MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, December 4, 2017
2:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

 
Arts Commissioners: JD Beltran, President; Roberto Ordeñana, Vice President
Charles Collins, Simon Frankel, Mary Jung, Dorka Keehn, Sherene Melania, Abby Sadin Schnair, Marcus Shelby, Janine Shiota, Jessica Silverman, Barbara Sklar, Lydia So, Kimberlee Stryker, Paul Woolford; Rich Hillis, ex officio (non-voting)
 

1. Roll Call
    
2. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve November 6, 2017 Minutes.
    
   Explanatory Document: Draft minutes
    
3. General Public Comment
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Commission’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Commission’s consideration.)
    
4. Director’s Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
    
5. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   2. Civic Design Review Committee—Kimberlee Stryker, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   3. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve the following mural designs by the listed artists for Lily Street Living Alleys Mural Project. The painted murals will be installed along Lily Street, Page Street and Buchanan Street, as listed below. The project is funded with a Community Challenge Grant, and is sponsored by Friends of the Urban Forest; the murals will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.
         Highway to Green, by artist Giuseppe Percivati, 27 ft. by 5-1/2 ft., along a residential wall at 219 and 221 Lily Street
         Radiant Bloom, by artist Bryana Fleming, 17 ft. by 27-1/2 ft., along a residential garage wall at 294 Page Street
         Flower Resistance, by artist Giuseppe Percivati, 10 ft. by 24-1/2 ft., along a residential garage wall and door at 350 Lily Street
         Kwanzan, by artist Giuseppe Percivati, 14 ft. by 30 ft., at 380 Webster Street, along a retaining wall at the John Muir Elementary School playground (the Western end of the 400 block on Lily Street). The mural has been approved by the San Francisco Unified School District.
         Nature’s Creation, by artist Giuseppe Percivati, 7 ft. by 12 ft., along a residential garage door at 406-408 Buchanan Street
          
         Explanatory Documents: Mural Review Documentation
          
6. Consent Calendar
   The following items are included in the Consent Calendar subject to withdrawal at the request of a Commissioner.
    
   1. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of October 23, 2017.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of November 14, 2017.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of November 15, 2017.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (November 15, 2017; link to agenda)
      Action
   4. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection two painted water-jet cut steel panels, The Great Blue Heron, 2017 (6 ft. by 6 ft.); and The California Condor, 2017, (6 ft. by 10 ft.) by Carmen Lomas Garza. The panels were commissioned for and are located at In Chan Kaajal Park at 17th and Folsom Streets.
       
   5. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork No Other Lands Their Glory Know, 2017, by Alice Shaw. The black-and-white photographic image of redwood trees consists of pigmented inks, with gold leaf on wood panel and measures 17-3/4 ft. by 25 ft.; located at the San Francisco International Airport: International Terminal, Boarding Area G, Gate Room 95.
       
   6. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork Mondrian Meets the Beatles, 2017, by Kota Ezawa. The diorama-like construction of The Beatles consists of enamel paint on wooden panel and measures 19-1/2 ft. by 26 ft. by 10-1/2 in.; located at the San Francisco International Airport: International Terminal, Boarding Area G, Gate Room 100.
       
   7. Motion to approve revised project description for an artwork honoring Maya Angelou to be located at the Main Library.
       
   8. Motion to approve the selected finalists Miya Ando, Ellen Harvey, Annie Vought, and alternate Klea McKenna for the San Francisco International Airport: Hyatt Hotel Lobby Wall Public Art Project.
       
   9. Motion to approve Final Acceptance per contract of the “Comfort Women’s” Column of Strength, 2017, a sculpture in bronze and COR-TEN steel by Stephen Whyte, as installed in St. Mary’s Square. The sculpture is a gift to the City from the “Comfort Women” Justice Coalition. With the passage of this motion, title to this artwork will automatically transfer to the City and County of San Francisco under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Arts Commission.
       
   10. Motion to approve an honorarium in the amount of $2,500 to Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle. Ms. Hinkle was approved for an honorarium of $3,000 (October Visual Arts Committee and November full Commission meetings) for her participation in a two-person exhibition. The additional amount reflects the change in her participation from a two-person exhibition to a solo exhibition.
        
