hold closed session to confer with legal counsel under San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d) and California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2).
           
        3. The Commission met in closed session beginning at 3:23 p.m., pursuant to Government Code Sections 54956.9(d)(2) and 54956.9(e)(2) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(d).
           
          In addition to Commissioners Beltran, Schnair, Chew, Collins, Frankel, Keehn, Ordeñana, Shiota and Woolford, Deputy City Attorney Susan Dawson, Director of Cultural Affairs Tom DeCaigny and Commission Secretary Sharon Page Ritchie remained for the closed session.
           
        4. The Commission reconvened in open session at 4:03 p.m., and made no report on action taken in closed session pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.1(a)(2) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(b)(2).
           
        5. The Commission voted not to disclose any of its discussions held in Closed Session (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a)).
           
    2. Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
      1. In the absence of Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Woolford reported briefly on projects approved by the Committee.
         
        There was no public comment.
         
    3. Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
      1. President Beltran reported that Mr. DeCaigny had reported on the budget process, and that the Committee formally accepted several donations to the agency, as well as approving an action regarding the Market Street Prototyping Festival.
         
        There was no public comment.
         
    4. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. In the absence of Commissioner Melania, Commissioner Shiota reported that the Committee had approved the hiring of WritersCorps teachers, and approved the grant guidelines.
         
        There was no public comment.
         
        Commissioner Shiota presented the following motion. There was no public comment, and the motion was approved unanimously as follows.
         
      2. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-198: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with teaching artist Christine Anderson to work in the WritersCorps program for 2015-2016 in an amount not to exceed $50,000.
         
    5. Street Artists Committee—Barbara Sklar, Chair
      1. In the absence of Commissioner Sklar, Commissioner Chew reported that the Committee, like the other Committees, would be changing its meeting location to the Arts Commission’s new office location at 401 Van Ness. He reported that the Committee reviewed changes to the lottery, and held hearings on license suspensions for artists accused of violating the rules of the program, and not making all of the work they sold.
         
        Public Comment:
        Ms. Treboux alleged that street artist Manuel Loli engaged in several activities that violated the rules of the Street Artists Program and asked the Commission to take action.
         
        There was no further public comment.

         
    6. Consent Calendar
      Commissioner Ordeñana recused himself from consideration of agenda item 35, regarding the Treasure Island streetscape, because the developer of the project, Lennar, is a financial contributor to his employer, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center. He left the room at 4:15 p.m.
       
      President Beltran called for a vote on the item below. There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows with the recusal of Commissioner Ordeñana.
       
      There was no public comment, and the Consent Calendar was approved unanimously as follows.
       
      RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-234: Motion to approve conceptual review of Treasure Island Signage Master Plan Project.
       
      Commissioner Ordeñana returned to the room at 4:16.
       
      President Beltran amended agenda item 21, regarding Market Street posters, to list the titles of the four posters to be approved. There was no public comment, and the remainder of the Consent Calendar was approved unanimously as follows.
       
      RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-199:
      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. 0915-15-200: Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of July 14, 2015.
         
      2. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-201: Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of July 15, 2015.
         
      3. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-202: Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of July 20, 2015.
         
      4. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-203: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 27, 2015.
         
      5. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-204: Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of August 17, 2015.
         
      6. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-205: Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of August 19, 2015.
         
        Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (July 14, 2015)
      7. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-206: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the following teaching artists to work in the WritersCorps program for 2015-2016 in amounts not to exceed the following:
        Madeleine Clifford, $42,000
        Minna Dubin, $31,000
        Roseli Ilano, $29,000
        Sandra Garcia, $35,000
        Anne Rovzar, 42,000
        Harold Terezon, $42,000
         
        Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (July 15, 2015)
      8. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-207: Motion to approve the mural design, Tower, by Mel Waters to be painted on a mural site located at 754 Washington Street. The mural is a project of the Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTS Program, funded by the Department of Public Works.
         
      9. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-208: Motion to approve the mural design, Compassion, by Eli Lippert to be painted on a mural site located at 201 Middlepoint Street. The mural is a project of the Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTS Program, funded by the Department of Public Works.
         
