Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee - December 9, 2014 - Meeting Minutes
SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
2:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
Minutes
Commissioner Melania called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.
- Roll Call
Commissioners Present:
Charles Collins
Sherene Melania, Chair
Abby Sadin-Schnair
Marcus Shelby
Janine Shiota
Commissioners Absent:
None
Staff Present: Judy Nemzoff, Cristal Fiel
- Public Comment
There was none.
- Community Investments Program Director’s Report
Community Investments (“CI”) Program Director Judy Nemzoff said that the CI staff has been working very closely with American Center for Learned Societies (“ACLS”) Public Fellow Anh Thang Dao-Shah, who will present a report of her data findings on grant funding to the committee in January. She concluded that she would defer all other program updates to the meeting in January.
Commissioner Melania called for public comment. There was none.
- SFAC Review Panelists
Commissioner Melania gave the following motion:
Motion: Motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on SFAC review panels for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Fiscal Years:
Alejandro D. Acosta, Technical Director and Facilities Manager, Intersection for the Arts
Carolyn Melenani Kuali`i, Founder and Executive Director, Kua`aina Associates
Cherie Hill, Communications Manager & Teaching Artist, Luna Dance Institute
Diane Sanchez, Former Director of Community Investment, East Bay Community Foundation
Dr. Andrew Jolivette, Chair of American Indian Studies Department, San Francisco State University
Emiko Saraswati Susilo, Director, Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Gerald Richards, Chief Executive Officer, 826 National
Joti Singh, Artistic Director and Founder, Duniya Dance and Drum Company
Julia Robertson, Multi-media Artist
Melanie Smith, Executive Director, San Francisco Girls Chorus
Rebecca Johnson, Managing Director, Shawl Anderson Dance Center
Rob Bailis, Musician, Writer, and Performing Arts Curator
Samuel White Swan-Perkins, dancer, Contributing Writer, News From Native California
Santhosh Daniel, Creative Media Consultant
Stephanie A. Johnson, cultural activist, visual artist, lighting designer, educator
Thomas Robert Simpson, Founder and Artistic Director, Afro Solo
Moved: Collins/Schnair
Public Comment: None.
The motion was passed unanimously.
- Neighborhood Proposal Grants
Ms. Nemzoff said that in last year’s City-wide two year budget cycle, the district Supervisors met with constituents to see how they would like funds to be directed to the districts. This category of funding addressed certain key areas that came directly from recommendations from the district constituents and Supervisors. As a response to the money that the district Supervisors allocated for arts funding in their districts, the SFAC created a request for proposals.
- Ms. Nemzoff said that this was a recommendation to have a mural created at one of the elementary schools in District 1. Grant applicant Precita Eyes Muralists was proposing to create a mural at Peabody Elementary school in partnership with the students.
Commissioner Melania gave the following motion:
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement with Precita Eyes Muralists in an amount not to exceed $6,000 for a mural at Peabody Elementary School located in District 1.
Moved: Shelby/Collins
Public Comment: None.
The motion was passed unanimously.
- Ms. Nemzoff said that this grant opportunity was to support technical assistance and capacity building for a nonprofit located in District 6. Grant applicant Intersection for the Arts was proposing to work closely with Olive Grove Consultants to support strategic planning and the transition of new staff, board and leadership.
Commissioner Melania gave the following motion:
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement with Intersection for the Arts, located in District 6, for a grant not to exceed $25,000 to support technical and financial stabilization.
Moved: Schnair/Shelby
Public Comment: Randy Rollison, Intersection for the Arts interim executive director, said that the organization was becoming healthier and that they were in the middle of a strategic planning process. The organization has been building on its strengths, which were their Artists’ Resources program. He said the organization was in a great place to rethink where they could be in the future.
The motion passed unanimously.
- Arts & Communities: Innovative Partnerships Grants
Ms. Nemzoff said that the Arts & Communities: Innovative Partnerships (“ACIP”) grant program supported partnership between artists, arts organizations, or service organizations with existing arts-based programming and an underserved constituency.
The commissioners briefly discussed their work as previous panelists and extended thanks to panelists this year for their work. They discussed outreach of the SFAC grants programs to show impact and to encourage new applicants to apply so that the Commission would not continually fund the same organizations. Ms. Nemzoff said that Ms. Dao-Shah’s report would have data and recommendations about this topic.
Commissioner Melania gave the following motion:
Motion: Motion to approve recommendations to award 10 grants totaling $224,557 in the 2014-2015 cycle of Arts & Communities: Innovative Partnerships (“ACIP”) grants to the following individual and organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each individual and organization for the amounts listed:
ABD Productions, $25,000
Asian American Women Artists Association, $22,500
Bay Area Video Coalition, $25,000
CounterPulse, $22,500
Cultural Odyssey, $25,000
Jerome Reyes, $14,557
Kearny Street Workshop, $22,500
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, $22,500
Root Division, $22,500
Youth Art Exchange, $22,500
Moved: Schnair/Shiota
Public Comment: None.
The motion was passed unanimously.
- Individual Artist Commissions Grants
Ms. Nemzoff said that the Individual Artist Commissions (“IAC”) grant program was one of few individual artist support programs still existing, and it was a program that the SFAC took tremendous pride in. Because of the overwhelming amount of applicants each year, the CI staff has focused on different disciplines per year. This year, IACs were open for literary, visual, and media artists. Next year, it would be performing arts, music, and new media arts. There were a total of 91 applicants in the three categories, with 38 applicants that were recommended for funding.
Commissioner Melania gave the following motion:
Motion: Motion to approve recommendations to award 38 grants totaling $327,000 in the 2014-2015 cycle of Individual Artist Commissions (“IAC”) grants to the following individuals, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each individual for the amounts listed:
Andrew Saito, $8,000
Annie Sprinkle, $8,000
Bonnie Sherk, $8,000
Bruce Tomb, $8,000
Carolyn Au Ai Ho, $8,000
Cathy Lu, $8,000
Celeste Chan, $8,000
Craig Calderwood, $8,000
David Wolf, $8,000
David Boyer, $8,000
David Martinez, $8,000
Evie Leder, $8,000
Joan Osato, $10,000
Kerry Laitala, $10,000
Kevin Simmonds, $10,000
Leticia Hernandez, $8,000
Lynn Hershman Leeson, $8,000
Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough, $10,000
Matt Christenson, $8,000
Matt Borruso, $8,000
Michelle Marie Robles Wallace, $9,000
Michelle Tea, $10,000
Nancy Hom, $10,000
Nicki Green, $8,000
Nomy Lamm, $8,000
Olivia Ting, $10,000
Paul Ocampo, $8,000
Rhiannon Argo, $7,500
Rodney Ewing, $10,000
Scott Kildall, $10,000
Sephora Wuldu, $8,000
Shizue Seigel, $8,000
Susan Cervantes, $10,000
Tan Khanh Cao, $8,000
Truong Tran, $9,000
Valerie Soe, $8,000
Vero Majano, $10,000
Virgie Tovar, $7,500
Moved: Collins/Shiota
Public Comment: None.
The motion was passed unanimously.
- New Business and Announcements
Ms. Nemzoff announced that there was a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the first exhibit that SOMArts Cultural Center’s new Curator for Inquiry and Impact Melorra Green curated. Ms. Green was formerly on staff of the African American Art & Culture Complex as the visual arts coordinator.
Commissioner Collins announced that Boedekker Park was reopening in the Tenderloin neighborhood, and that the Boys & Girls Club and the Tenderloin YMCA have collaborated in providing programming.
- Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:42 p.m.
CF 12/19/14 draft minutes posted
CF 1/5/15 minutes adopted
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