MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, May 6, 2019
2:00 p.m.
City Hall Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Minutes

President Ordeñana called the meeting to order at 2:08 p.m.

1. Roll Call
    
   Commissioners Present
   Roberto Ordeñana, President
   Kimberlee Stryker, Vice President
   JD Beltran
   Charles Collins
   Suzanne Ferras
   Mary Jung
   Dorka Keehn
   Nabiel Musleh
   Linda Parker Pennington
   Abby Sadin Schnair
   Marcus Shelby
   Janine Shiota
   Lydia So
   Paul Woolford
    
   Commissioners Absent
   Barbara Sklar
   Rich Hillis, ex officio
    
   President Ordeñana welcomed new Commissioner Ferras to the Commission. Commissioner Ferras introduced herself as a San Francisco native and gallery owner in the Richmond district.
    
   President Ordeñana corrected the date for the record as May 6, 2019.  
    
2. Approval of Minutes
   There was no public comment, and the minutes were unanimously approved as follows.
    
   RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-106: Motion to approve April 1, 2019 Minutes.
    
3. General Public Comment
   Richard Rothman commented on Director DeCaigny’s statement about George Washington High School mural. He said that although they are not in jurisdiction of the Arts Commission and they belong to SFUSD, he does not want to see them painted over or destroyed. He said he understands the First Nations’ concerns. He urged Commissioners to see the murals, and noted that people are working on alternatives, for example, to cover the mural with curtains. He said that the Arts Commission should not stand by and let public art be destroyed and painted over. He suggested that if Commissioners or staff have ideas for solutions, that the School District would love to hear them. He thanked the Commission for their time and for putting public comment on the agenda first.
    
   There was no further public comment.
    
4. Director’s Report
   Mr. DeCaigny reported on a number of activities of the agency, including the War Memorial Art Market on Friday, May 10, Tuesday, May 21 and Friday, June 14. He reported on the opening of With(out) With(in) the very moment, the latest exhibition in the Main Gallery, and he announced a number of public events in connection with the exhibition, which features work from the estate of Ed Aulerich-Sugai, as well as artists living with HIV. Mr. DeCaigny also announced free workshops in May, presented by Mission Economic Development Agency (“MEDA”), for artists and cultural workers interested in the City’s affordable housing pipeline. Finally, he announced artist calls for the 49 South Van Ness project and the 2020 Art on Market Street Poster Series for the 50th anniversary of Pride.
    
   There was no public comment.
    
5. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Civic Design Review Committee—Kimberlee Stryker, Chair
      1. Vice President Stryker reported that the Committee reviewed several projects, including the Castro Mission Health Center and the San Francisco Airport bus maintenance facility. She announced a joint meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission and the Civic Design Review Committee; both bodies have jurisdiction over certain projects, and the joint meeting should help clarify direction for the project designers. Commissioner Woolford praised Vice President Stryker for her hard work, and her success in building bridges with other City agencies.
          
         There was no public comment.
          
   2. Community Investments Committee—Charles Collins, Chair
      1. 2019-2020 Grants Cycle Presentation
         Mr. DeCaigny explained that the Committee did not meet for lack of quorum, and therefore the entire list of grants was being presented to the full Commission for approval.
          
         Barbara Mumby, Director of Community Investments, and Jaren Bonillo, Senior Program Officer, presented an overview of FY2019-2020 grants cycle recommendations and outcomes. Other Community Investments staff presented the following grant recommendations, discussed the panel process and demographics of the panelists, and explained the criteria for successful applications.
          
         Commissioners discussed the grant recommendations. There was no public comment, and the motions were unanimously approved as follows.
          
      2. Arts Education Grants
         1. Artists & Communities in Partnership—Youth Grant
            RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-107: Motion to approve the Artists & Communities in Partnership—Youth (“ACIP-Youth”) panel recommendations to award eleven grants totaling $212,000 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 at this time:
            African-American Shakespeare Company, $20,000
            Children’s After School Arts, $20,000
            Cutting Ball Theater, $20,000
            Del Sol Performing Arts Organization, $20,000
            Galing Bata Bilingual Program (Fiscal Sponsor Filipino-American Development Foundation), $20,000
            Leap Arts in Education, $20,000
            Mission Graduates, $20,000
            Music Mission San Francisco (Fiscal Sponsor Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts), $12,000
            Root Division, $20,000
            Southern Exposure, $20,000
            Zaccho SF, $20,000
             
         2. Arts Education Grants
            President Ordeñana recused himself from consideration of this item, since the fiscal sponsor Tides Center is a donor to his employer, the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center. He left the room at approximately 2:51 p.m.
             
