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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, September 12, 2005
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

The regularly scheduled meeting of the San Francisco Arts Commission will be held on September 12, 2005, at 3:00 p.m., at City Hall, Room 416, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA 94102.

Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Action
Motion to approve August 1, 2005 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 Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of August 1, 2005.
2. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of August 15, 2005.
3. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of August 16, 2005.
4. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of August 17, 2005.
  
  Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (August 15, 2005)
  Action
5. Motion to approve San Francisco Electric Reliability Project Phases 1 & 2.
6. Motion to approve Summit Pump Station Phase 3.
7. Motion to approve Forest Knolls Pump Station Phase 3.
8. Motion to approve Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Phases 1, 2 & 3.
9. Motion to approve the MUNI Bus Shelters-Golden Gate Park Music Concourse Phases 1, 2 & 3, contingent upon written confirmation from the project sponsors that the advertisement panels will be omitted.
  
  Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (August 17, 2005)
  Action
10. Motion to approve the extension of the loan of “San Francisco Nova” (also identified as “Frisco Nova”), by Robert Bechtle to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art so that it may be included in the exhibition, “Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective,” when the show travels to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., for exhibition from March 4 through June 4, 2006.
11. Motion to approve the mural design by Mona Caron at 2844 Folsom Street funded by the Mayor’s Neighborhood Beautification Fund.
12. Motion to approve the design for an extension and restoration of the mural by Betsie Miller-Kusz at the Eureka Valley Recreation Center, funded by the Department of Recreation and Parks.
13. Motion to approve an exhibition at 155 Grove Street by Andrew Junge for November 18, 2005 through January 13, 2006.
14. Motion to approve a $300 honorarium payment to Andrew Junge for an exhibition at 155 Grove Street.
15. Motion to approve the design and site proposals by the following artists for inclusion in “High Five,” a collaborative artist project between the Arts Commission and San Francisco State University Gallery from October through mid-November, 2005: Ann Chamberlain at the north side of the de Young Museum; Lewis de Soto at the Civic Center parking space between the Main Library and the Asian Art Museum; Mildred Howard at the Golden Gate Park Arboretum; John Roloff at 155 Grove Street and a Civic Center flagpole; and Wang Po Shu at the east side of the Civic Center Plaza.
16. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Larry Kirkland, Kirkland Studios, in an amount not to exceed $90,000 for the removal of “Flight Patterns” from the skylight at the entrance of Boarding Area B, and for the cleaning and re-installation of the artwork at the skylight of Boarding Area C.
17. Motion to approve artists Mark Brest Van Kempen, Jennifer Durant, and Abner Nolan as finalists, and the artist team of Amanda Hughen and Jennifer Starkweather as an alternate, and their conceptual proposals, for the Art on Market Street 2006 Kiosk Poster Series, as recommended by the Art on Market Street 2006 Kiosk Poster Series Artist Selection Panel.
18. Motion to approve the inclusion of the artist team of Virginia Hopkins and Victoria Carlson and their proposed Endangered Seed Project as the fourth Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series exhibition, to coincide with World Environment Day 2006.
19. Motion to approve the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contracts with Mark Brest Van Kempen, Jennifer Durant, Abner Nolan, and the artist team of Virginia Hopkins and Victoria Carlson, each for an amount not to exceed $10,000, to develop final proposals and print 24 posters each for exhibition in the Art on Market Street 2006 Kiosk Poster Series.
Committee Reports
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 Committee—Andrea Cochran, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Blanche Brown, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
4. Street Artists Committee—P.J. Johnston, Chair
  1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
  2. Action: Motion to approve former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Sarka Holeckova, Juan Kuncar.
  3. Action: Motion to approve proposal by Program Director for Board of Supervisors designation of temporary winter holiday selling spaces for street artists in the Downtown area and at Harvey Milk Plaza; designation for November 15, 2005 through January 15, 2006.
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.

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

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