SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION

VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
3 p.m.
401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 125
San Francisco, CA 94102

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Agenda

 

Visual Arts Committee Members:
JD Beltran
Gregory Chew
Dorka Keehn, Chair
Jessica Silverman
Barbara Sklar

1.            Call to Order, Roll Call, and Agenda Changes

2.            Public Comment
Discussion

3.            Consent Calendar
Action
Explanatory Documents: Item 1; Item 2 – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes

1.            Motion to approve the design of The OMI Mural, a painted mural, by artist Maximilian “Max” Landis Marttila that will be painted on a wall of Lacy’s Barbershop at 101 Broad Street. The painted mural will measure approximately 21 ft. by 32-1/2 ft. The project is funded with a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission and is sponsored by the Precita Eyes Muralists; the painted mural will not become part of the Civic Art Collection

2.            Motion to approve Design Development deliverables (color palette, text layout and arrow design) for Scott Oliver’s artwork, Points of Departure, for the Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project.

3.            Motion to authorize an increase to ARG Conservation Services’ contract in the amount of $249,000 (from $500,000 to $749,000) to perform fine art conservation services for miscellaneous artworks, including the structural stabilization and treatment for William McKinley, 1904 by Robert Ingersoll Aitken (SFAC Accession No. 1904.2) and the restoration of Whales, 1939 by Robert B. Howard (SFAC Accession No. 1940.10).

Motion: Motion to approve consent calendar items.

4.            SFAC Galleries
Meg Shiffler
Action
Explanatory Document: Exhibition Overview
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes

Presentation and motion to approve honoraria for the next two Grove Street Installations artists.

Motion: Motion to approve artist honoraria in the amount of $2000 for each of the following artists: Stephanie Robison and Eli Thorne. The honorarium is for artist research and development of new installations for the SFAC Grove Street Window Installation Site at 155 Grove Street.

5.            Jane Warner Plaza
Jill Manton and Andrea Aiello Executive Director Castro/Upper Market CBD
Action
Explanatory Documents: Project Outline and Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes

Project proposal for an art installation of temporary light sculptures from May 2017 to June 2020 in Jane Warner Plaza.

Motion: Motion to approve the temporary display of The Seed, consisting of six sculptures with lighting, by Aphidoidea, designed for Jane Warner Plaza, located at Castro and Market Streets, pending final permitting from Public Works. The sculptures vary in height between 11 ft., 3 in. and 13 ft., with an approximate diameter of 4 ft., 8in. and are planned for display beginning May, 2017 and completing June, 2020. The project is sponsored by the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District  and funded by the Office of Economic & Workforce Development.

6.            San Francisco International Airport
Justine Topfer

A. International Gate Rooms
Action
Explanatory Documents: Artist’s Proposals
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes

Presentation of selected artists (Kota Ezawa, Suzanne Husky, Leah Rosenberg and Alice Shaw) proposals for the SFO International Gate rooms.

Motion: Motion to approve the selected artists, Kota Ezawa, Suzanne Husky, Leah Rosenberg and Alice Shaw for the San Francisco International Airport, International Terminals, Gate rooms A and G opportunities as recommended by the San Francisco International Airport IT Gate room Selection Panel.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Kota Ezawa for an amount not to exceed $135,000 for an artwork at the International Terminal, Gate rooms, San Francisco International Airport.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Suzanne Husky for an amount not to exceed $135,000 for an artwork at the International Terminal, Gate Rooms, San Francisco International Airport.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Leah Rosenberg for an amount not to exceed $135,000 for an artwork at the International Terminal, Gate Rooms, San Francisco International Airport.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Alice Shaw for an amount not to exceed $135,000 for an artwork at the International Terminal, Gate Rooms, San Francisco International Airport.

B. Terminal 1 Redevelopment Project
Action
Explanatory Documents: Project Outline
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes

Presentation of the public art project outline for the San Francisco International Airport Terminal 1 Redevelopment Project.

Motion: Motion to approve the public art project outline for the San Francisco International Airport Terminal 1 Redevelopment Project.

C. Peephole Cinema Project
Action
Explanatory Documents: Final Designs
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of Final Design Development for artworks by Laurie O’Brien, Kota Ezawa and Signe Baumane for the Peephole Cinema project at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 1, Boarding Area B.

Motion: Motion to approve the film, Emilia The Typist and Jack's City, by Laurie O’Brien for the Peephole Cinema project at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 1, Boarding Area B.

Motion: Motion to approve the films, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocous and Moonwalk by Kota Ezawa for the Peephole Cinema project at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 1, Boarding Area B.

Motion: Motion to approve the films, ABC of Travel and The Purpose of Travel, by Signe Baumane for the Peephole Cinema project at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 1, Boarding Area B.

7.            Traffic Company and Forensic Science Division
Marcus Davies
Action
Explanatory Documents: Public Art Project Outline; Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 4 minutes

Presentation of the public art project outline for the Traffic Safety and Forensic Science Division building.

Motion: Motion to approve the public art project outline for the Traffic Safety and Forensic Science Division building.

8.            Rossi Pool
Marcus Davies
Action
Explanatory Documents: Panel One Summary
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the selected finalists for the Rossi Pool Improvement Project.

Motion: Motion to approve the selected finalists, (to be announced at meeting), as recommended by the Rossi Pool Public Art Selection Panel to develop conceptual proposals for the Rossi Pool Improvement Project.

9.            Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Zoë Taleporos
Action
Explanatory Document: Panel Summary; Images of Finalists’ Past Work
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the selected finalists for the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Pediatric Emergency Department Mural and Exam Room Art Project.

Motion: Motion to approve the following finalists and alternate 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: Michael Bartalos, Annie Galvin, Sirron Norris and alternate Misako Miki.

10.         Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant (SEP) – Headworks Building
Mary Chou
Action
Explanatory Documents: Project Outline; Images of SEP Improvements and Headworks Building
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the public art project outline for the Headworks Building of the PUC’s Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Motion: Motion to approve the public art project outline for the Headworks Building of the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant.

11.         New Business, Old Business, and Announcements
Discussion

12.         Adjournment
Action

JDC 8/11/16

Notices

Agenda Item Information

Each item on the agenda may include the following documents:

1) Department or Agency or report;

2) Public correspondence;

3) Other explanatory documents.

These items will be available for review at the meeting. Copies are available upon request. Please contact Program Associate Jenn Doyle Crane at jennifer.crane@sfgov.org or 415-252-2224 for more information. 

Meeting Procedures

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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, Room 325, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Jenn Doyle Crane at jennifer.crane@sfgov.org or 415-252-2224. 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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