Full Commission - December 5, 2016 - Agenda

Meeting Date: 
December 5, 2016 - 2:00pm
Location: 
City Hall Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102

MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, December 5, 2016
2:00 p.m.

City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place


Agenda


 
Arts Commissioners: JD Beltran, President; Roberto Ordeñana, Vice President
Gregory Chew, Charles Collins, Simon Frankel, Dorka Keehn, Sherene Melania, Abby Sadin Schnair, Marcus Shelby, Janine Shiota, Jessica Silverman, Barbara Sklar, Lydia So, Kimberlee Stryker, Paul Woolford; Rich Hillis, ex officio (non-voting)
 

  1. Roll Call
     
  2. Approval of Minutes
    Action

    Motion to approve November 7, 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. Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
         
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve the Director of Cultural Affairs entering into a grant agreement with Americans for the Arts for an amount not to exceed $200,000 to support the administration of payment to artist presenters and associated event costs of the Americans for the Arts Convention in San Francisco in June 2017 as part of local host obligations.
         
    2. Civic Design Review Committee—Kimberlee Stryker, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
         
    3. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
         
    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.
         
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on SFAC review panels for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 fiscal years:
        Alejandro D. Acosta, Technical Director and Facilities Manager, Intersection for the Arts
        Faith Adiele, Associate Professor of Writing, California College of the Arts
        Karim Ahmad, Senior Strategist, Digital Content, ITVS (Independent Television Service)
        Adrienne Anderson, Founder and Director, International Black Women’s Film Festival
        Angela Anderson, Adjunct Faculty, California Institute of Integral Studies
        Andrew Anford, Fellow, Stanford University
        Zeina Barakeh Barakeh, Director of Graduate Administration, San Francisco Art Institute
        Soumyaa Behrens, Director, Documentary Film Institute
        Tajma Beverly, Choir Director/Piano Teacher, Oakland Unified School District
        Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Artist and Educator, California College of the Arts
        Arlene Biala, Senior Arts Program Manager, City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs
        Evan Bissell, Artist
        Dana Blecher, Director of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel
        Velina Brown, Collective Member, SF Mime Troupe
        Melanie Cervantes, Graphic Artist
        Ilana Crispi, Assistant Profoessor, San Francisco State University
        Pamela Kate Cummings, Costume Shop Assistant, San Francisco Opera
        Santhosh Daniel, Creative Media Consultant
        Fay Darmawi, Founder and Executive Producer, SF Urban Film Fest
        Vikki Del Rosario, Program Manager, California College of the Arts
        Juliana Delgado Lopera, Artistic Director, RADAR Productions
        Jessica Eastburn, Art in the Community Coordinator, Richmond Art Center
        Tyra Fennell, Executive Director, Imprint.City
        Derek Fenner, Arts Learning Program Manager, Alameda County Office of Education
        Larnie Fox, Executive Director, Retired, Arts Benicia
        José María Francos, Technical Director, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
        Ben Frandzel, Institutional Gifts and Community Engagement Officer, Stanford Live
        Alvarado Fred, Artist/Educator
        Christian L. Frock, Independent Curator, Writer and Educator
        Michele Fromson, Development Director, Flyaway Productions
        Emily Ford Dirks Garvie, Executive Director, Performing Arts Workshop
        Jay Gash, Instructor, Bay Area Video Coalition
        Erika Gee, Senior Planner, Chinatown Community Development Center
        Stephen Gong, Executive Director, Center for Asian American Media
        Joe Goode, Founder and Artistic Director, Joe Goode Performance Group
        Caroline Grant, Co-Director, Sustainable Arts Foundation
        Melonie Green, Co-Owner and Curator, Infin8Sync
        Dianne Griffin, Producer/Director, DigAll Media
        Joyce Grimm, Independent Creative Consultant/Curator
        Sarah Guerra, Operations Manager, Brava! For Women in the Arts
        Meron Hadero, Writer
        Najib Joe Hakim, Photographer, Jaffa Orange Photography
        Alexa Hall, Program Fellow, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
        Aaron Harbour, Gallery Director, Et al. Gallery
        Wayne Hazzard, Executive Director, Dancers’ Group
        Josh Healey, Writer/Performer/Creative Activist
        Georgiana Hernandez, Executive Director, Acción Latina
        Dee Hibbert-Jones, Associate Professor of Art and Digital Art New Media, UC Santa Cruz
        Archana Horsting, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Kala Art Institute
        Anne Huang, Development Director, World Arts West
