Meeting of the Full Arts
Commission
Monday, October 7, 2002
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
San Francisco, CA 94102
Minutes
Commissioner
Guggenheim called the meeting to order at 3:10
p.m.
- ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present
Blanche Brown
Andrea Cochran
Ralph Guggenheim
Rod Freebairn-Smith
William Meyer
Janice Mirikitani
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
Ethel Pitts Walker
Dede Wilsey
Commissioners Absent
Stanlee Gatti
Kirk Anderson
Andrew Brother Elk
Eddie Marshall
Denise Roth
Dugald Stermer
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The following Resolution was Moved by Commissioner Guggenheim,
Seconded, and unanimously Adopted:
RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-253: APPROVAL OF MINUTES ADOPTED
RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby approve the Minutes
of the Regular Monthly Meeting of September 7, 2002.
NOTE: ALL ADOPTIONS ARE UNANIMOUS UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED.
- PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Commissioner Guggenheim acknowledged Commissioner
Freebairn-Smith.
Commissioner Freebairn-Smith requested that today's Meeting be
dedicated to the memory of the late Peter Henschel, an architect,
former deputy mayor and dedicated arts advocate whose many
accomplishments included helping to found and finance the San
Francisco Symphony chorus.
The Commissioners unanimously agreed to dedicate the Meeting to
the memory of Mr. Henschel.
- DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Richard Newirth informed the Commissioners of a recent memo he had
sent to the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors regarding an arts
community misconception about the Arts Commission budget cuts in
the current funding for the cultural centers. In a review of the
background, he said that last year the Board and Controller had
put 7 percent of the annual allocation to the cultural centers on
reserve. The Hotel Tax Fund decline had been 29%, but, because of
the legislative caps, the cut in the allocation to the Arts
Commission for the cultural centers and Cultural Equity Grants had
been 10%. In order to balance the budget, the Commission needed to
come up with an additional 3 percent in costs. At the next CAE
Committee meeting on October 17, the Commission will consider how
additional cuts will be manifested in the current year. Mr.
Newirth said there had been a request for a couple of different
scenarios, and that these would be presented at the Meeting. He
said that he anticipated dialog and a productive discussion.
Supervisor Daly has raised issues regarding cultural center
funding with the Board of Supervisors, and Mr. Newirth has
received a request for information.
He said that revised design proposals from the Harvey Milk
Competition winners had been received, and that both architects
had successfully translated their conceptual ideas into practical
schemes that could be implemented if the money became available.
The proposals are not in conflict with one another. The intention
is to meet with the Mayor, Board of Supervisors, and members of
the State Legislature to start obtaining the funds to phase in the
suggestions proposed by the two winners. A suggestion to widen the
sidewalks would probably be one of the first to be
implemented.
He reminded the Commissioners of an upcoming Gallery event on
November 8 to kick off a sale of box sets of limited editions of
art work by rising local artists. The prices will range from $250
to $600.
He said that he and Debra Lehane had met with the Treasure Island
Development Authority about the possibility of keeping the
Treasure Island Museum on the island. The museum collection is
technically in the possession of the Navy, which has delayed its
original plan to put it in storage. Not all of the work is of
equal interest to the Arts Commission. The collection contains
marvelous items relevant to the World's Fair and the building of
the bridges. Other works are strictly military. The people
currently in charge of the museum are proud of what they have, and
there needs to be a nonprofit in place to run it.
He said that the restoration of the Dewey Monument was on hold
since funding had not been released from the Controller's
Office.
He reported that he had been contacted by Supervisor Leno, who was
working with Cleve Jones, founder of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, to
explore the possibility of bringing a portion of the quilt back to
San Francisco. The organization has relocated to Atlanta, but the
project's roots are in San Francisco.
He announced the upcoming October 23 celebration at Cohen Alley in
the Tenderloin. The alley has been the site for the annual In the
Street Theater festival produced by the Luggage Store/509 Cultural
Center. That organization has been working with the city to get
control of the alley. The celebration will be a dedication of the
transfer.
He announced that Ronnie Brooks, who runs the renewal program that
he has been attending in Minneapolis, was in San Francisco to meet
funders and others in the arts sector. Ms. Brooks is exploring the
possibility of expanding the program beyond Minneapolis, and is
here to check on the interest in such a renewal program and the
potential for diversifying the funding.
