Community Investments Committee - April 20, 2021 - Agenda

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SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION 
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS COMMITTEE 
 
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 
1 p.m. 
Remote Meeting via video and teleconferencing 

 
This meeting is being held by teleconference pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 and the Fifth Supplement to the Mayoral Proclamation Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency. 
 
During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) emergency, the Arts Commission’s regular meeting room, Veteran's War Memorial Building, Room 125, is closed. Meetings of the Arts Commission will convene remotely.  

 

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Agenda 

 
Arts Commissioners: Charles Collins, Chair; Suzie Ferras, Nabiel Musleh, Roberto Ordeñana, Linda Parker Pennington, Marcus Shelby, Janine Shiota 

 
  1. Roll Call
     
  2. 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.)
     
  3. Cultural Centers Endowment FY22 Allocation
    Action

    Staff Presenter: Deputy Director Joanne Lee
     
    1. Discussion and possible motion to extend the grant agreement to the African American Art and Culture Complex (authorized by Resolution No. 0601-20-062) and increase the grant amount by $822,182 from $916,591; a total of $1,216,924 for the cultural center ($635,223 plus $581,701); a total of $286,500 to support activities at the cultural center from the Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF) (actual amount from DCYF in FY21 was $147,000 plus $139,500); a total of $235,349 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center (QCC) ($111,481 plus $123,868); and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a Grant Agreement not to exceed $1,738,773 ($916,591 plus $822,182) for fiscal year 2021-2022 at this time.
    2. Discussion and possible motion to extend the grant agreement to the Bayview Opera House Inc. (authorized by Resolution No. 0601-20-063) and increase the grant amount by $359,607 from $388,452 and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $748,059 for fiscal year 2021-2022 at this time.
    3. Discussion and possible motion to extend the grant agreement to the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (authorized by Resolution No. 0601-20-064) and increase the grant amount by $574,667 from $627,408 and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $1,202,075 for fiscal year 2021-2022 at this time.
    4. Discussion and possible motion to extend the grant agreement to SOMArts (authorized by Resolution No. 0601-20-065) by $764,737 from $838,597; a total of $1,367,985 for the cultural center ($653,256 plus $714,729); a total of $235,349 to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC) ($111,481 plus $123,868); and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $1,603,334 for fiscal year 2021-2022 at this time.
       
  4. Special Project Grant
    Action 

    Staff Presenter: Deputy Director Joanne Lee
     
    1. ​​Discussion and possible motion to increase and extend the grant amount of $123,868 (authorized by Resolution No. 0706-20-078) to the American Indian Cultural Center (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts) by $111,481 and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $235,349 for fiscal year 2021-2022 at this time.  
       
  5. Artivist-in-Residence
    Action

    Staff Presenter: Program Officer Tina Wiley
     
    1. ​Discussion and possible motion to approve the Artivist-in-Residence (AIR) funding recommendation to award two (2) grants the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements for amounts not to exceed the following at this time:

      San Francisco Youth Theatre, $400,000
      Citizen Film, $400,000

      Explanatory Document:  Artivist-in-Residence Memo
       
  6. WritersCorps Teaching Artist-in-Residence
    Action

    Staff Presenter: Senior Program Officer Jaren Bonillo
     
    1. ​Discussion and possible motion to increase and extend the grant amounts of $52,000 (authorized by Resolution No. 0506-19-109) by $55,000 to the WritersCorps Teaching Artist-in-Residence teaching artists for fiscal year 2021-2022; and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements for amounts not to exceed the following at this time:

       Robyn Carter (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $107.000
       Madeleine Clifford (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $107,000
       Mandeep Sethi (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $107,000
       
