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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, November 3, 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 October 6, 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
1. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of September 15, 2008.
2. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of September 22, 2008.
3. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of October 14, 2008.
4. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of October 15, 2008.
5. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of October 20, 2008.
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (October 15, 2008)
  Action
6. Motion to approve a multiphase mural entitled “The Bayview is________” by artists Malik Seneferu and Heidi Hardin working in collaboration with Bayview Footprints and Quesada Garden Initiative. The mural is located at the intersection of Newhall and Bridgeview Streets. During this first phase, sun and bird imagery will visually divide the wall into five distinct sections and provide space for community artists and youth to add imagery pending funding and design approval from relevant parties.
7. Motion to approve and to accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork Swimmers’ Waves, consisting of 27 porcelain enamel panels with photographic images of blue water, completed in 2008 by artist Catherine Wagner, installed on the east wall of the Larsen Park Sava Pool natatorium at 19th Avenue and Ulloa Street in the Sunset District.
8. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork California Wildflowers, consisting of four glass and stainless steel shutters, each shutter with five handcrafted tempered glass panels with flower imagery, completed in 2008 by artist Dana Zed, installed behind the front windows of the Portola Branch Library located at Bacon and Goettengen Streets in the Portola District.
9. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork Sun Spheres, consisting of three mosaic-covered spheres, measuring three feet, four feet, and five feet in diameter, respectively, completed in 2008 by artist Laurel True, installed on three corners of the intersection of Ocean and Granada Avenues in the Ocean View-Merced Heights-Ingleside District.
10. Motion to approve the addition of the following arts professionals and community representatives to the Branch Library Improvement Artist Selection Panel: Kevin Chen, Gallery Director, Intersection for the Arts; Carrie Brewster, Director, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College; Carrie Lederer, Director, Bedford Gallery; Sharon Wilchar, artist and member of the Emeryville Public Art Advisory Committee; Michelle Seville, Cultural Arts Manager, City of Richmond; Karen Tsujimoto, Curator, Oakland Art Museum; and Amana Johnson, artist.
11. Motion to approve the addition of the following arts professionals and community representatives to the Central Subway Artist Pool Selection Panel: Ellen Oh, Director of Kearny Street Workshop; Shiree Dyson, Director of Public Programs, Education, and Museum Exhibitions, Museum of the African Diaspora; Hou Hanru, Director of Public Programs, San Francisco Art Institute; and Ellen Magnin Newman, Union Square Association board member.
12. Motion to approve honoraria in the amount of $200 to each artist participating in the Chinese video and photography exhibition taking place at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery from February 13 through April 18, 2009. The artists include: Zhu Jia, Ni Haifeng, Lu Chunsheng, Shi Yong, Xu Zhen, Xing Danwen, Yang Zhenzhong, and Michael Zheng.
13. Motion to approve an honorarium in the amount of $1,000 to Ferris Plock for his contributions as co-curator of the City of Glass exhibition at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery at 401 Van Ness Avenue on view from May 1 to July 3, 2009.
14. Motion to approve the final draft of the Artwork Goals and Guidelines sections of the Central Subway Arts Master Plan.
15. Motion to approve the design development phase of the Philosopher’s Walk by Peter Richards and Susan Schwartzenberg at McLaren Park.
16. Motion to approve the conceptual design submitted by Kent Roberts for the Moscone Recreation Center, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist for design development, fabrication, transportation, and installation of the artwork for an amount not to exceed $70,000.
17. Motion to approve the conceptual design submitted by Charles Sowers for the Randall Museum and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist for design development, fabrication, transportation, and installation of the artwork for an amount not to exceed $100,000.
18. Motion to approve the selection of artists Janet Echelman and Buster Kendall to design suspended artworks for Terminal Two of the San Francisco International Airport, and to pay each an honorarium of $2,000 for the conceptual design.
19. Motion to approve the selection of artists Linda Beaumont and Norie Sato as finalists for the glass façade curtainwall, and approval to pay each an honorarium of $2,000.
20. Motion to approve Bob Zoell’s final design for glass panels for the Secure Connector at San Francisco International Airport.
21. Motion to approve design of Lewis deSoto’s tapestries Proposition A for Laguna Honda Hospital Project Gets 73% Voter Approval 1999 and Groundbreaking to the Beam Party 2003–2006 for Laguna Honda Hospital.
22. Motion to approve the public art program for the Leland Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (October 20, 2008)
  Action
23. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Anza Branch Library.
24. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Visitacion Valley Branch Library on the condition that the roof tile and stucco surface treatment be presented during Phase 3 review.
25. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Chinese Recreation Center with the condition that the entryway is revised and signage presented in Phase 2 review.
26. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the San Francisco International Airport Terminal Two Renovations Project.
27. Motion to approve Phases 1 and 2 of the San Francisco International Airport Secure Connector.
28. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the SFMTA Cable Car Kiosks.
Gallery Director’s Report
Discussion
Presentation by Gallery Director Meg Shiffler reviewing Gallery activities over the recent past and future activities.
Committee Reports and Committee Matters
1. Executive Committee—P.J. Johnston, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
2. Civic Design Review Committee—Jeannene Przyblyski, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Maya Draisin, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve the following individuals as grants application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants:
    Traci Bartlow, choreographer; Instructor, East Side Arts Alliance
    Mona Shah, Interim Executive Director, Oakland Asian Cultural Center
4. Street Artists Committee—Alexander Lloyd, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Jess Zepeda, Barbara Ramos, Joe Ramos, Caroline Graber, Viviane Davilla, Sarah Huntoon.
5. Visual Arts Committee—Jeannene Przyblyski, Chair
  1. 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

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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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