Full Commission - March 6, 2017 - Minutes
Meeting Date:
March 6, 2017 - 2:00pm
Location:
City Hall Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
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MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, March 6, 2017
2:00 p.m.
City Hall Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
Minutes
Commission President JD Beltran called the meeting to order at 2:04 p.m.
- Roll Call
Commissioners Present
JD Beltran, President
Roberto Ordeñana, Vice President
Gregory Chew
Dorka Keehn
Abby Sadin Schnair
Marcus Shelby
Janine Shiota
Barbara Sklar
Lydia So
Kimberlee Stryker
Paul Woolford
Commissioners Absent
Charles Collins
Simon Frankel
Sherene Melania
Jessica Silverman
Rich Hillis, ex officio
- Approval of Minutes
Commissioner Stryker requested that the minutes be corrected to show that she had given the Civic Design Review Committee report and not Commissioner Keehn. There was no public comment, and the minutes were unanimously approved, with that correction, as follows.
RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-038: Motion to approve February 6, 2017 Minutes.
- General Public Comment
There was no public comment.
- Director’s Report
Mr. DeCaigny reported that the Gallery’s exhibit, Not Alone, has drawn many visitors (including former State Senator Mark Leno), and has been extended until March 18. He also reported that the Galleries will present Sanctuary City: With Liberty and Justice for Some, the first installment in a yearlong series of exhibitions and events exploring what it means to be a sanctuary city. He also reported on the temporary artwork in Civic Center Plaza, Sui Sui Ping An, which ends on March 10. He reported on the installation of a new series of Market Street posters, The Zeitgeist, featuring drawings by Deborah Aschheim, part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. He added that the posters have had good press coverage and been well-received.
Mr. DeCaigny reminded Commissioners that their Statements of Economic Interest are due on April 3, along with Sunshine Ordinance Declarations, and that they should confirm that they are up-to-date on their required biennial Certificate of Ethics Training. He reported on the status of the revision of the Arts Commission’s bylaws and Statement of Incompatible Activities in consultation with the City Attorney’s office, noting the required reviews of the latter by the Ethics Commission and the unions representing Arts Commission staff; he hopes to bring both documents to the Executive Committee for their review in March and to the full Commission in April. He also reported that staff is working on an update on the completion of another year of the Commission’s five-year strategic plan, which will be presented to both the Executive Committee and the full Commission shortly.
He reported that the Commission's draft budget has been submitted to the Mayor’s office. Mr. DeCaigny reported that staff is preparing for the Americans for the Arts Conference from June 15 through June 18, and that scholarship applications will be reviewed soon.
President Beltran added that the Executive Committee requested a discussion of how to move forward from the strategic plan. Commissioner Chew noted that both Mr. DeCaigny and Supervisor Aaron Peskin had attended the opening for an art installation at 41 Ross Alley, produced in connection with the Chinese Culture Center, and completed with the help of the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town grant program. He noted that the artwork is a light projection installation by Bay Area artist Summer Lee, and dusk is a great time to see it.
There was no public comment.
- Committee Reports and Committee Matters
- Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
- President Beltran reported that the Committee discussed governance issues, including the revisions of the Statement of Incompatible Activities and of the Bylaws, as well as requesting an update on progress on the Strategic Plan and ideas on how to refresh the plan for the next few years. She reported that Mr. DeCaigny broached the idea of hosting the World Cities Culture Forum in San Francisco in November, 2018, with the support of partners at SF Travel. He explained that this is a consortium of some 35 global cultural capitals, and would include 70 to 80 participants. President Beltran reported that the Committee was very supportive of pursuing the idea. The Commission discussed it briefly, asking about the costs this would require and potential funding sources. Mr. DeCaigny noted that some of the host obligations might be met by in-kind donations, such as donations of space rental, and reiterated that this was an early stage in the planning.
Finally, President Beltran reported that the Committee approved a series of temporary art projects for Hayes Valley, and heard public comment from two leaders of the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association. She was pleased to be able to congratulate them and thank them for their partnership in shepherding public art on Patricia's Green.
There was no public comment.
