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VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70

Agenda

 

  1. Consent
    1. Motion to rescind Resolution No. 0107-08-013 authorizing an agreement with the artist team of Peter Richards and Susan Schwartzenberg for an amount not to exceed $142,000, to design, fabricate, and install a public art project at McLaren Park.

    2. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into agreement with Peter Richards for a public art project to be executed in conjunction with Susan Schwartzenberg in McLaren Park, for a total amount not to exceed $145,000, for the design, development, fabrication, transportation and installation of an artwork as well as identification plaques.

    3. Motion to approve the Harvey Milk Memorial sculpture base materials: Autumn Brown granite with Optima regular typeface for the text, with real-gold leaf infill.

  2. Gallery Report
    Meg Shiffler
    Presentation on the next few window installations at 155 Grove Street. Exhibitions include a project by local artist collective Kunsole and a reworking of Jon Rubin's international project, Never Been to Tehran.

    Motion: Motion to provide an artist honorarium of $1200 to Deric Carner, for his commissioned window installation at 155 Grove Street. The honorarium amount should be made available to the artist upon the installation of artwork on March 19, 2008.

  3. Broadway Streetscape Phases I & II
    Tonia Macneil
    Explanatory document: Staff report.
    Artist Brian Goggin will present the design development and construction model, prototype, and related documents for Language of the Birds.

    Motion: Motion to approve the design development for Language of the Birds by Brian Goggin and authorization to the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist for fabrication, transportation, and installation of the artwork for an amount not to exceed $130,000.

    Motion: Motion to accept a gift of restricted funds in an amount of up to $65,000 to augment the previous gift of $30,000 supplementing the Broadway Streetscape Project art enrichment allocation. The funds will be set up in an interest-bearing account that will be used exclusively for the art project by Brian Goggin.

  4. Proposed Installation of Sculptures by Manolo Valdes in Civic Center Plaza
    Jill Manton
    Report on the proposed temporary installation of nine bronze sculptures by artist Manolo Valdes for a four-month period beginning in late April or May 2008.

    Motion: Motion to approve the temporary installation of nine bronze sculptures by artist Manolo Valdes in late April or May 2008 for a total duration of four months based upon the assumption that all transportation, insurance and installation supervision and coordination costs will be privately sponsored.

  5. Moscone Center West Project
    Jill Manton
    Explanatory document: Staff report.
    Report on modification of agreement with Pol-X West for the Moscone Center West project.

    Motion: Motion to approve a modification of the agreement with Pol-X West to include an extension of the project completion date until December 31, 2010, an additional allocation of $60,000 for the fabrication, and shipping costs associated with the redesign of the motion system for the Facsimile artwork at Moscone Center West, the supervision of the removal of existing motion system components, the supervision of the installation of new motion system components, and the ongoing adjustments and repairs to the system.

  6. Proposed Gift of World War II Memorial
    Susan Pontious
    Explanatory document: Staff report.
    Report on the proposed gift by the Russian American Veterans Legion of World War II of a memorial to the meeting of Russian and American troops at Elba River on April 25, 1945. The Committee may make one of the two following resolutions:

    Only one of the following motions needs approval:

    Motion: Motion to give conceptual approval to the Russian American Veterans Legion of World War II proposed gift of a monument commemorating the meeting of the Russian and American troops on the Elba River with final approval dependent on the Commission's giving design approval of the monument, the donor identifying a site approved by the Arts Commission and the department with jurisdiction of the site, and the donor's providing funding for Arts Commission administrative staff and demonstrating the ability to provide a maintenance endowment in an amount to be determined and approved by the Commission.

    Motion: Motion to decline the Veterans Legion of World War II proposed gift of a monument commemorating the meeting of the Russian and American troops on the Elba River.

  7. San Francisco International Airport
    Susan Pontious
    Presentation on the remodeling of Terminal Two of the San Francisco International Airport.

    A. Secure Connector
    Project update

    B. Terminal Two Remodel
    a. Project overview
    b. Impact on existing artwork installations and reinstallation of artworks
    c. Public art opportunities
    d. Airport Memorandum of Understanding

    Motion:     Motion to approve the removal of Conquest of Space by Rufino Tamayo from Terminal Two, and the reinstallation of the sculpture in the landscaped traffic island near the Level One entry to Parking Garage A, or to another site identified by Arts Commission and Airport staff.

  8. Junipero Serra Playground
    Tonia Macneil
    Presentation of project completion and images of installed artwork.

    Motion: Motion to approve the untitled ceramic tile artwork for Junipero Serra Playground by Bean Finneran as installed.

    Motion: Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection of the City and County of San Francisco the untitled ceramic tile artwork by Bean Finneran for Junipero Serra Playground.

  9. Hamilton Recreation Center
    Tonia Macneil
    Presentation of design development proposal for artwork by Horace Washington for the façade of Hamilton Recreation Center, located at Geary and Steiner Streets.

    Motion: Motion to approve the design development of artwork by Horace Washington for the façade of Hamilton Recreation Center.

  10. Branch Library Improvement Program
    Judy Moran
    Presentation of Scott Donahue's final design for the Richmond Branch Library.

    Motion: Motion to approve the final design of two outdoor sculptures by artist Scott Donahue for the Richmond Branch Library and to authorize Scott Donahue to proceed to fabrication and installation of the artworks.

  11. New Public Art Opportunity - SOMA Ancilliary Project
    Jill Manton/Regina Almaguer
    Presentation of new public art opportunity.

  12. Academy of Sciences
    Jill Manton
    Report on the Academy of Sciences project.

  13. Baker Street Pump Station
    Jill Manton/Regina Almaguer
    Report on the artwork of Patrick Dougherty at the Baker Street Pump Station.

  14. Relocation of bust of Mayor Angelo Rossi
    Jill Manton
    Explanatory document: Staff report.
    Report on the relocation of the bust of Mayor Angelo Rossi.

  15. Randall Museum
    Regina Almaguer
    Update on the Randall Museum Art Project.

  16. New Business

  17. Old Business

    Update on relocation of the Rabbinoid sculpture by Gerald Heffernon from Stern Grove to Esprit Park.

    Staff report on art project at Sava Pool by Brian Goggin called Guideposts.

  18. Adjournment

MC 1/15/2008

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: Mary Chou (415) 252-3215.

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