            In response to a question from Commissioner Parker Pennington, staff explained that an organization cannot receive a grant greater than half of its annual operating budget. There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows, with the recusal of President Ordeñana.
             
            RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-108: Motion to approve the Artists & Communities in Partnership-Youth (“ACIP-Youth”) panel recommendation to award a grant to Youth Art Exchange (Fiscal Sponsor Tides Center); and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract not to exceed $20,000 at this time.
             
            President Ordeñana returned to the room at approximately 2:52 p.m.
             
         3. WritersCorps Teaching Artist in Residence Grants
            There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
             
            RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-109: Motion to approve the WritersCorps Teaching Artist in Residence Grant panel recommendations to the following individuals for up to three fiscal years (2019-2021), pending availability of funds; and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each fiscal sponsor.
            Robyn Carter (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $52,000, annually
            Madeleine Clifford (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $52,000, annually
            Mandeep Sethi (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $52,000, annually
          
      3. Individual Artist Commission Grants
         In response to a Commissioner’s query, staff explained that there was a somewhat separate process for the Native grantees, which had a lower award amount, and also that the maximum award could not be greater than the applicant’s requested amount. Mr. DeCaigny also explained that because of a 100% increase in applicants, and an addition to the budget of funds based on the passage of Proposition E, the pool of funds was significantly increased over previous years.
          
         There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
          
         RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-110: Motion to approve the Individual Artist Commission (“IAC”) panel recommendations to award 78 grants totaling $1,154,000 to the following individuals or their fiscal sponsors, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for amounts not to exceed the following at this time:
         Alexander Hernandez, $15,000
         Angela Carrier, $15,000
         Anita Chang, $15,000
         Annemaria Breaux, $15,000
         Anthony Robles, $15,000
         Baruch Porras Hernandez, $15,000
         Calixto E Robles, $15,000
         Celeste Chan, $15,000
         Cheryl Derricotte, $15,000
         Chun Yu, $15,000
         Craig Calderwood, $15,000
         Danny Thanh Nguyen, $15,000
         Eamon McGivern, $15,000
         Eric Cheng, $15,000
         Erica Deeman, $15,000
         Erina Alejo (Fiscal Sponsor: Filipino-American Development Foundation), $14,000
         Felicia Lowe, $15,000
         Fernando Marti, $15,000
         Genevieve Lim, $15,000
         Genevieve Quick, $15,000
         Gregory Meronek, $15,000
         Guillermo Gomez-Pena, $15,000
         Hsin Ju Shih, $15,000
         Ilana Crispi, $15,000
         Irman Arcibal, $15,000
         Jamil Hellu, $15,000
         Javier Stell-Fresquez, $15,000
         Jenifer Wofford, $15,000
         Jennifer Kolmel, $15,000
         Jennifer Starkweather, $15,000
         Jennifer Tsang, $15,000
         Jonathan Fischer, $15,000
         Jordan Reznick, $15,000
         Joseph Angel Montoya, $15,000
         Juliana Delgado Lopera, $15,000
         Juliana Simpson, $15,000
         Justin Hall, $15,000
         Katherine Vetne, $15,000
         Kelly Inouye, $15,000
         Kevin Simmonds, $15,000
         Kija Lucas, $15,000
         Kimberly Lawson, $15,000
         Leticia Hernández, $15,000
         Lisa Wanzer, $15,000
         Lucia Ippolito, $15,000
         Lynea Diaz-Hagan, $15,000
         Mary Guzman, $15,000
         Mary Jean Robertson, $10,000
         Melissa Hung, $15,000
         Michael Arcega, $15,000
         Michelle Wallace, $15,000
         Nancy Valdiviezo, $15,000
         Natalia Vigil, $15,000
         Nicki Green, $15,000
         Olivia Ting (Fiscal Sponsor First Voice), $15,000
         Paul Ocampo, $15,000
         Ploy Pirapokin (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $15,000
         Rachel Lastimosa, $15,000
         Ravi Chandra, $15,000
         Richard Leipold, $15,000
         Robert Lovato, $15,000
         Ronald Saunders, $15,000
         Rudy Lemcke, $15,000
         Samantha Schilf, $15,000
         Sandra Lee Davis, $15,000
         Sekio Fuapopo, $15,000
         Sergio De La Torre, $15,000
         Shawna Virago, $15,000
         Shruti Swamy, $15,000
         Storm Florez, $15,000
         Suaro Cervantes, $10,000
         Tanea Lunsford, $15,000
         Tara Dorabji (Fiscal Sponsor Chinese for Affirmative Action), $15,000
         Truong Tran, $15,000
         Virginia Zolala-Tovar, $15,000
         William Rhodes, $15,000
         Yarrow Lazer-Smith, $15,000
         Zapata Petala Ironcloud, $10,000
          
