July 12, 2010

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, July 12, 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 April 5, 2010 Minutes.
   Motion to approve May 3, 2010 Minutes.
   Motion to approve June 7, 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, including a brief presentation on the Arts Commission’s public information efforts and an update on City budget issues.
   
   
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 Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of May 26, 2010.
      
      
   2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of June 16, 2010.
      
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (June 16, 2010)
      Action
      
   3. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve contract budget of Ned Kahn for design of artwork for the interior lobby of 525 Golden Gate Avenue, Public Utilities Commission (“PUC”) Building, in an amount not to exceed $300,000, pending approval by the client agency, the PUC.
       
   4. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Ned Kahn for design of artwork for the exterior façade of 525 Golden Gate Avenue, PUC Building, in an amount not to exceed $1,137,000, pending approval by the client agency, the PUC.
       
   5. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify existing contract with Ned Kahn to increase scope of work to include the fabrication of interior artwork as well as to increase the budget to include the fabrication and installation of the exterior artwork for total not to exceed $1,462,000, pending approval by the client agency, the PUC.
       
   6. Motion to approve the installed artwork, Touching Earth, by artist Scott Donahue, consisting of two vessel-shaped concrete and bronze epoxy sculptures, located on either side of the pathway to the Ninth Avenue entrance of the Richmond Branch Library.
       
   7. Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection an artwork titled Touching Earth, by artist Scott Donahue, consisting of two vessel-shaped sculptures molded out of concrete, each covered with an epoxy bronze relief map of the Bay Area, each approximately 35 inches high by 50 inches wide at the top, 35 inches wide at the bottom, and embedded with small porcelain enamel ovals with images of various modes of transit, installed on either side of the pathway to the Ninth Avenue entrance of the Richmond Branch Library.
       
   8. Motion to rescind Resolution Number 0301-10-084 approving The Chinatown Journey, a two-year multi-artist, multimedia art project proposed by the Chinese Culture Center for the Central Subway Temporary Art Program’s Chinatown Pilot Project for 2010-2011, and authorizing the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the Chinese Culture Center for an amount not to exceed $80,000 to implement the project. The resolution is rescinded due to a technical error regarding geographic application restrictions in the original Request for Proposals which required reissuing the Request for Proposals and conducting a new selection process.
       
   9. Motion to approve a grant for The Chinatown Journey, a two-year multi-artist, multimedia art project proposed by the Chinese Culture Center for the Central Subway Temporary Art Program’s Chinatown Pilot Project for 2010-2011, as recommended by the Central Subway Temporary Art Program Chinatown Project Selection Panel, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the Chinese Culture Center for an amount not to exceed $80,000 to implement the project.
       
   10. Motion to approve the public art approach and artist selection plan for Palega Recreation Center as detailed in the Palega Recreation Center Public Art Project Outline.
        
   11. Motion to approve the following arts professionals as potential selection panelists for the Palega Recreation Center Public Art Project: Jennifer Easton, Public Art Administrator, San Jose Public Art; Julia Hamilton, Program Director, Neighborhood Public Art Grant at Richmond Art Center; Carrie Lederer, Curator of Exhibitions and Programs, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek; Ellen Oh, Executive Director, Kearny Street Workshop; and Dana Zed, artist.
        
   12. Motion to approve the selection of artist Moto Ohtake for the Fulton Playground Public Art Project as recommended by the Fulton Playground Artwork Selection Panel.
        
   13. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Moto Ohtake to commission an artwork for Fulton Playground in an amount not to exceed $38,000.
        
   14. Motion to approve proposed relocation of existing artworks within Boeddeker Park: Untitled by Anthony Smith; Ark (or Ark San Francisco) by Bruce Hasson; and Redding School, Self Portrait by Ruth Asawa.
        
   15. Motion to approve final artwork design of Evolves the Luminous Flora, by Kathryn “Jovi” Schnell for Tutubi Plaza.
        
   16. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection, B F I L R Y D, 2010, twenty-six glass panels (eight 5'x10' panels of fritted glass; sixteen 2.5'x10' sandblasted panels, and two 8'x 8' clear glass laminated panels with photographic interlayer) by Bob Zoell, commissioned for the secure connector between Terminal Three and the International Terminal at the San Francisco International Airport.
        
   17. Motion to approve the following pool of arts professionals for the Memorial Court project: Susan Harrison, Program Director, United States General Services Administration; Stanley Saitowitz, architect; Michael Willis, architect; Rupert Garcia, artist; Karen Tsujimoto, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum of California; Helene Fried, independent curator; and Walter Kitundu, artist.
       
        
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:
         
         Ellen Bruno, filmmaker
         Santhosh Daniel, Director of Programs for the Global Film Initiative
         Ken Foster, Executive Director, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
         Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez, Executive Director, MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, writer and curator
         Elaine Katzenberger, Editor, City Lights Books, Inc.
         Jan Masaoka, writer and director and Editor-in-Chief, Blue Avocado nonprofit magazine
         Chuck Mobley, Curator, San Francisco Camerawork and Editor, SF Camerawork Publications
         Ellen Oh, Executive Director, Kearny Street Workshop
         Frances Phillips, Senior Program Officer for Arts and Humanities, Walter and Elise Haas Fund
         Ron Ragin, Associate Program Officer, Performing Arts Program, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
         Fred Salas, Performance and Literary Arts Coordinator, MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana
         Steve Seid, Video Curator at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
         Mabel Sikmei Teng, Executive Director of the Chinese Culture Foundation
         Jessica Tully, artist and cultural worker
          
   4. Street Artists Committee—Sherene Melania, 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: Maria Cisneros, Chan Wen Fat, Rui Sem Liang, Ravit Maman, Alethea Shuey.
          
      3. Action: Motion to approve waiver of 15-day requirement for obtaining certificate: Homan Huang, Enrique Ordaz, Diana Samuelson, Meier Wen.
          
   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. New Business
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration.)
   
   
8. Reports and Announcements
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow the Commissioners to report on recent arts activities and make announcements.)
   
   
9. 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.)
   
   
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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