December 6, 2010

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, December 6, 2010
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

1. Roll Call
   
   
2. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve November 1, 2010 Minutes.
   
   Explanatory documents: Draft minutes
   
   
3. President’s Report
   Discussion
   Current developments and announcements.
   
   
4. Director’s Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
   
   
5. 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 Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of October 17, 2010.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 25, 2010.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education, and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of November 9, 2010.
       
   4. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of November 10, 2010.
       
   5. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of November 15, 2010.
       
   6. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of November 17, 2010.
       
   7. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of November 22, 2010.
       
      
      Community Arts, Education, and Grants Committee Recommendations (November 9, 2010)
      Action
   8. Motion to approve the following individuals as grants application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants:
      Lenora Lee, choreographer and dancer
      Shefali Shah, environmental justice educator and instructor of traditional dance
      Kevin Simmonds, writer and musician
       
      
   9. Motion to approve recommendations to award sixteen grants totaling $330,175 in the Cultural Equity Initiative Level One 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, $23,750
      509 Cultural Center/Luggage Store, $23,750
      Asian Improv aRts, $21,250
      Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center, $21,250
      Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology (BAYCAT), $23,750
      Chinese Historical Society of America, $19,000
      Chitresh Das Dance Company, $21,250
      Cuba Caribe, $17,600
      Femina Potens, $21,250
      Galeria de La Raza, $21,250
      GenRyu Arts, $21,250
      Hyphen Magazine, $15,725
      La Pocha Nostra, $20,000
      Loco Bloco Drum and Dance Ensemble, $20,000
      San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, $17,850
      Zaccho Dance Theatre, $21,250
       
      
   10. Motion to approve recommendations to award forty-two grants totaling $385,800 in the Individual Artist Commissions grants to the following individuals, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
       Ali Liebgott, $10,000
       Allan deSouza, $9,000
       Anhvu Buchanan, $10,000
       Annie Sprinkle, $10,000
       Austin Chu, $9,000
       Chrissy Anderson-Zavala, $8,550
       D. Scot Miller, $8,550
       Debbie Yee, $9,000
       Elissa Perry, $8,000
       Genny Lim, $10,000
       Imin Yeh, $10,000
       Jason Jagel, $10,000
       Jason Roberts Dobrin, $7,600
       Jay Rosenblatt, $9,000
       Jenni Olson, $8,000
       Jeremy Sanders, $9,000
       John Jota Leaños, $10,000
       Josef Norris, $9,000
       Kevin Simmonds, $10,000
       Laurie Coyle, $8,550
       Lenore Chinn, $9,000
       Lynn Marie Kirby, $9,000
       Matt Borruso, $9,000
       Melinda Stone, $9,500
       Michael Namkung, $10,000
       Michelle Tea, $8,000
       Monica Peck, $8,000
       Nara Denning, $10,000
       Nona Caspers, $9,000
       Pamela Z, $10,000
       Rafael Landea, $9,000
       Ramekon O’Arwisters, $9,000
       Richard D’Elia, $9,000
       Sam Green, $9,000
       Sarah Fran Wisby, $9,000
       Sergio de la Torre, $10,000
       Stacy Jackson, $9,000
       Su-Chen Hung, $9,000
       Susan Stryker, $9,500
       Suzanne Husky, $10,000
       Tina Takemoto, $10,000
       Valerie Soe, $8,500
        
       Street Artists Committee Recommendations (November 11, 2010)
       Action
   11. Motion to approve re-issuance of former certificate number (#373) to street artist David Brancato (currently #5345).
        
       Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (November 15, 2010)
       Action
   12. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Cayuga Clubhouse and Playground.
        
       
   13. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Palega Playground Renovation on the contingency that the landscaping is revised with consideration to where the artwork will be located, the shape of the skylight is modified, and the building is painted white.
        
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (November 17, 2010)
       Action
   14. Motion to approve the following arts professionals as potential panelists for the 2011 Prequalified Artist Pool selection panel:
       Lucinda Barnes, Chief Curator, Berkeley Art Museum
       Jennifer Easton, Public Art Project Manager, San Jose Public Art Program
       Steven Huss, Cultural Arts Programs Coordinator, City of Oakland
       Mark Johnson, Director, San Francisco State Gallery
       Carrie Lederer, Director, Bedford Gallery
       Ellen Oh, Director, Kearny Street Workshop
       Mary Rubin, Public Art Project Manager, San Jose Public Art Program
       Dara Solomon, Contemporary Jewish Museum
       Stephanie Syjuco, artist
       Maysoun Wazwaz, Exhibitions Program Manager, Southern Exposure
       Dominic Willsdon, Director of Education, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
        
   15. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify the agreement with Nancy Blum to increase the agreement by $309,904 for a total contract amount not to exceed $330,404 for design, fabrication and transportation of artwork for General Hospital Acute Care Unit: Floor 5.
        
   16. Motion to approve the temporary installation of Kate Raudenbush’s sculpture Future’s Past, at Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley.
        
   17. Motion to approve the temporary installation of Frame by Robert Glass in Lafayette Square Park.
        
   18. Motion to amend Resolution Number 0802-10-214, which authorizes the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a separate Design Development contract with artist Yumei Hou and artist Tomie Arai to each create artworks for the Central Subway Chinatown Station for an amount not to exceed $25,000, to now include the complete scope of work as originally contemplated under the Request For Proposals to include design development and consultation during fabrication and installation and to also increase the total contract not-to-exceed amount for each artist’s contract to $400,000.
        
