Visual_Arts_Committee
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
Agenda
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Consent Calendar
1. Motion to approve a mural by artist Mona Caron covering two walls of a building at 86-98 Golden Gate Avenue at Jones Street in collaboration with youth from the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco and the Community Arts Studio. The mural will depict the history of the neighborhood as well as the Southeast Asian community that currently resides in the area.
2. Motion to approve the following artists as recommended by the Central Subway Artist Pool Selection Panel as additions to the Central Subway Artist Pool to be eligible candidates for Central Subway Public Art Program art opportunities: Seyed Alavi, Tomie Arai, Lawrence Argent, Alice Aycock, Ron Baron, JD Beltran and Scott Minneman, Jonathan Bonner, Bill and Mary Buchen, Kendall Buster, Ed Carpenter, Chusien Chang, Jackie Chang, Jackie Ferrara, Bill Fontana, Karen Ganz, Cliff Garten, Brian Goggin, Douglas Hall, Nancy Hom, Yumei Hou and Cai Hong Zhao, Joyce Hsu, Michio Ihara, Yunfei Ji, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Kenneth Lum, Wang Po Shu and Louise Bertelsen, Erwin Redl, Kent Roberts, John Roloff and Lewis deSoto, May Sun, Hank Thomas and Ryan Alexiev, Brian Tolle, Catherine Wagner, Flo Oy Wong, Rene Yung, and Faye Zhang.
3. Motion to approve the following artists as recommended by the Branch Library Improvement Program Artist Pool Selection Panel as part of the pre-qualified pool for projects at four branch libraries in San Francisco: Susan Adame, Adeyinka Adeyemi, Seyed Alavi, Steven Allen, Susannah Bettag, Freddy Chandra, Mei-Chu Chang, Marion Coleman, Susan Felter, Sheila Ghidini, Todd Gilens, Mark Grieve, Gerald Heffernon, Joyce Hsu, Alexandre Koulouris, Dorothy Lenhenan, Cork Marcheschi, Anita Margrill, Fran Martin and Jim Crowden, Patricia Montgomery, Elsa Murray, Ene Osterraas-Constable and Scott Constable, Johanna Poethig, Samantha Renko, Jim Rosenau, Catherine Schmid-maybach, Kathryn Schnell, Les Seymour, Arthur Stern, Barbara Szerlip, Amy Trachtenberg, Ann Weber, Lena Wolff, and Debey Zito.
4. Motion to approve the inclusion of the following artists in a pre-qualified pool for projects at Terminal Two at San Francisco International Airport: Seyed Alavi, Terry Allen, Lawrence Argent, Dan Corson, Jim Hirshfield, Ray King, Sheila Klein, Michio Ihara, Anna Murch and Doug Hollis, George Peters and Melanie Walker, Jody Pinto, Charles Sowers, May Sun, Catherine Wagner, and Nikolas Weinstein.
5. Motion to approve the six final designs for the Art on Market Street Project by Briana Miller and Thien Pham titled The Mighty Defender and the Unsung Hero, to be reproduced and installed in 24 kiosks on Market Street from December 22, 2008 to March 19, 2009.
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Gallery
Meg Shiffler
Presentation and discussion of excerpts from the original soundtrack by artist Bill Fontana of his work Spiraling Echoes: A Sound Sculpture for the Rotunda of San Francisco City Hall, which will be on view from February through mid-May, 2009.
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San Francisco International Airport - Terminal Two
Susan Pontious
Presentation of work by artist Janet Echelman, who will create an artwork for Terminal Two at San Francisco International Airport. Presentation of work by artist Charles Sowers, who will develop an artwork(s) for the "Kid's Spot" locations also in Terminal Two.
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with Janet Echelman for an amount not to exceed $150,000 for Phase I, conceptual design through construction documents, for an artwork at Terminal Two of San Francisco International Airport.
Motion: Motion to approve the selection of Charles Sowers to design an artwork(s) to be located in the "Kid's Spot" locations in Terminal Two of the San Francisco International Airport, and to authorize payment to Charles Sowers in the amount of $1,000 for a design proposal.
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San Francisco General Hospital
Susan Pontious
Presentation of artists chosen by the San Francisco General Hospital Selection Panel to create works for the San Francisco General Hospital new Acute Care Unit.
Motion: Motion to approve the following list of artists and artist teams, who by virtue of the San Francisco General Hospital Selection Panel score will be considered first for commission opportunities in the new Acute Care Unit: Rupert Garcia, Deborah Roundtree and Brian Crotty, Lena Wolf, Lorna Jordan, Lisa Levine, Paul Marioni and Ann Troutner; Joel Meyerowitz, Christian Moeller, Tom Otterness, Susan Schwartzenberg, Beliz Brother, Stephen Galloway, Cliff Garten, Paul Kos, Mike Mandel, Anna Murch and Doug Hollis, Masayuki Nagase.
Motion: Motion to approve the following artists as an additional pre-qualified pool for any additional opportunities identified at San Francisco General Hospital: Johanna Poethig, John Roloff, Nita Winter, Ed Carpenter, John Wehrle, Suikang Zhao, Lynn Basa, James Carpenter, Michio Ihara, Joe Thurston and Sean Healy, Amy Trachtenberg, Seyed Alavi, Rob Badger, Kathy Bradford, Dana Zed, Tony Berlant, Nancy Blum, Chris Green, Henry Domke, Abhi Ganju, Merle Serlin.
Motion: Motion to approve Rupert Garcia, by virtue of having received the highest score by the panel, as the lead artist for the entry lobby, and authorization to pay him an honorarium of $5,000 to develop preliminary design concepts.
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Ingleside Branch Library
Judy Moran
Presentation of revised art design for the Ingleside Branch Library.
Motion: Motion to approve the final design of a 30 foot long glazed metal wall relief artwork for the new Ingleside Branch Library by artist Eric Powell and to authorize the artist to proceed to fabrication.
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Civic Art Collection
Allison Cummings
Staff Report
Report on the following Collection projects: the vandalism and repair of The Holocaust, 1982 by George Segal and the removal and storage of Conquest of Space, 1983 by Rufino Tamayo from Terminal Two at San Francisco International Airport.
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Civic Center Plaza - Temporary Sculpture Proposal
Jill Manton
Report on the installation of a temporary willow sapling sculpture by artist Patrick Dougherty in Civic Center Plaza.
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into agreement with Patrick Dougherty for the installation of a temporary willow sapling sculpture in Civic Center Plaza for a total amount not to exceed $60,000 for the design, development, fabrication, transportation and installation of the artwork as well as identification plaques.
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Chinese Recreation Center
Jill Manton
Presentation of a new public art enrichment opportunity at the Chinese Recreation Center on Mason and Washington Streets in Chinatown.
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Hayes Valley Playground
Jill Manton
Presentation of a new public art enrichment opportunity at the Hayes Valley Playground located at Hayes and Buchanan Streets.
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New Business
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Old Business
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Adjournment
MC 11/14/2008
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