Visual Arts Committee - September 17, 2014 - Meeting Agenda
SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
3 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
San Francisco, CA 94102
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Agenda
1. Roll Call
2. Consent Calendar
Action
Explanatory Documents: Item # 1; Item # 2
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes
1. Motion to approve the destruction of Carlos Loarca’s painted mural, Untitled, 1979, sited at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, second floor gallery located at 2868 Mission Street in San Francisco. The mural is scheduled for demolition during the renovation of the second floor gallery, following the expiration of a 90 day notice period in which the artist or a party authorized by the artist is given opportunity to remove and relocate the artwork.
2. Motion to approve the mural design, Shades, by Anthony Kraus to be painted on a mural site located at 1157 Post Street. The mural is a project of the Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTS Program, funded by the Department of Public Works.
Motion: Motion to approve consent calendar items.
3. Fiscal Year 2015 Grove Street Window Installations
Meg Shiffler
Action
Explanatory Document: Artists’ Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes
Presentation of the SFAC Galleries’ Grove Street Window Installation Site artists for Fiscal Year 2015.
Motion: Motion to approve artist honoraria payments in the amount of $2,000 each to Michael Arcega, Matthew Gottschalk, Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor, and Jeremy Mende, for new commissioned installations in Fiscal Year 2015 at the SFAC Galleries Window Installation Site.
Motion: Motion to approve an honorarium payment in the amount of $5,500 to Kevin Chen for his curatorial work on upcoming SFAC Galleries exhibitions at City Hall and the Grove Street Window Installation Site. Exhibitions supported by this curatorial honoraria include, but are not limited to: Pirkle Jones 1938 – 1993 (City Hall); Michael Arcega – Baby (Medium for Intercultural Navigation) (Grove Street); Roger Erickson – Normal (City Hall); and Matthew Gottschalk – New Installation (Grove Street).
4. Public Utilities Commission Storm Drain Murals
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action
Explanatory Document: Program Outline
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes
Presentation of the Program Outline for the Public Utilities Commission Storm Drain Murals Pilot Program.
Motion: Motion to approve the Public Utilities Commission Storm Drain Murals Pilot Program Outline.
5. Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project
Mary Chou with Scott Oliver
Action
Explanatory Documents: Revised Conceptual Proposal
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes
Presentation of revised conceptual proposal by Scott Oliver for the Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project.
Motion: Motion to approve revised conceptual proposal by Dennis Scott Oliver for the Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project.
6. Bayview Gateway
Mary Chou
Action
Explanatory Document: Panel Two Summary
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes
Presentation of the selected artist Cliff Garten, as recommended by the Bayview Gateway Public Art Selection Panel, for implementation of an artwork proposal for the Bayview Gateway.
Motion: 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.
Motion: 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
7. Central Subway: Construction Barricades
Zoë Taleporos
Action
Explanatory Document: Artists’ Images; Panel Summary
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes
Presentation of the selected artists for the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Public Art Projects.
Motion: Motion to approve the following artists for the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Public Art Projects, as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel: (to be announced at meeting) for Chinatown Station, and (to be announced at meeting) for Yerba Buena/Moscone Station.
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with (to be announced at meeting) for an amount not to exceed $25,000 to design artwork imagery and create production files for the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Public Art Project for Chinatown Station, which will be on display for one year from approximately early-2015 through early-2016.
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with (to be announced at meeting) for an amount not to exceed $25,000 to design artwork imagery and create production files for the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Public Art Project for Yerba Buena/Moscone Station, which will be on display for one year from approximately mid-2015 through mid-2016.
8. General Hospital Acute Care Building
A. Emergency Department
Zoë Taleporos
Action
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes
Presentation of the final design mock-up showing background elements for a mosaic artwork by Jetro Martinez for the General Hospital Acute Care Building: Emergency Department.
Motion: Motion to approve the mock-up showing the background elements for a mosaic artwork by Jetro Martinez for the General Hospital Acute Care Building: Emergency Department.
B. Floor 5 – Nancy Blum
Marcus Davies
Action
Explanatory Document: Final Design Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes
Presentation of Nancy Blum’s final design for art glass for the fifth floor of the General Hospital Acute Care Building.
Motion: Motion to approve Nancy Blum’s final design for art glass for the fifth floor of the General Hospital Acute Care Building.
9. Moscone Expansion: Exterior Artworks
Marcus Davies
Action
Explanatory Documents: Project Outline; Project Website
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes
Presentation of the Moscone Expansion: Exterior Artworks Project Outline.
Motion: Motion to approve the Moscone Expansion: Exterior Artworks Project Outline.
10. Guidelines for Temporary Art Installations in Civic Center
Susan Pontious
Action
Explanatory Document: Draft Guidelines
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes
Presentation of the draft Guidelines for Temporary Art Installations in Civic Center.
Motion: Motion to approve the Guidelines for Temporary Art Installations in Civic Center date August 8, 2014.
11. 2014/15 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Documents: Final Poster Designs
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes
Presentation of Ranu Mukherjee’s six final designs for the 2014/15 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series, Wild Spicy Growing Gritty Spirited Transmission.
Motion: Motion to approve the final poster designs for Ranu Mukherjee’s 2014/15 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series, Wild Spicy Growing Gritty Spirited Transmission, on view December 22, 2014 – March 28, 2015, pending final editing of poster text by Arts Commission staff..
12. Civic Art Collection Loan to de Young Museum
Allison Cummings
Action
Explanatory Documents: Image of Sculpture; Proposed Exhibition Site
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes
Presentation of request for long term loan of a work in the Civic Art Collection, Keith Haring’s Untitled (Three Dancing Figures), 1989 by the de Young Museum, to be displayed approximately 3 and ½ years while its permanent location at Moscone Convention Center South undergoes renovation.
Motion: Motion to approve the long term loan of Keith Haring’s artwork Untitled (Three dancing Figures), 1989, a large scale enamel on aluminum sculpture, approximately 10 feet by 12 feet by 18 feet. (San Francisco Arts Commission Accession Number 2001.1) to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco for display at the de Young Museum, beginning in October 2014 to coincide with their exhibition, Keith Haring: The Political Line, and extending to the completion of construction at Moscone Convention Center South scheduled for Spring 2018.
13. LightRail LED Art Installation on Market Street
Jill Manton, George Zisiadis, Stefano Corazza
Action
Explanatory Documents: Staff Repot; Letters of Support; Certificate of Appropriateness; Electrical Plan
Presentation Time: Approximately 15 minutes
Presentation of the artwork LightRail, a temporary light installation proposed for installation on Market Street.
Motion: Motion to approve the design of the installation of LightRail, a privately funded LED light art installation proposed for installation on Market Street from Van Ness Avenue to the Embarcadero for a duration of four years from 2015 – 2019.
14. North Beach Branch Library
Mary Chou
Discussion
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes
Update on Bill Fontana’s Sonic Dreamscape at North Beach Branch Library.
15. Public Comment
Discussion
16. New Business, Old Business, and Announcements
Discussion
17. Adjournment
Action
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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, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 345, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Zoë Taleporos, zoe.taleporos@sfgov.org, 415-252-3215. 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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