  7. Cultural Equity Endowment FY21 Funding Recommendations
    FY21 Timeline and Overview
    Discussion

    Staff Presenter: Senior Program Officer Jaren Bonillo

    The applicants recommended for funding were selected through a competitive RFP process with the following process and timeline: Guidelines and applications were released on October 19, 2020; one (1)  informational grant webinar launched the cycle on October 16, 2020; two (2) district and community specific grant workshops focused on the Trans and Disability communities throughout the month of October; three (3) category specific grant workshops, one (1) work sample webinar, and one hundred and fifty-eight (158) one-on-one technical assistance sessions occurred in October 2020 through January 2021 with three hundred and thirty-three (333) total outreach participants and two (2) cultural ambassadors engaged; special project grant guidelines and applications were released on October 1, 2020 and February 1, 2021; application deadlines were from December 9, 2020 through February 10, 2021; the onboarding of forty (40) panelists with four (4) panelist orientations and the release of applications for review took place February 12-April 2, 2021; and, ten (10) panelist grant reviews took place over fourteen (14) days from February 25, 2021 – April 2, 2021.
     
  8. FY21 Funding Recommendations
    Discussion

    Staff Presenter: Senior Program Officer Jaren Bonillo

    In total, 320 applications were received requesting $11,418,950. The following recommendations include funding 102 applicants with an allocation of $4,092,344. (See grant allocation overview explanatory document for more detail by category.)

    Explanatory Documents: 
    FY21 CI Impact by the Numbers
    FY21 Grant Allocation Overview
     

  9. San Francisco Artist Grants
    Action

    Staff Presenter: Program Officer Anne Trickey 
     
    1. Discussion and possible motion to approve the funding recommendations of the San Francisco Artist Grants (SFA) funding recommendations to award sixty-four (64) grants totaling $1,280,000 to the following individuals, and to enter into grant agreements with each or their fiscal sponsor for amounts not to exceed the following at this time:

      Alexander Hernandez, $20,000
      Alpha Oumar Sidibe (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancers’ Group Inc.), $20,000
      Amihan Ildefonzo Redondiez, (Fiscal Sponsor: Filipino-American Development Foundation), $20,000
      Amy Grace Lam, $20,000
      Andreina Maldonado, $20,000
      Angela Han, $20,000
      Antony Fangary, $20,000

      Ata’ataoletaeao McNealy, $20,000
      Brittany Newell, $20,000

      Calixto E. Robles, $20,000
      Carol S. Seigel, $20,000

      Cecilia Pena-Govea (Fiscal Sponsor: Brava for Women in the Arts), $20,000
      Daniel Lau (Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center), $20,000

      Danny Thanh Nguyen, $20,000
      David R. Molina, $20,000

      Éamon Ezra McGivern, $20,000
      Eduardo Daza Taylor IV, $20,000

      Eric Garcia (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancers’ Group Inc.), $20,000
      Erica Dwyer, $20,000

      Fernando Martí, $20,000
      Howard Joshua Faught, $20,000
      Jalitza Ferreras, $20,000
      Javier Briones, $20,000

      Jenifer Karla Wofford, $20,000
      Jo Kreiter, $20,000

      John Thomas, $20,000
      Josephine Lea Iselin, $20,000

      Juliana Delgado Lopera, $20,000
      Kelly Lynn Falzone Inouye, $20,000

      Kevin Dublin, $20,000
      Kevin Seaman, $20,000

      Kevin Simmonds, $20,000
      Kija Lucas, $20,000

      Kimberly Arteche (Fiscal Sponsor: Kearny Street Workshop), $20,000
      Kimberly Shuck, $20,000

      Kyle Casey Chu, $20,000
      Lauren Garcia, $20,000

      Lenora Lee, $20,000
      Leticia Hernández, $20,000

      Lisa Wanzer, $20,000
      Lourdes Figueroa, $20,000
      Marina Fukushima (Fiscal Sponsor: Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center), $20,000

      Melissa Hung, $20,000
      Michael Arcega, $20,000

      Michael Warr, $20,000
      Monica L Magtoto, $20,000

      Natasha Tamate Weiss, $20,000
      Niloufar Talebi, $20,000

      Pamela Z (Fiscal Sponsor: Circuit Network), $20,000
      Ploy Pirapokin, $20,000

