SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
1:00 p.m.
401 Van Ness Ave, Suite 125
 

MINUTES

 

Chair Collins called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.

1. Roll Call

Commissioners Present:
Charles Collins, Chair
Roberto Ordeñana, President
Janine Shiota
Linda Parker Pennington
Marcus Shelby
Nabiel Musleh

 

Commissioners Absent:
none

Staff Present:
Tom DeCaigny
Barbara Mumby Huerta
Jaren Bonillo
Joanne Lee
Thanh Hong

 

2. General Public Comment

There was no public comment

 

3. Director of Cultural Affairs Report

Director of Cultural Affairs, Tom DeCaigny welcomes Grants for the Arts (GFTA) Director Matthew Goudeau and associate director Jason Blackwell to co-implement the Racial Equity Initiative (REI) that is a part of the Arts Impact Endowment (AIE). Highlights the city’s budget process and the start of the new fiscal budget process of 2021/2022.

Director DeCaigny congratulated Community Investments Director Barbara Mumby in commemoration of the 50^th anniversary of the occupation of Alcatraz honoring traditional Ohlone Land and the closing of the grant guidelines, and the 30^th anniversary of Bindlestiff.

Senior Program Officer Jaren Bonillo announced increase of applications and a new grant management system.

Community Investments Director Mumby asked Senior Program Officer Bonillo and GTFA to present REI and the AIE. Highlights the initiatives: Artists and Communities in Power, Arts Equity Fellows, Re-Imagining Leadership. Commissioners, San Francisco Arts Commission staff and GTFA discuss the initiatives.

 

Commissioner Musleh Arrived at 1:43 p.m.

 

Explanatory Document:

REI Presentation D2.pdf

 

There was no public comment.

 

4. Ebony McKinney Arts Leadership Grant

Motion to rescind Resolution No. 1007-19-283, which approved the $5,000 Ebony McKinney Arts Leadership award to Juliana Delgado Lopera; and to amend and increase grant number 19IAC35 by $5,000 to Juliana Delgado Lopera (authorized by Resolution No. 0506-19-110) and authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement for an amount not to exceed $20,000 at this time.

 

Moved: Ordeñana / Shelby
Public Comment: None.
The motion was unanimously approved.

 

5. Special Projects Grants

President Ordeñana recused himself from items 13, 15, 19, 20, 27. Commissioners took up remaining items.

Motion to approve recommendations to award twenty-seven (27) Special Projects Grants, funded by District Supervisor Add-Backs to the following organizations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following: 

1. District 1 – Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc.,$10,000 to support an Artwalk
2. District 3 – The North Beach Business Association, $70,000 to support “First Friday” Arts Walk & Arts in Storefronts Organizing
3. District 5 – San Francisco Juneteenth Festival (Fiscal Sponsor: African American Art and Culture Complex) $50,000 for the Juneteenth Festival
4. District 5 - African American Art and Culture Complex, $180,000 to support administrative operations and infrastructure
5. District 5 – Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts) $25,000 for operating expenses
6. District 5 – First Voice Inc., $24,000 for a youth storytelling and mentorship program
7. District 5 – New Conservatory Theater Center, $50,000 for Health and wellness theatre programs in SFUSD
8. District 5 – San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company, $27,500 for performing arts programs for vulnerable communities
9. District 5 – Handful Players Inc., $27,500 for performing arts programs for vulnerable communities
10. District 6 – Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, $15,000 for Creative storytelling in the Tenderloin
11. District 8 – Noe Valley Chamber Music, $15,000 for classical programs
12. District 8 – The Marsh, a breeding ground for new performance, $50,000 for youth theatre education in the Mission
13. District 8 – 3^rd I South Asian Independent Film, $20,000 for Southeast Asian Film Festivals
14. District 9 – Precita Eyes Muralists, $10,000 for mural preservation and restoration at York Mini-Park
15. District 9 –  Acción Latina, $25,000 for free, bilingual Spanish/English family friendly art walk and experience along 24^th Street in the Mission
16. District 9 – The Dance Brigade A New Group from Wallflower Order, $30,000 for architectural services
17. Citywide – First Voice Inc., $100,000 for Asian Pacific Islander programming
18. Citywide – Artspan, $20,000 for citywide arts services
19. Citywide – California Lawyers for the Arts, $20,000 for citywide arts services
20. Citywide – Dancers Group, $20,000 for citywide arts services
21. Citywide – Intersection for the Arts, $20,000 for citywide arts services
22. Citywide – Theatre Bay Area, $20,000 for citywide arts services
23. Citywide – International Indian Treaty Council, $10,000 for Native American cultural programming
24. Citywide – Yerba Buena Arts & Events, $50,000 for Native American Arts and Cultural Festival
25. Citywide –  Golden Gate Performing Arts, Inc., $250,000 for ADA improvements
26. Citywide –  Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society, $310,000 for archival organization support
27. Citywide – Marigold Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $40,000 for the Día De Los Muertos Cultural Event

 

Moved: Shiota / Shelby
Public Comment: None.
The motion was unanimously approved.

 

Commissioner Ordeñana left room at 2:23:03 p.m.

