City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco Arts Commission

April 4, 2011

Full Commission - April 4, 2011

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, April 4, 2011
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 March 7, 2011 Minutes.

    Explanatory document: Draft minutes

  3. President’s Report
    Discussion

    Current developments and announcements.

  4. Director’s Report
    Discussion

    Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements. Presentation on public art at San Francisco Airport Terminal 2.

  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 February 14, 2011.
       
    2. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of March 8, 2011.
       
    3. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of March 16, 2011.
       
    4. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of March 21, 2011.
       
      Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (March 8, 2011)
      Action
    5. Motion to enter into a grant agreement with Black Rock Arts Foundation for a grant not to exceed $35,000 for the installation of two sculptures along the central Market corridor as part of The ARTery Project, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Mayors’ Institute on City Design award.
       
    6. Motion to approve recommendations to award fifty-five grants totaling $557,448 in the 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:

      African & African American Performing Arts Coalition, $11,250
      Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, $11,250
      Aunt Lute Books, $10,125
      Bay Area National Dance Week, $7,500
      Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, $3,414
      borderOUT, $3,750
      Campo Santo, $11,250
      Center for the Art of Translation, $9,000
      Central Market Arts, $9,000
      Chrysalis Studio, $9,225
      Circo Zero/Zero Performances, $8,378
      Circuit Network, $11,250
      CounterPulse, $11,250
      Croatian American Cultural Center, $11,250
      Crowded Fire Theatre Company, $6,000
      Cutting Ball Theatre Company, $11,250
      DanceArt, Inc., $11,250
      Dancers’ Group, $11,250
      Del Sol Performing Arts Organization, $11,250
      Eldergivers, $10,688
      Epiphany Productions, $11,250
      EXIT Theater, $11,250
      foolsFury Theater Company, $11,250
      Golden Thread Productions, $$11,250
      Instant City: A Literary Exploration of San Francisco, $1,080
      Instituto Pro Musica de California, $11,250
      Kulintang Arts, Inc., $11,250
      Litquake, $11,250
      Manilatown Heritage Foundation, $8,044
      Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, $11,250
      Other Minds, $11,250
      Photo Alliance, $11,250
      Playwrights Foundation, $11,250
      Project Bandaloop, $11,250
      Queer Cultural Center, $11,250
      Queer Rebel Productions, $7,125
      SAFEhouse, $8,550
      San Francisco Cinematheque, $11,250
      San Francisco Friends of Chamber of Music, $11,250
      San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Festival, $11,250
      San Francisco Independent Film Festival, $9,975
      San Francisco Live Arts, $11,250
      San Francisco Mime Troupe, $11,250
      San Francisco Silent Film Festival, $11,250
      San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, $3,206
      Scott Wells and Dancers, $11,250
      Sixth Street Photography Workshop, $10,125
      Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center, $11,250
      Southern Exposure, $10,688
      Stepology, $11,250
      Switchboard Music Festival, $6,450
      Voice of Witness, $11,250
      Volti, $11,250
      Yerba Buena Arts and Events, $11,250
      Z Space Studio, $11,250
      Zambaleta, $10,125
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (March 16, 2011)
      Action
    7. Motion to approve the final designs for Once Upon a Time poster series by artist Elisheva Biernoff for the Art on Market Street Program 2010-2011, to be installed in 36 kiosks on Market Street from May 1 to July 31, 2011.
       
    8. Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve an extensive modification of an existing mural by the original artist Max Allbee on the guard rail along the sidewalk on either side of Mission Street on the bridge over Alemany Boulevard and Highway 280, between Trumbull and Bosworth streets. The modification to the mural is the result of extensive community outreach and efforts to better depict the diversity of the community.
    9. Motion to approve Design Development Phase deliverables for the artwork, with text pending future approval, by artist Shan Shan Sheng for the interior of the Chinese Recreation Center and authorization to proceed with fabrication of the artwork.
       
    10. Motion to approve the temporary six-month installation of two Karen Cusolito sculptures, Dandelion and Valiant Flower to be located at 1125 Market Street and the sidewalk of UN Plaza, respectively. The installations are part of The ARTery Project, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts Mayors’ Institute on City Design grant and Burning Man.
       
    11. Motion to approve a public performance to be presented by Southern Exposure, a nonprofit San Francisco arts organization, on Market Street between 5th Street and the Embarcadero, as part of The Cries of San Francisco, a multimedia project by artist Allison Smith, on June 4, 2011 between 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
       
    12. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to provide a $5,000 honorarium to Anthony Torres to curate the exhibition Shared Histories: Latino Artists in San Francisco, 1932-2012, part of the special programming associated with the 80th Anniversary year of the San Francisco Arts Commission in 2012.
       
    13. Motion to approve the revised Public Safety Building Public Art Program Outline.
       
    14. Motion to approve the selected finalists as recommended by the Public Safety Building Artist Selection Panel for the public art projects associated with the Public Safety Building: Police Memorial Site finalists Shimon Attie, Larry Kirkland, Paul Kos and Catherine Wagner; Fire Station Site finalists Franka Diehnelt/Claudia Reisenberger, Donald Lipski, and Matthew Passmore (Rebar Group); and South Plaza Site finalists Lawrence Argent, Douglas Hollis, Paul Kos, Matthew Passmore (Rebar Group) and Roxy Paine.
       
    15. Motion to approve the payment of an honorarium in the amount of $1,500 per finalist plus travel expense reimbursement for out-of-town artists for the Public Safety Building Art Project orientation and panel interviews: Police Memorial Site finalists Shimon Attie, Larry Kirkland, Paul Kos and Catherine Wagner; Fire Station Site finalists Franka Diehnelt/Claudia Reisenberger, Donald Lipski, and Matthew Passmore (Rebar Group); and South Plaza Site finalists Lawrence Argent, Douglas Hollis, Paul Kos, Matthew Passmore (Rebar Group) and Roxy Paine.
       
    16. Motion to approve final design for the artwork by Colette Crutcher for the exterior of the Chinese Recreation Center and authorization to proceed with fabrication of the artwork.
       
    17. Motion to approve conceptual design of the Art on Market Street kiosk poster proposal by artist Ian Huebert.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (March 21, 2011)
      Action
    18. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Central Subway Moscone Station on the contingency that the design team meet with a Commissioner prior to Phase 3 review.
       
    19. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Firehouse no. 1 project with the contingency of reevaluating the massing of the window and screens.
       
    20. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the Tesla Portal Protection.
       
      Executive Committee Recommendations (March 28, 2011)
      Action
    21. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the San Francisco Symphony to produce ten concerts during each year of the 2011-2014 seasons for a total of 40 concerts, in an amount not to exceed $8,000,000, in annual increments not to exceed $2,000.000.
       
  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—Sherri Young, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from Chair of Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
    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: Simone Guimaraes, Byron Hay, Andrew Machulski, Jennifer Giles, Shawn Harris.
         
      3. Action: Motion to approve request by applicant for waiver of 15-day requirement for obtaining a certificate: Kenneth Kahn, Harry Pruyne.
         
    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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