MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, February 1, 2016
2:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

1. Roll Call
    
2. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve January 4, 2016 Minutes.
    
   Explanatory Document: Draft minutes
    
3. General Public Comment
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Commission’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Commission’s consideration.)
    
4. Director’s Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
    
5. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
      1. Discussion: Presentation on Alameda Creek Watershed Center project.
          
   2. Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
   3. Street Artists Committee—Barbara Sklar, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Street Artists Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   4. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   5. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
6. Consent Calendar
   The following items are included in the Consent Calendar subject to withdrawal at the request of a Commissioner:
    
   Approval of Committee Minutes
   Action
   1. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of November 23, 2015.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education & Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of January 12, 2016.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of January 13, 2016.
       
   4. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of January 20, 2016.
       
      Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (January 12, 2016; link to agenda)
      Action
   5. Motion to provide cost of living adjustment (“COLA”) increases to the FY2015-2016 Cultural Centers grant agreements in amounts not to exceed the following:
      African American Art and Culture Complex (“AAACC”), by $15,583 for a total grant of $638,880: $534,628 to AAACC and $104,252 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center
      Bayview Opera House by $8,198 for a total grant of $336,103
      Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts by $13,755 for a total grant of $563,939
      SOMArts Cultural Center by $17,913 for a total grant of $734,444: $630,191 to SOMArts and $104,252 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (January 20, 2016; link to agenda)
      Action
   6. Motion to pay Ian Huebert a licensing fee of $3,000 to reproduce his artworks Fog and To Market on aluminum panels for installation at General Hospital Acute Care Unit.
       
   7. Motion to approve Waterfall, a mosaic mural, by artist Kim Jenson that will be installed on the 47-step stairway in Kenny Alley located between 4941 and 4945 Mission Street. The project is sponsored by the San Francisco Parks Alliance and funded with a Community Challenge Grant.
       
   8. Motion to rescind Resolution Number 1102-15-314, which authorized the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve the selected fabricator, Magnolia Editions, for artist Clare Rojas’s Central Subway: Chinatown Station public art project, as recommended by the Central Subway: Chinatown Station Rojas Artwork Fabricator Selection Panel, and to approve Magnolia Editions’ subcontract of $139,560 to be assigned to Clare Rojas’s contract with the City for this artwork commission.
       
   9. Motion to approve Magnolia Editions as the selected fabricator for artist Clare Rojas’s Central Subway Chinatown Station public art project, as recommended by the Rojas Artwork Fabricator Selection Panel, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify Clare Rojas’s contract to increase the amount from $94,750 to $330,135 (an increase of $235,385) for the artwork design, fabrication, transportation and consultation during installation.
       
   10. Motion to approve Sites Unseen, Inc.’s proposed site for a mural by Barry McGee on the west end of the Moscone Parking Garage. Sponsors will return for final approval with artist’s completed design and application materials as per the Arts Commission’s mural approval guidelines
        
   11. Motion to approve artist honoraria in the amount of $2,000 for each of the following artists: Carrie Hott, Ma Li and Josh Faught. The honoraria are for artist research and development of new installations for the SFAC Grove Street Window Installation Site at 155 Grove Street.
        
   12. Motion to approve the glass fabrication samples by Leslie Shows for the artwork, Face C/Z, for Central Subway: Yerba Buena/Moscone Station Ticketing Hall Wall.
        
   13. Motion to approve as installed the completed multi-part artwork entitled Mother with Children with Hearts (2015), by Tom Otterness for General Hospital Acute Care Building. The artwork is installed along the pedestrian entry on Potrero Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets and consists of eight bronze sculptures.
        
   14. Motion to approve as installed the completed multi-part artwork entitled Ethereal Bodies (2015), by Cliff Garten for General Hospital Acute Care Building. The artwork is located in the entry median and consists of eight vertically aligned steel formed sculptures with sequenced LED lighting and the surrounding planted earthwork.
        
   15. Motion to approve re-allocation of Art Enrichment funds generated by Fire Station #3 ($204,800); the Ground Transportation Unit relocation ($168,845), and Building 624 ($115,000) for use elsewhere on the San Francisco International Airport campus, due to lack of public access to the aforementioned projects. Alternate use of these funds will be for new commissions for hold room walls in Boarding Areas A6 and G92, G95 and G96.
        
   16. Motion to approve as installed Ocean Voices II (2013), a cedar sculpture by Ursula von Rydingsvard at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3, close to the entrance to Boarding Area E.
        
   17. Motion to approve as installed Forever in the Sky (2013), a series of six photographic montages by Sanaz Mazinani at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3, Gate 71A.
        
   18. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Jeffery Canham for an amount not to exceed $9,900 for the graphic design to support the peephole cinema at San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1 Temporary Boarding Area B.
        
   19. Motion to approve the artist Jason Jägel and proposal for the Balboa Pool Improvement Project as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel.
        
   20. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Jason Jägel for an amount not to exceed $58,200 for design, fabrication, transportation and installation of an artwork for the Balboa Pool Improvement Project.
        
   21. Motion to approve three preliminary designs by Jenifer K. Wofford as part of her series of six murals for the Public Utilities Commission Storm Drain Mural Project. The other three designs were approved as part of the artist selection process.
        
       Executive Committee Recommendations (January 25, 2016; link to agenda)
       Action
   22. Motion to approve the temporary installation of the five sculptures that comprise the Intrude project by Amanda Parer for the tentative dates from April 1, 2016 through April 21, 2016, to be determined, pending site approval from the Recreation and Park Department, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a loan agreement of up to $50,000 for the project.
        
   23. Motion to approve the transition of the WritersCorps direct service program to align with the goals of the 2014-2019 San Francisco Arts Commission Strategic Plan and become the WritersCorps teaching artist residency grant program. Honoring the core values of WritersCorps and Community Investment grant strategies, the grant must include support for livable wages for teaching artists, cohort learning, long-term in-depth teaching and a community-centered approach to learning for in-school and afterschool sites and libraries in San Francisco.
        
7. Arts Commission FY 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Draft Budget
   Action
   Discussion and possible motion to approve proposed Fiscal Year 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Arts Commission budget.
    
   Explanatory Documents: Draft FY2016-2018 Budget Summary by Program, Draft FY2016-2018 Capital Budget Summary
    
8. New Business and Announcements
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow the Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration, to report on recent arts activities and to make announcements.)
    
9. Adjournment
   Action
    

posted 1/29/16, 11:30 a.m. spr

Notices
Explanatory documents listed above, as well as documents created or distributed after the posting of this agenda to the Arts Commission will be available for public inspection and copying at the Arts Commission office, 401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 325, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Sharon Page Ritchie, 415/252-2256. PLEASE NOTE: The Arts Commission often receives documents created or submitted by other City officials, agencies or departments after the posting of the Arts Commission agenda. For such documents or presentations, members of the public may wish to contact the originating agency if they seek documents not yet provided to the Arts Commission.

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ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY

Per the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Language Access Ordinance, Chinese, Spanish, and/or American Sign Language interpreters will be available upon request. Additionally, every effort will be made to provide a sound enhancement system, meeting materials in alternative formats, and/or a reader. Minutes may be translated after they have been adopted by the Commission. For all these requests, please contact Sharon Page Ritchie, Commission Secretary, at least 48 hours before the meeting at 415-252-2256. Late requests will be honored if possible. The hearing room is wheelchair accessible.


利便参與會議的相關規定

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POLITICA DE ACCESO A LA REUNIÓN

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