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Community_Arts_and_Education_Committee

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COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
4:30 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70


  1. Cultural Equity Grant Program Director Report
    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

    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 & Gallery, $16,025
    San Francisco Mime Troupe, $18,344
    San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum, $10,000
    SEW Productions Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, $15,000

    Motion to approve the following individuals as grants application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants:

    Jeff Chang - Writer, Journalist; Author of Can't Sop Won't Stop and of Total Chaos: The Art & 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 Pena 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

  2. Community Arts and Education Program Director Report
    Motion to increase the contract to The M-Line from $49,000 to $89,000 to expand marketing and public relations scope of work.

  3. WritersCorps Report


  4. Arts Education Report


  5. Cultural Center Report
    Presentation by the Bayview Opera House, Inc.

    Discussion and possible motion to approve additional funding to the Bayview Opera House, Inc.

  6. Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Report


  7. New Business

  8. Adjournment

RT 10/4/07


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: Robynn Takayama, 415-252-2598.

Public comment in regard to specific items will be taken before or during consideration of the item.

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