Meeting of the Full Arts
Commission
Monday, February 4, 2002
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
San Francisco, CA 94102
Minutes
Commission President
Gatti called the meeting to order at 3:10
p.m.
- ROLL CALL
Commissioners Present
Stanlee Gatti
Andrea Cochran
Rod Freebairn-Smith
Ralph Guggenheim
William Meyer
Denise Roth
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
Dugald Stermer
Ethel Pitts Walker
Dede Wilsey
Commissioners Absent
Kirk Anderson
Blanche Brown
Andrew Brother Elk
Eddie Marshall
Janice Mirikitani
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The following Resolution was Moved by President Gatti, Seconded,
and unanimously Adopted:
RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-027: APPROVAL OF MINUTES ADOPTED
RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby approve the Minutes
of the Regular Monthly Meeting of January 7, 2002.
NOTE: ALL ADOPTIONS ARE UNANIMOUS UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED.
- PRESIDENT'S REPORT
President Gatti welcomed Commissioner Wilsey and extended
the Commission's condolences on the death of her husband.
In reference to the possibility of budget cuts, he emphasized that
reductions, no matter how small, would not be minor for the Arts
Commission. He asked the Commissioners to make every effort they
could to express their views to others.
- DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Director of Cultural Affairs Richard Newirth announced that
Community Arts and Education Program Director Liz Lerma was
leaving the Commission for a position as Director of Community
Programs at DPW.
Ms. Lerma said that the DPW program would focus on the
cleaning and beautifying of San Francisco, and that she hoped to
continue working with the Arts Commission in her new capacity. She
thanked the Commissioners for everything they did for community
arts.
Mr. Newirth said that he would attend the Urban Arts Federation
meeting in Phoenix the following week.
He announced the upcoming opening of the exhibition of "missing"
fliers at City Hall on February 6, the dedication of the North
Beach Parking Garage on February 7 and the next Writers Corps
poetry slam at the Mission Cultural Center on February 22. He also
announced two upcoming events at the African and African American
Art and Culture Complex, a youth program on February 9 and a
series of presentations by emerging performing artists February 28
through March 2 .
He reported on the success of the recent Creativity Forum, which
focused on the current need for arts education in schools for
every child at every age. He reiterated that the coming year would
be a tough one, and that assistance from the Commissioners would
be needed as the Commission moved forward in advocating for arts
education.
He announced that the Co-Lab project, a joint project of the Arts
Commission and San Francisco State University, would open on March
2 with events at both the Arts Commission Gallery and the SFSU
gallery. The project consists of collaborations between artists
and youth.
He congratulated Arts Education Officer Rachelle Axel for securing
a four-year $200,000 grant for the Arts Funders Collaborative.
He reported that he had been invited by two individuals to visit
St. Petersburg, where he would meet with people in education and
confer with political officials on cultural policy and
funding.
- CONSENT CALENDAR
Item 19 was removed from the Consent Calendar and referred
to Committee Reports.
RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-028: Consent Calendar
ADOPTED: UNANIMOUS
Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt the
following items on the amended Consent Calendar and their related
Resolutions:
Approval of Committee Minutes
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-029 Motion to
approve the Civic Design Committee Meeting Minutes of
December 17, 2001.
Explanatory Document: Draft
Committee Minutes
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-030: Motion to approve the
Community Arts and Education Committee Meeting Minutes of
January 8, 2002.
Explanatory Document: Draft
Committee Minutes
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-031: Motion to approve the
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of December 18, 2001 and
January 15, 2002.
Explanatory Document: Draft
Committee Minutes
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-032: Motion to approve the
Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of January 9,
2002.
Explanatory Document: Draft
Committee Minutes
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-033: Motion to approve the
Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of October 24,
November 28, December 13, 2001 and January 16, 2002.
Explanatory Document: Draft
Committee Minutes
Civic Design Committee Recommendations
(01/28/02)
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-034: Motion to approve the
Art Institutes International at San Francisco's proposal to
remove concrete benches.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-035: Motion to approve
Maxine Hall, ADA Ramp Addition, Phase 1, 2, and 3.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-036: Motion to approve the
Lane Street and Crocker Amazon Pump Station Replacement
Projects, Phase 2 and 3.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-037: Motion to approve the
Muni MMX Platform Administrative Phase 3.
Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (01/16/02)
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-038: Motion to approve the
final design of the two glass curtain walls on the facade of
the Muni Metro East Light Rail Vehicle Maintenance Facility
by the Third Street Light Rail Artist Team of Nobuho
Nagasawa and Anita Margrill.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-039: Motion to approve
exhibitions by Jonathan Keats, Libby Black, Liz Cohen, Megan
Archer, Josh Greene, Will Rogan, Asha Schechter, Trevor
Shimizu, and Bob Linder for the gallery show, April 5 - May
18, 2002.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-040: Motion to approve
exhibition by Chen Ju Pan for Grove Street Windows
installation for April and May of 2002.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-041: Motion to authorize
the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify and increase the
contract with Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio for the
fabrication and installation of their artwork design for the
Moscone Center Expansion Project for an increase not to
exceed $11,000 for additional engineering services by Pol-X
West.
Executive Committee Recommendations (01/15/02)
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-042: Motion to approve
request by Program Director for ordinance increasing the
street artist certificate fee to $93.40 per quarter or
$373.60 per year.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-043: Motion to approve the
Fiscal Year 2002-03 General Fund Budget submission to the
Mayor.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-044: Motion to approve the
Fiscal Year 2002-03 Street Arists and Cultural Equity Grants
program budgets submission to the Mayor.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-045: Motion to approve the
addition of individuals, Pamela Samaneigo, Melissa Szeto,
Melody Takata and Michael Tekulsky to the Cultural Equity
Grants panel pool.
