Visual_Arts_Committee
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VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
Agenda
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Consent Calendar
1. Motion to accept the Visitacion Valley Branch Library selection panel's recommendation of the following artists as finalists for the Visitacion Valley Branch Library project and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to pay each of the artists or artist teams an honorarium in the amount of $500 for the development of a site-specific proposal for the project: Johanna Poethig, the artist team of Fran Martin and Jim Growden, the artist team of Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector, and an alternate, Amy Trachtenberg.
2. Motion to accept the Ortega Branch Library selection panel's recommendation of the following artists as finalists for the Ortega Branch Library project and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to pay each of the artists or artist teams an honorarium in the amount of $500 for the development of a site-specific proposal for the project: Sheila Ghidini, Gerald Heffernon, Wowhaus, and an alternate, Seyed Alavi.
3. Motion to accept the Bayview Branch Library selection panel's recommendation of the following artists as finalists for the Bayview Branch Library project and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to pay each of the artists or artist teams an honorarium in the amount of $500 for the development of a site-specific proposal for the project: Marion Coleman, Mildred Howard, Ron Moultrie Saunders, and an alternate, Amy Trachtenberg.
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California Street Steps Proposal
Jill Manton
Update on the proposal by the Friends of Lincoln Park for the beautification of the California Street Steps.
Motion: Motion to approve the proposed design for the beautification of the California Street Steps and to support the intent of the gift to the City, pending ability of Friends of Lincoln Park to raise funds for the implementation and maintenance of the artwork.
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Public Utilities Commission ("PUC") Funding
Jill Manton
Update on art enrichment funding from the PUC.
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Transbay Transit Center Public Art Program
Jill Manton
Informational update on first meeting of the Transbay Art Steering Committee meeting and selection of artist finalists.
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Lake Merced Temporary Art in Natural Settings
Regina Almaguer
Presentation of new proposal by John Melvin for Lake Merced Temporary Art in Natural Settings.
Motion: Motion to approve the preliminary proposal by John Melvin for Lake Merced, pending approval from the PUC's Natural Areas Program and the Lake Merced Task Force.
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Moscone Recreation Center
Regina Almaguer
Presentation of further development of artwork proposal by Kent Roberts for the Moscone Recreation Center.
Motion: Motion to approve the design development of the artwork proposal by Kent Roberts for Moscone Recreation Center.
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San Francisco International Airport - Terminal 2
Susan Pontious
Staff Report
Presentation on Norie Sato's design for the glass facade screen of Terminal Two at San Francisco International Airport. Report on installation of new plaque honoring former Airport Commissioner William Coblents (see Staff Report).
Motion: Motion to approve the Selection Panel recommendation of Norie Sato's design for the glass facade screen for Terminal Two at San Francisco International Airport and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist for an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 to design, fabricate, transport and install the artwork.
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural affairs to enter into an agreement not to exceed $20,000 with Daub Firmin Studios to design and fabricate a plaque honoring former Airport Commissioner William Coblents for San Francisco International Airport.
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Laguna Honda Hospital
Susan Pontious
Presentation on revised lobby murals by Owen Smith for Laguna Honda Hospital.
Motion: Motion to approve the revised lobby mural designs by artist Owen Smith for Laguna Honda Hospital.
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San Francisco General Hospital
Susan Pontious
Presentation of preferred sites for the relocation of two monumental sculptures located at San Francisco General Hospital, due to the construction of the new Acute Care Center.
Motion: Motion to approve relocation of Gerald Walburg's Stiff Loops (1978.52) to the South East corner of the San Francisco General Hospital campus.
Motion: Motion to approve the relocation of Beniamino Bufano's Madonna (1974.21) to the garden located South of Building 80 on the San Francisco General Hospital campus.
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Art on Market Street Program
Judy Moran
Staff Report
Presentation of the revised Art on Market Street Poster Project proposal by artist Kota Ezawa and a proposal by Colter Jacobsen.
Motion: Motion to approve the Art on Market Street Poster Project proposal by artist Kota Ezawa and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Kota Ezawa for the design and printing of six posters and a related public event in an amount not to exceed $18,000.
Motion: Motion to approve the Art on Market Street Poster Project proposal by artist Colter Jacobsen and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Colter Jacobsen for the design and printing of six posters and a related public event in an amount not to exceed $18,000.
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Broadway Streetscape
Tonia Macneil
Staff Report
Presentation of completed artwork Language of the Birds by Brian Goggin with Dorka Keehn and the November 23, 2008 unveiling ceremony.
Motion: Motion to approve the completion of Language of the Birds by Brian Goggin and Dorka Keehn consisting of twenty-three LED-illuminated white polycarbonate books suspended between lighting poles from steel cables and text etched into the surface of the new plaza, at Broadway and Columbus, with the exception of the concrete color and text installation by others.
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New Business
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Old Business
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Adjournment
MC 1/16/2009
Notices
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