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Visual_Arts_Committee

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VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70


Agenda

  1. Consent

1. Motion to approve the six final designs by artist Jennifer Durrant for an Art on Market Street 2006 Kiosk Poster series, to be installed in 24 kiosks on Market Street from November 10, 2006, to February 8, 2007.

  1. Branch Library Improvement Program
    Judy Moran

    Presentation of images from A Library Book, an illuminated sculpture by artist Vince Koloski, recently installed in the new Mission Bay Branch Library.

    Motion: Motion to approve the completion and installation of A Library Book, an illuminated book sculpture for the new Mission Bay Branch Library.

    Motion: Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection A Library Book, a book sculpture by artist Vince Koloski, with a wooden and carved foam cover panel and a wooden end panel with metal plates, and eight clear acrylic panels illuminated by colored LED strips and etched with twelve quotes about books and libraries,  permanently installed on the second story walls of the new Mission Bay Branch Library on 4th Street at Berry Street.
  2. Art on Market Street Program
    Judy Moran
    Staff Report

    Discussion of staff proposal for changes to the Arts on Market Street Program.

    Motion: Motion to approve broadening the curatorial parameters of the Art on Market Street Program to include themes beyond references to Market Street and to modify the artist selection process by discontinuing the annual proposal competition and having the Arts Commission staff solicit and provide a fee for proposals from a small group of artists selected through staff outreach, and from artists' submissions of documentation of past work, with input and approval from the Arts Commissioners.
  3. Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center
    Tonia Macneil
    Staff Report

    Presentation of revised material and other design details for artwork at Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center.

    Motion: Motion to approve the use of a digital high-pressure laminate and design details to be presented at meeting for the artwork by Jon Rubin and Jim Goldberg at Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center.
  4. Moscone Recreation Center
    Jill Manton

    Moscone Recreation Project selection panel's recommendation of Kent Roberts, Troy Corliss and Brian Goggin as finalists to submit preliminary proposals for the Moscone Recreation center.

    Motion: Motion to rescind resolution passed at the June Visual Arts Committee Meeting to award an honorarium in the amount of $500 to each of the following three finalists for the Moscone Recreation Center: Brian Goggin, Troy Corliss and Kent Roberts.

    Motion: Motion to approve the Director of Cultural Affairs to pay an honorarium in the amount of $650 to Brian Goggin, Troy Corliss and Kent Roberts for preliminary proposals for the Moscone Recreation Center.
  5. Harvey Milk Commemorative Sculpture
    Jill Manton

    Presentation of the establishment of a pool of jurors for the Harvey Milk Commemorative Sculpture selection panel.

    Motion: Motion to approve the establishment of a pool of jurors for the Harvey Milk Commemorative Sculpture selection panel to include Dugald Stermer among others (additional names to be added at meeting).
  6. Broadway Streetscape
    Tonia Macneil/Jill Manton
    Staff Report

    Informational presentation.
  7. Joseph Lee Recreation Center
    Jill Manton

    Appointment of Arts Commission liaison to the Joseph Lee Recreation Center Public Art project selection panel.
  8. Central Subway
    Jill Manton

    Report on Central Subway Start-up.
  9. 525 Golden Gate
    Jill Manton

    Report on 525 Golden Gate Start-up.
  10. Public Utilities Commission
    Jill Manton

    Report on Public Utilities Commission Master Plan.
  11. New Business
    Jill Manton

    Presentation of Public Art possibilities for Transbay Streetscape.
    Report on the Public Art program in Vancouver, British Columbia.
  12. Old Business
    Jill Manton

    Update on Moscone West Convention Center.
  13. Adjournment

7/14/2006


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: Ellen Shershow (415) 252-2594.

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