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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, September 11, 2006
3:00 p.m.
City Hall Room 416

Minutes

President Johnston called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m.

Roll Call
Commissioners Present
P.J. Johnston
Andrea Cochran
José Cuellar
Maya Draisin
Leonard Hunter
John Kriken
Alexander Lloyd
Janice Mirikitani
Jeannene Przyblyski
Lawrence Rinder
Dede Wilsey
Pop Zhao

Commissioners Absent
Beverly Prior
M. Sue Lee
Approval of Minutes
The following Resolution was moved, seconded, and unanimously adopted:
RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-138: APPROVAL OF MINUTES ADOPTED
RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby approve the Minutes of the Meeting of June 5, 2006.

NOTE: ALL ADOPTIONS ARE UNANIMOUS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
President’s Report
President Johnston observed that he was pleased to see so many Commissioners present, noting that he had been mostly out of reach of e-mail and cell phone over the last several weeks. He requested the cooperation of Commissioners in finding a meeting date for October.
Director’s Report
Mr. Newirth welcomed the Commissioners back. He announced that in June, additional funds of $250,000 had been approved for the Arts Commission’s granting programs, and were going to grants through Community Arts and Education and Cultural Equity Grants. Further, near the end of the budget process, an additional $1 million was added to the Arts Commission’s budget for community arts programs. He reported that he was working on getting a spending plan approved.

Mr. Newirth announced that Joe D’Alessandro is the new president of the Convention and Visitors Bureau and is a big believer in promoting cultural tourism.

He explained that Jewelle Gomez is now at the Horizons Foundation, and that we are pleased to have Prudy Kohler filling in while the search for a new Cultural Equity Grants Program Director goes on. Ms. Kohler was most recently a program officer at the Irvine Foundation.

Mr. Newirth reported that Debra Walker, Chair of the Arts Task Force, gave a presentation to the Board of Supervisors about the Task Force, which has had a hiatus over the summer.

He reported that hiring of the new Program Associate for WritersCorps was almost complete. The new Program Associate is replacing Gloria Yamato, who will return to teaching for WritersCorps.

He noted that he had attended the July 19 groundbreaking for the Contemporary Jewish Museum, a great event.

Mr. Newirth reported briefly on the recent successful discussions between Jill Manton on behalf of the Public Art Program, and the Public Utilities Commission, on the subject of temporary art on or near PUC property. She developed a draft RFP, and has engaged Susan Schwartzenberg to do an assessment of potential public art sites to determine which ones would be best suited for projects.

Mr. Newirth drew the attention of the Commission to the motion listed under Executive Committee Reports, to fund membership in the Arts Loan Fund. He explained that the Arts Commission had already been a participant in the organization, and that this action would formalize the Arts Commission’s “seat at the table.”

He announced that on October 5, the three finalist artists, Bruce Wolfe, Cedric Wentworth, and Daub Firmin Hendrickson Sculpture Group, will make their presentations to the Harvey Milk City Hall Memorial Committee.

Mr. Newirth announced that the Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts show would be opening in the Gallery on Thursday, September 14, and that the annual Ruth Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind exhibition was about to open in the basement of City Hall.

He announced that on Sunday, September 17, at the South Beach Block Party, the refurbished Mark di Suvero sculpture, Sea Change, would be rededicated. And mentioning the Symphony’s summer series, he reported that Commissioners Cuellar and Przyblyski had been very well received at Dolores Park and at the Davies Hall opening, respectively.

Finally, he announced that the Mayor and School Superintendent would hold a press conference on the morning of September 28 to announce the completion of the Arts Education Master Plan.
Consent Calendar
As the July 17, 2006, minutes for the Civic Design Review Committee had not been distributed to the Commissioners, item 4 was severed from the Consent Calendar. The remainder of the Consent Calendar was adopted unanimously as follows.

RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-139
Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt the following items on the Consent Calendar and their related Resolutions:

Approval of Committee Minutes
1. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-140 Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of June 13, 2006.
2. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-141 Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of June 19, 2006.
3. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-142 Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of June 21, 2006.
4. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-143 Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of July 19, 2006.
5. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-144 (This resolution has been withdrawn to correct a clerical error.)
  
  Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (June 13, 2006)
  Action
6. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-145 Motion to approve payment to Deborah Chilvers for project-based work for the Arts Education Program. Funds are to be paid from Youth Arts Fund and shall not exceed $1,200.
7. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-146 (This resolution has been withdrawn to correct a clerical error.)
8. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-147 Motion to approve the proposed 2006-2007 Management and Programming Plan and Budget for Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts for a grant not to exceed $465,875, from Cultural Center Line Item Hotel Tax Funds, contingent upon completion of revisions.
9. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-148 Motion to approve the proposed 2006-2007 Management and Programming Plan and Budget for Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre, for a grant not to exceed $276,848, from Cultural Center Line Item Hotel Tax Funds, contingent upon completion of revisions.
10. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-149 Motion to approve the proposed 2006-2007 Management and Programming Plan and Budget for the African American Art and Culture Complex for a grant not to exceed $370,734, from Cultural Center Line Item Hotel Tax Funds, contingent upon completion of revisions.
11. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-150 Motion to approve the proposed 2006-2007 Management and Programming Plan (“MPP”) and Budget for the South of Market Cultural Center and each sub grantee for a grant not to exceed $777,642 (including $520,032 to SomArts, $85,870 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, $85,870 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center, and $85,870 to sub-grantee Native American Cultural Center), from Cultural Center Line Item Hotel Tax Funds, contingent upon completion of revisions.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (June 19, 2006)
  Action
12. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-151 Motion to approve Alemany Pump Station Upgrade Phase 1.
13. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-152 Motion to approve Old U.S. Mint, 88 Fifth Street, Phase 1, incorporating roof option #1 and contingent upon review of further design drawings of the ADA entrances, the configuration of the wall bounding the open dining area along Mint Street and environmental graphics program.
14. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-153 Motion to approve Sunol Valley Treated Water Reservoir and Chemical Storage Facility Phase 3 Administrative Review.
15. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-154 Motion to approve Mission Bay Park 18, Pump Station 6 Phase 3 Administrative Review.
16. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-155 Motion to approve Mission Bay Park 8, Pump Station 4 Phase 3 Administrative Review.
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (June 21, 2006)
  Action
17. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-156 Motion to approve Jonathan Bonner’s granite sample submission of Mountain Rose Granite with a honed finish as the material for his sculpture for Laguna Honda Hospital.
18. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-157 Motion to approve the six final poster designs by artist Mark Brest Van Kempen for the Art on Market Street 2006 Kiosk Poster Series, for exhibition in 24 kiosks on Market Street from August 11 to November 9, 2006.
19. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-158 Motion to approve the agreement between the Arts Commission and Olympic View Realty regarding the Beniamino Bufano sculpture Peace, located on Brotherhood Way.
20. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-159 Motion to support the Fire Arts Coalition and their efforts to perform in public spaces throughout San Francisco.
21. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-160 Motion to approve the 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.
22. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-161 Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to pay an honorarium in the amount of $500 each to Kent Roberts, Troy Corliss and Brian Goggin for preliminary proposals for the Moscone Recreation Center.
23. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-162 Pending Airport approval, motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with Lewis deSoto for an amount not to exceed $45,000 to fabricate and deliver sixteen Sister City light gels and projectors for installation at San Francisco International Airport.
24. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-163 Motion to approve the temporary installation sponsored by the Black Rock Arts Foundation, of the sculpture Stan, the Submerging Man, by Finley Fryer, for a period not to exceed six months at Victoria Manalo Draves Park (formerly known as SOMA Park) pending approval from the Recreation and Parks Commission.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (July 17, 2006)
  Action
25. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-164 Motion to approve Mint Plaza Phase 1 contingent upon further study of the entry grove along Fifth Street.
26. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-165 Motion to approve Palace of Fine Arts Building and Park Restoration Phase IIB only, Phase 3.
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (July 19, 2006)
  Action
27. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-166 Motion to approve the completion and installation of A Library Book, an illuminated book sculpture for the new Mission Bay Branch Library.
28. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-167 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.
29. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-168 Motion to approve broadening the curatorial parameters of the Art on Market Street Program to include themes beyond 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.
30. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-169 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.
31. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-170 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.
32. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-171 Motion to approve the establishment of a pool of jurors for the Harvey Milk Commemorative Sculpture selection panel to include Dugald Stermer, Robert Flynn Johnson, Anne Kronenburg, Rob Epstein and Jeannene Przyblyski.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (August 21, 2006)
  Action
33. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-172 Motion to approve Mount Davidson Pump Station Phase 1.
34. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-173 Motion to approve Palace of Fine Arts Building and Park Restoration Phase IIC (with overlook design option) Phases 1 and 2, contingent upon further review of lagoon edge landscaping, bench specification and material use for the rotunda floor pattern.
35. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-174 Motion to approve Mission Bay Pump Station at Park 15 Phase 3.
36. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-175 Motion to approve Junipero Serra Clubhouse and Playground Renovation Phase 3.
37. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-176 Motion to approve Harvey Milk Center for Recreational Arts Phase 3.
Committee Reports
1. Executive Committee—P.J. Johnston, Chair
  1. President Johnston reported that the Committee did not meet. He presented the following motion.
  2. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-177 Motion to grant $5,000 to Northern California Grantmakers for membership and participation in the Arts Loan Fund.
2. Civic Design Review Committee—Andrea Cochran, Chair
  1. Commissioner Cochran reported that the Committee reviewed several pump stations, and viewed the Palace of Fine Arts. She reported that she and Commissioner Kriken would be meeting at the site to review the landscape design.
3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—José Cuellar, Chair
  1. Commissioner Cuellar reported that the Committee met in June and discussed the departure of Cultural Equity Grants Program Director Jewelle Gomez and plans for managing the program pending the hiring of a new Program Director. They also had a year-end review of WritersCorps, and discussed budgets for the Cultural Centers.
    