- President Beltran reported that the Committee discussed governance issues, including the revisions of the Statement of Incompatible Activities and of the Bylaws, as well as requesting an update on progress on the Strategic Plan and ideas on how to refresh the plan for the next few years. She reported that Mr. DeCaigny broached the idea of hosting the World Cities Culture Forum in San Francisco in November, 2018, with the support of partners at SF Travel. He explained that this is a consortium of some 35 global cultural capitals, and would include 70 to 80 participants. President Beltran reported that the Committee was very supportive of pursuing the idea. The Commission discussed it briefly, asking about the costs this would require and potential funding sources. Mr. DeCaigny noted that some of the host obligations might be met by in-kind donations, such as donations of space rental, and reiterated that this was an early stage in the planning.
- Civic Design Review Committee—Kimberlee Stryker, Chair
- Commissioner Stryker reported that the Committee held a relatively short meeting, reviewing several projects, including the AirTrain extension to the new hotel at the San Francisco Airport.
In response to a question about the Jerry Garcia plaque, Commissioner Stryker explained that it was a plaque to be placed into the sidewalk in front of a house where the musician had lived; Mr. DeCaigny added that this second plaque commemorated the house where he lived with his wife, while the first was in the Excelsior, marking the house where he grew up.
There was no public comment.
- Commissioner Stryker reported that the Committee held a relatively short meeting, reviewing several projects, including the AirTrain extension to the new hotel at the San Francisco Airport.
- Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
- Commissioner Keehn reported that the Committee reviewed several projects, including the Airport projects mentioned in the Civic Design Report, as well as the first phase of sites on Treasure Island. She reported that the Committee also approved a large pool of artists prequalified for inclusion on short-lists for projects under $500,000. She noted that staff received over 900 submissions and winnowed the list down to 415. Mr. DeCaigny added that the Committee, and the Commission, would need to approve the artists actually selected for any specific project.
There was no public comment.
- Commissioner Keehn reported that the Committee reviewed several projects, including the Airport projects mentioned in the Civic Design Report, as well as the first phase of sites on Treasure Island. She reported that the Committee also approved a large pool of artists prequalified for inclusion on short-lists for projects under $500,000. She noted that staff received over 900 submissions and winnowed the list down to 415. Mr. DeCaigny added that the Committee, and the Commission, would need to approve the artists actually selected for any specific project.
- Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
- In the absence of Commissioner Melania, Vice President Ordeñana reported that the Committee discussed the Arts Education Master Plan; the Arts Commission and the San Francisco Unified School Distrist issued a Request for Proposals for a "refresh" of the Plan. He pointed out that the Plan was last approved ten years ago, and the voters approved a twenty-year extension in the November ballot.
He reported that the Committee also approved an offset policy, which is intended to increase the ability of smaller organizations to meet their reporting requirements.
President Beltran noted that she recently had occasion to visit the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (“SOTA”), and was enormously impressed with this public school. Mr. DeCaigny added that the school district bond approved in November provides over $100 million for seismic retrofit of the building at 135 Van Ness, which will both house SOTA and serve as an arts hub for all San Francisco public school students.
There was no public comment.
- In the absence of Commissioner Melania, Vice President Ordeñana reported that the Committee discussed the Arts Education Master Plan; the Arts Commission and the San Francisco Unified School Distrist issued a Request for Proposals for a "refresh" of the Plan. He pointed out that the Plan was last approved ten years ago, and the voters approved a twenty-year extension in the November ballot.
- Executive Committee—JD Beltran, Chair
- Consent Calendar
RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-039:
Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt the following items on the Consent Calendar and their related Resolutions:
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-040: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of January 23, 2017.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-041: Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of January 23, 2017.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-042: Motion to approve the Street Artists Committee Meeting Minutes of February 1, 2017.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-043: Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of February 13, 2017.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-044: Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of February 14, 2017.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-045: Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of February 15, 2017.
Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (February 13, 2017)
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-046: Motion to approve the Jerry Garcia Plaque Number 2 for installation at 5099 Mission Street.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-047: Motion to approve Phase 3 of the San Francisco Airport Ground Transportation Unit Relocation Project.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-048: Motion to approve post-Phase 3 of the San Francisco Airport Ground Transportation Unit Relocation Project: Fuel Station/Vehicle Wash.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-049: Motion to approve Phase 1 of the San Francisco Airport AirTrain Extension and Improvements Project contingent upon: 1) studying the screen angle of the cantilever of the Hotel Station; 2) investigating the exit stair materials and detail to allow clear views from the station platform; 3) creating a more fluid transition between the end of the rail line and the edge of the Long Term Station stop; and 4) moving the janitor’s closet to the interior, instead of sticking out as a pop-out.
Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (February 14, 2017)
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-050: Motion to approve the Offset Policy for San Francisco Arts Commission grant agreements.
Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (February 15, 2017)
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-051: Motion to approve Construction Document deliverables for the artwork by Christine Corday for the Moscone Expansion Howard Street Public Art Project.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-052: Motion to approve an honorarium payment of $4,000 to Steven Wolf for curating the SFAC Main Gallery exhibition running from April 26 through August 19, 2017.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-053: Motion to approve the following Treasure Island sites to be coordinated with Phase 1 construction of the island, pending approval from the Treasure Island Development Authority (“TIDA”): Waterfront Plaza, Building One Northern and Southern Lower Plazas, Marina Plaza, Clipper Cove Promenade, Yerba Buena Hilltop Park and Cityside Waterfront Park. Proposed project budgets to be presented in the near future pending verification of art program budget by TIDA.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-054: Motion to approve Sirron Norris and proposal for the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Pediatric Emergency Department Mural and Exam Room Art Project as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-055: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Sirron Norris for an amount not to exceed $30,000 for design, fabrication and installation of an artwork for the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Pediatric Emergency Department Mural and Exam Room Art Project.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-056: Motion to approve the public art project outline for the San Francisco International Airport AirTrain Extension Project.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-057: Motion to approve project outline for the San Francisco Airport (“SFO”) Hotel Public Art Plan.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-058: Motion to approve the following finalists for the Westside Pump Station Reliability Improvements Project Selection Panel as recommended by the Westside Pump Station Reliability Improvements Project Selection Panel: Jet Martinez, Jovi Schnell, Aileen Barr and alternate t.w. five.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-059: Motion to approve the public art project outline for the N-Judah Gateway Project.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-060: Motion to approve the selected artist Sarah Sze artist’s proposal for the Moscone Expansion West Bridge Public Art Project.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-061: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Sarah Sze for an amount not to exceed $400,000 for design, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork for the Moscone Expansion West Bridge Public Art Project.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-062: Motion to approve the selected finalists, Ball-Nogues Studio, Brad Goldberg, Jim Isermann, and Rob Ley, as recommended by the Traffic Company and Forensic Science Division Art Selection Panel for the Traffic Company and Forensic Science Division Art Enrichment Project.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-063: Motion to approve the following 415 artists’ inclusion in the 2017-18 Prequalified Artist Pool as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel:
After Architecture
Osman Akan
Nora Akino
Tristan Al-Haddad
Diana Al-Hadid
Volkan Alkanoglu
Adela Andea
Lorene Anderson
Miya Ando
James Angus
Animalis (Dharmesh Patel and Autumn Ewalt)
