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Community_Arts_and_Education_Committee

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


 

  1. Cultural Equity Grant Program Director Report

  2. Community Arts and Education Program Director Report

  3. WritersCorps Report

    Motion for Interim Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Katharine Gin to produce the 15th anniversary visual and audio exhibitions for WritersCorps, to provide photography workshops for WritersCorps students, and to document the WritersCorps program in an amount not to exceed $75,000.

  4. Arts Education Report

    Motion to approve a grant for $5,000 for the San Francisco School Alliance for the Young at Art Youth Arts Festival.

    Motion to pay the San Francisco Study Center $15,000 to translate and publish the Arts Education Master Plan into a multilingual publication.

  5. Cultural Center Report

    Motion to increase the grant agreement to the Bayview Opera House, Inc., for a total grant not to exceed $103,466 for July 1–October 30, 2007, contingent upon a budget revision.

    Motion to increase the 2007-2008 grant agreement to Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts for a total grant not to exceed $522,179, contingent upon a budget revision.

    Motion to increase the 2007-2008 grant agreement to South of Market Cultural Center and sub-grantees for a total grant not to exceed $775,530, (including $583,012 to SomArts, $96,259 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, and $96,259 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center) contingent upon a budget revision.

    Motion to increase the 2007-2008 grant agreement to African American Arts and Culture Complex for a grant not to exceed $466,331.

    Motion to approve a $12,000 grant to CompassPoint Nonprofit Services to provide workshops and technical assistance.

  6. Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Report

    Motion to approve a $22,000 grant to SomArts Cultural Center exclusively to support maintenance and facility repairs.

  7. New Business

  8. Adjournment

RT 9/7/07


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.

Public comment in regard to specific items will be taken before or during consideration of the item.

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