   11. Motion to approve the slate of artists selected for the 2018 Muni Art Program sponsored by SF Beautiful including Donavon Brutus, Mara Hernandez, Tsungwei Moo, Randi Pace and Janet Rumsey, each of whom will have twenty Muni buses to use as a canvas for their artwork, which was designed in response to poems by Juan Felipe Herrera, Diane di Prima, Kay Ryan, Brynn Saito and Charif Shanahan, from January 1 through April 30, 2018.
        
   12. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the following twelve artworks as installed. Each original artwork was purchased for the new Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Two-Dimensional Artwork Program. All artworks are located inside the building at 1 Newhall:
       Sure Blue, 2015, oil on wood panel, 44 in. by 51 in., by Suzy Barnard
       Preferring the Poetic, 2015, acrylic on panel, 50 in. by 40 in., by Elaine Coombs
       Rodeo Beach, 1985, oil on paper, 19-3/4 in. by 27-1/2 in., by Stanley Goldstein
       Rise-Fall, 1984, acrylic on canvas, 48 in. by 48 in., by Beryl Landau
       Twin Palms, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 24 in. by 24 in., by Beryl Landau
       Mt. Diablo from San Bruno Mountain, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 24 in. by 24 in., by Beryl Landau
       Walking Along, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 24 in. by 24 in., by Beryl Landau
       Gateway, 2016, acrylic on canvas over panel, 36 in. by 24 in., by Alan Mazzetti
       Higher Heights, 2016, acrylic on wood, 48 in. by 44 in., by Alan Mazzetti
       Dune Trail, 2016, c-print photograph, 24 in. by 30 in., by Wendell Shinn
       Man and His Best Friend, 2009, photograph, 20 in. by 30 in., by Wendell Shinn
       Dumbarton Bridge (#3), 2014, photograph mounted on Sintra®, 32 in. by 40 in., by Donna J. Wan
        
   13. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork Sentinel, 2017, by Merle Axelrad as installed. The fabric collage measures 96 in. by 68 in. and depicts a nature scene of two cranes in the former marshland of India Basin in a realistic style. The artwork was commissioned for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and is located inside the main entry of the building at 1 Newhall.
        
   14. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork Alma, 2017, by Richard Deutsch as installed. The stainless steel sculpture is composed of two curved components which are shaped in the form of a ship’s sails that meet at a single point at the center of the sculpture. Each component is perforated and is composed of individual pieces of round stainless steel rod, spaced evenly. The sculpture is approximately 22 ft. tall with three legs that each come to a point, each supported by 18 in. diameter concrete piers that extend 24 in. above the ground; all are tied footed in a triangular concrete foundation that measures approximately 20 ft. by 20 ft. The artwork was commissioned for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and is located outside the main entry of the building at 1 Newhall.
        
   15. Motion to approve the final design development documents and construction document phase deliverables for Clare Rojas’ artwork, title to be determined, for Central Subway: Chinatown Station.
        
       Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (November 27, 2017; link to agenda)
       Action
   16. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Margaret Hayward Playground Renovation Project contingent upon: 1) following the Committee’s recommendation to eliminate fritted glass on the sun shade façade because it is not necessary for bird safety; 2) adopting the Committee’s endorsement of a playful visual for the fence; 3) exploring the possibility of using International Orange as the accent color; 4) bringing up the cast concrete of the bench seating to 42 inches; 5) studying continuing the selected tiles to the bottom of the water fountain wall; 6) addressing the channel of the roof edge; and 7) integrating the Committee’s planting suggestions.
        
   17. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Maxine Hall Health Center Renovation and Seismic Upgrade Project contingent upon: 1) including a plaque which describes the artwork and reproduction; 2) moving forward with Option 1 of the Graphic Wall; 3) painting the handrails; 4) moving forward with the preferred option of clear anodized aluminum window detailing for the shotcrete wall; and 5) integrating the Committee’s planting suggestions.
        
   18. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Garfield Center Project contingent upon: 1) further study of the entrance canopy design; and 2) studying the darker mullion color for both wings (particularly if the Natatorium could use a structurally glazed system) or, alternatively, studying dark mullions on the Clubhouse and medium gray on the Natatorium.
        
7. New Business and Announcements
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow the Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration, to report on recent arts activities and to make announcements.)
    
8. Adjournment
   Action
    

posted 11/30/17, 5:30 p.m. spr
 

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: Sharon Page Ritchie, 415/252-2256. 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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利便参與會議的相關規定

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POLITICA DE ACCESO A LA REUNIÓN

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