      4. Organization Grants
         1. Organization Project Grants
            There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
             
            RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-111: Motion to approve the Organization Project Grant (“OPG”) panel recommendations to award 42 grants totaling $794,606 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 at this time:
            Abada-Capoeira San Francisco, $20,000
            Acción Latina, $20,000
            African-American Shakespeare Company, $20,000
            AfroSolo Theatre Company (Fiscal Sponsor Idris Ackamoor and Cultural Odyssey), $20,000
            Alliance for California Traditional Arts, $20,000
            American Indian Cultural Center (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $10,000
            Asian Improv Arts, $20,000
            Aunt Lute Foundation, $20,000
            Bindlestiff Studio, $20,000
            Brava for Women in the Arts, $20,000
            Center for the Art of Translation, $20,000
            Circo Zero, $20,000
            Counterpulse, $20,000
            Cubacaribe, $20,000
            Cultura y Arte Nativa de las Américas, $20,000
            Cutting Ball Theater, $20,000
            Dancing Earth Creations (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $20,000
            Embodiment Project (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $20,000
            Epiphany Dance Theater, $20,000
            Eth-noh-tec Creations, $20,000
            Eugenie Chan Theater Projects (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $20,000
            Foglifter Press, $8,106
            Golden Thread Productions, $20,000
            Kearny Street Workshop, Inc., $20,000
            La Pocha Nostra Inter Cultural Performance and Community Arts Projects, $20,000
            Likha-Pilipino Folk Ensemble, $20,000
            Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, Inc., $20,000
            Mixed Bag Productions, $20,000
            Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Hula Halau, $20,000
            Nava Dance Theatre (Fiscal Sponsor Counterpulse), $10,000
            Push Dance Company, $20,000
            Queer Rebels Productions (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $20,000
            Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-Qwocmap, $20,000
            Safe House for the Performing Arts, $20,000
            San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest (Fiscal Sponsor Dancers’ Group), $20,000
            Scott Wells & Dancers (Fiscal Sponsor Counterpulse), $20,000
            SF Urban Film Fest (Fiscal Sponsor Spur-San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association), $6,500
            Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco, Inc., $20,000
            Uptown Tenderloin, Inc., $20,000
            Urban Jazz Dance (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $20,000
            Women’s Audio Mission, $20,000
            World Arts West, $20,000
             
            Commissioner Woolford left the meeting at approximately 3:05 p.m.
             
            Mr. DeCaigny explained that when staff was aware of a previously noted conflict or potential conflict of interest by a Commissioner, they will present the motions separately to allow the Commission to consider each motion without having to recalculate the grant totals at the dais. He added that this should not prevent Commissioners from recusing themselves at the time of consideration of any item if appropriate.
             
             
            President Ordeñana recused himself from consideration of the following item, since grantee QCC rents space from his employer, the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center. He left the room at approximately 3:09 p.m. There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows, with the recusal of President Ordeñana.
             
         2. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-112: Motion to approve the Organization Project Grant (“OPG”) panel recommendations to award two grants totaling $40,000 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 at this time:
            Qcc-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture, $20,000
            Fresh Meat Productions, $20,000
             
            President Ordeñana returned to the room at approximately 3:10 p.m.
             
