January 16, 2013

1. Roll Call

2. Boeddeker Park
Marcus Davies
Action
Presentation Time: Approximately 3 minutes

Request to increase artist Amy Blackstone’s contract for an artwork for Father Alfred E. Boeddeker Park based on increases to project funding and artist’s scope.

Motion: Motion to rescind Resolution No. 0507-12-146 authorizing the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Amy Blackstone for design, fabrication, transportation and installation of an artwork for Father Alfred E. Boeddeker Park in an amount not to exceed $25,600.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Amy Blackstone for design, fabrication, transportation and installation of an artwork for Father Alfred E. Boeddeker Park in an amount not to exceed $32,560.

3. Cabrillo Playground
Marcus Davies
Action
Explanatory Document: Conceptual design for artwork at Cabrillo Playground; Site rendering; Fabricator’s website www.lacefence.com
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of Colette Crutcher’s conceptual design for an artwork at Cabrillo Playground.

Motion: Motion to approve Colette Crutcher’s conceptual design for an artwork at Cabrillo Playground.

4. San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 3/Boarding Area E
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Document: Amy Ellingson's final artwork design
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of artist Amy Ellingson’s final design artwork for San Francisco International Airport’s Boarding Area E in Terminal 3.

Motion: Motion to approve the final design for Amy Ellingson’s artwork for San Francisco International Airport’s Boarding Area E in Terminal 3.

5. Central Subway

A. Union Square Market Street Station: Glass Elevator and Deck
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Documents: Rendering of site; Example of finalists’ past work; Panel summary
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the finalists for the Central Subway Union Square Market Street Station Glass Elevator and Deck Public Art Project: Amy Ellingson; Jim Isermann; Clare Rojas; and Jennifer Starkweather and Amanda Hughen.

Motion: Motion to approve the selected finalists for the Central Subway Union Square Market Street Station Glass Elevator and Deck Public Art Project: Amy Ellingson; Jim Isermann; Clare Rojas; and Jennifer Starkweather and Amanda Hughen.

B. Yerba Buena/Moscone Station Sculpture
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action
Explanatory Document: Selected artwork proposal
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Report on final selection panel meeting for the Yerba Buena/Moscone Station sculpture opportunity and presentation of the selected proposal for approval.

Motion: Motion to approve the proposal by artist (name to be provided at the meeting) for a sculpture for the entry plaza at Central Subway Yerba Buena/Moscone Station as recommended by the Central Subway Yerba Buena/Moscone Sculpture Public Art Selection Panel.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with (name to be provided at the meeting) for an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 to design, fabricate and transport a sculpture for the entry plaza at Central Subway Yerba Buena/Moscone Station.

C. Construction Barricade Temporary Art
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action
Explanatory Document: Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Art Project Outline; Examples of Barricade Art; Budget
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of project outline for temporary art projects on the barricades during construction of the Central Subway Yerba Buena/Moscone and Chinatown Stations.

Motion: Motion to approve the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Art Project Outline for a program of temporary artwork on the barricades for Yerba Buena/Moscone and Chinatown Stations during construction from approximately mid-2013 through 2016.

6. General Hospital
Zoë Taleporos
Action
Explanatory Document: Project Outline; Rendering of site
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of Project Outline for San Francisco General Hospital Emergency Room Entry Wall Public Art Project.

Motion: Motion to approve the Project Outline for San Francisco General Hospital Emergency Room Entry Wall Public Art Project.

7. Public Safety Building
Susan Pontious
Action
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Request to approve an increase in Merge Conceptual Design's contract for an artwork at the Public Safety Building.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase Merge Conceptual Design’s contract from $47,000 to $82,000 for Design Development and Construction Documents for their artwork for the Public Safety Building.

8. Excelsior Sculpture Project: Geneva & Mission
Carol Marie Daniels, Nicole Agbayani and Isis Rodriguez
Action
Explanatory Documents: Project overview and architectural drawings

Motion: Motion to approve the site and final design of Ever Upward, a 7½ foot metal sculpture mounted on a 6 foot concrete column overlaid with mosaic tile by artist Isis Rodriguez which will be installed at the northwest corner of Geneva and Mission streets. The sculpture is part of the Geneva Gateway Beautification project sponsored by Excelsior Action Group, funded by the Community Challenge Grant Program and supported by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.

9. Sutro Bust
Susan Pontious and Jonah Hendrickson
Action
Explanatory Document: Final clay design of the bust of Mayor Adolph Sutro
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of Jonah Hendrickson’s final clay design of the bust of Mayor Adolph Sutro to be installed at San Francisco City Hall.

Motion: Motion to approve the final clay design by Jonah Hendrickson of the bust of Mayor Adolph Sutro to be installed at San Francisco City Hall.

10. Church and Duboce Streetscape
Jennifer Lovvorn
Discussion
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Project update on the artwork Domestic Seating, by Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe at the intersection of Church Street and Duboce Avenue.

11. 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.)

12. 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.)

13. Adjournment
Action

ZT 1/11/13

Additional Explanatory Documents Added 1/15/13: Item #5, B. Selected artwork proposal; Item #9 Final clay design of the bust of Mayor Adolph Sutro

Additional Explanatory Documents Added 1/22/13: Item #5, C. Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Art Project Outline, Examples of Barricade Art, Budget.

Explanatory Document Revised 1/22/13: Item #8 Project overview and architectural drawings.

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