- CONSENT CALENDAR
RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-254: ADOPTED UNANIMOUS
Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt
the following items on the amended Consent Calendar and their
related Resolutions:
Approval of Committee Minutes
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-255: Motion to
approve the Civic Design Committee Meeting Minutes of
September 16, 2002.
Explanatory Document: Draft Committee
Minutes
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-256: Motion to approve the
Civic Design Committee Meeting Minutes of May 20 and special
Meeting Minutes of May 22, 2002.
Explanatory Document: Draft Committee
Minutes
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-257: Motion to approve the
Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of September 18,
2002.
Explanatory Document: Draft
Committee Minutes
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-258: Motion to approve the
Community Arts & Education Committee Meeting Minutes of
September 10, 2002.
Explanatory Document: Draft Committee Minutes
Civic Design Committee Recommendations
(09/16/02)
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-259: Motion to approve the
Harding Park and Fleming Golf Course Renovation Maintenance
Building, Phase 3.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-260: Motion to approve the
North Beach Pool Renovation, Phase 3.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-261: Motion to approve the
West Portal Clubhouse Renovation, Phase 1 & 2,
contingent upon presentation of landscape strategy at Phase
3 review.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-262: Motion to approve the
San Francisco Trash Receptacles Design, Phase 1,2,3.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-263: Motion to approve the
San Francisco Trash Receptacles color, green to match Decaux
Kiosks.
Visual Arts Committee Recommendations
(09/18/02)
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-264: Motion to approve the
mural design by lead artists Aaron Noble and Andrew J.
Schoultz at 18th and Lexington Streets, funded by
Neighborhood Beautification
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-265: Motion to approve the
mural design by lead artist Lucena Valle at Clarion Alley,
funded by Neighborhood Beautification.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-266: Motion to approve the
mural design by lead artists Marisa Jahn and Steve Shada at
Clarion Alley near Mission Street, funded by Neighborhood
Beautification.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-267: Motion to approve the
mural design by lead artist Susan Cervantes, Precita Eyes,
to be installed on an interior wall at the office of San
Francisco Environment Department (11 Grove Street), funded
by the General Fund.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-268: Motion to approve
"Everyday Stars," a design for 24 posters for the 2002
Market Street Art in Transit Program, by the artist team of
Bull.Miletic, to be exhibited in Market Street kiosks
between Van Ness and the Embarcadero from November 15, 2002
to February 13, 2003.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-269: Motion to approve the
following selection panels members for the Octavia Blvd.
Streetscape Project: John Goldsmith, Phyllis Jackson, David
Winslow (all three are community representatives).
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-270: Motion to approve the
Ocean View Branch Library selection panel's unanimous
recommendation of the proposal by John Wehrle for a work of
art for the library, and authorization to the Director of
Public Affairs to enter into contract with the artist for an
amount not to exceed $116,000.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-271: Motion to approve
artists Margaret Crane/Jon Winet, Nancy Mizuno Elliott,
Robert Gutierrez, and Kara Maria, and the alternate artist
team of Ann Chamberlain and Jim Goldberg, to design and
produced posters for the 2003 Market Street Art in Transit
Program Kiosk Poster Series, as recommended by the 2003
Market Street Art in Transit Program Kiosk Poster Series
Artist Selection Panel.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-272: Motion to approve the
Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the
artists Margaret Crane/Jon Winet, Nancy Mizuno Elliott,
Robert Gutierrez, and Kara Maria, and, if necessary, the
alternate artist team of Ann Chamberlain and Jim Goldberg,
to design and produce posters for the 2003 Market Street Art
in Transit Program Kiosk Poster Series.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-273: Motion to approve the
short list of proposed artists to create sculptures for
Boarding Area C, which will be submitted to the Airport Art
Steering Committee for final selection of 2 -3 sculptures,
that includes Joyce Hsu, Takenobu Igarashi, Jun Kaneko,
Werner Klotz, Artis Lane, Darlene Nguyen-Ely, Lucy Puls,
Michael Stutz, and Al Wong.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-274: Motion to authorize
the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement
with Cliff Garten in the amount of $72,157 to develop
construction documents and a full scale mock-up of his
proposed handrail design for Laguna Honda Hospital.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-275: Motion to authorize
the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement
for $3,000 with Merle Axelrod-Serlin to develop a design
proposal for fabric collages for Laguna Honda Hospital.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-276: Motion to approve the
design development documents for proposals for the resident
floors from the following artists: Beliz Brother, Ann
Chamberlain and Bernie Lubell, Terry Hoff, Arlan Huang,
Takenobu Igarashi and Owen Smith.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-277: Motion to appoint
Commissioner Guggenheim to sit on the artist selection panel
(scheduled 10/11/02) for the Laguna Honda Hospital courtyard
sculpture and aqua therapy room tile design project.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-278: Motion to authorize
the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement
for up to $70,000 with the firm of Brown and Collings to
develop a public relations campaign and materials around the
completion of nine sculptures throughout the city.
