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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, March 6, 2006
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

  1. Roll Call

  2. Approval of Minutes
    Action
    Motion to approve February 6, 2006 Minutes.
    Explanatory document: Draft minutes

  3. President’s Report
    Discussion
    Current developments and announcements.

  4. Director’s Report
    Discussion
    Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements, including update on Arts Task Force.

  5. 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 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of January 24, 2006.

    2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of February 15, 2006.

    3. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of February 27, 2006.

      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (February 15, 2006)
      Action
    4. Motion to approve the revised design proposal by Steve Gillman and Katherine Keefer for Coffman Pool.

    5. Motion to approve a payment of $100 to artist Amy Globus and $500 to artist Cynthia Ona Innis for honoraria for artwork included in upcoming exhibition.

    6. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Architectural Resource Group Conservation Services in an amount not to exceed $275,000, to provide repair and conservation of the Mark di Suvero sculpture “Sea Change” on the Embarcadero, and to perform seismic stabilization of the Portals of the Past Monument in Golden Gate Park.

    7. Motion to approve Cliff Garten’s proposed color palette for his artist-designed handrails for Laguna Honda Hospital.

    8. Motion to approve sculptural “button” designs as proposed by project artist, Linnea Glatt, for Laguna Honda Hospital.

    9. Motion to approve an increase of $2,700 in the Grant Agreement with Epiphany Productions for the Art on Market Street Program’s performance of Lotta’s Fountain, previously approved for funding for an amount not to exceed $27,000. The increase is to pay for an administrative fee charged by Epiphany Productions’ fiscal agent, Dancers’ Group, and the total new Grant Agreement amount is not to exceed $29,700.

    10. Motion to approve the following firms as a pre-qualified list of fine arts services providers and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contracts with these firms on an “as needed” basis for an amount not to exceed $25,000: Architectural Conservation, Inc., Angotti & Reilly, ARG Conservation Services, Atthowe Fine Arts Services, B.R. Howard & Assoc., Baird, Rief & Assoc., Conservation Artisans, Conservation Resources Management, Gizmo, Lawrence Fine Arts, Thomas Swan, Mikhail Ovchinnikov, Brian Boeddeker and Ann Rosenthal.

    11. Motion to approve the establishment of a pool to include the following individuals from which the Hayes Green Temporary Projects selection panel will be chosen: Larry Badiner (Zoning Administrator, Department of City Planning), a representative from the Hayes Valley Association, David Best, Brian Goggin, Mabel Wilson, Ralph Rugoff, Sandra Percival, Susan Schwartzenberg, Kevin Chen, Renee Green, Susette Min and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie.


      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (February 27, 2006)
      Action
    12. Motion to approve the San Francisco Airport Secure Connector Phase 2 contingent upon further review of design studies related to the mullion patterns at the atrium and along the causeway.

    13. Motion to approve Moscone Center Clubhouse Phase 2.

  6. 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—Andrea Cochran, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

    3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee
      1. Discussion: Report from Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

      2. Action: Motion to approve the following individuals for Cultural Equity Grants Panel Pool:

        Teresa Walsh, poet, program manager, California College of the Arts
        Patricia Tumang, editor, Seal Press
        Leslie Lewis, editor, Open Mind Publishing Co.
        Janice Peacock, director, Public Glass
        Sonali Joshi, development associate, BayCat, a media education program in Bayview
        Stephanie Yang, video maker and former grants officer, the Women’s Foundation
        Sandra Percival, director, New Langton Arts
        Jerome Elliot, program manager, San Francisco Mime Troupe
        Deborah Slater, choreographer, artistic director, Art of the Matter
        Kendra Kimbrough, choreographer, artistic director, KStar Productions
        Bill Bowles, artistic director, Old First Music Concerts
        Beth Hoenninger, development director, SF Jewish Film Festival
        Kegan Marling, choreographer, arts consultant
        Roderick Lowe, singer, member of Volti
        Elliot Lessing, curator, executive director, BUILD Arts Space