      10. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-209: Motion to approve the mural design, Take Flight, by Cameron Moberg to be painted on a mural site located at 2352 Mission Street. The mural is a project of the Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTS Program, funded by the Department of Public Works.
         
      11. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-210: Motion to approve the mural, Discovery 2, by Josh Talbott to be painted on a mural site located at 3600 Mission Street. The proposed mural is 10 feet by 7 feet and will cover three sides of the structure. The project is sponsored by the College Hill Neighborhood Association and will be funded with an Invest in Neighborhoods Initiative Grant from the Office of Economic and Workforce Development.
         
      12. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-211: Motion to approve Jenifer Wofford as a finalist for the Public Utilities Commission Storm Drain Murals Pilot Project due to an approved finalist and the alternate being unable to participate. Ms. Wofford is the next highest ranking candidate recommended by the Public Utilities Commission Storm Drain Murals Selection Panel.
         
      13. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-212: Motion to approve the Construction Document Phase deliverables (artwork installation mock-up and LED program animation) by Erwin Redl (dba Paramedia LLC) for the Central Subway Union Square/Market Street Station Concourse.
         
      14. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-213: Motion to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $2,000 to Sarah Smith for the preparation of artwork to be installed at the SFAC Galleries Grove Street Window Installation space in October 2015.
         
      15. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-214: Motion to approve Jim Campbell and Werner Klotz’s Design Development deliverables: Attachment System Drawings, for the Central Subway Union Square/Market Street Station Platform Level.
         
      16. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-215: Motion to approve Catherine Wagner’s revised Design Development documents and glass sample for the Head House of the Central Subway, Yerba Buena/Moscone Station. The approved revision includes the proposed change of location and materials of the entryway art panel. That panel will now be executed in glass as part of the entryway glass curtain wall.
         
      17. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-216: Motion to approve the selected finalists Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Nancy Rubins, and Yinka Shonibare (with Urs Fisher as an alternate) for the Howard Street Bridge Sculpture Opportunity, and Olaf Breuning, Mark Dion, and Peter Shelton, (with Liz Glynn as an alternate) for the West Bridge Sculpture Opportunity as recommended by Artist Selection Panel for the Moscone Expansion Public Art Projects.
         
      18. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-217: Motion to pay an honorarium between $2,000 and $5,000, per the project Request for Qualifications/Proposals, to the following artists for the Moscone Expansion Public Art Projects: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Nancy Rubins, and Yinka Shonibare (with Urs Fisher as an alternate) for the Howard Street Bridge Sculpture Opportunity, and Olaf Breuning, Mark Dion, and Peter Shelton, (with Liz Glynn as an alternate) for the West Bridge Sculpture Opportunity.
         
      19. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-218: Motion to approve place names (part of Design Development deliverables) for Scott Oliver’s artwork Points of Departure, for the Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project.
         
      20. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-219: Motion to approve final design for Adriane Colburn’s fence design for Guy Place.
         
      21. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-220: Motion to approve the four final poster designs for which we have permissions (Dirty Harry, The Times of Harvey Milk, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World’s Fair) for Kelly Inouye’s Art on Market Kiosk Poster Series, Iconic City Hall, September 14, 2015–January 4, 2016, pending final copyediting review of poster text by staff.
         
      22. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-221: Motion to approve the following finalists for the 2016 Art on Market Street Kiosk Posters Series as recommended by the Art on Market Street Selection Panel: Lauren Bartone, Taraneh Hemami, Scott Oliver and Tracey Snelling.
         
      23. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-222: Motion to approve the Conceptual Design Phase deliverables by Jorge Pardo for the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit.
         
      24. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-223: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase Jorge Pardo’s contract from $25,000 to $830,000 (an increase of $805,000) to include Design Development, Construction Documents, Fabrication, Transportation and consultation during Installation, for the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit due to a contract modification to increase the artist’s scope of work.
         
      25. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-224: Motion to approve the Final Design Phase deliverables by Carmen Lomas Garza for artworks at 17th Street and Folsom Park.
         
