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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, May 7, 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 April 2, 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 Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of March 21, 2007.
2. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of April 10, 2007.
3. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of April 11, 2007.
4. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of April 16, 2007.
5. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Special Meeting Minutes of April 24, 2007.
  
  Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (April 10, 2007)
  Action
6. Motion to approve the following recommendations for the FY06-07 Cultural Equity Grants, Level I (CEI-L1) totaling $100,000:
  Croation American Cultural Center, $25,000
  ABADA Capoeira San Francisco, $25,000
  Kearny Street Workshop, $25,000
  Alliance for California Traditional Arts, $25,000
7. Motion to approve the following panelists to be considered for agency-wide panel pool:
  James Kass, Executive Director, Youth Speaks
  Chi-Hui Yang, Director, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, Center for Asian American Media
8. Motion to approve and pay honorariums, not to exceed $200 each, to Brad Erickson, Ted Russell, Shashi Jivan and Kristy Alfieri to serve as panelists for the 2007-2008 Programs in the Community grants.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (April 16, 2007)
  Action
9. Motion to approve CDD Vehicle/Material Storage Building at UMN Pipe Yard Phase 2.
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. Action: Motion to approve the Fiscal Year 2007-2008 $1,000,000 spending plan as annualized by the Mayor’s Budget Office.
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—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 funding recommendations for the FY06-07 Organization Project Grants (OPG) totaling $565,620:
    
    African & African-American Performing Arts Coalition, $12,000
    Arab Film Festival, $12,750
    Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC), $12,000
    Brava Theater Center/Brava! For Women in the Arts, $12,000
    Campo Santo, $12,000
    Children’s Book Press, $12,750
    Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $12,750
    Circo Zero, $12,000
    Circuit Network, $12,000
    Crowded Fire Theater Company, $12,000
    Cultural Odyssey, $12,000
    Cutting Ball Theater, $12,000
    Dancers’ Group, $12,000
    Dancing Tree, $8,108
    Dandelion Dance Theater, $11,250
    Del Sol String Quartet, $12,000
    Distortion 2 Static, $9,000
    Epiphany Productions, $12,000
    Galeria de la Raza, $12,000
    Hua Yi Performing Group, $12,000
    Intersection for the Arts, $12,000
    Janice Garrett and Dancers, $12,000
    Litquake, $12,750
    Living Word Project, $12,000
    MadCat Women’s International Film Festival, $12,750
    Melody of China, Inc., $12,000
    Million Fishes, $11,250
    Mixed Bag Productions/Contraband, $11,250
    MoBu Dance Group, $7,000
    Nanos Operetta, $8,108
    Navarrete x Kajiyama Dance Theater, $3,072
    New Arts Foundation/Nancy Karp + Dancers, $12,000
    Out of Site: Center for Arts Education, $12,000
    Purple Moon Dance Project, $11,250
    Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, $15,000
    Rococo Risque, $11,250
    Salt Farm Butoh, $9,800
    San Francisco Camerawork, $15,000
    San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Festival, $12,000
    San Francisco Live Arts, $12,000
    San Francisco Mime Troupe, $12,000
    Southern Exposure, $15,000
    Tenth Muse, $11,526
    The Poetry Center, $12,750
    Theatre of Yugen, $12,000
    Triple Base Gallery, $3,506
    Women’s Audio Mission, $12,000
    Youth Speaks, $15,000
    ZYZZYVA, $12,750
    
    Explanatory document: Panel notes
  3. Action: Motion to approve the following panelists to be considered for agency-wide panel pool:
    
    Hanul Bahm, artist, Executive Director, Artnation
    Shiree Dyson, Exhibitions Manager, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco
    Chike Nwoffiah, filmmaker, Director of Oriki Theater
    Patricia Rodriguez, curator, painter, Gallery Manager, Mission Cultural Center
    Joel Tan, poet & writer; Director of Community Engagement, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
    
    Explanatory document: Panelist biographies
  4. Action: Motion to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with The M-Line for advertising and marketing services for an amount not to exceed $49,000.
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 former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Li Wei Wang, Jane C. Taylor, Michael Jamison, Li Yan Yang, Guillermo Mora-Chavez.
  3. Action: Motion to approve request by applicant for waiver of 15-day policy in obtaining certificate: Ernesto Alencastre.
5. Visual Arts Committee—Jeannene Przyblyski, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to increase the contract with Laurel True for the Ocean Avenue/K-line artwork by an amount not to exceed $5,500 for architectural and engineering services and the installation of required footings.
  3. Action: Motion to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter in an agreement with Regina Almaguer for an amount not to exceed $49,000 to provide curatorial services to the Public Art Program.
  4. Action: Motion to rescind the Art Commission resolution number 0108-07-029 to enter into an agreement with Ned Kahn in an amount equal to $10,000 for design development at the 525 Golden Gate project.
  5. Action: Motion to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with Ned Kahn for design services for a total amount of $25,000 to develop a public art project for the 525 Golden Gate building.
  6. Action: Motion to approve an honorarium payment in the amount of $2,500 to artist Lonnie Graham for his work on the North Light Court Banner Project in City Hall.
  7. Action: Motion to approve an honorarium payment in the amount of $300 to Caterina Fake for her participation as a panelist in the Are we all photographers now? panel discussion that accompanies the Breakthrough: An Amateur Photography Revolution exhibition (April 20–June 16, 2007). Fake will be replacing the previously approved Heather Champ on the panel.
  8. Action: Motion to approve an honorarium payment in the amount of $700 to Lewis Watts for the City Hall exhibition Lens on Life.
  9. Action: Motion to approve the design proposal submitted by Amana Johnson for Joseph Lee Recreation Center and to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with the artist in an amount not to exceed $68,000 for the final design, fabrication, transportation and installation of an artwork at the Joseph Lee Recreation Center.
  10. Action: Motion to rescind Resolution No. 0108-07-017 to enter into contract with Architectural Conservation, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $33,000 for the restoration of Dewey Crumpler’s Fire Next Time II, the exterior mural on the gymnasium of the Joseph P. Lee Recreation Center.
  11. Action: Motion to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Architectural Conservation, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $81,550 for the stabilization and conservation of Dewey Crumpler’s The Fire Next Time II, the exterior mural on the Joseph P. Lee Recreation Center gymnasium. The increase is to accommodate the cost of a specialty plasterer, scaffolding, and onsite security subcontractors.
  12. Action: Motion to approve project prototype proposed by Black Rock Arts Foundation for the sol flor project, to be designed and developed in conjunction with the local community and executed by the project artist, Jennifer Alexander, and a professional tile/mosaic installer.
  13. Action: Motion to approve the establishment of a pool to include the following individuals from which the McLaren Park selection panel will be chosen: Geri Downing, Public Utilities Commission (or PUC alternate); a representative from the Parks and Recreation Department (to be determined); Pam Peniston, Director, Queer Cultural Center and community representative; Isis Rodriguez, artist and community representative; Karl McDade, artist; Jerry Leisure, artist; Stephen Headley, arts professional.
  14. Action: Motion to approve an increase of $1,175 in the Project Budget for Contract #DPAR07000217, with artists Jennifer Starkweather and Amanda Hughen, for the design and printing of posters and a catalog for the Art on Market Street 2007 Program, to cover the increased printing costs of the artists’ project catalog, for a total new contract Project Budget amount of $17,675.
  15. Action: Motion to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Ari Salomon for the graphic design of a T-Third Street Light Rail Public Art brochure for an amount not to exceed $5,000.
New Business
Discussion
Reports and Announcements
Discussion
Public Comment
Discussion
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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