Antlre (Hannah Sitzer)
Kathy Aoki
Michael Arcega
Johnna Arnold
Tatiana Arocha
Miguel Arzabe
Deborah Aschheim
ATLAS LAB (Kimberly Garza)
Ilan Averbuch
Jennifer Bain
Benjamin Ball
Chris Ballantyne
Brandon Ballengée
Freya Bardell
Suzy Barnard
Brian Barneclo
Aileen Barr
Bart Shaw Architect (Bart Shaw)
Michael Bartalos
Lauren Bartone
Lynn Basa
Barry Beach
Bruce Beasley
Linda Beaumont
Nash Bellows
Louisiana Bendolph
Elizabeth Bennett
Timothy Berry
Leo Bersamina
Chirag Bhakta
Sarah Bird
Sandow Birk
Krista Birnbaum
Ross Bleckner
Nancy Blum
Melissa Borrell
Matt Borruso
Tra Bouscaren
Elizabeth Bowler
Matthew Brand
Mindy Bray
Mark Brest van Kempen
Olaf Breuning
Val Britton
Beliz Brother
Spencer Brown
Michael Brown
Brian W. Brush
Elaine Buckholtz
Sarah Cain
Squeak Carnwath
Mona Caron
Ed Carpenter
Ledia Carroll
Rob Carter
Mary Carter Taub
Jennifer Cecere
Jeanine Centuori
Freddy Chandra
Jaq Chartier
Kristin Chau
Alexander Cheves
Tofer Chin
John Christensen
Tim Clifford
Julie Cloutier
Jonathan Clowes
Malcolm Cochran
Randy Colosky
Elaine Coombs
Barbara Cooper
Troy Corliss
Helene Cote
Ilana Crispi
David Dahlquist
Richard Daigle
DAMMIT
Paz de la Calzada
Blane De St Croix
Kate DeCiccio
Cheryl Derricotte
Richard Deutsch
Heather Deyling
Molly Dilworth
Anthony Discenza
Randy Dixon
James Drain
David Duskin
Miriam Dym
Dave Eggers
Amy Ellingson
Christina Empedocles
Liam Everett
Marisha Farnsworth
Suzanne Husky
Adam Feibelman
Elise Ferguson
Bill FitzGibbons
t.w.five
Toby Fraley
Adam Frank
Bernadette Jiyong Frank
David Franklin
Chris Fraser
Terri Friedman
Jeanne Friscia
Emily Fromm
Future Cities Lab
Madeline Gallucci
Annie Galvin
Benicia Gantner
Karen Ganz
Ann Gardner
Cliff Garten
Mik Gaspay
Jim Gaylord
Megan Geckler
Matthew Geller
Damien Gilley
Andrew Ginzel
Alexander Girard
DeWitt Godfrey
Brian Goggin
Brad Goldberg
Brian Goldbloom
Michael Goldman
Maria Elena González
Julia Goodman
Jane Grimm
Tracy Grubbs
Sabrina Gschwandtner
Michele Gutlove
Laura Haddad
Diane Andrews Hall
Lonnie Hanzon
Emanuela Harris-Sintamarian
Ellen Harvey
Liz Harvey
Kate Haug
Karen Hawkins
Frederick Hayes
Healy Thurston LLC
Taraneh Hemami
Dana Hemenway
Stephen Hendee
Crystal Hermann
Judithe Hernandez
David Hess
Shawn HibmaCronan
Edith Hillinger
Jim Hirschfield
Amy Ho
Desiree Holman
Hooker & Kitchen (Ben Hooker and Shona Kitchen)
Sarah Hotchkiss
Hou de Sousa (Josh de Sousa and Nancy Hou)
Paul Housberg
Phillip Hua
Gordon Huether
David Huffman
Laura Hughes
Julie Hughes
Clint Imboden
Cynthia Innis
Kelly Inouye
Jon Isherwood
IwamotoScott
Miki Iwasaki
Christopher Janney
Olalekan Jeyifous
Nova Jiang
Natasha Johns-Messenger
Tamara Johnson
Julian Voss-Andreae, Inc. (Julian Voss-Andreae)
Wioleta Kaminska
Jennifer Karady
Pantea Karimi
Rachel Kay
Cy Keener
Mikey Kelly
Don Kennell
Jenifer Kent
Michael Kerbow
Kyong Ae Kim
Jane Kim
Mike Kimball
Ray King
Larry Kirkland
Sheila Klein
Michael Koehle
Naomie Kremer
BJ Krivanek
Michael Krondl
Adam Kuby
Ernesto Kunde
Amy Landesberg
Jonathan Leach
Carrie Lederer
Norman Lee
Yoon Lee
Lori Lejeune
Jen Lewin
Rob Ley
Donald Lipski
Janet Lofquist
Amanda Long
Reagan Louie
Dana Lynn Louis
Mary Lucking
Luftwerk Studio (Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero)
Monica Lundy
Cybele Lyle
Whitney Lynn
Miles MacGregor
Mario Madayag
Paul Madonna
David Maisel
Adam Marcus
Kara Maria
Patrick Marold
Vanessa Marsh
Dorothy Lenehan and Susan Abbott Martin
Jet Martinez
Libbie Masterson
Victoria May
Sanaz Mazinani
Matthew Mazzotta
Alicia McCarthy
Adam McCauley
Nikki McClure
Klea McKenna
Chris McMullen
Jeremy Mende
Merge Conceptual Design
Katie Merz
Melissa Meyer
Carol Mickett
Masako Miki
MILAGROS Collective (Joey Fillastre and Felici Asteinza)
Carin Mincemoyer
Robert Minervini
Masako Miyazaki
Christian Moeller
Sarah Morris
Christopher Moulder
Ranu Mukherjee
Masayuki Nagase