Community Arts & Education Committee Recommendations
(09/10/02)
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-279: Motion to approve a
$15,000 award to Intersection for the Arts, the fiscal
sponsor for the Arts Providers Alliance of San Francisco,
from Youth Arts Fund ($13,700) and CAC Grant ($1,300).
- Committee Reports
- Civic Design Committee--Stanlee Gatti,
Chair
- Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee
regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Visual Arts Committee -- Ralph Guggenheim, Chair
- Report from Chair of Visual Arts Committee
regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
In reference to item (b) below, Jill Manton explained that
the Committee had approved the design in concept, but that
the motion had not been on the Committee Meeting agenda.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-280: Motion to approve the
design of the transit history plaque proposed by Michael
Manwaring for placement on the Embarcadero between Howard
and Folsom streets.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-281: Motion to pay an
honorarium of $2,000 each to Heidi Sokolowsky and Christian
Werthmann for conceptual development of Harvey Milk Plaza
project.
- Street Artists Committee - Dugald Stermer, Chair
- Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee
regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
In reference to item (b) below, Howard Lazar explained that
the motion authorized him to go before the Board of
Supervisors to request their designation, for the 21st year
in a row, of additional vending spaces for the winter
holidays. This year, an additional 57 spaces for the
downtown area and 7 for Harvey Milk Plaza will be
requested.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-282: Motion to approve
proposal by Program Director for Board of Supervisors
designation of temporary winter holiday selling spaces for
street artists in the Downtown area and at Harvey Milk
Plaza; designation for November 15, 2002 - January 15,
2003.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-283: Motion to approve
requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance
of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares:Susan
Giammona, Sabino Sevilla.
- Executive Committee -- Stanlee Gatti, Chair
- Report from Chair of Executive Committee
regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
In reference to item (b) below, Mr. Newirth explained that
the motion was a grant to California Lawyers for the Arts
for the funding of ArtHouse. He referred the Commissioners
to a memo, contained in the packet, that explains the
conceptual agreement for the funding for this year and
next.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-284: Motion to grant
$16,667 to California Lawyers for the Arts for the Period
July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003 for the administration of
ArtHouse.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-285: Motion to approve
additions to the panel pool:
-Larry Saxxon - Interim Executive Director of Men Overcoming
Violence (MOVE)
Member of The Association of Black Foundation Executives
-Viviana Paredes teacher, painter and sculptor
-Forrest Hamer, poet, professor UC Berkeley,
psychologist
- Community Arts & Education --Denise Roth, Chair
- Report from Chair of Community Arts &
Education Committee regarding activities of the Committee
and the Program.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-286: Motion to enter into
contract with Karen Garman, WritersCorps Literacy Consultant
at Log Cabin Ranch from 11/01/02 to 6/30/03 for up to $5,000
from Juvenile Probation and Youth Arts Funds.
- RESOLUTION NO. 1007-02-287: Motion to enter into
contract with Cynthia Bowman , WritersCorps Public Relations
Coordinator from 11/01/02 to 6/30/03 for up to $2,000 from
Youth Arts and earned income.
- Reports and Announcements
Commissioner Freebairn-Smith updated the Commissioners on the
proposed Emperor Norton sculpture project at Vallejo and Kearny
streets. Opponents of the project feel it would be intrusive and
have a negative impact on the play area that neighbors have put in
at that site. The proponents do not wish to propose another
sculpture for the site. Commissioner Freebairn-Smith said that he
personally favors a smaller version of the project to be placed
down the hill toward Broadway.
Commissioner Meyer informed the Commissioners that former acting
Director of Cultural Affairs Margie O'Driscoll is now the
Executive Director of the San Francisco Chapter of AIA.
- Public Comment
- Adjournment
There being no further business, the Meeting adjourned at 3:45
p.m.
Approved by Richard Newirth, Director of Cultural affairs
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