    Commissioner Cuellar submitted the following motions.
  2. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-178: Motion to amend resolution 0605-06-128, which lists Neighborhood Festival grants, as to the grant of $3,000 to Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center for Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema. The new fiscal sponsor for this festival is the San Francisco Parks Trust. The amended portion of the resolution, naming the third listed grantee, shall read as follows: San Francisco Parks Trust for Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, $3,000
  3. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-179: Motion to amend resolution 0605-06-129, which lists Programs in the Community (PIC) grants, as to the grant of $15,000 to Project Spera. The organization has a new name, World Savvy. The amended portion of the resolution, naming the fourth listed grantee, shall read as follows: World Savvy (formerly known as Project Spera), $15,000
  4. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-180: Motion to approve a $40,000 one-time grant to the African American Art and Culture Complex to hire a youth coordinator from funding approved by the Board of Supervisors, issued through the San Francisco Arts Commission Hotel Tax Fund.
  5. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-181: Motion to approve a grant to the Study Center for $10,000 for the final editing and printing of the Arts Education Master Plan from the Youth Arts Fund.
  6. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-182: Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the following individuals to teach creative writing in the 2006-2007 WritersCorps program funded by Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, San Francisco Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation, Zellerbach Family Fund, Department of Juvenile Probation, San Francisco Public Library and Youth Arts Fund:
    
    Alberto Palomar $31,440
    Meroe (also known as Mahru) Elahi $28,410
    Gloria Yamato $32,350
    Chrissy Anderson $24,710
    Katharine Gin $24,160
    Chad Sweeney $39,650
    Judith Tannenbaum $49,750
    Michelle Matz $24,850
    Kim Nelson $45,482
  7. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-183: Motion to pay Andre Chan $4,000 for work on the arts education database from the Youth Arts Fund.
4. Street Artists Committee—Alex Lloyd, Chair
  1. Commissioner Lloyd reported that the Committee had not met, and was anticipating a meeting two days hence. He presented the following motions:
  2. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-184: Motion to approve honorarium payment of $500 to Heidi Z. Wyckoff for assistance on website construction.
  3. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-185: Motion to approve former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Gary Cicotte, Marc Melancon, Erin Cowan, Steven Robinson and Shanke Ouyang.
5. Visual Arts Committee—Jeannene Przyblyski, Chair
  1. Commissioner Przyblyski reported that the Committee held an unofficial meeting, as it lost its quorum just before the meeting. She praised the work in the Gallery’s recent show, The Dust Never Settles, as well as the closing event and the presentation by artist Patricia Diart.
    
