Community_Arts_and_Education_Committee
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
4:30 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
- Cultural Equity Grant Program Director Report
Motion to approve recommendations to award forty-four grants totaling $548,750 in the 2007-2008 cycle of Organization Project Grants (OPG) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
509 Cultural Center/Luggage Store, $15,000
Afro Solo, $15,000
American Indian Film Institute, $12,000
Arab Cultural Center, $12,000
Arab Film Festival, $12,000
Army of Lovers, $7,150
Asian American Women Artists Association, $7,600
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC), $12,000
Campo Santo, $15,000
Charming Hostess, $12,000
Cuba Caribe, $12,000
Cypress Performing Arts Association, $12,000
Dancing Tree, $12,000
Dandelion Dance Theater, $12,000
Deborah Slater Dance Theater, $12,000
Del Sol Performing Arts Organization, $12,000
Distortion 2 Static, $12,000
Door Dog Music Productions, $15,000
Erika Shuch Performance Project (ESP Project), $15,000
EXIT Theatre, $15,000
Femina Potens, $12,000
Global Women Intact, $12,000
Intersection for the Arts, $12,000
Joe Goode Performance Group, $15,000
Kid Serve Youth Murals, $12,000
La Pocha Nostra, $12,000
Litquake, $12,000
Living Word Project, $12,000
Manilatown Heritage Foundation, $12,000
Out of Site: Center for Arts Education, $12,000
Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc., $12,000
Root Division, $12,000
SAFEhouse, $12,000
San Francisco Camerawork, $12,000
San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest, $15,000
San Francisco International Arts Festival, $12,000
San Francisco Live Arts, $12,000
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, $12,000
Scott Wells and Dancers, $12,000
ShadowLight Productions, $12,000
Sixth Street Photography Workshop, $15,000
Stepology, $12,000
The Playwrights Foundation, $15,000
Yerba Buena Arts and Events, $12,000
Supplemental Documents: Organization Project Grants applicant ranking by organizational budget size and project descriptions by discipline groups: 1. Visual, Literary, and Media Arts 2. Performing Arts; and bios of the grants review panelists.
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Community Arts and Education Program Director Report
- WritersCorps Report
- Arts Education Report
- Cultural Center Report
Motion to transfer funds from the Hotel Tax Fund in the amount of $5,000 to Grants for the Arts for the San Francisco Mayor's Working Group on American Indian Issues, to support a feasibility study for the development of an American Indian Community and Cultural Center.
- Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Report
- New Business
Presentation by students from the Art Academy on a temporary art installation on the grounds of the Bayview Opera House.
- Adjournment
LL 3/6/08
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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