Meeting Information

Community_Arts_and_Education_Committee

COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
4:30 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70

1. Cultural Equity Grant Program Director Report
   Motion to approve recommendations to award twenty-one grants totaling $202,500 in the 2007-2008 cycle of Individual Artist Commissions grants to the following individuals, and to authorize the Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
   
   Florante Aguilar, $10,000
   Sia Amma, $7,500
   Brenda Aoki, $10,000
   Sean Dorsey, $10,000
   Kim Epifano, $10,000
   Cris Forster, $10,000
   Guillermo Gomez-Pena, $10,000
   Frederick Harris, $10,000
   Mark Izu, $10,000
   Rocco Kayiatos, $10,000
   Jenny Jo Kristan, $10,000
   Carla Lucero, $10,000
   Devorah Major, $7,500
   Sara Shelton Mann, $10,000
   Maxine Moerman, $10,000
   Alleluia Panis, $10,000
   Kirk Read, $7,500
   Gang Situ, $10,000
   Matthew Graham Smith, $10,000
   Melody Takata, $10,000
   Erling Wold, $10,000
   
   Supplemental Documents: Individual Artist Commissions applicant ranking and project descriptions by discipline: Dance, Music, Theater Arts; and bios of the grants review panelists.
   
   Motion to approve the following individuals as grants application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants:
   Idris Ackamoor, Executive Director/Co-Artistic Director, Cultural Odyssey
   Eloise Burrell, Vocalist, Percussionist, Event Producer, Cultural Heritage Choir
   Gina Gemello, Projects Director, Aunt Lute Books
   Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez, Associate Director, Curator, Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
   Dr. Anne Huang, former Executive Director, Oakland Asian Cultural Center
   Connie Hwong, Grants Manager Bay Area Video Coalition, former Managing Director, Kearny Street Workshop
   Jo Kreiter, Artistic Director, Flyaway Productions
   Yesenia Sanchez, Fiscal Sponsorship Coordinator, Intersection for the Arts
   Melanie Smith, Executive Director, San Francisco Girls Chorus
   Charles Wilmoth, Associate Director of Development, California Institute of Integral Studies
   
   Supplemental Document: Cultural Equity Grants Biographies of Grants Application Review Panelists
   
   

2. Community Arts and Education Program Director Report
   
   

3. WritersCorps Report
   
   
   
4. Arts Education Report
   
   
   
5. Cultural Center Report
   Discussion and possible motion to approve funding to American Indian Movement.
   
   
6. Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Report
   
   
   
7. New Business
   
   
8. Adjournment

RT 12/6/07

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: Robynn Takayama, 415-252-2598.

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