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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, December 3, 2007
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve October 1, 2007 Minutes.
Explanatory document: Draft minutes
President’s Report
Discussion
Current developments and announcements.
Interim Director’s Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
Consent Calendar
The following items are included in the Consent Calendar subject to withdrawal at the request of a Commissioner:

Approval of Committee Minutes
Action
1. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of September 17, 2007.
2. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of October 9, 2007.
3. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of October 10, 2007.
4. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of October 15, 2007.
5. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 16, 2007.
6. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 22, 2007.
7. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 23, 2007.
8. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of November 1, 2007.
  
  Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (October 9, 2007)
  Action
9. Motion to approve recommendations to award three grants totaling $300,000 in the 2007-2008 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives—Level Two grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
  
  Aunt Lute Books, $100,000
  First Voice, $100,000
  Queer Cultural Center, $100,000
  
  Explanatory document: Panel review comments
10. Motion to approve recommendations to award eight grants totaling $139,369 in the 2007-2008 cycle of Creative Space grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
  
  ArtHouse/California Lawyers for the Arts, $20,000
  EXIT Theatre, $20,000
  Kulintang Arts, Inc., $20,000
  New Langton Arts, $20,000
  Ruby’s Clay Studio and Gallery, $16,025
  San Francisco Mime Troupe, $18,344
  San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum, $10,000
  SEW Productions Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, $15,000
  
  Explanatory document: Panel review comments
11. Motion to approve the following individuals as grants application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants:
  
  Jeff Chang—Writer, Journalist; author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop and of Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetic of Hip-Hip
  Dana Curran—Co-Founder and Executive Director, World Savvy
  Jakada Imani—Executive Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Campaign Director, Books Not Bars
  Sylvia Sherman—Development Director, La Peña Cultural Center
  Judith Smith—Artistic Director, AXIS Dance Company
  Maria Su—Deputy Director, Department of Children, Youth and Their Families; formerly Executive Director, Vietnamese Youth Development Center
  
  Explanatory document: Panelist biographies
12. Motion to increase the contract to The M-Line from $49,000 to $89,000 to expand marketing and public relations scope of work.
13. Motion to provide Bayview Opera House, Inc. with a 30-day extension to work with staff to reach benchmarks that would warrant funding through the remainder of the fiscal year.
  
  Street Artists Committee Recommendations (October 10, 2007)
  Action
14. Motion to approve honorarium payment of $300 plus cost of paint to Mario Hernandez for assisting Program Director in painting permanent spaces and temporary winter holiday spaces in the Downtown area.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (October 15, 2007)
  Action
15. Motion to approve Bayview Opera House changes to exterior paint color.
16. Motion to approve Calaveras Dam Replacement Project—Dam Crest Electrical Building and Downstream Toe Electrical Building, Phase 2.
17. Motion to approve SFMTA Transit Shelter and Kiosk Designs, Phase 1, and to recommend Phase 2 approval to the full Commission.
18. Motion to approve the Sunnyside Conservatory Renovation, Phase 2, with contingency of moving fence closer edge of concrete wall.
19. Motion to approve the Mount Davidson Pump Station Upgrades, Administrative Phase 3.
20. Motion to approve the CDD Vehicle Service Shop Upgrade, Administrative Phase 3.
21. Motion to approve the Potrero Branch Library, Administrative Phase 3.
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (November 7, 2007)
  Action
22. Motion to approve the design proposal for an integrated wind-activated artwork submitted by Ned Kahn for the north façade of the new Public Utilities Commission office building at 525 Golden Gate Avenue.
23. Motion to approve an honorarium payment in the amount of $2,500 to Isabelle Kirkland for the development of a proposal for a two-dimensional artwork to be placed in the lobby of the new Public Utilities Commission office building at 525 Golden Gate Avenue.
24. Motion to approve the extension of the completion date for the LED video artwork entitled Missing to mid-February 2009 to be unveiled on Earth Day, April 22, 2009.
25. Motion to accept the Randall Museum selection panel’s recommendation to select the following four artists/artist teams as finalists for the Randall Museum project: Ene and Scott Constable (Wowhaus); Po Shu Wang and Louise Bertelsen; Charles Sowers and Walter Kitundu and to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to pay each of the artists an honorarium of $750.00 for the development of site-specific proposals for the project.
26. Motion to approve Diana Pumpelly Bates’ conceptual design for the Laguna Honda Hospital entry gates.
27. Motion to approve Takenobu Igarashi’s prototype of the color terracotta reliefs for the Laguna Honda Hospital residence buildings.
28. Motion to approve the design for the steelworkers mosaic for the ‘H’ Wall of Laguna Honda Hospital.
29. Motion to approve Owen Smith’s change of material from glass mosaic to ceramic mosaic for the ‘H’ wall mosaic at Laguna Honda.
30. Motion to approve the final deaccessioning of two textiles from the Civic Art Collection due to severe insect infestation resulting in irreparable damage to the artworks and the intentions of the artists.
31. Motion to amend Resolution No. 0711-05-157 to increase the total contract amount of $71,000 for artist Catherine Wagner for final design, fabrication, transportation and consultation during installation of an artwork for the Larsen Park Sava Pool facility to an amount not to exceed $80,000.
32. Motion to approve the location of Brian Goggin’s Guide Post to be installed in the lawn area to the immediate north of Larsen Park Sava Pool.
  
  Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (November 13, 2007)
  Action
33. Motion to approve recommendations to award thirty-one grants totaling $626,121 in the 2007-2008 cycle of Arts & Communities: Innovative Partnerships grants to the following organizations and individual artists, and to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
  
  Exploration Grants:
  3rd I South Asian Independent Film Festival, $10,000
  Arab Cultural Center, $10,000
  Asian Improv aRts, $10,000
  Asian Women’s Shelter, $10,000
  Chinatown Community Development Center, $10,000
  Croatian American Cultural Center, $10,000
  Door Dog Music Productions, $10,000
  Fernando Marti, $10,000
  Flyaway Productions, $10,000
  Jacinta Vlach, $10,000
  Purple Moon Dance Project, $10,000
  Radar Productions, $10,000
  Rebecca Schultz, $10000
  Red Poppy Art House, $10,000
  San Francisco Print Collective (SFPC), $10,000
  StageWrite, $9,940
  ZACCHO Dance Theatre, $10,000
  
  Realization Grants:
  Bindlestiff Studio, $31,500
  Brava Theater Center/Brava! For Women in the Arts, $35,000
  Cultural Odyssey/The Medea Project, $35,000
  Dance Brigade, $31,500
  Galeria de la Raza, $31,500
  Intersection for the Arts, $35,000
  Joan Osato, $31,500
  Kate Connell, $31,500
  La Raza Centro Legal, $32,681
  Poor Magazine, $31,500
  Queer Cultural Center—QCC, $31,500
  Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, $35,000
  Theo Rigby, $31,500
  Wendy Testu, $31,500
  
  Explanatory document: Project descriptions
34. Motion to approve the following individuals as application review panelists for the Cultural Equity Grants Program:
  
  Kegan Marling, Dancers’ Group, Program Director
  Gonzalina Morales, Senior Program Officer, SF Department of Children, Youth and Families
  Joan Osato, Managing Director, Youth Speaks, Independent Theater Director
  Karen Ransom, Assistant Director, Office of Undergraduate Admission, Stanford University
  Michael Santoro, Executive Director, Door Dog Music Productions
  Allison Sparks, MSW, Program Officer, United Way of the Bay Area, Health and Youth Worker
  Dianthe “Dee” Spenser, Jazz Musician and Professor at San Francisco State University
  Guillermo Galindo, Composer
  Mahea Uchiyama, Founder/Artistic Director, Center for International Dance
  Terri Winston, Executive Director, Women’s Audio Mission, Audio Professor, City College of San Francisco
  Kristina Wong, Independent Theater Artist
  
  Explanatory document: Panelist biographies
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (November 19, 2007)
  Action
35. Motion to approve Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library, Phase 2, contingent upon addressing contemporary standards for water runoff.
36. Motion to approve Vista Francisco Pump Station Upgrade Project, Phase 2, contingent upon simplification of design of the steel doors.
Committee Reports
1. Executive Committee—P.J. Johnston, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
2. Civic Design Committee
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: SFMTA Transit Shelter and Kiosk Designs, Phase 2 (informational presentation September 17, 2007, and Phase 1 approved October 15, 2007): William Hooper, President, Northern California Division, Clear Channel Outdoor; and Ollie Lundberg, CEO, Lundberg Design.
  3. Action: Motion to approve SFMTA Transit Shelter and Kiosk Design, Phase 2.
3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—José Cuellar, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve a Neighborhood Festival Grant to CounterPULSE for Marigold Project’s Dia de los Muertos Festival of Altars in the amount of $2,500.
  3. Action: Motion to approve the following individual as a grants application review panelist for Cultural Equity Grants:
    
    Victoria Evans-Erville, Artistic Director, African American Shakespeare Company
    
    Explanatory document: Panelist biography
4. Street Artists Committee—Alexander Lloyd, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Caroline Graber, Erin Cowan, Canute Davis, Tanya Key, Christopher Letsche, Pamela Quattrocci, Jozsef Orgovan, Carlos Kuncar, Jim Nishida-Adams, Setsuko Nishida-Adams, Barbara Ramos, Winston Jamison.
5. Visual Arts Committee—Jeannene Przyblyski, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
New Business
Discussion
Reports and Announcements
Discussion
Public Comment
Discussion
Adjournment
Action

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Notices
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