City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco Arts Commission

September 19, 2012

Visual Arts Committee - September 19, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday September 19, 2012
3:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
San Francisco, CA 94102
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Agenda

1. Roll Call

2. Consent Calendar
Action
Explanatory Documents: Draft of revised Civic Art Collection Guidelines
Presentation Time: Approximately 1 minute

1. Motion to approve an amendment to the Civic Art Collection Guidelines to include Resolution NO.0507-12-142 and Resolution NO.0507-12-143

Motion: Motion to approve consent calendar item.

3. SFAC Gallery
Meg Shiffler
Action

Explanatory Documents: Presentation of Artists for the exhibition Nothing to See Here at SFAC Gallery
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of Artists for the exhibition Nothing to See Here at SFAC Gallery and request to approve artist honorarium payments.

Motion: Motion to approve artist honorarium payments in the amount of $1,000 each to the following artists for their newly commissioned work for the exhibition Nothing to See Here at the SFAC Gallery: Nicole Jean; Hill; Jin Zhu; Johnna Arnold; and Joshua Band.

4. Central Subway: Moscone/Yerba Buena Station Sculpture Opportunity
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action

Explanatory Documents: Moscone/Yerba Buena Station Sculpture Prequalification Panel Meeting Summary and Moscone/Yerba Buena Station Sculpture Selection Panel Meeting One Summary; Moscone/Yerba Buena Station Sculpture Finalists
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of finalists as selected by the Moscone/Yerba Buena Station Sculpture Selection Panel.

Motion: Motion to approve the following short list for the Central Subway Moscone/Yerba Buena Station Sculpture Opportunity as recommended by the Prequalification Panel: Michael Arcega; Lawrence Argent; Alice Aycock, Ball-Nouges Studio; Cecil Balmond; Chris Burden; Linda Fleming; Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo; Mark Handforth; Sol LeWitt; Donald Lipski; Roxy Paine; Jaume Plensa; Charles Ray; Kent Roberts; Tony Smith; May Sun; and Pae White.

Motion: Motion to approve the following finalists for the Central Subway Moscone/Yerba Buena Station Sculpture Opportunity as recommended by the Moscone/Yerba Buena Station Sculpture Selection Panel: Sol LeWitt; Roxy Paine; and Charles Ray.

5. Central Subway: Prequalification for 2-D Opportunities at Chinatown Station, Union Square/Market Street Station and Moscone/Yerba Buena Station
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action

Explanatory Documents: Central Subway 2-D Opportunities Prequalification Panel Meeting Summary
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of short list of artists for the following Central Subway opportunities: Chinatown Station Crosscut Cavern Wall Project; Union Square/Market Street Station Art Glass Project; and Moscone Station Ticketing Hall Wall Project.

Motion: Motion to approve the following short list of artists for the Central Subway Chinatown Station Crosscut Cavern Wall Project as recommended by the Central Subway 2-D Projects Prequalification Panel: Shimon Attie; Hung Liu; Lisa Blatt; Sun/Erenberg Team (SET); Diane Andrews Hall; Cheonea Kim; Bovey Lee; Niana Liu; Mike Mandel; Lordy Rodriguez; Clare Rojas; Jovi Schnell; Jennifer Starkweather and Amanda Hughen; Mark Dean Veca; Pae White; and Imin Yeh.

Motion:
Motion to approve the following short list of artists for the Central Subway Union Square Station Art Glass Project as recommended by the Central Subway 2-D Projects Prequalification Panel: Tim Bavington; Lisa Blatt; Randy Colosky; Amy Ellingson; Diane Andrews Hall; Jim Isermann; Cheonea Kim; Bovey Lee; David Maisel; Clare Rojas; Leslie Shows; Jennifer Starkweather and Amanda Hughen; and Pae White.

Motion: Motion to approve the following short list for the Central Subway Moscone Station Ticketing Hall Wall Project as recommended by the Central Subway 2-D Projects Prequalification Panel: Shimon Attie; John Bankston; Hung Liu; Lisa Blatt; Randy Colosky; Amy Ellingson; Kota Ezawa; Diane Andrews Hall; Mildred Howard; Jim Isermann; Niana Liu; David Maisel; Mike Mandel; Lordy Rodriguez; Clare Rojas; Jovi Schnell; Leslie Shows; Owen Smith; Chris Sollars; Jennifer Starkweather and Amanda Hughen; Mark Dean Veca; Pae White; and Imin Yeh.

