Visual Arts Committee - January 18, 2017 - Agenda

Meeting Date: 
January 18, 2017 - 3:00pm
Location: 
401 Van Ness Avenue
Room 125
San Francisco, CA 94102

SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
3 p.m.
401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 125
San Francisco, CA 94102
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Agenda


Visual Arts Committee Members:
JD Beltran, President
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
Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes

1. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase Magna Chrome’s contract from $418,945 to $562,701 (an increase of $143,756) for the fabrication of 65 additional artworks reproductions for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

2. Motion to approve the updated list of artworks for purchase and display inside the new Office of the Chief Medical Examiner:

Sure Blue, Oil on wood panel, 44 in. by 51 in., by Suzy Barnard;

Preferring the poetic, Acrylic, 50 in. by 40 in., by Elaine Coombs;

Rodeo Beach Sunny, Oil on paper, 20 in. by 30 in., by Stanley Goldstein;

Rise-Fall, Acrylic on canvas, 48 in. by 48 in., by Beryl Landau;

Twin Palms, Acrylic on canvas, 24 in. by 24 in., by Beryl Landau;

Mt. Diablo from San Bruno Mountain, Acrylic on canvas, 24 in. by 24 in., by Beryl Landau;

Walking Along, Acrylic on canvas, 24 in. by 24 in., by Beryl Landau;

Gateway, Acrylic on canvas over panel, 36 in. by 24 in., by Alan Mazzetti;

Higher Heights, Acrylic, 48 in. by 44 in., by Alan Mazzetti;

Dune Trail, Photography, 24 in. by 36 in., by Wendell Shin;

Man and His Best Friend, Photography, 20 in. by 30 in., by Wendell Shin;

Dumbarton Bridge – 3, Photography, 32 in. by 40 in., by Donna J. Wan

Motion: Motion to approve consent calendar items.

4.            “Comfort Women” Memorial Plaque and Signage Text Approval
Susan Pontious and “Comfort Women” Memorial Project Managers Daniel Neil and Jocelyn Zanzot
Action

Explanatory Documents: Memorial Plaque and Signage Text ProposalPublic Comment
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of the proposed plaque and signage text for the “Comfort Women” Memorial at St. Mary’s Square Extension.

Motion: Motion to approve the text for the identification plaque for the “Comfort Women” Memorial, entitled Women’s Column of Strength, designed by Steven Whyte. The memorial is an intended gift to the City from the “Comfort Women” Justice Coalition to be installed in St. Mary’s Square Extension.

5.            Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture – MoreLab
Aleta Lee and Matthew Passmore
Action

Explanatory Documents: Staff Report, Final Design
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of the final design for a sculpture entitled, Tied/Untied by MoreLab, for the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture.

Motion: Motion to approve a temporary sculpture installation, titled Tide/Untied, by artists MoreLab. The sculpture will be comprised of COR-TEN steel rail which will stand at 15-1/2 ft. by 13-1/2 ft. by 34 ft. and will be on exhibit at the entrance of Fort Mason Center for a duration of seven years, commencing July 2017 through July 2024. The artwork is commissioned by Fort Mason Art and Culture Center and will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.

6.            Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series
Zoë Taleporos
Action

Explanatory Documents: Final Designs
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the final poster designs for Deborah Aschheim’s Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series.

Motion: Motion to approve the final poster designs for Deborah Aschheim’s Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series, The Zeitgeist, on view February 13 – May 12, 2017.

7.            Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground
Zoë Taleporos
Action

Explanatory Documents: Project Outline; Site Renderings
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the public art project outline for Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground.

Motion: Motion to approve the public art project outline for Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground.

8.            Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
Zoë Taleporos
Action

Explanatory Documents: Panel Summary; Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes

Presentation of artworks selected for reproduction and installation at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. The works will add to the existing Two-Dimensional Artwork Program in the building.