      26. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-225: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Vanessa Marsh for an amount not to exceed $15,600 for the purchase of six editioned photographs from the Everywhere All at Once series, for installation at San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 3 East.
         
      27. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-226: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Sanaz Mazinani for an amount not to exceed $15,000 for the purchase of six editioned photographs from the Forever in the Sky series, for installation at San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 3 East.
         
      28. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-227: Motion to approve three completed mosaic artworks as installed by Lena Wolff for the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 2: Tree of Life (5 feet, 6 inches tall by 6 feet, 3 inches wide); Quail and Monkey Branch (5 feet 6 inches tall by 9 feet 5 inches wide); and Circular Path (5 feet, 6 inches tall by 7 feet, 3 inches wide), all 2015.
         
      29. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-228: Motion to approve Paul Kos’s completed digital video installation artwork, titled Quaking Aspens, 2015, as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Surgery Waiting Room (Basement 2 Level).
         
      30. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-229: Motion to approve the completed carved stone artwork titled Breath Between Sky and Ocean, 2015, by Masayuki Nagase as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Roof Garden (Level 7).
         
      31. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-230: Motion to approve the completed stained glass and aluminum artwork titled The Streets and Hills of San Francisco, 2015, by Arthur Stern as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 6.
         
      32. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-231: Motion to approve the completed tile mosaic artwork titled Amate, 2015, by Jetro Martinez as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Emergency Department Entrance.
         
        Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (July 20, 2015)
      33. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-232: Motion to approve Phases 1, 2, and 3 of Mountain Lake Park Project.
         
      34. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-233: Motion to approve Phases 1, 2, and 3 of Portsmouth Square Garage Improvements Project.
         
      35. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-235: Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Moscone Expansion Project.
         
      36. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-236: Motion to approve Phase 3 of the San Francisco International Airport Interim Boarding Area B project.
         
      37. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-237: Motion to approve Post-Phase 3 changes to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner project, contingent upon: (1) eliminating cement plaster finish CP3 on the façade and changing those areas to CP2; and (2) using taller plantings behind the seating to create a buffer between the parking area and the plaza.
         
      38. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-238: Motion to approve the extension of the display of Pause, a project of the Living Innovation Zone, through October 21, 2016.
         
      39. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-239: Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Chinatown Plaza Central Subway project, contingent upon eliminating the faceting of the outermost frame for the ceiling of the arbor, changing it to radius, and submitting an updated ceiling plan for the arbor, with cross-section, for final review.
         
        Executive Committee Recommendations (July 27, 2015)
      40. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-240: Motion to retroactively approve the acceptance of 28 donations to the Arts Commission totaling $27,975 for support of the Civic Art Collection’s maintenance, WritersCorps and the SFAC Galleries. The donors who each contributed more than $100 in the aggregate are: Eva Yarmo, the Rothman Family Trust, David Wessel, Diane B. Wilsey, Elin Barnes, Joyce Friedman, Sylvia Brown, Swig Family Foundation, Diane Goldstein, Edward Lin, the Taube Family Foundation, Trax Ceramic Gallery. These donors also include Lauran Weinmann and Jeffrey Weinmann ($500), Myra Block Kaiser and George Kaiser ($1,000), Ian Berke ($200), Amy Ress ($300), Zephyr Realty ($2,500) and Boston Properties ($7,500).
         
      41. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-241: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in the amount of $75,000 to support the next phase of the Market Street Prototyping Festival, based on secured funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
         
        Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (August 17, 2015)
      42. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-242: Motion to approve Phase 1 of the San Francisco International Airport (“SFO”) Firehouse #3, contingent upon (1) using the design in the upper right of the design progression page presented at this meeting, with further refinement of the windows and panel size and proportion; (2) making the storefront proportional to the overall structure; (3) adding plantings to the concrete barriers; and (4) studying alternative signage.
         
      43. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-243: Motion to approve Phases 2 and 3 of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Operators Facilities—Parkridge Drive and Burnett Avenue Project, contingent upon adequately lighting the dark side of the structure.
         
        Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (August 19, 2015)
      44. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-244: Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection 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 at Third and Mission Rock streets. The artwork consists of a 16-1/2 feet long by 10 feet diameter glass cylinder suspended from a skylight, and the cylinder is inscribed with a ceramic fritted poem by Vale Bruck. Other elements of the artwork include: metal, custom lighting and paint, and bas-relief text on cast concrete blocks on the entry lobby’s rear wall. The artwork was dedicated on April 16, 2015.
         
      45. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-245: Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork titled First Responder Plaza, 2014 by Paul Kos, as installed in the south plaza of the Public Safety Building at Third and Mission Rock streets. The artist-designed plaza features three icons: a spruce tree, a bell and a star. Suspended from a painted metal arch at the center is a 21,060-lb. cast bronze bell that rings three times daily at noon. The installation also includes a carved seven-pointed black granite star, with surrounding granite pavers and landscaping, including a Serbian spruce tree. The artwork was dedicated on April 16, 2015.
         
      46. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-246: Motion to approve the completed installation of Dahlias, 2013 by Colette Crutcher, a galvanized iron artwork at Cabrillo Playground.
         
      47. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-247: Motion to approve an honorarium in the amount of $7,000 to Annette Jannotto, the lead artist of a collaborative effort that will also involve artist Olivia Ting, for the development and installation of a site-specific installation in the new SFAC Gallery in the War Memorial Veterans Building.
         
      48. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-248: Motion to approve an honorarium in the amount of $7,000 to Kevin Chen for his curatorial work on the inaugural exhibition for the new SFAC Gallery in the War Memorial Veterans Building.
         
      49. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-249: Motion to approve the completed installation of (Untitled) Large Variation, 2015, a 10 feet by 109 feet mosaic mural by Amy Ellingson at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3.
         
      50. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-250: Motion to approve the completed installation of Voyage, 2015 by Val Britton, 9-1/2 feet by 55 feet glass artwork at San Francisco International Airport, Control Tower.
         
      51. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-251: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Laurie O’Brien for an amount not to exceed $54,000 for design, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of the peephole infrastructure and two animated video artworks (of approximately one minute duration) for the San Francisco International Airport: Temporary Terminal 1.
         
      52. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-252: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Kota Ezawa for an amount not to exceed $9,990 for two animated video artworks (of approximately one minute duration) for the San Francisco International Airport: Temporary Terminal 1.
         
      53. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-253: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Signe Baumane for an amount not to exceed $9,990 for two animated video artworks (of approximately one minute duration) for the San Francisco International Airport: Temporary Terminal 1.
         
      54. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-254: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Jason Jägel for an amount not to exceed $40,000 for design, fabrication, transportation and installation of a barricade mural artwork for the San Francisco International Airport: Temporary Terminal 1.
         
      55. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-255: Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Tracey Snelling, A Utopian City, for the 2016 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 $8,000.
         
      56. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-256: Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Lauren Bartone, neoTOPIA, for the 2016 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 $8,000.
         
      57. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-257: Motion to approve revised design at entry to gardens for Mark Brest van Kempen’s artwork for the Alameda Creek Watershed Center.
         
      58. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-258: Motion to approve the selected artist Cliff Garten and the artist’s conceptual proposal for the Bayview Gateway, as recommended by the Bayview Gateway Public Art Project Selection Panel.
         
      59. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-259: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Cliff Garten, for the design and implementation of an artwork in an amount not to exceed $445,000.
         
      60. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-260: Motion to approve Construction Document Phase deliverables (which include engineering and written cost estimates) by Adriane Colburn for an artwork for Daggett Park.
         
      61. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-261: Motion to approve the Design Development phase of artworks by Michael Arcega entitled Auspicious Clouds, a series of benches inspired by Asian cloud motifs, for the Broadway Chinatown Streetscape Improvement Project.
         
