MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, January 6, 2020
2:00 p.m.
City Hall Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Minutes

President Ordeñana called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.

1. Roll Call
    
   Commissioners Present
   Roberto Ordeñana, President
   Kimberlee Stryker, Vice President
   JD Beltran
   Suzanne Ferras
   Mary Jung
   Dorka Keehn
   Nabiel Musleh
   Abby Sadin Schnair
   Marcus Shelby
   Janine Shiota
   Paul Woolford
    
   Commissioners Absent
   Charles Collins
   Linda Parker Pennington
   Barbara Sklar
   Myrna Melgar, ex officio
    
2. Approval of Minutes
   There was no public comment, and the minutes were unanimously approved as follows.
    
   RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-001: Motion to approve December 2, 2019 Minutes.
3. General Public Comment
   There was no public comment.
4. Director’s Report
   Mr. DeCaigny made the bittersweet announcement that this was his last meeting as Director of Cultural Affairs, after eight years, and that he loved getting to work with Commissioners as colleagues, mentors and friends.
   
   Mr. DeCaigny introduced Tal Quetone, the new Director of Communications, who had previously served as communications manager for City Administrator Naomi Kelly, and in the Mayor’s communications office.
   
   He also introduced Tara Peterson, the new Registrar in Collections. She came to the Arts Commission from the Walt Disney Family Museum, and is fluent in American Sign Language.
   
   Mr. DeCaigny rported on the success of the Continuous Thread, the American Indian Initiative exhibitions and events, including the recent City Hall fashion show. He thanked staff, including Galleries Director Meg Shiffler, Director of Public Art Trust and Special Projects Jill Manton, and Community Investments Program Director Barbara Mumby.
   
   He reported on recent Public Art projects, including a mural by Muzae Sesay at the Homelessness Services Center, and the Art on Market Street posters by Taraneh Hemami
   
   Mr. DeCaigny announced that this was also the last Commission meeting for Commission Secretary Sharon Page Ritchie, retiring after sixteen years in the post. He noted that she has also served as Wellness Champion for the department. Mr. DeCaigny and Commissioners thanked her for her service, and offered many kind words.
   
   Mr. DeCaigny reported that the announcement of his own departure had gone out in the newsletter, and a very nice article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday, January 3.
   
   Mr. DeCaigny reviewed his tenure as Director of Cultural Affairs, beginning with his appointment by the Commission under Mayor Lee. He discussed some of the highlights, and said that he was very pleased to be leaving the Commission in such good shape, particularly with the passage of Proposition E in November 2018, which provides dedicated and secure funding for the arts. He felt very lucky to work with the Commissioners and with the wonderful staff. In his new position as Executive Director of the California Alliance for Arts Education, he will come full circle.
   
   Commissioners made many kind remarks, praising his leadership and expressing their gratitude at working with him.
   
   President Ordeñana explained that the Commission will work with a search firm to conduct a national search for a new director, and will incorporate a process to hear from staff, grantees and other stakeholders in making their decision.
    
   There was no further public comment.
5. Public Employee Appointment/Hiring: Executive Secretary of the Commission
   President Ordeñana called for public comment on all matters pertaining to the closed session.
    
   There was no public comment, and the Commission voted to go into closed session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10(b), for the possible action to appoint an Executive Secretary.
    
   Closed Session
   The Commission met in closed session from 3:11 p.m. until 3:24 p.m. All Commissioners present at the opening roll call, along with Mr. DeCaigny, Deputy Director Rebekah Krell and Deputy City Attorney Lauren Curry, were present in the closed session.
    
   Open Session
   The Commission reconvened in open session at 3:24 p.m., with Commissioners Ordeñana, Stryker, Beltran, Ferras, Jung, Keehn, Musleh, Schnair, Shelby, Shiota and Woolford, along with Mr. DeCaigny, Ms. Krell and Ms. Curry in attendance.
   
   President Ordeñana announced that the Commission had voted unanimously to appoint Alyssa Ventre to the position of Executive Secretary to the Commission.
   
   Pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(a), the Committee voted not to report any of the discussions held in closed session.
   
    
   There was no public comment.
6. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Executive Committee—Roberto Ordeñana, Chair
      1. President Ordeñana reported that the Committee met.
         