         3. Cultural Equity Initiatives
            There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
             
            RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-113: Motion to approve the Cultural Equity Initiatives (“CEI”) panel recommendations to award twenty grants totaling $1,393,766 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 at this time:
            Abada-Capoeira San Francisco, $100,000
            Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, $100,000
            Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema (Fiscal Sponsor San Francisco Parks Alliance, $11,250
            Bindlestiff Studio, $65,830
            Brava for Women in the Arts, $100,000
            Circo Zero, $70,000
            Cubacaribe, $96,400
            Cultura y Arte Nativa de las Americas, $100,000
            Duniya Dance and Drum Company (Fiscal Sponsor Dancers Group), $64,880
            Eugenie Chan Theater Projects (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $26,120
            Foglifter Press, $8,106
            Jess Curtis/Gravity, Inc., $100,000
            Juneteenth (Fiscal Sponsor the African American Arts and Culture Complex), $62,200
            Kearny Street Workshop, Inc., $71,400
            Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project-Qwocmap, $100,000
            Safe House for the Performing Arts, $100,000
            San Francisco Youth Theatre, $100,000
            StageWrite (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $75,000
            The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) (Fiscal Sponsor Intersection for the Arts), $21,580
            US Japan Cultural Trade Network, Inc., $21,000
             
             
            President Ordeñana recused himself from consideration of the following item, since the fiscal sponsor for Chrysalis Studio, QCC, rents space from his employer, the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center. He left the room at approximately 3:14 p.m. There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows, with the recusal of President Ordeñana.
             
         4. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-114: Motion to approve the Cultural Equity Initiatives (“CEI”) panel recommendations to award three grants totaling $162,852 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 at this time:
            Fresh Meat Productions, $100,000
            San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (Fiscal Sponsor Fresh Meat Productions), $38,702
            Chrysalis Studio (Fiscal Sponsor Qcc-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture), $24,150
             
            President Ordeñana returned to the room at approximately 3:10 p.m.
          
      5. Community/Place Grants
         There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
          
         1. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-115: Motion to approve the Artists & Communities in Partnership-Social Justice (“ACIP-SJ”) panel recommendations to award eight grants totaling $157,600 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, at this time:
            A Place of Her Own (Fiscal Sponsor Asian American Women Artists Association Inc.) $17,600
            Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, $20,000
            Bindlestiff Studio, $20,000
            California Consortium for Urban Indian Health Inc., $20,000
            Radar Productions Inc., $20,000
            South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN) (Fiscal Sponsor Filipino-American Development Foundation), $20,000
            The Arc San Francisco, $20,000
            The Dance Brigade a New Group From Wallflower Order, $20,000
             
             
            Commissioner Collins explained that there had previously been a conflict of interest for a Commissioner regarding the following grant, but this was no longer the case, and no recusal was necessary.
             
            There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
             
         2. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-116: Motion to approve the panel’s recommendation to award an Artists & Communities in Partnership-Social Justice grant (“ACIP-SJ”) to Fresh Meat Productions; and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $20,000 at this time.
          
      6. Infrastructure Grants
         In response to questions, staff explained the differing amounts of the grants available for planning and for Level 2 facility projects. Commissioners noted with appreciation the importance of these grants to allow artists to actually make their work.
          
         There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
          
         RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-117: Motion to approve the Creative Space (“CRSP”) panel recommendations to award ten grants totaling $686,526 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 at this time:
         African-American Shakespeare Company, $50,000
         ArtSpan, $100,000
         Asian Improv Arts, $50,000
         Bindlestiff Studio, $50,000
         Counterpulse, $100,000
         Cultura y Arte Nativa de las Americas, $50,000
         Dancers Group, $43,000
         Golden Thread Productions, $50,000
         San Francisco Mime Troupe, $93,526
         The Dance Brigade a New Group From Wallflower Order, $100,000
          
      7. Artistic Legacy Grant
         There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
          
         RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-118: Motion to approve the panel’s recommendation to approve an Artistic Legacy Grant (“ALG”) to Aunt Lute Foundation and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement for an amount not to exceed $40,000 at this time.
          