      62. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-262: Motion to approve the de-installation and removal to storage of St. Francis, 1973 by Ruth Wakefield Cravath, a concrete and Plexiglas sculpture, approximately 27 feet high x 10 feet wide x 10 feet deep, (SFAC Accession Number 1973.27) commissioned for Candlestick Park and currently located at 490 Jamestown Avenue.
         
      63. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-263: Motion to approve the temporary removal of Roof Mural, 1974 by Gerald Concha, a 25 feet x 10 feet mosaic mural (SFAC Accession Number 1977.57) from the roof of the San Francisco General Hospital mechanical building for building repairs and for subsequent reinstallation and conservation.
         
        Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (September 8, 2015)
      64. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-264: Motion to approve the following recommendation: “Resolved that, pursuant to Administrative Code Section 67.6(a), the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee hereby confirms that, effective October 1, 2015, its regular meetings shall occur at 1:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at 401 Van Ness Avenue, in Room 125.”
         
      65. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-265: Motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on San Francisco Arts Commission review panels for the 2015-2018 Fiscal Years:
        Idris Ackamoor, Executive Director, Cultural Odyssey
        Stella Adelman, Theater and Adult Program Director, Dance Brigade’s Dance Mission Theater
        Shalini Agrawal, Director, Center for Art and Public Life at California College of the Arts
        Aliza Arenson, Associate Director of Development, Individual Giving, A.C.T.
        Esailama Artry-Diouf, Program Assistant, City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program
        Linda Ayres-Frederick, Executive Artistic Director, Phoenix Arts Association Theatre
        Joey Babbitt, Community Affairs Manager, Stern Grove Festival Association
        Marie Beichert, CFRE, Fundraising Counsel, granthelper.com
        Amy Berk, Visual Artist and Educator, San Francisco Arts Institute and UC Berkeley Extension
        Megan Brian, Assistant Director, Education and Public Practice, SFMOMA
        Joshua Raoul Brody, Musician
        Tod Brody, Executive Director, Opera Parallèle
        Dudley Brooks, Artistic Director, Run For Your Life!
        Ellen Bruno, Film Producer/Director, BrunoFilms
        Chan Celeste, Managing Director, Queer Rebels
        Kevin B. Chen, Manager Artist Studio and Public Programs, de Young Museum
        Brett Conner, Grants Manager, Department of Children, Youth and Their Families
        Joseph Copley, Company Manager, ODC/Dance
        Karl Cronin, Managing Director, AXIS Dance Company
        Roberta D’Alois, Playwright/Artistic Director, Jump! Theatre
        Christian Davies, Performance and Film Program Associate, SFMOMA
        Elise DeMarzo, Director of Public Art, City of Palo Alto
        Paul Dresher, Artistic Director, Musical Traditions/Paul Dresher Ensemble
        T. Kebo Drew, Managing Director, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
        Shiree Dyson, Consultant
        Laura Elaine Ellis, Executive Director, African & African American Performing Arts Coalition
        Dominique Enriquez, Program Coordinator, Civic Arts Education
        Katie Fahey, Program Officer, Arts, Kenneth Rainin Foundation
        Sofia Fojas, Teacher on Special Assignment, Instrumental Music, SFUSD
        Gabriela Frank, Composer, G. Schirmer
        Deborah Frieden, Principal, Deborah Frieden & Associates
        Julie Fry, President & CEO, Cal Humanities
        Cherry Galette, Co-Founder and Director, Mangos With Chili
        Stephen Galloway, Artist in photography, installation and public art
        Emily Garvie, Executive Director, Young Audiences of Northern California
        Eileen Goldenberg, Artist, Eileen P Goldenberg ART
        Kate Goldstein, Development Manager, Brava! for Women in the Arts
        Kenny Gong, Realtor, Paragon Real Estate
        Jonas Goslow, Artist and developer
        Adriana Grino, Program Assistant, Arts, Kenneth Rainin Foundation
        Lisa Grodin, Director of Education, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
        Alexa Hall, ISC Coordinator, Oakland Museum of California
        Elizabeth Harvey, Art Educator and Regional Director, Visual Thinking Strategies
        Jackie Hasa, Co-Managing Director, David Brower Center
        Katharine Hawthorne, Dancer and choreographer
        Leticia Hernandez, Community Engagement Specialist
        Barbara Heroux, Executive Director, Volti
        Elisa Huerta, Program Director, University of California Berkeley Multicultural Community Center
        Cristina Ibarra, Event Producer/Manager, LATE NITE ART and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
        Ethel Jimenez, Fine Art Photographer, Ethel Jimenez Photographer
        Mary Ellyn Johnson, Head of Exhibitions, swissnex San Francisco
        Julie Kahn, Visual artist, producer and director
        Brian Karl, Curator/Professor, California College of the Arts/Wendi Norris Gallery
        Nancy Karp, Artistic Director and Choreographer, New Arts Foundation/Nancy Karp + Dancers
        Roko Kawai, Performing Arts Manager of Contextual Programming, YBCA
        Lily Kharrazi, Program Manager, Alliance for CA Traditional Arts (ACTA)