          
         There was no public comment.
   2. Civic Design Review Committee—Kimberlee Stryker, Chair
      1. Vice President Stryker reported that the Committee reviewed
          
         There was no public comment.
   3. Community Investments Committee—Charles Collins, Chair
      1. In the absence of Commissioner Collins, Commissioner Shiota reported that the Committee held a very brief meeting, and has approved several projects.
          
         There was no public comment.
   4. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Commissioner Keehn reported that the Committee held a very brief meeting, and has approved several projects.
          
         There was no public comment.
7. Consent Calendar
   
   President Ordeñana announced that he would need to recuse himself from consideration of agenda item 9, regarding Special Projects Grants to Fresh Meat Productions and the Queer Cultural Center (“QCC”), because both organizations occasionally rent space from his employer, the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center. Commissioner Woolford announced that he would need to recuse himself from consideration of agenda items 14 and 15, regarding the San Francisco Police Department Traffic Company and Forensic Services Division (“TCFSD”) Facility and the San Francisco Airport Courtyard 3 Connector Project, because his employer is the architect on the projects, although he did not work on either of them. Commissioner Ferras announced that she would need to recuse herself from consideration of item 8, regarding Special Project Grants to the Richmond District Neighborhood Center and Artspan, because she has worked with both organizations.
   
   President Ordeñana called for a vote on the remainder of the Consent Calendar, excluding items 8, 9, 14 and 15. There was no public comment, and the Consent Calendar was approved unanimously as follows.
    
   RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-002:
   Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt the following items on the Consent Calendar and their related Resolutions:
   1. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-003: Motion to approve the revised Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of November 4, 2019.
   2. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-004: Motion to approve the Community Investments Committee Meeting Minutes of December 10, 2019.
   3. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-005: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of December 16, 2019.
   4. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-006: Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of December 16, 2019.
   5. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-007: Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of December 18, 2019.
       
      Community Investments Committee Recommendations (December 10, 2019)
   6. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-008: Motion to rescind Resolution No. 1007-19-283, which approved the $5,000 Ebony McKinney Arts Leadership award to Juliana Delgado Lopera.
   7. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-009: Motion to amend and increase grant number 19IAC35 by $5,000 to Juliana Delgado Lopera (authorized by Resolution No. 0506-19-110) and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement for an amount not to exceed $20,000 at this time.
   8. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-012: 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:
      Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $30,000 for citywide support to arts education providers
      Uphill Arts (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $56,000 for a citywide Anti-Tagging Program for Youth
   9. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-013: 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
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (December 16, 2019)
   10. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-014: Motion to approve the signage of La Cocina Municipal Marketplace on the Hyde Street façade of their building on 101 Hyde Street in San Francisco.
   11. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-015: Motion to approve post-Phase-3 renovations to incorporate a rooftop chiller and acoustic screen to provide air conditioning to the Castro Mission Health Center, located at 3850 17th Street in San Francisco.
   12. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-018: Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Southeast Community Center at 1550 Evans.
        
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (December 18, 2019)
   13. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-019: Motion to approve Sanctuary City Project—The Billboards by Sergio de la Torre. The artworks will be installed on three 14 ft. by 20 ft. billboards at the corners of Mission St. and 14th St., Valencia St. and 14th St., and South Van Ness and Howard St. from January 2020 to March 2020. Each billboard will be up for approximately one month. The project is funded by an Individual Artist Commission (IAC) grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission.
   14. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-020: Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve the artist honoraria for the following individuals: Harry Dodge, $5,000, and Alicia McCarthy, $5,000, for the development of works that will be included in the SFAC Main Gallery exhibition Conversation 8.
   15. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-021: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Lite Brite Neon Studio LLC for an amount not to exceed $632,000 for fabrication and transportation of an artwork by Andrea Bowers (DBA Radical Patience Inc.) for the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1 Underpass Lighting Project.
   16. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-022: Motion to approve the artists’ proposals by Linda Geary and Ranu Mukherjee for the SFO: International Terminal, BAA and BAG Recompose Walls, as recommended by the artist review panel.
   17. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-023: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Linda Geary for an amount not to exceed $250,000 for design, engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork for SFO: International Terminal, BAA Recompose Wall.
   18. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-024: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Ranu Mukherjee for an amount not to exceed $250,000 for design, engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork for SFO: International Terminal, BAG Recompose Walls.
   19. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-025: Motion to approve final design of Ronald M. Saunders’s artwork for the Southeast Health Center Expansion Project.
   20. RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-026: Motion to approve final design of Emory Douglas’s artwork for Margaret Hayward Playground.
        

