Full_Commission
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, May 5, 2008
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 7, 2008 Minutes.
Explanatory document: Draft minutes
- President’s Report
Discussion
Current developments and announcements.
- 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
- Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of April 8, 2008.
- Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of March 31, 2008.
- Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of April 16, 2008.
Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (April 8, 2008)
Action
- Motion to approve the following individuals as grants application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants:
Kawika Alfiche, Director, APOP Hawaiian Cultural Center
Randy Burns, American Indian Community Advocate
Ken Harper, Founder and Curator, AIDS to Native Eyes (ATNE)
Celia Herrera Rodríguez, Artist and Educator, U.C. Berkeley and California College of the Arts
Supplemental Documents: Cultural Equity Grants Biographies of Grants Application Review Panelists.
- Motion to approve the following panelists to be considered for the Programs in the Community Grants panel pool:
John Calloway, Musician
Wendy Levy, Director of Creative Programming, Bay Area Video Coalition
Indra Mungal, Community Programs Manager, Oakland Museum of California
Raelle Myrick-Hodges, Artistic Director, Brava! for Women in the Arts
Kirthi Nath, Video Instructor, Bay Area Video Coalition
Jason Wyman, Youth Development Peer Network
Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (April 16, 2008)
Action
- Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection the Abraham Lincoln Brigade National Monument, a gift to the City from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Association, designed by artists Ann Chamberlain and Walter Hood and located in Justin Herman Plaza.
- Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection Namoo House (2008), by Joyce Hsu, an anodized aluminum and stainless steel sculptural relief, installed at Gate A-3 of the San Francisco International Airport.
- Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection Take Off 2006 (2006-2008), by Hung Liu, a work of oil paint and pigmented ink on wood, installed at Gate A-5 of the San Francisco International Airport.
- Motion to approve the six original poster designs, to be reproduced and installed in 24 kiosks on Market Street from June 12 to September 18, 2008, by artist Owen Smith, for the Art on Market Street 2008 Program.
- Motion to approve Bernie Lubell and Ann Chamberlain’s revised proposals for the “H” wall, which will use imagery of the air and earth, and the “A” and “D” walls, which replace the black and white images with color images, at Laguna Honda Hospital.
- Motion to approve Diana Pumpelly Bates’s revised proposal for the Laguna Honda Hospital gates.
Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (April 21, 2008)
Action
- Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Potrero Hill Health Center Addition with the contingency that Commissioner Delaney will visit the site with Project Manager Tony Leung to review tree removal plans, and that there be a maintenance plan for the existing stucco.
- Motion to approve the Bay Division Pipeline Reliability Upgrade Phase 1.
- Motion to approve the Ortega Branch Library Phase 1.
- Committee Reports
- Executive Committee—P.J. Johnston, Chair
- Discussion: Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Civic Design Review Committee—Jeannene Przyblyski, Chair
- Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Action: Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Bay Division Pipeline Reliability Upgrade.
- Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Maya Draisin, Chair
- Discussion: Report from Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Action: Motion to approve Roberto Ordenana to be considered for the Programs in the Community Grants panel pool.
- Action: Motion to approve $116,226 to the following organizations and individual artists for the Native American Arts and Cultural Traditions Grants Program and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with the following:
Alliance for Native Arts, $6,000
America Meredith, $6,490
Association Mayab, $6,000
Danza Xitlalli de San Francisco, $6,000
Edwardo Madril, $4,365
Galeria de la Raza, $12,000
Jeremy Arviso, $6,431
Jeremy Goodfeather, $6,490
John-Carlos Perea, $6,490
La Pocha Nostra, $6,000
Luna Maia, $6,490
Maximilian Wolf Valerio, $6,490
Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, $6,000
Niki Lee, $6,490
Reid Gomez, $6,490
Seventh Native American Generation $12,000
The Cultural Conservancy, $6,000
Supplemental Documents: Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions grant ranking, panel comments and project proposal summaries.
- Street Artists Committee—Alexander Lloyd, Chair
- Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- Action: Motion to approve requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Santiago Alonzo, Astrid Shiskin, Shu-Zhen Dong, Laura Waterman, Bruce Tamberelli, David Moses, Janice Patten.
- Action: Motion to approve request by applicant for waiver of 15-day policy in obtaining certificate: Tiffany Schmidtke.
- Visual Arts Committee—Jeannene Przyblyski, Chair
- Discussion: Report from Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- New Business
Discussion
- Reports and Announcements
Discussion
- Public Comment
Discussion
- Adjournment
Action
4/30/08 spr/vk
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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