 

Motion to approve recommendations to award five (5) Special Projects Grants, funded by District Supervisor Add-Backs to the following organizations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following: 

1. District 8 – Fresh Meat Productions, $25,000 for the Trans Dance Festival
2. District 9 – Fresh Meat Productions, $25,000 for transgender dance arts programming in the Mission
3. Citywide – San Francisco Trans March (Fiscal Sponsor: QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture), $15,000 for LGBT historical event
4. Citywide - QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture, $40,000 for capacity building support
5. Citywide – Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (Fiscal Sponsor: QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture), $10,000 for Native American cultural programming

 

Commissioner Ordeñana recused himself due to a financial conflict of interest with QCC- The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture and Fresh Meat Productions.

 

Moved: Shelby / Shiota
Public Comment: None.
The motion was unanimously approved with the recusal of President Ordeñana.

 

President Ordeñana returned to the meeting at 2:23:43

 

Motion to approve recommendations to award two Special Projects Grants to the following organizations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following:

1. Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts) $30,000 for citywide support to arts education providers.
2. Uphill Arts (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts) $56,000 for a citywide Anti-Tagging Program for Youth.

 

Moved: Musleh / Shelby
Public Comment: None.
The motion was unanimously approved.

 

6. 2020-2022 SFAC Review Panelists

Motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on SFAC review panels for the 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 fiscal years:

Abigail Green, arts administrator, ODC
Aja Couchois Duncan, practicing artist, Change Elemental
Alexandra Higgins, arts administrator, Cal Performances
Amy Trachtenberg-Miller, practicing artist
Andréa Spearman, arts administrator, Dancers’ Group
Angelica Rodriguez, arts administrator
Ann Trinca, Arts Specialist, Ann Trinca Artist Management
April Bojorquez, Curator, Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art
Arturo Riera, President, Riera Digital LLC
Astria Suparak, independent curator
Bhumi Patel, practicing artist
Brea Weinreb, practicing artist
Brechin Flournoy, practicing artist
Christopher Ellis, practicing artist
Dandre Johnson, practicing artist
Gabriel DeLeon, practicing artist,
Gregory Stock, Director of Public Affairs and Partnerships, Firefly Systems, LLC
Irene Duller, Co-Founder, An Otherwise Co.
J.F. Ellman, practicing artist
Jamey Brzezinski, practicing artist
Jeanne Pfeffer, practicing artist
Jeremy Bo Droga, practicing artist
Jessica Eastburn, practicing artist
Joseph Abbati, practicing artist
Joshua Keller, practicing artist
Julius Rea, practicing artist
Katherine Ryan, practicing artist
Kayla Dryden, Director of Institutional Partnerships, Asian Art Museum
Kerry Campbell, practicing artist
Liv Schaffer, practicing artist
Lumukanda Abdul-Kenyatta, Poet, The Speakeasy Storyteller Series
Marina Bianchi, Independent Art Advisor
Megan Brian, Assistant Director of Education, SFMOMA
Mia Tagano, practicing artist
Moisés García, External Affairs Director, SF Gay Men’s Chorus
Mollie McWilliams, Communications Consultant, Mid-Market Benefit District
Trisha Lagaso Goldberg, Chief of Staff, San Francisco Art Institute
Paolo Asuncion, practicing artist
Patricia O’Regan, Paitings Conservator, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Patricia P. Mitchell, Hat Practitioner Pat Mitchell Millinery
Patricia Torres, practicing artist
Paula Smith Arrigoni, Executive Director, BAVC
Phyllis Jean Williams, practicing artist
Richard Isen, practicing artist
Robert Ripps, Boardmember, Opera Parallele
Roberta D’Alois, Artistic Director, Jump! Theatre
Santhi Kavuri-Bauer, Professor, San Francisco State University
Sharon E. Bliss, Director, SF State Fine Arts Gallery
Sharon Tanenbaum, Principal, Sharon Tanenbaum & Associates
Shawna Vesco, writer
Steven L. Jenkins, Attorney, Toschi, Collins & Doyle
Syam Waymon, Executive Administrative Assistant, Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Wiebke Raven, Institutional Giving Director, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Yayoi Kambara, Founder, KAMBARA + DANCERS

 

Moved: Shiota/ Parker Pennington
Public Comment: None.
The motion was unanimously approved.

 

Explanatory Document:  Panelist biographies (PDF)

 

7. New Business and Announcements
    

Community Investments Director Mumby announced American Indian Initiative Continuous Thread – last week of the initiative. Friday, December 13 is a poetry reading in the SFAC Galleries. Finale event is the Fashion show in City Hall on Sunday, December 15, 2019. Collins congratulates Mumby on the hard work that was put into this entire initiative.

Chair Collins welcomed Monetta White as the new Director of the Museum of the African Diaspora.

Commissioner Musleh suggests visiting Chase Center “Thrive” to view projection mapping on the stadium in the evenings for the entire month.

Commissioner Parker Pennington announces On Friday, January 31^st at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, commission Shelby and Parker Pennington are collaborating with the School of the Arts (SOTA) Jazz Orchestra and Jazz vocal groups conducted by Commissioner Shelby with the kick off of Black History Month. At 6:00 p.m. Shelby will chat about Duke Ellington before the show beings at 7:00 p.m.

There was no public comment.

8. Adjournment
   There being no further business, this meeting was adjourned at 2:41 p.m.

 

Posted 12/19/19 04:45 p.m. TH

Revised 01/02/2020 11:00 a.m.TH

Approved 01/06/2020 

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