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Full Commission - October 6, 2014 - Meeting Agenda

Full Commission - October 6, 2014

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, October 6, 2014
3:00 p.m.

City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place


Agenda

  1. Roll Call
     
  2. 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.)
     
  3. Approval of Minutes
    Action

    Motion to approve September 8, 2014 Minutes.

    Explanatory Document: Draft minutes
     

  4. President’s Report
    Discussion

    Current developments and announcements, appointment of Nominating Committee.
     
  5. Director’s Report
    Discussion

    Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
     
  6. 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 September 9, 2014.
       
    2. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of September 10, 2014.
       
    3. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of September 17, 2014.
       
    4. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of September 22, 2014.
       
      Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (September 9, 2014; link to agenda)
      Action
    5. Motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on SFAC review panels for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Fiscal Years:
      Ani Rivera, Executive Director, Galería de la Raza
      Ashara Ekundayo, Chief Creative Officer & Omi Gallery Director, Impact Hub Oakland
      Idris Ackamoor, Co-Founder, Cultural Odyssey
      Juan G. Berumen, Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco
      Lex Leifheit, Executive Director, SOMArts Cultural Center
      Miguel Salinas, Program Officer in Local Grantmaking, Packard Foundation
      Tamara Alvarado, Executive Director, School of Arts & Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza
      Vanessa Whang, Director of Programs, Cal Humanities
      Wayne Hazzard, Executive Director, Dancers’ Group
       
    6. Motion to approve the proposed FY2014-2015 Management and Programming Plan and Budget for African American Art and Culture Complex (“AAACC”) for an amount not to exceed $623,165: $521,477 to AAACC, and $101,688 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center (“QCC”) pending budget revisions from QCC.
       
    7. Motion to approve the proposed FY2014-2015 Management and Programming Plan and Budget for SOMArts Cultural Center for an amount not to exceed $614,690.
       
    8. Motion to approve the proposed FY2014-2015 Management and Programming Plan and Budget for Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts for an amount not to exceed $550,067.
       
    9. Motion to approve the proposed FY2014-2015 Management and Programming Plan and Budget for Bayview Opera House, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $327,836.
       
      Street Artists Committee Recommendations (September 10, 2014; link to agenda)
      Action
    10. Motion to approve proposal of Program Director to relocate street artist selling space B-00 a distance of eleven feet eastward from B-0 on Beach Street.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (September 17, 2014; link to agenda)
      Action
    11. Motion to approve the destruction of Carlos Loarca’s painted mural, Untitled, 1979, sited at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts’ second floor gallery located at 2868 Mission Street in San Francisco. The mural is scheduled for demolition during the renovation of the second floor gallery, following the expiration of a 90-day notice period in which the artist or a party authorized by the artist is given opportunity to remove and relocate the artwork.
       
    12. Motion to approve the mural design, Shades, by Anthony Kraus, to be painted on a mural site located at 1157 Post Street. The mural is a project of the Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTS Program, funded by the Department of Public Works.
       
    13. Motion to approve artist honoraria payments in the amount of $2,000 each to Michael Arcega, Matthew Gottschalk, Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor and Jeremy Mende, for new commissioned installations in Fiscal Year 2014-2015 at the SFAC Galleries Window Installation Site.
       
    14. Motion to approve an honorarium payment in the amount of $5,500 to Kevin Chen for his curatorial work on upcoming SFAC Galleries exhibitions at City Hall and the Grove Street Window Installation Site. Exhibitions supported by this curatorial honorarium include, but are not limited to: Pirkle Jones 1938–1993 (City Hall); Michael Arcega, Baby (Medium for Intercultural Navigation) (Grove Street); Roger Erickson, Normal (City Hall); and Matthew Gottschalk, New Installation (Grove Street).
       
    15. Motion to approve the Public Utilities Commission Storm Drain Murals Pilot Program Outline.
       
    16. Motion to approve revised conceptual proposal by Dennis Scott Oliver for the Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project.
       
    17. Motion to approve the following artists for the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Public Art Projects, as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel: Maria Park for Chinatown Station, and Jason Jägel for Yerba Buena/Moscone Station.
       
    18. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with Maria Park for an amount not to exceed $25,000 to design artwork imagery and create production files for the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Public Art Project for Chinatown Station, which will be on display for one year from approximately early 2015 through early 2016.
       
    19. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with Jason Jägel for an amount not to exceed $25,000 to design artwork imagery and create production files for the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Public Art Project for Yerba Buena/Moscone Station, which will be on display for one year from approximately mid-2015 through mid-2016.
       
    20. Motion to approve the mock-up showing the background elements for a mosaic artwork by Jetro Martinez for the General Hospital Acute Care Building: Emergency Department.
       
    21. Motion to approve Nancy Blum’s final design for art glass for the fifth floor of the General Hospital Acute Care Building.
       
    22. Motion to approve the Guidelines for Temporary Art Installations in Civic Center dated August 8, 2014.
       
    23. Motion to approve the final poster designs for Ranu Mukherjee’s 2014-2015 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series, Wild Spicy Growing Gritty Spirited Transmission, on view December 22, 2014–March 28, 2015, pending final editing of poster text by Arts Commission staff.
       
    24. Motion to approve the long-term loan of Keith Haring’s artwork Untitled (Three Dancing Figures), 1989, a large-scale enamel on aluminum sculpture, approximately 10 feet by 12 feet by 18 feet. (San Francisco Arts Commission Accession Number 2001.1) to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco for display at the de Young Museum, beginning in October 2014 to coincide with their exhibition, Keith Haring: The Political Line, and extending to the completion of construction at Moscone Convention Center South scheduled for Spring 2018.
       
    25. Motion to approve the design of LightRail, a privately funded LED light art project proposed for installation on Market Street from Van Ness Avenue to the Embarcadero for a duration of approximately four years beginning in 2015.
       
      Executive Committee Recommendations (September 22, 2014; link to agenda)
      Action
    26. Motion to approve the Moscone Expansion: Exterior Artworks Project Outline.
       
    27. Motion to approve the design and temporary installation of Free Art, a 9’ x 20’ freestanding mural designed by Ricardo Richey (a.k.a. APEX) on the Proxy lot located on the southeast corner of Octavia and Hayes streets, from October 17, 2014 through January 17, 2015, pending submittal and staff approval of construction drawings and insurance documents. The mural is sponsored by Young Jenkins, LLC and funded privately.
       
  7. 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. 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 Program.
         
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on San Francisco Arts Commission review panels for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Fiscal Years:
        Claire Schoen, filmmaker, Claire Schoen Media
        D'Arcy Drollinger, multimedia artist, director, producer, performer
        Ernest Jolly, artist and exhibition designer
        Imin Yehmin Yeh, Artist and Lecturer, San Jose State University
        Jenifer K. Wofford, artist and educator
        Justin Hoover, Curator of Exhibitions, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
        Katynka Martinez, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University
        Michella Rivera-Gravage, multimedia artist
        Sharon Tanenbaum, independent arts consultant
        Shawna Virago, Artistic Director, San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, musician
        T. Kebo Drew, Managing Director, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

        Explanatory Document: Panelist biographies
         

    3. Street Artists Committee—Barbara Sklar, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
    4. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
         
  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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Notices
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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