City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco Arts Commission

July 2, 2012

Full Commission - July 2, 2012

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, July 2, 2012
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 June 4, 2012 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 June 18, 2012.
       
    2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of June 20, 2012.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (June 18, 2012)
      Action
    3. Motion to approve Phase 1 of the San Francisco Groundwater Supply—South Windmill Well Station.
       
    4. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Bayview Opera House—ADA and Plaza Improvements with the condition that the development of the bridge design and model are presented prior to Phase 3 review.
       
    5. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the San Francisco International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower and Integrated Facility with the contingency that there be a work session prior to Phase 3 to look into alternatives for the exposed truss, create a more solid railing on the top edge of the tower, and examine the placement of louvers as they relate to the patterns on the exterior of the tower.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (June 20, 2012)
      Action
    6. Motion to approve a modification to the selection process and timeline to include a review by a panel of arts professionals of the applicants to the following new Central Subway public art projects: Chinatown Station—Crosscut Cavern Wall; Moscone Station—Ticketing Hall Wall; Moscone Station—Entry Plaza Sculpture and Union Square Station—Elevator and Deck Glass.
       
    7. Motion to approve the following arts professionals as potential panelists for the Central Subway Public Art Projects Selection Panels:
      Lucinda Barnes, Chief Curator and Director of Programs and Collections, Berkeley Art Museum
      Janet C. Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
      Abby Chen, Program Director, Chinese Culture Center
      Kevin B. Chen, Program Director, Intersection for the Arts
      René de Guzman, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum of California
      Courtney Fink, Executive Director, Southern Exposure
      Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
      Betti-Sue Hertz, Director of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
      Jens Hoffmann, Director of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts at the California College of the Arts
      Hou Hanru, Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs, San Francisco Art Institute
      Chuck Mobley, Director, Camerawork
      Julio César Morales, Adjunct Curator, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
      Ellen Oh, Program Administrator, Institute for Diversity in the Arts, Stanford University
      Susan O’Malley, Curator and Print Center Director, San Jose ICA
      Renny Pritikin, Director of the Richard Nelson Gallery at UC Davis
      Larry Rinder, Director of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
      Dara Solomon, Curator, Contemporary Jewish Museum
      Grace C. Stanislaus, Executive Director, Museum of the African Diaspora
      Catherine Wagner, Artist and Professor of Art, Mills College
       
    8. Motion to approve the following Tnemec paint colors for Nobuho Nagasawa’s installation at Islais Creek: Cleats, “Moss”; Bell Frame Support: “Weeping Willow”; Ship: “International Orange”; Bell: blackened raw treatment.
       
    9. Motion to approve the revised designs by Julie Chang for the Art on Market Street Poster Series 2012-2013.
       
    10. Motion to approve the revised designs by Christina Empedocles for the Art on Market Street Poster Series 2012-2013.
       
    11. Motion to approve Susie Cagle, Amy Faville, Sanaz Mazinani, Robert Minervini, Lordy Rodriguez and Mark Ulriksen as finalists for the Art on Market Street Posters Series 2013-2014 as recommended by the Art on Market Street Selection Panel.
       
    12. Motion to approve curator honorarium payments in the amount of $700 each to the following individuals for the creation of free public programming for the SFAC Gallery’s current exhibition, FAX: Anne Colvin, Kevin Killian, Colter Jacobsen and Adrienne Skye Roberts.
       
    13. Motion to approve artist honorarium payments for the production of newly commissioned work for the upcoming SFAC Gallery exhibition, Visible Horizon, in the amount of $700 each for the following artists: Andrew Chapman, Chris Duncan and Rhonda Holberton.
       
    14. Motion to approve the revised design by Paul Kos for an artwork for the Community Plaza at the new Public Safety Building.
       
    15. Motion to approve the revised design by Shimon Attie for a police memorial artwork in the lobby of the new Public Safety Building.
       
    16. Motion to increase Attie Art Projects LLC (aka Scott/Shimon Attie) contract for a police memorial artwork in the lobby of the new Public Safety Building from $192,500 by $150,000 for a total amount of $342,500 for design development and construction documents.
       