        Explanatory document: Memo from Cultural Equity Grants Program Director Jewelle Gomez

      3. Action: Motion to approve the following panelists to be considered for the Programs in the Community Grants panel pool:

        Sonia Manjon, Associate Director, California College of the Arts
        Rose Marie Dennis, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department
        Daniel del Solar, Community Media Activist
        Stephen Shapiro, Executive Director, Community Music Center
        Eddie Marshall, musician and former Arts Commissioner
        Gayle Roberts, independent consultant
        Jaren Bonillo, Community Outreach Manager, Southern Exposure
        Andrea Leal, Acting Cultural Funding Coordinator, City of Oakland Cultural Arts and Marketing Division
        Jason Jong, Acting Assistant Cultural Funding Coordinator, City of Oakland Cultural Arts and Marketing Division
        Miko Lee, Director, Art and Public Education, East Bay Center for Performing Arts
        Lilia Agüero, School Grants Coordinator, Creative Education Program, Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley
        Ernest Mark, independent consultant
        Stella Chu, Staff Nutritionist, Department of Aging and Adult Services
        Wayne Kitchen, Board of Directors, SEW Productions/Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
        Javier Reyes, Colored Ink, Brava! For Women in the Arts
        Tracy Ward, Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre Programs
        Tish Brown, Museums’ Accessibility Coordinator, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
        Deborah Kaplan, Executive Director, World Institute on Disability
        Elias Katz, Co-Founder, National Institute of Art and Disabilities
        John Killacky, Program Officer for Arts and Culture, San Francisco Foundation
        Donna Feingold, Executive Director, Toolworks
        Bonnie Leifcowitz, Axis Dance Company
        Tom di Maria, Executive Director, Creative Growth Art Center
        Lynn Johnson, Youth Development Specialist, Community Network for Youth Development
        John Simpson, Executive Director, Theatre Rhinoceros
        Stephanie Yang, Senior Program Officer, Women’s Foundation of California
        Oren Slozberg, Executive Director, Community ArtReach Program
        Jumoke Hinton Hodge, Community Outreach Associate, The Crucible
        Joel Tan, Community Engagement Manager, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
        Sherwood Chen, Program Fellow, Arts and Culture, San Francisco Foundation
        Ken Ikeda, Executive Director, Youth Sounds
        Brad Erickson, Executive Director, Theatre Bay Area
        Kevin Chen, Program Director, Intersection for the Arts
        Manami Kano, independent consultant
        Peter Carpou, resident artist, Larkin Street Youth Services
        Susan Tibbon, visual artist
        Midge Wilson, director, Bay Area Women’s and Children’s Center

      4. Action: Motion to award a grant to Intersection for the Arts in the amount of $15,000 for 2006 WritersCorps events and earthquake book launch.

        Staff Report: Each year, WritersCorps awards a grant to Intersection to manage its events which take place at the public library, Intersection, and other special venues. This year, with the launch of the earthquake anthology, Solid Ground, WritersCorps will produce a special event at SBC Park in partnership with the San Francisco Giants. Funds from this grant will support a total of 10 events.

    4. Street Artists Committee—P.J. Johnston, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

      2. Action: Motion to approve waiver of 15-day policy for applicant in obtaining certificate: Yu Hua Lu.

      3. Action: Motion to approve former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Li Wei Wang, Carlos Garth, Aurelia Bealum, Catherine Jones, Thomas Sedlack, Geoffrey Vorlaza.

    5. Visual Arts Committee—Jeannene Przyblyski, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

  7. New Business
    Discussion

  8. Reports and Announcements
    Discussion

  9. Public Comment
    Discussion

  10. Adjournment
    Action


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    Notices
    Explanatory documents are available for public inspection and copying at the Arts Commission office, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Sharon Page Ritchie, 415/252-2591.

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