        Elisa Huerta, Program Director, Multicultural Community Center, UC Berkeley
        Susannah Israel, Independent Artist
        Ivan Jaigirdar, Executive Director, 3rd I South Asian Film Festival
        Rebecca Johnson, Manager Director, Shawl Anderson Dance Center
        Stephanie A. Johnson, Cultural Activist/Visual Artist/Lighting Designer/Educator
        Ernest Jolly, Arts Commissioner, Alameda County Arts Commission
        Rhodessa Jones, Co-Artistic Director, Cultural Odyssey
        Rebecca Joseph, Consultant
        Brian Karl, Board President, San Francisco Cinematheque
        Asma Kazmi, Assistant Professor of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley
        Heather Kessinger, Director/Producer, PhotoSF Studio
        Carolyn Kualii, Director/Consultant, Kua`aina Associates, Inc.
        Megan Lavelle, Marketing Manager, Bay Area Video Coalition
        Aimee Le Duc, Independent Curator/Art Advisory Consultant
        Genny Lim, Poet/Playwright/Performer/Educator
        Jeremy Liu, Community Development Strategist
        Andria Lo, Photographer, Andria Lo Photography
        Laurie Loftus, Director of Institutional Giving, Performing Arts Workshop
        Mimi Lok, Executive Director/Editor, McSweeny’s Voice of Witness Series
        Susie Lundy, Senior Advisor on Pedagogy and Special Projects, Youth Speaks
        Nye’ Lyn Tho, Photographer/Designer
        Luna Malbroux, Writer/Comic/Producer, Luna Is America Productions
        Allan Manalo, Development Director, Central City Hospitality House
        Michelle Mansour, Executive Director, Root Division
        Adriana Marcial, Executive Director, Joe Goode Performance Group
        Julie Marsh, Board Member/Grant Writer, San Francisco Women Artists
        Sanaz Mazinani, Artist
        H.P. Mendoza, Filmmaker, Ersatz Film
        Hope Mohr, Artistic Director, Hope Mohr Dance
        Robert Moses, Artistic Director, Robert Moses’ Kin
        Colleen Mullins, Artist
        Alejandro Murguia, Professor and SF Poet Laureate, San Francisco State University
        José Navarrete, Artist/Cultural Worker, EastSide Arts Alliance
        Lenore Naxon, President, California Presenters
        Jen Ontiveros, Development Manager, Major Gifts and Special Events, Headlands Center for the Arts
        Denise Pate, Cultural Funding Coordinator, City of Oakland
        Vinay Patel, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center
        John-Carlos Perea, Associate Professor, American Indian Studies, College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University
        Mel Prest, Artist/Educator/Curator, Mel Prest Studio
        Amy Ress, Director, Public Architecture
        Tanya Rey, Writer
        Gerald Richards, Chief Executive Officer, 826 National
        Michella Rivera-Gravage, Multimedia Artist
        Lordy Rodriguez, Artist
        Celia Herrera Rodríguez, Visual Artist and Educator
        Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Writer/Critic
        Shawn Rosenmoss, Manager of Development and Community Partnerships, San Francisco Department of the Environment
        Jennifer Ross, Development Director, Edventure More
        Ted Russell, Consultant
        Miguel Salinas, Program Officer in Local Grantmaking, Packard Foundation
        Yesenia Sanchez, Professional Coach and Arts Management Consultant
        Celine Schein Das, Consultant, Grassroots to Global Consulting
        Karen Seneferu, Artist and Professor
        Sylvia Sherman, Program Director, San Francisco Community Music Center
        Krista Smith, Senior Development Associate, Queer Cultural Center
        Kate Spacek, Program Director, ZERO1
        Allison Sparks, Director, Queer Leaders in Philanthropy
        Lisa Steindler, Artistic Director, Z Space
        Gregory Stock, Independent Consultant, Gregory Stock, Arts, Innovation and Business
        Pireeni Sundaralingam, Writer
        Astria Suparak, Independent Curator
        Olivia Malabuyo Tablante, Grants Manager, Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
        Niloufar Talebi, Artist and Educator, Niloufar Talebi Projects
        Suzanne Tan, Executive Director, Asian American Women in the Arts
        Johanna Taylor, Artist Fellow, Creative Cities, Stanford Arts Institute, Stanford University
        Virgie Tovar, Author and Activist
        Shelley Trott, Director of Arts Strategy and Ventures, Kenneth Rainin Foundation
        Deirdre Visser, Curator of The Arts, California Institute of Integral Studies
        Nathan Watson, Executive Director, Public Glass
        Maysoun Wazwaz, Program Manager, Mills College Art Museum
        Valerie Weak, Actor and Teaching Artist
        Tessa Willis, Artist, THIS IS WHAT I WANT festival
        Terri Winston, Executive Director, Women’s Audio Mission
        Khan Wong, Senior Program Manager, City and County of San Francisco, Grants for the Arts
        Tyese M. Wortham, Program Manager, CAST
        Alice Wu, Interim Public Programs and Education Manager, SFAC Galleries
        Imin Yehmin Yeh, Artist and Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon School of Art
        Eddy Zheng, Project Director, Community Youth Center of San Francisco
         
