Visual_Arts_Committee
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, July 5, 2005
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
Agenda
- Consent
- *Motion to approve the six final designs, titled “Now Playing” by artist Kamau Patton, for reproduction into four sets of posters to be installed in 24 kiosks on Market Street from August 12 to November 11, 2005 for the Art on Market 2005 Kiosk Poster Series.
- Motion to approve an Art on Market Street 2006 Kiosk Poster Series artist selection panel pool, from which three panelists will be asked to participate, to include Julio Morales, artist; Berin Golonu, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Assistant Visual Arts Curator; Maria Forde, artist; Mark Johnson, Director of the Gallery at San Francisco State University; Courtney Fink, Executive Director of Southern Exposure; and John Bangston, artist.
- Motion to approve the following individuals as potential panelists for Public Art Selection Panels in 2005 and 2006: Constance Lewallen, Chief Curator at the Berkeley Art Museum; Madeleine Grynstein, Chief Curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Susan Gray, Public Art Project Manager at Los Angeles Metro Arts; Kendall Henry, Project Manager, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Eloise Damrosch, Director, Portland Regional Arts and Culture Council; Sandra Percival, Director of New Langton Arts; Su-Chen Hung, artist; Mabel Wilson, artist and architect; Rachel Osajima, Director, Alameda Arts Commission; Darryl Smith, Director, Luggage Store; Al Wong, artist; Rebecca Solnit, writer; Leah Levy, independent curator; Carrie Lederer, Director, Bedford Gallery; Kathryn Reasoner, Executive Director, di Rosa Preserve.
- *Motion to approve the transfer of ownership of “Grapevine,” by Zhu Qizhan, to the Asian Art Museum.
- Motion to accept into the City and County of San Francisco Civic Art Collection “Words Fly Away,” by John Wehrle, as installed at the Ocean View Branch Library.
- Motion to accept into the City and County of San Francisco Civic Art Collection the untitled artwork by Amy Blackstone for Hoff Street Playground.
- Motion to accept into the City and County of San Francisco Civic Art Collection “Earth, Air, Fire, and Water,” by Amy Blackstone, installed at Helen Wills Playground.
- *Motion to approve the relocation within the San Francisco Airport of “Flight Patterns,” by Larry Kirkland, from the skylight at the entrance of Boarding Area B, to the skylight of Boarding Area C, due to Airport construction of a mezzanine to accommodate a pedestrian bridge from the Airport shuttle train to the terminal.
- Motion to approve $100 artist honoraria and exhibition expenses of up to $100 each to Nigel Poor, Lee Walton, Christina Ray, Brad Brown, and David Breskin for the “Marking Time Mapping Thought” exhibition at 401 Van Ness Gallery, June 22–August 13, 2005.
- Motion to approve an exhibition at 155 Grove Street by Misako Inaoka for June through August 2005.
- Motion to approve a $300 honorarium payment to Misako Inaoka for an exhibition at 155 Grove Street.
*Please see attached Staff Reports.
- Public Art Program Orientation — Phase I
Jill Manton
Review of Art Enrichment Ordinance and brief overview of projects.
- San Francisco State University Gallery Temporary Public Art Installation
Jill Manton
Motion: Motion to approve “ECO,” a collaborative artist project with San Francisco State University Gallery at 155 and 165 Grove Street and the Civic Center Plaza (Mark Johnson, project curator). Artists to be named later. Approximate dates: October through mid-November, 2005.
- Sava Pool Project
Judy Moran
Staff report on the selection panel’s recommendation for a proposal for public art at Sava Pool.
Motion: Motion to approve the proposal by finalist Catherine Wagner for the Sava Pool Public Art Project.
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Catherine Wagner for an amount not to exceed $71,000 to develop final designs, fabricate and install a work of art for the Sava Pool Public Art Project based on the approved proposal.
- Art on Market Street Program
Judy Moran
Presentation of Maria Forde’s Art on Market Street 2005 Kiosk Poster Series original paintings to be considered for purchase.
Motion: Motion to approve the purchase for an amount not to exceed $5,000 and acceptance into the Civic Art Collection of six original acrylic paintings on paper titled “The Pick Pocketers,” which were created for the Art on Market Street 2005 Kiosk Poster Series by Maria Forde.
Discussion of collaboration with The Exploratorium for “A Trip Down Market Street 1905: A Centennial Celebration,” as part of the Art on Market Street Temporary Project Program.
Explanatory Document: Staff Report
Motion: Motion to approve the collaboration of the Arts Commission with The Exploratorium for “A Trip Down Market Street 1905: A Centennial Celebration,” as part of the Art on Market Street 2005-06 Temporary Projects Program, including the funding in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for the commissioning of five new films for the project.
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a Grant Agreement with The Exploratorium in an amount not to exceed $10,000 to fund the commissioning of five new films as part of “A Trip Down Market Street 1905: A Centennial Celebration,” for inclusion in a film screening scheduled at Justin Herman Plaza on September 24, 2005.
- Upper Noe Recreation Center
Tonia Macneil
Presentation of the Upper Noe art selection panel’s recommendation of the artist to create artwork for Upper Noe Recreation Center.
Motion: Motion to accept the recommendation of the Upper Noe selection panel of Troy Corliss.
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Troy Corliss for an amount not to exceed $85,000 to design, fabricate, transport and install artwork for the Upper Noe Recreation Center.
- Broadway Streetscape
Tonia Macneil
Explanatory Document: Staff Report
Motion: Motion to approve the art enrichment plan for Broadway Streetscape.
Motion: Motion to approve the following pool of panelists for the Broadway Streetscape public art project: Helen Kwan, Vicki Saulls, Donna Schumacher, Lynn Baer, Richard Berger, Matt Heckert, and an Arts Commissioner (to be decided at meeting).
- Academy of Sciences
Jill Manton
Explanatory Document: Staff Report
Motion: Motion to approve the following finalists for the Academy of Sciences Public Art Project and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to pay each an honorarium of $3,000 plus reimbursement for travel expenses to attend both a project orientation and a subsequent interview in San Francisco: Janet Echelman, Ned Kahn, Maya Lin, Olafur Eliasson, and Susumu Shingu.
- Stern Grove
Jill Manton
Review of Gerald Heffernon’s design proposal.
Motion: Motion to approve sculpture design submitted by Gerald Heffernon for the Stern Grove Public Art Project.
- Report on the Civic Art Collection
Nancy Gonchar
Discussion of Bufano sculpture issue and Civic Art Collection website.
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Triadigm Technology to finalize the development of the Civic Art Collection website in an amount not to exceed $8,900.
- Distribution of Revised Civic Art Collection Guidelines
Susan Pontious
Explanatory Document: Staff Report
- VAC Schedule
Jill Manton
- New Business
- Old Business
- Adjournment
6/28/2005
Notices
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