6. Public Safety Building – Police Memorial
Mary Chou
Action

Presentation Time: Approximately 1 minutes

Request to increase Attie Art Projects LLC (aka Scott/Shimon Attie) contract.

Motion: 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 $342,500 to the new contract amount not to exceed $392,500 for continuation of fabrication.

7. Public Safety Building – South Plaza
Mary Chou
Action

Presentation Time: Approximately 1 minute

Request to increase Paul Kos’s contract for a police memorial artwork in the lobby of the new Public Safety Building.

Motion: Motion to increase Paul Kos’s contract for a police memorial artwork in the lobby of the new Public Safety Building from $300,000 to a new contract amount not to exceed $450,000 for completion of construction document phase and continuation of fabrication phase.

8. Port Pier 92
Mary Chou
Discussion

Explanatory Documents: First Selection Panel Meeting Summary; Finalists' Applications
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Update on Port Pier 92 project and presentation of 3 finalists.

9. Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series 2013/14
Mary Chou
Action

Explanatory Documents: Art on Market Street conceptual proposals; Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series 2013/14 Panel Summary; Selected Artists' Conceptual Proposals
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of proposals by three artist finalists: Lordy Rodriguez; Mark Ulriksen; and Sanaz Mazinani; and one alternate, Susie Cagle, as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel for the 2013/2014 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series.

Motion:
Motion to approve the kiosk poster proposal by artist Lordy Rodriguez for the 2013/2014 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist to develop and complete six unique poster designs for an amount not to exceed $8,000.

Motion: Motion to approve the kiosk poster proposal by artist Mark Ulriksen for the 2013/2014 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist to develop and complete six unique poster designs for an amount not to exceed $8,000.

Motion: Motion to approve the kiosk poster proposal by artist Sanaz Mazinani for the 2013/2014 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist to develop and complete six unique poster designs for an amount not to exceed $8,000.

10. Art on Market Street Poster Series 2012/13

Mary Chou
Action

Explanatory Document: Poster Designs by Christina Empedocles for the Art on Market Street Poster Series
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of two additional poster designs by Christina Empedocles for the last installment of the Art on Market Street Poster Series 2012/13.

Motion: Motion to approve two additional poster designs by Christina Empedocles for the Art on Market Street Poster Series 2012/13.

11. General Hospital
Susan Pontious
Action

Explanatory Document: Images of Rupert Garcia's Designs for Mosaic Murals at General Hospital
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Update on Rupert Garcia’s mosaic murals at General Hospital.

Motion: Motion to approve an increase in Rupert Garcia’s contract to design, fabricate and install two mosaic murals at General Hospital from $307,312 to $337,564 due to an increase in the fabricator’s price.

12. SFO Airport, Boarding Area E

Susan Pontious
Action

Explanatory Documents: Conceptual Design for a light sculpture at SFO Boarding Area E by Merge (Revised 9/19/12)
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of conceptual designs by Merge for Boarding Area E at San Francisco International Airport.

Motion: Motion to approve the Conceptual Design for a light sculpture by Merge for Boarding Area E at San Francisco International Airport.

13. Public Comment
Discussion

(This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Visual Arts Committee’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Visual Arts Committee’s consideration at a future meeting.)

14. New Business and Announcements

Discussion

(This item is to allow the Commissioners and Arts Commission staff to introduce new agenda items for consideration at a future meeting, to report on recent arts activities and to make announcements.)

15. Adjournment

Action

ZT 9/14/12

Additional Explanatory Documents Added 9/17/12: Item #4, Moscone/Yerba Buena Station Sculpture Finalists; Item #8, First Selection Panel Meeting Summary.

Additional Explanatory Documents Added 9/19/12: Item #8, Finalists' Applications; Item #9, Selected Artists' Conceptual Proposals; Item #11, Images of Rupert Garcia's Designs for Mosaic Murals at General Hospital.

Explanatory Documents Revised 9/19/12: Item #12, Conceptual Design for a light sculpture at SFO Boarding Area E by Merge.

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Notices

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