        Explanatory Document: Panelist biographies
      3. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award ten grants totaling $448,200 in the 2016-2017 cycle of Special Project Grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for the amounts listed:
        Asian American Women Artists Association, $20,000
        Bring Your Own Queer (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $30,000
        Chinese Historical Society of America, $50,000
        Dance Brigade, $15,000
        Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society, $200,000
        Ingleside Presbyterian Church, Inc. (Fiscal Sponsor: Community & Corporate Bridging International Inc.), $13,200
        Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, $40,000
        New Conservatory Theater Company, $50,000
        OX (Fiscal Sponsor: CounterPulse), $10,000
        PODER, $20,000
         
        Explanatory Document: Project summaries  
  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 July 25, 2016.
       
    2. Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of November 2, 2016.
       
    3. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of November 14, 2016.
       
    4. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of November 16, 2016.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (November 14, 2016; link to agenda)
      Action
    5. Motion to approve Phase #1 of the SEP Power Feed and Primary Switchgear Upgrades project contingent upon the stairs being more holistically incorporated with the concrete massing of the building.
       
    6. Motion to approve Phase #1 of the SEP New Headworks Facility project contingent upon: (1) creating a unified rhythm by developing the proportions of the wall through patterns and materials; (2) resolving the ribbed walls of the influent episode wall; and (3) addressing the transitions of the episode walls.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (November 16, 2016; link to agenda)
      Action
    7. Motion to approve the untitled mural designs by artist Aileen Barr for Tunnel Top Park. The mosaic murals will be installed along both the north seating wall (15 in. by 44 ft.) and the south seating wall (15 in. by 66 ft.), located within Tunnel Top Park at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue. The project is funded with a Community Challenge Grant and is sponsored by the Tunnel Top Steering Committee; the mosaic murals will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.
       
    8. Motion to approve the mural design based on an artwork, S. P. Tunnels, 1935 by Charles Surendorf. The artwork will be reproduced by the artists Eli Lippert and Monica Magtoto, with approval from the Charles Surendorf II Art Foundation. The painted mural will measure approximately 8 ft. by 11 ft. along the south side wall, located within Tunnel Top Park at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue. The project is funded with a Community Challenge Grant and is sponsored by the Tunnel Top Steering Committee; the painted mural will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.
       
    9. Motion to approve the completed installation of the artwork entitled Shadow Kingdom, 2015, by Adriane Colburn at Daggett Park on 16th Street between Hubbell and 7th streets.
       
    10. Motion to approve the design of a bust of former mayor Gavin Newsom, a proposed gift to the City by ArtCare, a nonprofit organization.
       
    11. Motion to approve temporary sculpture exhibition in Civic Center Plaza in collaboration with the Asian Art Museum featuring work by artist Freeman Lau for a period from January 17–March 10, 2017 at no cost to the City with all funds provided by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, pending approval from the Recreation and Park Commission.
       
    12. Motion to approve the contract with KiboWorks for the final design, fabrication, transportation and mounting of the Jenny Holzer artwork at the Transbay Transit Center for a total amount not to exceed $725,000.
       
    13. Motion to approve the Design Development Deliverables by Christine Corday for the Moscone Expansion Howard Street Project.
       
    14. Motion to approve the selected artist Norie Sato for the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant Headworks Building as recommended by the selection panel.
       
    15. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Norie Sato for design and construction documents of an artwork for the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant Headworks Building in an amount not to exceed $90,000.
       
    16. Motion to approve the project outline and proposed method of selection for discrete works of two-dimensional art and sculpture for San Francisco International Airport.
       
    17. Motion to approve St. Mary’s Square Extension Plaza as the site location for two sculptures proposed as gifts to the City: (1) a sculpture from 500 Pine St. Co., LLC, in satisfaction of Section 429 of the San Francisco Planning Code; and (2) Comfort Women Memorial to be donated by the Comfort Women Justice Committee and funded privately.
       
    18. Motion to approve the proposed design as an alteration of the original monument, Abraham Lincoln Brigade National Monument, 2008 by Ann Chamberlain and Walter Hood (SFAC Accession No. 2008.3) located on the northeast corner of Justin Herman Plaza at Embarcadero Street.
       
  7. 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.)
     
  8. Adjournment
    Action

     

posted 12/2/16, 11:00 a.m. spr


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