September 14, 2010
COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTSCOMMITTEE
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
3:30 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue,Suite 70
1.
Cultural Equity GrantsProgram Director Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programmingdevelopments and announcements.
Action
1.
Motion to approve recommendations to award three grants totaling$300,000 in the Cultural Equity Initiative Level Two grants to the followingorganizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter intogrant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
Cultural Odyssey, $100,000
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, $100,000
Radar Productions, $100,000
SupplementalDocuments: Cultural Equity Initiative Level Two ranking and projectdescriptions; summary notes of the application evaluation; and bios of thegrant review panelists.
2.
Motion to approve recommendations to award twelve grants totaling$176,315 in the Creative Space grants to the following organizations, and toauthorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements witheach for the amounts listed:
509 Cultural Center/The Luggage Store, $18,000
Bindlestiff Studio, $16,000
Cartoon Museum, $11,140
Chinese Cultural Productions/Lily Cai, $16,000
Chinese Culture Foundation, $13,500
Chinese Historical Society, $15,200
CounterPulse, $18,000
Croatian American Cultural Center $16,000
Intersection for the Arts, $13,500
San Francisco Mime Troupe, $16,875
Women's Audio Mission, $6,100
Z Space, $16,000
SupplementalDocuments: Creative Space ranking and project descriptions; summary notes ofthe application evaluation; and bios of the grant review panelists.
3.
Motion to approve a grant for the IntrinsicImpact Study in the amount of $10,000 and to authorize the Director ofCultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement with Theatre Bay Area.
SupplementalDocument: Intrinsic Impact Study Proposal
4.
Motion to approve a grant to the Centerfor Cultural Innovation for a study of the current state of cultural equity inthe arts and an assessment of effective grantmaking practices, and to authorizethe Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement in the amountof $80,000.
2. Community Arts and Education Program Director Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programmingdevelopments and announcements.
3. Cultural Center Report
Action
1.
Motion to approve the proposed 2010-2011 Management and Program Plan andbudget for SOMArts Cultural Center and sub-grantees Asian Pacific IslanderCultural Center and Queer Cultural Center for a grant not to exceed $781,291,contingent upon completion of revisions (including $587,343 to SOMArts, $96,974to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, and $96,974 tosub-grantee Queer Cultural Center).
2.
Motion to approve theproposed 2010-2011 Management and Program Plan and budget for the MissionCultural Center for Latino Arts, for a grant not to exceed $526,067, contingentupon completion of revisions and submissions.
4.
WritersCorps Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developmentsand announcements.
5.
Arts Education Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programmingdevelopments and announcements.
6.
New Business
Discussion
7.
Adjournment
Discussion
BLT 09/08/10
Notices
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