        Emily Klion, Executive Director, San Francisco Youth Theatre
        Carolyn Kuali`i, President/Director, Kua`aina Associates, Inc.
        Sunshine Lampitoc Smith, Institutional Giving Manager, Z Space
        Lori Laqua, Executive Director, Z Space
        Joan Lazarus, Dancer and arts educator
        Terri Le, Marketing Assistant, Charles M. Schulz Museum
        Lex Leifheit, Nonprofit Business Development Manager, City and County of San Francisco
        Emily Leighton, Senior Designer, Tellart
        Madeleine Lim, Executive Director, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP)
        Tatjana Loh, Photographer; Development Director, The Women’s Building
        Ariel Luckey, Playwright, Actor, Poet, Educator, Organizer
        Nicole Lungerhausen, Grant writer, grant program coordinator, independent consultant
        Whitney Lynn, Lecturer, Stanford University
        Kyle Marinshaw, Consultant, WolfBrown; Program Officer, Koret Foundation
        Katynka Martinez, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
        Marc Mayer, Senior Educator of Contemporary Art, Asian Art Museum
        Kristine Mays, Visual artist
        Daniella McCormack, Development & Communications Coordinator, BAYCAT
        Annie McGeady, Freelancer
        Frank Merritt, Principal, Jensen Architects
        Angelica Muro, Assistant Professor of Integrated Media & Photography, Cal State Monterey Bay
        Tony Natsoulas, Exhibitions Consultant and Artist, Blue Line Arts
        Lenore Naxon, President, California Presenters
        Cassie Newman, Manager, Brave New Voices Grants & Consulting Services, Youth Speaks
        Masashi Niwano, Festival and Exhibitions Director, Center for Asian American Media
        Ramekon O’Arwisters, Curator of Exhibition, SFO Museum
        Sarita Ocón, Actor, Visual Artist, Digital Media Arts Educator
        Ellen Oh, Associate Director, Institute for Diversity in the Arts, Stanford
        Emiko Ono, Program Officer, Performing Arts, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
        Laura Page, Arts & Education Program Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
        Michelle Parker, Project Manager, Foundation and Government Support, KQED, Inc.
        Jeanne Powell, Writing Coach, University of San Francisco
        Sheila Pressley, Director of Education, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
        J. John Priola, Artist; Educator, San Francisco Arts Institute
        Robertino Ragazza, Photographer, Ceramics Artist; Curator, San Jose Nuevo Flamenco
        Rebecca Ratzkin, Senior Consultant, WolfBrown
        Jerome Reyes, Artist Liaison & Faculty, Stanford University, Institute for Diversity in the Arts
        Michelle Reynolds, Program Director, Dancers’ Group
        Whitney Ricketts, Head of Community & Artist Relations, NeonMob
        Camellia Rodriguez-SackByrne, Co-founder/Co-organizer, Neighborhood Performance Project
        Barrie Rokeach, Artist, Aerial Photography
        Tere Romo, Program Officer, Arts & Culture, San Francisco Foundation
        Reuben Roqueñi, Program Officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
        Beth Rubenstein, Legislative Aide, Office of Supervisor John Avalos
        Federico Salas, Independent consultant
        Diane Sanchez, Retired Director of Community Investment, EastBay Community Foundation
        Christopher Schardt, Founder, LED Labs
        Kevin Seaman, curator/writer, retired from Pacific Film Archive
        Steve Seid, Curator, writer, retired from Pacific Film Archive
        Kevin Simmonds, Writer
        Joti Singh, Artistic Director, Duniya Dance and Drum Company
        Deborah Slater, Artistic Director, Deborah Slater Dance Theater
        Krista Smith, Director of Development, Frameline
        Robin Sohnen, Founder, Executive Director, Each One Reach One
        Ernesto Sopprani, Director, THEOFFCENTER/AIRSPACE Residency
        Jeremy Stone, Art Advisor, Business Matters in the Visual Arts
        Jayna Swartzman-Brosky, Program Director, Center for Cultural Innovation
        Jaime Talley, Teacher, California Virtual Academies
        Sharon Tanenbaum, Principal Consultant, Sharon Tanenbaum & Associates
        Aileen Tat, Development Associate, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
        Rob Taylor, Grants Manager, Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)
        Liz Tenuto, Choreographer, Dance Instructor, Dance and a Half
        Weston Teruya, Visual Artist, Commissioner, Berkeley Civic Arts Commission
        Sarah Thibault, Co-Director, Royal Nonesuch Gallery
        Kaitlin Trataris, Gallery Sitter/Art Installer, San Francisco Art Institute
        Beth Waldman, Arts Consultant, WaldmanArts
        Birhane Webster, Artist, Studio Owner, The Dark Theory Project
        Alec White, HBIC, AWW MGMT
        Samuel White Swan-Perkins, Owner, White Swan-Perkins Cultural Consulting
        Charles Wilmoth, Associate Director of Development, California Institute of Integral Studies
        Pamela Winfrey, Senior artist, Exploratorium
        Jenifer Wofford, Artist and Educator, Wofflehouse
        Rebecca Wolfe, Program Manager, Strategic Student Initiatives, The Center for Art and Public Life
        Termeh Yeghiazarian, Artist, Art Instructor
        Torange Yeghiazarian, Artistic Director, Golden Thread Productions
        Jess Young, Interim Executive Director, SOMArts Cultural Center
        Isabel Yrigoyen, Associate Director of Performing Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
         