         In response to questions, staff discussed the next steps in disbursing the grants, through drafting of contracts under the guidance of the City Attorney’s office and the Controller’s office, and the reporting requirements for grantees as to how the funds are used. Mr. DeCaigny encouraged Commissioners to see the work produced by grantees. It was pointed out that several Commissioners are past recipients of Arts Commission grants, and also that Commissioners are encouraged to serve on review panels, which gives a more in-depth view of the grantmaking process.
          
      8. Cultural Centers Proposition E Allocation
         Mr. DeCaigny explained that each Cultural Center chose whether to use the additional funds authorized by the passage of Proposition E for the current fiscal year, or to use part of the funds for the current fiscal year and allocate the remainder for the new fiscal year beginning in July, 2019.
          
         President Ordeñana recused himself from consideration of the following item, since sub-grantee QCC rents space from his employer, the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center. He left the room at approximately 3:35 p.m.
          
         Public Comment:
         Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (“MCCLA”) Executive Director Jennie Rodriguez said that the Cultural Center buildings had been built originally for a number of different purposes, and that since the City purchased them, it has been difficult to retrofit them for the purposes they now serve as community arts centers. She said that it has been a long process to bring them up to code, to install the appropriate equipment, and to meet security and safety standards. She was excited about the prospect in the next couple of years of air conditioning for the MCCLA gallery. She appreciated the leadership and support of the Commission, and the passage of Proposition E.
          
          
         There was no further public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows, with the recusal of President Ordeñana.
          
         1. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-119: Motion to increase the grant amount of $690,084 (authorized by Resolution No. 0304-19-065) to the African American Art and Culture Complex (“AAACC”) by $21,810 to sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center (“QCC”) for a total QCC grant amount of $134,418; and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $711,894 at this time.
             
            President Ordeñana returned to the room at approximately 3:39 p.m.
             
             
            Commissioner Parker Pennington recused herself from consideration of the following item, since she has a consulting agreement with Bayview Opera House. She left the room at approximately 3:40 p.m. There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows, with the recusal of Commissioner Parker Pennington.
             
         2. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-120: Motion to increase the grant amount of $363,040 (authorized by Resolution No. 0304-19-066) to the Bayview Opera House by $30,000 and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $393,040 at this time.
             
            Commissioner Parker Pennington returned to the room at approximately 3:41 p.m.
             
            There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
             
         3. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-121: Motion to increase the grant amount of $609,134 (authorized by Resolution No. 0304-19-067) to Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts by $11,300 and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $620,434 at this time.
             
             
            There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
             
         4. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-122: Motion to increase the grant amount of $813,303 (authorized by Resolution No. 0304-19-068) to SOMArts by a total of $42,000; a $12,000 increase to sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (“APICC”) for a total grant of $124,608, and a $30,000 increase to SOMArts for a total grant of $730,695; and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $855,303 at this time.
          
      9. Special Project Grant
         Mr. DeCaigny explained that the following grant was in partnership with Grants for the Arts, with each agency to provide $100,000, to address the continuing affordability and displacement crisis for grantees of both agencies, providing technical assistance with legal and real estate matters.
          
         President Ordeñana recused himself from consideration of the following item, since grantee Northern California Community Loan Fund (“NCCLF”) is a financial partner with his employer, the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center. He left the room at approximately 3:43 p.m.
          
         In response to questions, Mr. DeCaigny described the broad expertise and excellent reputation of NCCLF as the best organization to fulfill this need. He explained that nonprofit organizations facing displacement would hear about this resource both from NCCLF and from the Arts Commission. He reminded the Commission that NCCLF had been a partner with the Community Arts Stabilization Trust (“CAST”) to distribute funds previously allocated on a one-time basis by the Board of Supervisors to address affordability and displacement, but that that allocation had ended. NCCLF has a current contract with the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development for their Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative, and Mr. DeCaigny serves on their panel. He explained that the funds being requested here are not from Proposition E, but are one-time funds carried forward from a prior year.
          
         There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows, with the recusal of President Ordeñana.
          
         RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-123: Motion to approve one Special Project Grant (“SPX”) to the Northern California Community Loan Fund to provide emergency grants to arts and culture nonprofits facing permanent displacement, or those previously displaced, or with lease renewals at substantially higher rates; and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $100,000 at this time.
          
         President Ordeñana returned to the room at approximately 3:48 p.m.
          
          
         Mr. DeCaigny presented the following motion, explaining that approximately 120 names had been submitted to serve on the Working Group, and that the list before the Commission represented a good cross-section of expertise, with input from Grants from the Arts and the Mayor’s Office. The motion allows the payment of an honorarium to appropriate participants in the two full days of meetings of the Working Group in developing the Cultural Services Allocation Plan.
          
         There was no public comment, and the motion was approved unanimously as follows.
          
      10. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-124: Motion to approve the following individuals to serve on the Arts Impact Endowment Community Working Group as defined in the 2019-2024 Cultural Services Allocation Plan; and to approve individual honoraria not to exceed $500:
          Abby Chen
          Adam Fong
          Andrea Porras
          Anna Lisa Escobedo
          Aria Sa’id
          Cathie Lam
          Charles McNeal
          David Schleifer-Lee
          Deborah Cullinan
          Debra Walker
          Denise Pate
          Devorah Major
          Fay Darmawi
          Golda Sargento
          Jenny Lam
          Jeremy Liu
          Jerome Reyes
          Jesus Varela
          Kebo Drew
          Liz Isaacs
          Maria Jenson
          Meg Spriggs
          Melorra Green
          Mia Nakano
          Nancy Lim
          Patience Yi
          Ramekon O’Arwisters
          Roberta A. D’Alois
          Sale Ramos
          Sarah Guerra
          Shamsher Virk
          Susie McKinnon
       
   3. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Commissioner Keehn reported that the Committee approved several projects, and she would present artwork for the Airport at a future meeting.
          
         She explained that the following motion would authorize an increase in funding to accommodate an accelerated schedule required to meet the project deadline. The motion was amended to increase the additional amount from $100,000 to $120,000. There was no public comment, and the amended motion was unanimously approved as follows.
          
         The following motion was amended to increase the amount from $100,000 to $120,000. There was no public comment, and the amended motion was unanimously approved as follows.
          
      2. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-125: Motion to increase Liz Glynn Studio, Inc.’s contract for fabrication and transportation of Terra Techne for Terminal 1, San Francisco International Airport, from $1,089,628 to $1,209,628 (an increase of $120,000) to expedite production in order to meet delivery and installation deadlines.
          
          
         Commisioner Keehn explained that artists for projects under $500,000 are usually drawn from a pool of artists preselected for a two-year eligibility, and that this facilitates the process for both the artists and staff. She praised the work of staff in outreach for the recently selected pool; there were 1,206 applicants, and 601 were selected. She reported that 50% of the pool are women, and 31% are people of color, adding that although the agency has statistics on artists actually commissioned, this was the first time demographic statistics were gathered in the pool selection process.
          
         There was no public comment.
          
6. Consent Calendar
   There was no public comment, and the Consent Calendar was approved unanimously as follows.
    
   RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-126:
   Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt the following items on the Consent Calendar and their related Resolutions:
    
   1. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-127: Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of March 18, 2019.
       
   2. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-128: Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of March 20, 2019.
       
   3. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-129: Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of April 15, 2019.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (April 15, 2019)
   4. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-130: Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Castro Mission Health Center Project contingent upon: 1) adjusting the L-shaped segment of the façade on Pond Street by removing the middle score line, 2) having one white band above the windows and door, and 3) giving a lighter gray color to the bottom half.
       
   5. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-131: Motion to approve Phase 1 of the SFO Bus Maintenance Facility Project contingent upon: 1) simplifying elements of the design, 2) examining the arrangement of components to break from a rigid grid of the façades, and 3) increasing the scale and verticality of the landscape.
       
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (April 17, 2019)
   6. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-132: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into agreement with A. Zahner Company for an amount not to exceed $1,100,000 for the completion of design, fabrication, transportation and consultation on installation of an artwork by Norie Sato for the Headworks Facility at the Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant.
       
   7. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-133: Motion to approve the Construction Document Phase deliverables for Sarah Sze’s 49 South Van Ness suspended lobby sculpture.
       