    17. Motion to approve revised program plan and budget for Boarding Area E.
       
    18. Motion to rescind Resolution #1101-04-233 to approve the deaccessioning of Masquerade in Black (Accession #1980.6) by Jay DeFeo.
       
    19. Motion to approve artist Carmen Lomas Garza as recommended by the 17th and Folsom Park Public Art Selection Panel for an artwork at 17th and Folsom Park.
       
    20. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Carmen Lomas Garza for design of an artwork for 17th and Folsom Park in an amount not to exceed $22,480.
       
      Executive Committee Recommendations (July 2, 2012)
      Action
    21. Motion to authorize advances totaling $528,252 to the Cultural Centers for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, based on the prior year’s total grant allocation, and pending approval of the City budget, in the following amounts:
      African American Art & Culture Complex, $149,082 (including $124,915 to African American Art and Culture Complex and $24,167 to Queer Cultural Center as subgrantee of African American Art and Culture Complex)
      Bayview Opera House, $77,915
      Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, $130,731
      SOMArts Cultural Center, $170,524 (including $146,357 to SOMArts Cultural Center, and $24,167 to Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center as subgrantee of SOMArts Cultural Center)
    22. Motion to revise Resolution No. 0507-12-152 due to clerical error in total grant calculation and grant amount for ABADA Capoeira. The corrected motion is as follows:

      Motion to enter into grant agreements to award 42 grants totaling $467,640 in the 2011-2012 Organization Project Grants cycle and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with the following organizations for the amounts listed:

      3rd i South Asian Independent Film Festival, $11,260
      ABADA Capoeira San Francisco, $11,850
      Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, $11,850
      Campo Santo, $11,260
      Center for the Art of Translation, $11,850
      Charming Hostess, $11,850
      Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, $10,690
      Clerestory, $8,690
      Croatian American Cultural Center, $11,850
      CubaCaribe, $11,850
      Dancers’ Group, $11,850
      Eldergivers, $10,690
      EXIT Theater, $11,850
      Garret Moulton Productions, $11,850
      Genryu Arts/Gen Taiko, $11,850
      Intersection for the Arts, $11,850
      Jess Curtis/Gravity, $11,850
      Joe Goode Performance Group, $11,850
      Kearny Street Workshop, $11,250
      Kulintang Arts, Inc., $11,850
      Litquake, $11,850
      Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, $11,850
      ME’DI.ATE, $11,850
      Museum of Craft and Folk Art, $11,850
      National Japanese American Historical Society, $11,850
      Out of Site: Center for Arts Education, $11,850
      PlayGround, $11,850
      Playwrights Foundation, $11,850
      Post Ballet, $11,850
      Queer Rebel Productions, $6,600
      Root Division, $11,250
      San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, $11,850
      San Francisco Friends of Chamber of Music, $11,850
      San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (Tranny Fest), $5,090
      Scott Wells and Dancers, $11,850
      Shadowlight Productions, $11,850
      Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center, $11,850
      Stepology, $11,850
      Voice of Witness, $11,850
      Women’s Audio Mission, $11,850
      Writers Among Artists, $1,660
      Yerba Buena Arts and Events, $11,850

       

  6. Committee Reports and Committee Matters

    1. Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the agency.
         
    2. Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Chair of the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
    3. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
         
    4. Street Artists Committee—Gregory Chew, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Chair of the 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: Boma Cho.
         
      3. Action: Motion to approve request by applicant for waiver of 15-day requirement for obtaining a certificate: Yao Yuan.
         
    5. Visual Arts Committee—Barbara Sklar, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
         
  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. New Business and Announcements
    Discussion
    (This item is to allow the Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration, to report on recent arts activities and to make announcements.)
     
  9. Adjournment
    Action
     

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Explanatory documents listed above, as well as documents created or distributed after the posting of this agenda to the Arts Commission will be 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. PLEASE NOTE: The Arts Commission often receives documents created or submitted by other City officials, agencies or departments after the posting of the Arts Commission agenda. For such documents or presentations, members of the public may wish to contact the originating agency if they seek documents not yet provided to the Arts Commission.

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