May 26, 2010
COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
3:30 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
Motion to approve recommendations to award fifty-six grants totaling $629,978 in the 2009-2010 cycle of Organization Project Grants to the following organizations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
3rd i South Asian Independent Film Festival, $12,000
African & African American Performing Arts Coalition, $12,000
Arab Cultural and Community Center, $12,000
Arab Film Festival, $12,000
ArtSpan, $12,000
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC), $12,000
Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT), $12,000
Bindlestiff Studio, $12,000
Campo Santo, $12,000
Charming Hostess, $9,563
Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company, $12,000
Circuit Network, $12,000
Contraband / Mixed Bag Productions, $12,000
CounterPulse, $12,000
Crowded Fire Theatre Company, $4,250
Cutting Ball Theatre Company, $12,000
DanceArt, Inc., $12,000
Deborah Slater Dance Theater / Art of the Matter, $12,000
Door Dog Music Productions, $12,000
Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco, $12,000
Epiphany Productions, $12,000
Flyaway Productions, $12,000
Galeria de la Raza, $12,000
Golden Thread Productions, $12,000
inkBoat, $12,000
Joe Goode Performance Group, $12,000
Kid Serve Youth Murals, $12,000
La Pocha Nostra, $12,000
Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, $12,000
Mary Sano and her Duncan Dancers, $2,990
ME’DI.ATE, $4,400
Museum of Craft and Folk Art, $12,000
Museum of Performance and Design, $12,000
Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, $12,000
OngDance Company, $12,000
Other Minds, $12,000
Out of Site: Center for Arts Education, $12,000
PhotoAlliance, $12,000
Push Dance Company, $6,375
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, $12,000
Radar Productions, $12,000
Root Division, $12,000
SAFEhouse, $12,000
San Francisco Camerawork, $12,000
San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Festival, $12,000
San Francisco Independent Film Festival, $8,000
San Francisco Mime Troupe, $12,000
San Francisco Silent Film Festival, $12,000
Shadowlight Productions, $12,000
Sixth Street Photography Workshop, $12,000
Southern Exposure, $12,000
Stephen Pelton Dance Theater, $12,000
The Bay Bridged, $6,400
Voice of Witness, $12,000
Z Space Studio, $12,000
ZACCHO Dance Theatre, $12,000
Supplemental Documents: Organization Project 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.
Action
1. Motion to approve a grant to the African American Art and Culture Complex for 2010-2011, not to exceed $78,666, with remaining grant allocation approved upon review of Management and Programming Plan and Budget.
2. Motion to approve a grant to Bayview Opera House, Inc. for 2010-2011, not to exceed $51,481, with remaining grant allocation approved upon review of Management and Programming Plan and Budget.
3. Motion to approve a grant to the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts for 2010-2011, not to exceed $86,606, with remaining grant allocation approved upon review of Management and Programming Plan and Budget.
4. Motion to approve a grant to SOMArts Cultural Center and sub-grantees for 2010-2011, not to exceed $128,626 (including $96,696 to SOMArts, $15,965 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center and $15,965 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center).
4. WritersCorps Report
5. Arts Education
6. New Business
7. Adjournment
BLT 5/20/10
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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