   8. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-134: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase the agreement with Ellen Harvey Studio LLC from $360,000 to an amount not to exceed $400,000 (an increase of $40,000) for additional fabrication and installation costs for an artwork at the San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel.
       
   9. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-135: Motion to approve the Phase II and Phase III Construction Documents for Terra Techne by Liz Glynn, designed for San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1.
       
   10. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-136: Motion to approve the extension of Knitted Tree Project by Knits for Life, sponsored by the Office of Economic and Work Force Development. The fiber-based work will be installed on select trees in Civic Center beginning in the the first week of May 2019 and remaining for six months to one year, depending on the aging process of the materials.
        
   11. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-137: Motion to approve Middleground, a temporary interactive installation focused on social psychology developed in partnership by the Civic Center Commons Initiative, the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, and the Exploratorium’s Studio for Public Spaces and funded by the National Science Foundation. The installation will be placed on the Larkin Street plaza in front of the main entry to the Library. The design consists of approximately 17 columns, each 12 ft. 3 in. high, rising from a base measuring 3 ft. by 3 ft., which serve as individual stations for interactive exhibits and shall be up from July 2019 to July 2020 pending approval from Public Works and the Historic Preservation Commission.
        
   12. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-138: Motion to approve the design of the proposed mural installation by artist JR on designated exterior wall of the Orpheum Theatre for a duration of a year, pending approval of the project by SHN (Orpheum Theatre) and the Historic Preservation Commission and pending procurement of outside funds from the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (“OEWD”), SHN, and private sources.
        
   13. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-139: Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve a curatorial honorarium to the following individuals for their research and development of an SFAC Galleries exhibition at San Francisco City Hall set to open on June 6, 2019: $3,100 to Lindsey White and $3,100 to Jordan Stein.
        
   14. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-140: Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve an artist honorarium to Brian Belott in the amount of $5,500 for his research and development of artwork for an SFAC Galleries exhibition at San Francisco City Hall set to open on June 6, 2019.
        
   15. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-141: Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve an artist honorarium to Ron Moultrie Saunders in the amount of $600 for his participation in an SFAC Galleries exhibition at Café Valor on April 18, 2019.
        
   16. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-142: Motion to approve artist Kate Rhoades’ six final designs for the 2019 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series.
        
   17. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-143: Motion to approve artist Julie W. Olcott’s (DBA Julie Chang) Design Development phase materials for the Willie Woo Woo Wong Playground.
        
   18. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-144: Motion to approve the revised Art Program for the International Terminal Building Refresh Phase 1.
        
   19. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-145: Motion to approve the Art Program plan for the Terminal 3, Courtyard 3 Connector.
        
   20. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-146: Motion to pursue commissioning Untitled by Alison Saar for Terminal 3, Courtyard 3 Connector.
        
   21. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-147: Motion to approve the Art Program plan for the T2 Build back, reallocating Art Enrichment to the San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel.
        
   22. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-148: Motion to approve Andrea Bowers, Tavares Strachan, and Meejin Yoon as finalists for the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1, Underpass Lighting Project, as recommended by the artist selection panel.
        
   23. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-149: Motion to approve artist Emily Fromm’s Design Development Phase material sample for the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1 Center, AC-06.
        
   24. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-150: Motion to approve the purchase of the following artworks for display at the San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel:
       Natalya Burd, So much more than this, 2018, acrylic, mirror, Plexiglas, 47 in. by 94 in., $9,000
       John Chiara, Cabrillo Highway at Pescadero Creek Road, Variation 4, 2017, Camera Obscura Ilfochrome photograph, 58 in. by 71 in. framed, $27,000
       Klea McKenna, Born in 1717, 2017, gelatin silver photogram, 43 in. by 50 in. framed, $9,800
       Crystal Liu, underground, ‘stuck in between,’ 2016, collage, gouache, ink and watercolor on paper, 47 in. by 104 in., $24,000
        
   25. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-151: Motion to approve the reinstallation of the following artwork for display at the San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel: Michael Dvortcsak, Sublimens, 1986, oil and wax on canvas, 87 ½ in. by 72 ½ in. by 1 ¾ in.
        