President Ordeñana and Commissioners Ferras and Woolford left the room at 3:37 p.m. and Vice President Stryker called for a vote on the following motions. There was no public comment, and the motions were approved unanimously as follows, with the recusal of President Ordeñana, Commissioner Ferras and Commissioner Woolford.
 

RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-010: Motion to approve twenty-seven (27) Special Project Grants, funded by District Supervisor addbacks, 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:
District 1—Richmond District Neighborhood Center Inc., $10,000 to support an Art Walk
District 3—The North Beach Business Association, $70,000 to support “First Friday” Art Walk and Arts in Storefronts organizing
District 5—San Francisco Juneteenth Festival (Fiscal Sponsor: African American Art and Culture Complex), $50,000 for the Juneteenth Festival
District 5—African American Art and Culture Complex, $180,000 to support administrative operations and infrastructure
District 5—Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $25,000 for operating expenses
District 5—First Voice Inc., $24,000 for a youth storytelling and mentorship program
District 5—New Conservatory Theater Center, $50,000 for health and wellness theatre programs in SFUSD
District 5—San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company, $27,500 for performing arts programs for vulnerable communities
District 5—Handful Players Inc., $27,500 for performing arts programs for vulnerable communities
District 6—Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, $15,000 for creative storytelling in the Tenderloin
District 8—Noe Valley Chamber Music, $15,000 for classical programs
District 8—The Marsh, a breeding ground for new performance, $50,000 for youth theatre education in the Mission
District 8—3rd I South Asian Independent Film, $20,000 for Southeast Asian Film Festivals
District 9—Precita Eyes Muralists, $10,000 for mural preservation and restoration at York Mini-Park
District 9—Acción Latina, $25,000 for free, bilingual Spanish/English family-friendly art walk and experience along 24th Street in the Mission
District 9—The Dance Brigade: A New Group from Wallflower Order, $30,000 for architectural services
Citywide—First Voice Inc., $100,000 for Asian Pacific Islander programming
Citywide—Artspan, $20,000 for citywide arts services
Citywide—California Lawyers for the Arts, $20,000 for citywide arts services
Citywide—Dancers’ Group, $20,000 for citywide arts services
Citywide—Intersection for the Arts, $20,000 for citywide arts services
Citywide—Theatre Bay Area, $20,000 for citywide arts services
Citywide—International Indian Treaty Council, $10,000 for Native American cultural programming
Citywide—Yerba Buena Arts & Events, $50,000 for Native American Arts and Cultural Festival
Citywide—Golden Gate Performing Arts, Inc., $250,000 for ADA improvements
Citywide—Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society, $310,000 for archival organization support
Citywide—Marigold Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $40,000 for the Día De Los Muertos Cultural Event

RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-011: Motion to approve five (5) Special Projects Grants, funded by District Supervisor addbacks 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:
District 8—Fresh Meat Productions, $25,000 for the Trans Dance Festival
District 9—Fresh Meat Productions, $25,000 for transgender dance arts programming in the Mission
Citywide—San Francisco Trans March (Fiscal Sponsor: QCC–The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture), $15,000 for LGBT historical event
Citywide—QCC–The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture, $40,000 for capacity building support
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

RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-016: Motion to approve Phase 3 of the SFPD Traffic Company and Forensic Services Division (TCFSD) Facility.

RESOLUTION NO. 0106-20-017: Motion to approve Phase 2 of the SFO Courtyard 3 Connector (C3C) Project contingent upon the consideration of the proportionality and rhythm of the vision glass and the light glass.


 
President Ordeñana, Commissioner Ferras and Commissioner Woolford returned to the room at 3:38 p.m.

8. New Business and Announcements
   President Ordeñana announced that he would shortly announce new Committee appointments.
    
   There was no further news or announcements, and there was no public comment.
9. Adjournment
   There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:41 p.m.

posted 1/21/20, 7:30 p.m. spr
approved 2/3/20
 

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