        Street Artists Committee Recommendations (September 9, 2015)
      66. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-266: Motion to approve the following recommendation: “Resolved that, pursuant to Administrative Code Section 67.6(a), the Advisory Committee of Street Artists and Crafts Examiners Committee hereby confirms that, effective October 1, 2015, its regular screening meetings shall occur at 9:30 a.m. on the last Thursday of each month at 401 Van Ness Avenue, in Room 125.”
         
      67. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-267: Motion to approve the following recommendation: “Resolved that, pursuant to Administrative Code Section 67.6(a), the Street Artists Committee hereby confirms that, effective October 1, 2015, its regular meetings shall occur at 2:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of odd-numbered months at 401 Van Ness Avenue, in Room 125.”
         
      68. RESOLUTION NO. 0915-15-268: Motion to approve recommendation to place the eight (8) permanent street artist spaces located on Market Street, north side, at Drumm Street, adjacent to the cable car, into a separate lottery called “Drumm Street Lottery.”
         
    7. New Business and Announcements
      Mr. DeCaigny announced that, pending approval by the Planning Commission at its meeting on September 17, the Arts Commission expected to hear an item on the arts program included in the 5M development at its October meeting. Because a good deal of community comment is expected, he encouraged Commissioners to plan for a lengthy October meeting.
       
      President Beltran announced that she had new work, with her partner Scott Minneman, showing at the new Root Division space, at San Rafael Artworks Downtown and in Silicon Valley.
       
      There was no public comment.
       
    8. Adjournment
      There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:20 p.m.

    posted 9/29/15, 6:30 p.m. spr
    revised 10/2/15 spr
    approved 10/5/15

     


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