April 13, 2010
COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
4:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
1. Cultural Equity Grants Program Director Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
Action
1. Motion to approve recommendations to award fourteen grants totaling $111,500 in the 2009-2010 cycle of Native American Arts and Cultural Traditions to the following individual artists and organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
Andrew Ruiz, $7,500
Asociacion Mayab, $7,500
Carmen Lomas Garza, $7,424
Galeria de la Raza, $15,000
Jennifer Elise Foerster, $7,363
Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory, $6,975
Native American AIDS Project, $13,950
Native American AIDS Project, $1,000
One Love Oceania, $1,000
Richard Bluecloud Castaneda, $7,500
Ross Cunningham, $7,500
Sean Levon Nash, $6,813
Seventh Native American Generation, $15,000
Yerba Buena Arts and Events, $6,975
Supplemental Documents: Native American Arts and Cultural Traditions Grant applicant ranking; project descriptions; summary notes of the application evaluation; and bios of the grants review panelists.
2. Community Arts and Education Program Director Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
3. Cultural Center Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
4. New Business
5. Adjournment
BLT 4/6/10
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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