Susan Narduli
Christopher Nelson
Chris Natrop
Rob Neilson
New American Public Art
Margaret Noble
Timothy Nolan
Jann Nunn
Amy Oates
OB3 Studios (Oscar Bucher)
Ruben Ochoa
Shaun O’Dell
Rick Oginz
Kyuseok Oh
Scott Oliver
Sean Olson
Erin O’Malley
Kelly Ording
Fernando Orellana
Sheryl Oring
Sean Orlando
Wowhaus
Mamiko Otsubo
Nate Page
Steve Parker
Matthew Passmore
Meryl Pataky
Tom Patti
Gregg Payne
Alison Pebworth
Stephanie Peek
Tahiti Pehrson
Miguel Perez
Maja Petric
Joel Daniel Phillips
Rosemary Pierce
Luis Pinto
James Sterling Pitt
Johanna Poethig
Eric Powell
Tim Prentice
R & R Studios (Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt)
Margot Rada
Sofie Ramos
Romy Randev
Sean Raspet
Erwin Redl
Megan Reed
Steven Siegel
Mark Reigelman II
Bonnie Reiss
Eric Rewitzer
Katherine Rhoades
George Rhoads
Peter Richards
Lorna Ritz
Cristina Lei Rodriguez
John Rogers
Koryn Rolstad
Danielle Roney
Diane Rosenblum
Mike Ross
Jessica Sabogal
Jos Sances
Darryl Sapien
Gordon Sasaki
Heath Satow
Ron Moultrie Saunders
Margo Sawyer
Debra Scacco
Christopher Schardt
Matthew Scheatzle
Jesse Schlesinger
Shannon Schmidt
Jovi Schnell
Jaime Scholnick
Yvonne Lee Schultz
Adrien Segal
Judith Selby Lang
Muzae Sesay
Melissa Shanley
Jenny Sharaf
Shan Shan Sheng
Ang Tsherin Sherpa
Leslie Shows
Buster Simpson
Michael Singer
Sarah A. Smith
Phillip K. Smith, III
Tracey Snelling
Takashi Soga
Chris Sollars
Charles Sowers
Heather Sparks
Sarah Cowles and Peter Culley
Miriam Klein Stahl
Eric Staller
Jennifer Starkweather and Amanda Hughen
Joshua G. Stein
Aaron Stephan
Arthur Stern
Roger Stoller
Katy Stone
Mary Ann Strandell
Studio Urban Shadows (Emre Erkal and Serkan Özkaya)
Deth Sun
Joel Swanson
Synthesis Design + Architecture (Alvin Huang)
Ruth Tabancay
Seiko Tacchibana
Seal Tamra
Kana Tanaka
Soonae Tark
Adrienne Tarver
Marksearch
Weston Teruya
Jenn Figg and Matthew McCormack
The Couto Brothers (Alexandre Couto and Christopher Couto)
Matthew Schultz
Michele Theberge
THEVERYMANY (Marc Fornes)
Patricia Thomas
Kristin Tollefson
Cynthia Tom
Vicki Topaz
Amy Trachtenberg
Sam Trout
Kelly Tunstall
Tyler Stevermer & Jie Zhang
Camille Utterback
Hans van Meeuwen
Mark Dean Veca
Andy Vogt
Catherine Wagner
Richard Walker
Martin Webb
Christopher Weed
Amanda Weil
Michelle Weinberg
Rachel Weiss
Catherine Widgery
Stuart Williams
May Wilson
David Wilson
Jenifer Wofford
David Wolf
Lena Wolff
Randy Won
Mia Yoon
Huameng Yu
Brandon Zebold
Stella Zhang
Wanxin Zhang
Mary Zicafoose
Susan Zoccola
Minoosh Zomorodinia
Janet Zweig
Executive Committee Recommendations (February 27, 2017)
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-064: Motion to authorize blanket approval of a series of community-based temporary art projects to take place within Parcels U, R and S during 2017, pending approval from the Department of Real Estate.
- RESOLUTION NO. 0306-17-040: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of January 23, 2017.
- New Business and Announcements
President Beltran reported that she had recently spoken to the Yerba Buena Alliance about public art and Sites Unseen. Commissioner Keehn reported that after a successful KickStarter campaign, Sites Unseen will be installing a new project in Annie's Alley.
There was no further news or announcements, and there was no public comment.
- Adjournment
President Beltran sadly noted the recent passing at age 48 of Leigh Markopoulos after a car accident. Ms. Markopoulos was a prominent artist, a brilliant scholar and a teacher at California College of the Arts, and former director of Rena Bransten Gallery. President Beltran added that she had just become a United States citizen on the Tuesday before her death.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:55 p.m. in memory of Leigh Markopoulos.
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