Motion: Motion to approve the following artworks for reproduction and installation at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center as recommended by the Selection Panel:

Lennell Allen: Ocean Beach at Noriega #285; Ocean Beach at Pacheco #165

Radcliff Bailey: Between Two Worlds

Jennifer Bain: Paradise

Louisiana Bendolph: Triangles (After Annie E. Pettway)

Mary Lee Bendolph: Get Ready

Chris Brown: Corner

Lynette Cook: Chinatown-Donaldina Cameron Alley; Out to Dry; Rigging the Line; Study of Stripes

Elaine Coombs: Daybreak 3; For What Comes Next

Binh Danh: El Capitan, Yosemite, CA May 22, 2012; Yosemite Falls, March 8, 2012

Peter de Lory: Couple Yosemite Falls 1990s

Sara Ferguson: Angel Island, CA

Frances Freyberg Blackburn: Big Basin; Iris River, Japan

Annie Galvin: 7 Hills

Stanley Goldstein: Field and Fence; Marin Field; Panhandle Park

Phillip Hua: Don’t Forget Your Bonds; Magnolia (with Tiffany)

Diane Jacobs: Moon Cloud Hillside; Mt. Hood and Summer Sun

Hiroyo Kaneko: Bathing #50, Bathing #2

Lisa Levine: 28 Days of Water; Vertical Waters

Joann Lindelof: Waiting for a Ride

Hung Liu: Luzao (Stove)

Cybele Lyle: Blue Crush; Blue Grain

Paul Madonna: AOC555; AOC599

Vanessa Marsh: Landscape #1; Landscape #8; Landscape #21; Landscape #22

Nikki McClure: To Market To Market

Robert Minervini: As the Wick Burns (Still Life with California Endangered Species); United by Fate (Still Life with California Endangered Species)

Naoki Onodera: Ocean Beach; Pool Party; Ukiah

Kelly Ording: Arronax; Ovid

Maria Park: CN2_5

Eric Rewitzer: 10am; Good Morning Sunset; Mavericks

Lance Rivers: Bridge

Regina Stadnik: Deviled Eggs, Making Mushroom Soup

Miriam Stahl: Odetta; Tool Lending Library; Untitled

Jason Tannen: Two Shirts

June Yokell: Another Day; Bolinas Bay; Pink Marsh; Walking on My Own

Motion: Motion to pay the following artists an honorarium of $1,500 in return for license to the City to make a limited edition reproduction, and up to $400 for scanning costs for each of the following artworks for display in public waiting rooms and corridors at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center:

Lennell Allen
Radcliff Bailey
Jennifer Bain
Louisiana Bendolph
Mary Lee Bendolph
Chris Brown
Lynette Cook
Elaine Coombs
Binh Dahn
Peter de Lory
Sara Ferguson
Frances Freyberg Blackburn
Annie Galvin
Stanley Goldstein
Phillip Hua
Diane Jacobs
Hiroyo Kaneko
Lisa Levine
Joann Lindelof
Hung Liu
Cybele Lyle
Paul Madonna
Vanessa Marsh
Nikki McClure
Robert Minervini
Naoki Onodera
Kelly Ording
Maria Park
Eric Rewitzer
Lance Rivers
Regina Stadnik
Miriam Stahl
Jason Tannen
June Yokell

9.            San Francisco International Airport: Consolidated Administrative Campus – Phase 1
Susan Pontious
Action

Explanatory Document: Selected Proposal
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the selected artist’s proposal for SFO Consolidated Administrative Campus – Phase 1 Building Public Art Project.

Motion: Motion to approve the selected artist [to be announced at meeting] and proposal for the SFO Consolidated Administrative Campus – Phase 1 Building Public Art Project, pending approval of the Airport Commission.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist [to be announced at meeting] for an amount not to exceed $400,000 for design, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork for the SFO Consolidated Administrative Campus – Phase 1 Building, pending approval of the Airport Commission.

10.          1500 Mission Street
Susan Pontious
Action

Explanatory Document: Project Outline
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the project outline for the 1500 Mission Street Office Building.

Motion: Motion to approve project outline for the 1500 Mission Street Office Building.

11.          Moscone Expansion, Enclosed Pedestrian Bridge
Marcus Davies
Action

Explanatory Documents: Images of proposed artwork by Leo Villareal
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of Construction Document Phase deliverables from Leo Villareal for the Moscone Expansion Project.

Motion: Motion to approve Construction Document Phase deliverables by Leo Villareal for an artwork for the Moscone Expansion Project.

12.          New Business, Old Business, and Announcements
Discussion

13.          Adjournment
Action

AT 1/13/17 1:00 pm

Notices

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