Community Arts and Education Committee Recommendations
(01/08/02)
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-046: Motion to approve a
grant up to $3,000 from CAC funds to the Every Child Can
Learn Foundation in support of the PTA's Family Arts
Workshop.
- Motion to approve the following pool of panelists for
Arts Education Organization Grant selection:
Sheila Pressley, deYoung Museum
Jonathan Yorba, Center for the Arts
Sheila Baumgarten, Koret Foundation
Carol Kocivar, PTA
Max Lantz, Youth Commissioner
Benjamin Lockett, Youth Commissioner
Myron Howard Johnson, Youth Commissioner
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-049: Motion to grant up to
$202,000 to Intersection for the Arts, for continued support
as fiscal sponsor of the African American Arts and Culture
Complex.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-050: Motion to approve the
SFAC Staff Recommended AAACC 2001-2002 Management and
Programming Plan and Budget from Cultural Center Line Item
Hotel Tax Funds.
Street Artists Committee Recommendations (01/09/02)
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-051: Motion to approve
request by Program Director for ordinance increasing the
street artist certificate fee for fiscal year 2002-03 to
$93.40 per quarter or $373.60 per year.
- Committee Reports
- Civic Design Committee--Stanlee Gatti,
Chair
- Report from Chair of Civic Design Committee
regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
President Gatti reported that the Committee had again
referred the design for the Beach Chalet addition back to
the architects for revisions.
- Mr. Newirth raised the issue of the order of approvals
when other agencies were involved. He said that he would set
up a meeting with the Landmarks Advisory Board staff and
Commissioner Freebairn-Smith, who is now an ex-officio
member of the Landmarks Advisory Board, to discuss the
issue.
- Visual Arts Committee -- Ralph Guggenheim, Chair
- Report from Chair of Visual Arts Committee
regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-052: Motion to approve the
Director of Cultural Affairs entering into contract with
Levy Design Partners for an amount not to exceed $9,500 for
Completion of Construction Documents for the Integration of
Artwork into the Third Street Light Rail Project.
- Executive Committee -- Stanlee Gatti, Chair
- Report from Chair of Executive Committee
regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
In reference to item (b) below, Jewelle Gomez explained that
ArtHouse funding for 2000-01 was complete. She said the
following item had been changed to to clarify that funding
for 2001-02 is for the fiscal year between July 1, 2001 and
June 30, 2002. Funding at the new level will be $15,000 for
the first half of the year and $10,000 for the second
half.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-053: Motion to approve
funding for ArtHouse for Fiscal Year 2001-2002 (July
2001-June 2002) at $25,000.
Commissioner Freebairn-Smith asked if new sources of revenue
were available to the the cultural centers.
Mr. Newirth replied that some of the centers were more
entrepreneurial than others. He said that, since city
funding allocations would be reduced, all the centers would
have to either find new ways of generating funding or cut
back on their activities. He said that the Cultural Equity
Grants program budget would also be reduced.
- Street Artists Committee --Dugald Stermer, Chair
- Report from Chair of Street Artists Committee
regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
Commissioner Stermer reported on a possible increase in
licensing fees. He said that the recommendation would be
sent to the Supervisors for their approval.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-054: Motion to approve
requests by former certificate-holders for priority issuance
of certificate with waiver of re-screening of wares: Zhao
Hui Liu, Eric Arigo, Perrie Harrison.
- Community Arts & Education --Denise Roth, Chair
- Report from Chair of Community Arts &
Education Committee regarding activities of the Committee
and the Program.
Commissioner Roth reported that the Committee had approved
the budget for the African and African American Art and
Culture Complex.
She announced that item (b) below, referred from the Consent
Calendar, was being revised to add a new panel member Gina
Mackintosh.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0204-02-048: Motion to approve the
following pool of panelists for Arts Education Organization
Grant selection:
Sheila Pressley, deYoung Museum
Jonathan Yorba, Center for the Arts
Sheila Baumgarten, Koret Foundation
Carol Kocivar, PTA
Max Lantz, Youth Commissioner
Benjamin Lockett, Youth Commissioner
Myron Howard Johnson, Youth Commissioner
Gina Mackintosh
- Reports and Announcements
Commissioner Meyer reported on a recent Performing Arts
Committee Meeting. He said that the Symphony had proposed the
presentation of more orchestral performances in the next Summer in
the City series, since these performances are among the most
successful. He added that Commissioner Marshall's suggestion of a
Brazilian jazz musician as a guest artist had been well received.
The Symphony also plans to do another presentation of a staged
Broadway musicals.
- Public Comment
In public comment, Alma Robinson, California Lawyers for the
Arts, thanked the Commissioners for their support of ArtHouse. She
said that 39 organizations had received support through the Rent
Subsidy program, and that several had received capital grants. She
said ArtHouse will continue to offer technical assistance to arts
organizations and artists in dealing with issues of facility
management, and that the organization had hired a real estate
finance analyst. ArtHouse has received an NEA grant to
examine the possibility of organizational restructuring, and
Margie O'Driscoll, the first director of ArtHouse, has been
retained to help assess the feasibility of the organization's
becoming an independent 501(c)3 separate from CLA and the Arts
Commission.
Sally Woelfel, ArtHouse, also thanked the Commission for its
support .She distributed letters of support for ArtHouse from
other arts organizations. She updated the Commissioners on current
ArtHouse projects. These included helping a homeless theater group
find affordable rehearsal space and working with the Redevelopment
Agency to facilitate meetings to support art and culture in the
Mid-Market area.
- Adjournment
There being no further business, the Meeting adjourned at 4:00
p.m.
Approved by Richard Newirth, Director of Cultural affairs
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