      Rachel Nai Xin Khong, $20,000
      Rodney L Ewing, $20,000

      Sarah Matsui, $20,000
      Sephora Woldu, $20,000

      Shawna Virago, $20,000
      Tanea Lunsford, $20,000

      Tania Santiago Santos (Fiscal Sponsor: World Arts West), $20,000
      Tara Dorabji (Fiscal Sponsor: Chinese for Affirmative Action), $20,000

      Tsungwei Moo, $20,000
      Vanessa F Sanchez, $20,000

      Veronica Majano, $20,000
      Vida Kuang (Fiscal Sponsor: Asian Improv Arts), $20,000

      Virgie Tovar, $20,000
      William Rhodes, $20,000

      Explanatory Document: San Francisco Artist Grants Memo 

  10. Organization Grants
    Action       
    1. Cultural Equity Initiatives
      Action

      Staff Presenter: Debbie Ng   
       
      Discussion and possible motion to approve the Cultural Equity Initiatives (CEI) funding recommendations to award twenty-seven (27) grants totaling $2,138,000 to the following organizations, and to enter into grant agreements with each organization or their fiscal sponsor for amounts not to exceed the following at this time:

      A PLACE OF HER OWN (Fiscal Sponsor: Asian American Women Artists Association Inc.), $50,000
      African-American Shakespeare Company, $100,000
      AfroSolo Theatre Company (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $75,000
      American Indian Cultural Center (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $100,000
      Anti-Eviction Mapping Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Independent Arts & Media), $50,000
      Arab Film and Media Institute, $88,000
      Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (Fiscal Sponsor: QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture), $75,000
      Chrysalis Studio Fiscal Sponsor: (Fiscal Sponsor: QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture), $75,000
      David Herrera Performance Company (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancers’ Group Inc.), $50,000
      Embodiment Project, $100,000
      Emerging Arts Professionals San Francisco Bay Area (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $100,000
      Ensemble for These Times (Fiscal Sponsor: InterMusic SF), $50,000
      Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers (Fiscal Sponsor: Dancers’ Group Inc.), $75,000
      Flyaway Productions, $100,000
      Foglifter Press, $50,000
      Friends of SCRAP Inc., $100,000
      Genryu Arts, $100,000
      Handful Players Inc., $100,000
      Kultivate Labs, $100,000
      Push Dance Company, $100,000
      Related Tactics (Fiscal Sponsor: Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco), $25,000
      Sammay Productions (Fiscal Sponsor: Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center), $50,000
      SF Urban Film Fest (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $75,000
      The Black Woman Is God (Fiscal Sponsor: African American Art and Culture Complex), $50,000
      Women’s Audio Mission, $100,000
      Yerba Buena Arts & Events, $100,000
      Zaccho SF, $100,000

      Explanatory Document:  Cultural Equity Initiatives Memo 
    2. Creative Space
      Action

      Staff Presenter:       Senior Program Officer Jaren Bonillo

      ​Discussion and possible motion to approve the Creative Space (CRSP) funding recommendations to award six (6) grants totaling $400,000 to the following organizations, and to enter into grant agreements with each organization or their fiscal sponsor, for amounts not to exceed the following at this time:

      Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $50,000
      Community Arts Stabilization Trust, $50,000
      Friends of SCRAP Inc., $50,000
      Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, $50,000
      Kultivate Labs, $100,000
      Youth Speaks Inc., $100,000

      Explanatory Document: Creative Space Memo
       
  11. 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.)
     
  12. Adjournment​

 

Posted 4/16/21, 2:20 p.m., CED

Notices

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Agenda Item Information / Materials Available

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1) Department or Agency or report;

2) Public correspondence;

3) Other explanatory documents.

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3. During General Public Comment, members of the public may address the Commissioners on matters that are within the Arts Commission’s jurisdiction and are not on the agenda.

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