June 19, 2013

1. Roll Call

2. Consent Calendar
Action
Explanatory Documents: Item 1; Item 2
Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes

1. Motion to approve Eric Powell’s final design for the Cayuga Playground main entrance gate.

2. Motion to approve the following arts professionals as potential panelists for the Vermont Street Stairs artist selection panel: Kevin Chen, Program Director, Intersection for the Arts; Courtney Fink, Executive Director, Southern Exposure; Lex Leifheit, Executive Director, SOMArts Cultural Center; Ellen Oh, Program Administrator, Institute for Diversity in the Arts, Stanford University; Renny Pritikin, California College of the Arts faculty; Rebeka Rodriguez, Program Director: Education & Community Engagement, Intersection for the Arts; Maysoun Wazwaz, Program Manager, Mills College Art Museum.

Motion: Motion to approve consent calendar items.

3. Kezar Triangle
Carla Crane, Sam Bower, Jill Manton
Action
Explanatory Documents
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation by the Friends of Kezar Triangle regarding the proposed improvements for Kezar Triangle in Golden Gate Park which will include temporary public art projects fiscally supported by the Carla and David Crane Foundation and the San Francisco Parks Alliance.

Motion: Motion to approve the general project outline of the Kezar Triangle Arts Coalition to improve an unused public space with nature based artworks, with the requirement that all temporary public art projects commissioned for the Kezar Triangle which have a duration of more than one week must be presented to the Arts Commission for approval.

4. Temporary Art Installation
Carol Marie Daniels
Action
Explanatory Documents
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of the design of a temporary art installation, Green the Excelsior Through Art, a five panel painted mural with six panels of explanatory signage to be installed on the front of the Excelsior Branch Library, 4400 Mission Street.

Motion: Motion to approve the design and installation of the temporary art project, Green the Excelsior Through Art, which consists of five art panels by artists Katherine Kodama, Matt Christenson, Nico Berry, Zoe Ani and Michael Hall, to be installed for a period of 5 years on the front of the Excelsior Branch Library at 4400 Mission St. The project is sponsored by the Excelsior Action Group.

5. Art on Market
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Document
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of the selected finalists for the 2014/15 Art on Market Street Posters Series and a brief overview of their art practice.

Motion: Motion to approve the following finalists for the 2014/15 Art on Market Street Posters Series as recommended by the Art on Market Street Selection Panel: Sergio De La Torre; Lauren DiCioccio; Anthony Discenza; Robert Minervini; Ranu Mukherjee; and Zachary Royer Scholz.

6. Church and Duboce Streetscape
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action
Explanatory Documents
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Project update and present the final installation of the nine bronze chairs that comprise the artwork Domestic Seating, 2012 by Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe as installed on Duboce Avenue near Church Street.

Motion: Motion to approve the final installation of the nine bronze chairs that comprise the artwork Domestic Seating, 2012 by Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe as installed on Duboce Avenue near Church Street.

7. SFMTA: Van Ness Avenue BRT
Susan Pontious
Action
Explanatory Document
Presentation time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of the project outline and discussion about the art enrichment opportunities along the proposed transit line for Van Ness Avenue called Bus Rapid Transit ("BRT").

Motion: Motion to approve the project outline for Van Ness Avenue BRT calling for the selection of an artist to work with the Van Ness BRT design team to develop opportunities for the integration of art into the transit system platforms.

8. Public Safety Building
Susan Pontious
Discussion
Explanatory Documents
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Project updates for the work by Shimon Attie and Merge Conceptual Design’s work for the Public Safety Building.

9. Public Art Network Conference
Susan Pontious
Discussion
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Staff reports about their attendance to the Americans for the Arts 2013 Annual Convention and the Public Art Network Preconference in Pittsburgh, PA. June 13 through June 16, 2013.

10. 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.)

11. 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.)

12. Adjournment
Action

JDC 6/14/13
Additional Explanatory Documents Added 6/18/13: Item #6.

Notices

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