October 3, 2011

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, October 3, 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 September 12, 2011 Minutes.
   
   Explanatory document: Draft minutes
   
   
3. President’s Report
   Discussion
   Current developments and announcements.
   
   
4. Interim 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 July 18, 2011.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of August 15, 2011.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of September 13, 2011.
       
   4. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of September 14, 2011.
       
   5. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of September 21, 2011.
       
   6. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of September 26, 2011.
       
      Community Arts and Education Committee Recommendations (September 13, 2011)
      Action
   7. Motion to approve the proposed 2011-2012 Management and Program Plan and budget for the African American Art and Culture Complex, for a grant not to exceed $474,206, contingent upon completion of revisions and submissions.
      
      Explanatory Document: African American Art and Culture Complex 2011-2012 Management and Program Plan and budget.
       
   8. Motion to approve the proposed 2011-2012 Management and Program Plan and budget for the SOMArts Cultural Center and sub-grantees Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center and Queer Cultural Center for a grant not to exceed $777,697 (including $584,357 to SOMArts, $96,670 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, and $96,670 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center), contingent upon completion of revisions and submissions.
      
      Explanatory Documents: SOMArts Cultural Center 2011-2012 Management and Program Plan and budget; Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center 2011-2012 Management and Program Plan and budget; and Queer Cultural Center 2011-2012 Management and Program Plan and budget.
       
   9. Motion to approve recommendations to award twelve grants totaling $181,636 in the Creative Space grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
      509 Cultural Center/the luggage store, $18,000
      BVHP Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT), $16,200
      Center for Sex and Culture, $16,150
      Chinese Cultural Productions/Lily Cai, $16,150
      Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, $18,000
      CounterPulse, $9,000
      Dance Brigade, $18,000
      EXIT Theater, $18,000
      Joe Goode Performance Group, $18,000
      Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc., $17,111
      SF Playhouse, $12,750
      Theater of Yugen, $4,275
      
      Explanatory Documents: Creative Space grant ranking and project descriptions; summary notes of the application evaluation; and biographies of the grant review panelists.
       
   10. Motion to approve recommendations to award four grants totaling $390,000 in the Cultural Equity Initiative Level Two grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
       Aunt Lute Books, $100,000
       Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company, $95,000
       Chinese Historical Society of America, $100,000
       Northern California Music and Art Culture Center, Inc., $95,000
       
       Explanatory Documents: Cultural Equity Initiative Level Two ranking and project descriptions; summary notes of the application evaluation; and biographies of the grant review panelists.
        
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (September 21, 2011)
       Action
   11. Motion to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $1,500 to Bert Bergen for his curatorial and artistic contributions to an SFAC Gallery exhibition about silkscreening in the Bay Area scheduled for exhibition at San Francisco City Hall.
        
   12. Motion to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $2,000 to both Reenie Charriere and Tahiti Pehrson for their artistic contributions to upcoming SFAC Gallery exhibitions at our window installation site at 155 Grove Street.
        
   13. Motion to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $1,200 to each of the following artists who will participate in an exhibition at the SFAC Gallery: Luca Antonucci, Jonathon Keats, Philip Ross, Heather Sparks and Gail Wight.
        
   14. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase the contract amount with artist Colette Crutcher by $3,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $38,000 for design, fabrication, transportation and installation/consultation during installation of the exterior artwork for the new Chinese Recreation Center.
        
   15. Motion to approve Safe Passage, a stenciled pavement mural along eleven designated ‘safe’ city blocks in the Tenderloin neighborhood. The mural is designed by Sylvester Guard and the late John Janois. The project is sponsored by the North of Market/Tenderloin Community Benefit District.
        
   16. Motion to approve the form of the contract between the City and artist Yumei Hou for conceptual design and consultation during artwork implementation, which shall be substantially in the same form as the contract document provided to Commissioners for review.
        
   17. Motion to approve the revised artwork locations, placement and proposed materials for an artwork by Yumei Hou for Chinatown Station.
        
   18. Motion to approve Conceptual Design Phase (artwork locations and placement) for the artwork by Tomie Arai for Chinatown Station.
        
   19. Motion to approve the loan of Stephen De Staebler’s artwork Stele, 1963, a cast aluminum sculpture, approximately 80 in. x 40 in. x 12 in. (SFAC Accession Number 1964.7) to the exhibition “Matter and Spirit: The Sculpture of Stephen De Staebler” organized by the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Loan dates are January 14, 2012 to April 22, 2012.
        
   20. Motion to approve the artist Bill Fontana and the artist’s proposal as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel for an artwork at the new North Beach Library pending further development of conceptual proposal in collaboration with Arts Commission staff and the project architect.
        
   21. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Bill Fontana for design, fabrication, transportation and installation/consultation during installation of an artwork for the new North Beach Library in an amount not to exceed $75,000.
        
   22. Motion to approve the conceptual design of an artwork by Scott Attie for the Police Memorial for the new Public Safety Building.
        
   23. Motion to approve the conceptual design of an artwork by Paul Kos for the Community Plaza of the new Public Safety Building.
        
       Executive Committee Recommendations (September 26, 2011)
       Action
   24. Motion to approve the acceptance of 13 individual donations to ArtCare totaling $35,275 for support in restoring and maintaining the Civic Art Collection’s artwork most in need of conservation work. These donors are: Rick Friedman, Kimberlee Stryker, Tom Yasuda, Carolyn Willis Vena and Mike Rissman, Richard and Ruth Rozen, Joyce Friedman, Stuart R. and Lee L. Pollak, The Loube Family, Dr. Stephen Jaffe, Kathleen McCormick, Denise Bouche Fitch, and Matthew Evans. Grants received for ArtCare, which will be processed through the accept/expend legislation, were the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, the Friend Family Foundation, the Berelson Family Fund, the Gerson Bakar Foundation, and the Koret Foundation.
        
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.
          
      2. Action: Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Golden Gate Transit Sign and Kiosk redesign with the contingency that the project use existing street poles for signage whenever possible.
          
   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: Barry Prager.
          
      3. Action: Motion to approve request to Board of Supervisors for re-designation of twenty-two (22) street artist spaces on Grant Avenue, O’Farrell to Sutter Streets, with exemption from regulation of Police Code Section 2405(c)(8)(2) which prohibits selling adjacent to a yellow zone.
          
   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.
          
      2. Action: Motion to pay the following artists an additional honorarium of $500 in return for license to the City to increase the number of limited edition of reproductions of the following artworks for display in resident rooms at Laguna Honda Hospital: Rob Badger’s Horses and Aspens in Fall Foliage; and Jim McVicker’s Luffenholtz Beach.
          
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 345, 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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