    She reported that the Third Street Light Rail project was mentioned in a recent issue of California Home and Design magazine. She presented the following motions.
    
    She commented on some of the motions, noting that Commissioner Rinder was instrumental in urging artists Jon Rubin and Jim Goldberg to find the best material for the project at the Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center. She also noted that, in regard to item 7 below, there is a significant fund for public art (temporary and permanent) for PUC sites because of Hetch Hetchy and other projects. This motion will commission artist Susan Schwartzenberg to do site surveys of the many possible locations to allow the staff and Commission to determine which will be best for public artwork.
    
    Finally, she reported that the Harvey Milk panel had been a pleasure: fellow panelists Dugald Stermer (former Arts Commissioner) and Jewelle Gomez (outgoing Cultural Equity Grants Program Director), along with Dan Nicoletta and Gary Nathan; the memorial project itself, and the Memorial Committee. They reviewed many different possibilities. Parenthetically, she noted that busts of Martin Luther King and Bob Hope appeared most frequently as examples of previous work done by the submitting artists. She said that the challenge was to find the appropriate visual language for someone of Milk’s personality and influence.
    
    The final motion on the agenda, listed as item 10, and having to do with the contract with Vicki Saulls for the Koret Children’s Quarters in Golden Gate Park, was withdrawn at the meeting and replaced with items 10 and 11 below. Public Art Program Director Jill Manton explained that the scope of the project had increased from the original contract, and that the increase in funds was to account for the difference between preliminary estimates and final written estimates for costs associated with the project.
  2. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-186: Motion to approve the six final designs, titled Personal Landmarks, by artist Jennifer Durrant, to be installed in 24 kiosks on Market Street from November 10, 2006, to February 8, 2007, as part of the Art on Market Street 2006 Kiosk Poster Series.
  3. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-187: Motion to increase the contract amount from $85,000 to an amount not to exceed $95,000 for artist Troy Corliss to complete design development, fabricate, and install a work of art at the Upper Noe Recreation Center.
  4. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-188: Motion to approve the establishment of a pool of jurors for the Joseph Lee Recreation Center selection panel to include: Mildred Howard, Brook Mebrahtu, D. Minor, Lena Miller, Kevin Epps and Donald Harper.
  5. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-189: Motion to approve the final design and budget not to exceed $62,000 for artwork by Susan Schwartzenberg and Michael Davis for Harvey Milk Recreation Center.
  6. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-190: Motion to approve the use of a digital high-pressure laminate for the artwork by Jon Rubin and Jim Goldberg at Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center.
  7. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-191: Motion to approve awarding to Susan Schwartzenberg an honorarium not to exceed $10,000 to develop a Site Profile including photographs and narrative descriptions of potential Public Utility Commission sites for public art descriptions of potential artist opportunities to include Lake Merced, McLaren Park and the Embarcadero, among other sites.
  8. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-192: Motion to accept the Harvey Milk Artist Selection Panel’s recommendation of the three finalists: Bruce Wolfe, Cedric Wentworth and the Daub Firmin Hendrickson Sculpture Group; and to accept Mario Chiodo as alternate.
  9. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-193: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to award Bruce Wolfe, Cedric Wentworth and the Daub Firmin Hendrickson Sculpture Group an honorarium of $2,500 each to develop a specific proposal for the Harvey Milk Commemorative Bust.
  10. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-194: Motion to close the existing contract with Vicki Saulls with a balance of $30,887 for the design and fabrication of three sculptures for the Koret Children’s Quarters in Golden Gate Park.
  11. RESOLUTION NO. 0911-06-195: Motion to enter into a new agreement with Vicki Saulls for the fabrication, transportation and installation of five pre-cast concrete animal sculptures at the Koret Children’s Quarters in Golden Gate Park for a total amount of $54,430. Additional funds added to the contract reflect the increase in the scope of work to include two additional sculptures, as well as transportation and installation of work, and an adjustment for escalation of costs based upon the three-year delay of the project.
New Business
There was no new business.
Reports and Announcements
There were no other reports or announcements.
Public Comment
There was no other public comment.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:45 p.m.

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