June 16, 2010

1. 525 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (“PUC”) Building: Interior Lobby
Jill Manton, Regina Almaguer

Presentation of the design of a water wall by artist Ned Kahn for the interior lobby of the PUC Building at 525 Golden Gate Avenue.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve contract budget of Ned Kahn for design of artwork for the interior lobby of 525 Golden Gate Avenue, PUC Building, in an amount not to exceed $300,000 pending approval by the client agency, the PUC.

2. 525 Golden Gate Avenue, PUC Building: Exterior Facade
Jill Manton, Regina Almaguer

Presentation of the design of the LED wall Firefly, by artist Ned Kahn for the exterior facade of the PUC Building at 525 Golden Gate Avenue.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Ned Kahn for design of artwork for the exterior facade of 525 Golden Gate Avenue, PUC Building, in an amount not to exceed $1,137,000 pending approval by the client agency, the PUC.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify existing contract to increase scope of work to include the fabrication of interior artwork as well increase the budget to include the fabrication and installation of the exterior artwork for total not to exceed 1,462,000 pending approval by the client agency, the PUC.

3. 525 Golden Gate Avenue, PUC Building: Grand Stairway
Jill Manton, Regina Almaguer

Presentation of the design of a sound installation by artist Bill Fontana for the Grand Stairway of the PUC Building at 525 Golden Gate Avenue.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to pay an honorarium of $5,000 to Bill Fontana for preliminary design and feasibility study for a sound based artwork for the Grand Stairway at 525 Golden Gate Avenue, PUC Building.

4. Richmond Branch Library
Judy Moran

Presentation of images of Scott Donahue's installed artwork for the Richmond Branch Library

Motion: Motion to approve the installed artwork, Touching Earth, by artist Scott Donahue, consisting of two vessel shaped concrete and bronze epoxy sculptures, located on either side of the pathway to the Ninth Avenue entrance of the Richmond Branch Library.

Motion: Motion to accept into the Civic Art Collection an artwork titled Touching Earth, by artist Scott Donahue, consisting of two vessel shaped sculptures molded out of concrete, each covered with an epoxy bronze relief map of the Bay Area, each approximately 35 inches high by 50 inches wide at the top, 35 inches wide at the bottom, and imbedded with small porcelain enamel ovals with images of various modes of transit, installed on either side of the pathway to the Ninth Avenue entrance of the Richmond Branch Library.

5. Central Subway
Judy Moran

Presentation of recommended proposal.

Motion: Motion to rescind Resolution Number 0301-10-084 to approve The Chinatown Journey, a two year multi-artist, multimedia art project proposed by the Chinese Culture Center for the Central Subway Temporary Art Program’s Chinatown Pilot Project for 2010-2011, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the Chinese Culture Center for an amount not to exceed $80,000 to implement the project. Motion rescinded due to a technical error in the first Request for Proposals regarding geographic application restrictions which required the reissuing of the Request for Proposals and a new selection process.

Motion: Motion to approve a grant for The Chinatown Journey, a two year multi-artist, multimedia art project proposed by the Chinese Culture Center for the Central Subway Temporary Art Program’s Chinatown Pilot Project for 2010-2011, as recommended by the Central Subway Temporary Art Program Chinatown Project Selection Panel, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the Chinese Culture Center for an amount not to exceed $80,000 to implement the project. The second Request for Proposals process resulted in the selection of the same organization (the Chinese Culture Center) as the first Request for Proposal process requiring a new resolution.

6. Sterling Park
Jill Manton

Presentation of the Temporary Artist Designed Lighting Installation at Sterling Park by Tarryn Sodenberg.

7. Palega Recreation Center
Jennifer Lovvorn

Presentation of new public art project for Palega Recreation Center.
Staff Report: Palega Recreation Center Public Art Project Outline

Motion: Motion to approve the public art approach and artist selection plan for Palega Recreation Center as detailed in the Palega Recreation Center Public Art Project Outline.

Motion: Motion to approve the following arts professionals as potential selection panelists for the Palega Recreation Center Public Art Project: Jennifer Easton, Public Art Administrator, San Jose Public Art; Julia Hamilton, Program Director, Neighborhood Public Art Grant at Richmond Art Center; Carrie Lederer, Curator of Exhibitions & Programs, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek; Ellen Oh, Executive Director, Kearny Street Workshop; and Dana Zed, artist.

8. Fulton Playground
Jennifer Lovvorn

Presentation of artwork selected for Fulton Playground by the Fulton Playground Artwork Selection Panel.

Motion: Motion to approve the selected artwork by an artist from the following list for the Fulton Playground as recommended by the Fulton Playground Artwork Selection Panel: Jerry Ross Barrish, Michael Carey, Mark Chatterley, Gerald Heffernon, Bruce Johnson, Eleanora Kupencow and Moto Ohtake.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to purchase an artwork or enter into contract to commission an artwork for Fulton Playground by an artist from the following list in an amount not to exceed $38,000: Jerry Ross Barrish, Michael Carey, Mark Chatterley, Gerald Heffernon, Bruce Johnson, Eleanora Kupencow and Moto Ohtake.

9. Airport
Susan Pontious

A. Motion: Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection, B F I L R Y D, 2010, twenty-six glass panels (eight 5'x10' panels of fritted glass; sixteen 2.5'x10' sandblasted panels, and two 8'x 8' clear glass laminated panels with photographic interlayer) by Bob Zoell, commissioned for the secure connector between Terminal Three and the International Terminal at the San Francisco International Airport.

B. Terminal Two update.

10. Boeddeker Park
Susan Pontious

A. Motion: Motion to approve proposed relocation of existing artworks within the park: Untitled by Anthony Smith; Ark (or Ark San Francisco) by Bruce Hasson; and Redding School, Self Portrait by Ruth Asawa.

B. Discussion of possible deaccession of Flying Dragon-Snake-Monkey-Bird by Johanna Poethig

C. Discussion of art enrichment opportunities.

11. Program Management
Susan Pontious

Discussion of proposed approaches for program efficiencies and small projects.
Staff Report: Revisions to Public Art Program Guidelines.

12. Memorial Court
Susan Pontious

A. Appointment of Commission representative for selection panel.

B. Motion: Motion to approve the following pool of arts professionals for the Memorial Court project: Susan Harrison, Program Director, United States General Services Administration; Stanley Saitowitz, architect; Michael Willis, architect; Rupert Garcia, artist; Karen Tsujimoto, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum of California; Helene Fried, independent curator; and Walter Kitundu, artist.

13. Laguna Honda
Susan Pontious

Appointment of Commission liaison for selection of two dimensional art for Laguna Honda.

14. Tutubi Plaza
Eleanor Beaton

Presentation of final artwork design by Kathryn "Jovi" Schnell for Tutubi Plaza.

Motion: Motion to approve final artwork design of Evolves the Luminous Flora, by Kathryn "Jovi" Schnell for Tutubi Plaza.

15. New Business

16. Old Business

17. Adjournment

MD 6/16/10
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