   19. Motion to amend Resolution Number 0802-10-215, which authorizes the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a separate Design Development contract with the artist team of Jim Campbell and Werner Klotz and artist Erwin Redl to each create an artwork for the Central Subway Union Square/Market Street Station for an amount not to exceed $25,000 for each contract, to now include the complete scope of work as originally contemplated under the Request For Proposals for Jim Campbell and Werner Klotz’ contract to include Design Development and Consultation during Fabrication and Installation, and to include the complete scope of work as originally contemplated under the Request For Proposals for Erwin Redl’s contract to include design development, fabrication and consultation during installation, and to increase the total not-to-exceed amount for Jim Campbell and Werner Klotz’ contract to $400,000 and to increase the total not-to-exceed amount for Erwin Redl’s contract to $700,000.
        
   20. Motion to amend Resolution Number 0802-10-216, which authorizes the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a separate design development contract with artist Tom Otterness and artist Catherine Wagner to each create an artwork for the Central Subway Moscone Station for an amount not to exceed $25,000 for each contract, to now include the complete scope of work as originally contemplated under the Request For Proposals the scope of work for Tom Otterness’ contract to include Design Development, Fabrication of Molds, Consultation during Fabrication and Installation of Sculptures, and to now include the complete scope of work as originally contemplated in the Request For Proposals for Catherine Wagner’s contract to include Design Development and Consultation during Fabrication and Installation, and to increase the total not-to-exceed amount for Tom Otterness’ contract to $600,000 and Catherine Wagner’s contract to 400,000.
        
   21. Motion to approve the revised design of the artwork, Valencia Street Posts by artist Michael Arcega, consisting of four wood utility posts each topped with a steel, aluminum and copper Victorian-inspired sculpture with an enamel finish, located along Valencia Street between 16th and 19th Streets.
        
   22. Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection an artwork titled Valencia Street Posts, by artist Michael Arcega, consisting of four 10-foot-high wood utility posts each topped with a Victorian-inspired ornamental crown of steel, aluminum and copper, each approximately four feet high by two feet by two feet, installed on Valencia Street between 16th and 19th Streets.
        
   23. Motion to approve the conceptual design of an artwork by Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe for the Market and Church Street location associated with the Church and Duboce Streetscape Improvement Project.
        
   24. Motion to approve Conceptual Design Phase deliverables by Moto Ohtake for artwork for Fulton Playground.
        
   25. Motion to approve the Design Development Phase deliverables by Anna Valentina Murch for the General Hospital Acute Care Unit Plaza Artwork project.
        
   26. Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contractual relationship with Mr. Daniel Nevers for an honorarium in the amount of $1,200 for the research, development and production of a newly commissioned artwork for the SFAC Gallery’s 155 Grove Street installation space.
        
   27. Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve an honorarium in the amount of $800 per artist for the following artists: Ms. Lindsey White, Ms. Kristina Lewis, Ms. Jasmin Lim, Mr. Matthew Kennedy, Mr. Brion Nuda Rosch and Mr. Chris Sollars for the research, development and production of newly commissioned artworks for the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery’s exhibition Isn’t It Obvious?
        
   28. Motion to approve an honorarium of $3,500 to Ms. Justine Topfer for curatorial services on the exhibition Sister City Biennial.
        
   29. Motion to approve art program parameters for Public Safety Building.
        
       Executive Committee Recommendations (November 22, 2010)
       Action
   30. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to transfer the $3,000 administrative fee received from the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency for Arts Commission services performed for the Sixth Street Artwalk to the Friends of the San Francisco Arts Commission account at Intersection for the Arts.
        
   31. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to expend $125,000 from the Market Street–Public Artwork account to support light installations by artists Jim Campbell, Paul Notzold and Theo Watson for the ARTery’s “Lights on Market,” the signature design element for the National Endowment for the Arts Mayors’ Institute on City Design award.
        
   32. Motion to establish the “Innovations in Strengthening the Arts” Grants Program which will support research, knowledge-building activities, and capacity-building and technology-based initiatives that strengthen San Francisco’s arts community.
        
6. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   
   
   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 Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Maya Draisin, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
      2. Action: Motion to approve the following individuals as grants application review panelists for Cultural Equity Grants:
         April Kim, Program Director, Oakland Asian Cultural Center
         Joti Singh, Choreographer and Artistic Director, Duniya Drum and Dance Company
         Raelle Myrick-Hodges, Artistic Director, Brava for Women in the Arts
          
   4. Street Artists Committee—Gregory Chew, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
         
      2. Action: Motion to approve requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Eric Anrigo, Virginia Travers, Jess Zepeda, Kenneth Negran, Sonia Davis.
          
      3. Action: Motion to approve request by applicant for waiver of 15-day requirement for obtaining a certificate: Brandon Robinson.
          
   5. Visual Arts Committee—Lorraine García-Nakata, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
7. Public Comment
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Commission’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Commission’s consideration.)
   
   
8. Reports and Announcements
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow the Commissioners to report on recent arts activities and make announcements.)
   
   
9. New Business
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration.)
   
   
10. 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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