   26. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-152: Motion to approve the following artists’ inclusion in the 2019-2020 Prequalified Artist Pool as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel:
       fnnch (Brambling, LLC)
       Jessalyn Aaland
       Mark Abildgaard
       Shannon Andrews
       Reginald Adams
       Olaoluwatunji Adeniyi-Jones
       Mrinalini Aggarwal
       Juan Aguilar
       Seyed Alavi
       Dana Albany
       Alfredo and Isabe Aquilizan
       Volkan Alkanoglu
       Indira Allegra
       Oscar Alvarado
       Carlos A Alves
       Andres Amador
       Refik Anadol
       Adela Andea
       James Angus
       Kim Anno
       Jonathan Anzalone
       Kathy Aoki
       Anne Appleby
       Michael Arcega
       Tor Archer
       Bob Armstrong
       Alexis Arnold
       Johnna Arnold
       Alexandre Arrechea
       Kimberley Arteche
       Miguel Arzabe
       Deborah Aschheim
       Sholeh Asgary
       Ilan Averbuch
       Merle Axelrad
       Stephanie Bachiero
       Augustus Bacigalupi
       Andrea Bacigalupo
       Benjamin Ball
       Karen Balos
       Jan Baracz
       Grygutis Barbara
       Suzy Barnard
       Sadie Barnette
       Aileen Barr
       Jerry Barrish
       Bart Shaw Architect
       Michael Bartalos
       Lauren Bartone
       Lynn Basa
       Mark Baugh-Sasaki
       Alice Beasley
       Bruce Beasley
       Melissa Beck
       Jeff Becker
       Andrea Belag
       Kirsten Berg
       Andrea Bergen
       Terry Berlier
       Ken Bernstein
       Timothy Berry
       Leo Bersamina
       Suhas Bhujbal
       Elisheva Biernoff
       Libby Black
       Michelle Blade
       Lisa Blatt
       Lucas Blok
       Jennifer Bloomer
       Nancy Blum
       Jessica Bodner
       George Boorujy
       Melissa Borrell
       Matt Borruso
       Andrea Bowers
       Mindy Bray
       Mark Brest van Kempen
       Michael Brown
       Natalya Burd
       Luke Butler
       Ben Butler
       Paul Butzer-Bagley
       Sarah Cain
       Luisa Caldwell
       Camille Utterback
       Teresa Camozzi
       Kim Campbell
       Jeffrey Canham
       Julie Carcione Cavaz
       Tammy Rae Carland
       J Manuel Carmona
       Ed Carpenter
       Diane Carr
       Stan Carroll
       Heather Carson
       Stacey Carter
       Rosana Castrillo Diaz
       Jennifer Cecere
       Jennifer Celio
       Jeanine Centuori
       Jackie Chang
       Julie Chang
       Jaq Chartier
       Ajit Chauhan
       Xuan Chen
       Daniel Chen
       Amy Cheng
       Perci Chester
       Judy Chicago
       Windy Chien
       Tofer Chin
       Cat Chiu Phillips
       Susan Chorpenning
       John Christensen
       Tony Tasset
       Elin Christopherson
       James Chronister
       Malcolm Cochran
       Marco Cochrane
       Zachary Coffin
       Joshua Coffy
       Adriane Colburn
       Holly Coley
       Randy Colosky
       Brett Cook
       Lynette Cook
       Elaine Coombs
       Christine Corday
       Sofia Cordova
       Julia Couzens
       Tristan Crane
       Rebecca Cummins
       Anne Lindberg
       David Dahlquist
       Tara Daly
       Priscila De Carvalho
       Paz de la Calzada
       Aaron De La Cruz
       Peter de Lory
       Woody De Othello
       Renee DeCarlo
       Erica Deeman
       Abby Messitte
       Cheryl Derricotte
       Patel Dharmesh
       Lauren DiCioccio
       jenna didier
       Molly Dilworth
       Anthony Discenza
       Randy Dixon
       Kira Dominguez
       Simon Donovan
       Tim Durfee
       Magali Duzant
       Miriam Dym
       Allie Jones
       Cameron McNall
       Amy Ellingson
       Josh Ellingson
       Alicia Escott
       Amir H. Fallah
       Evah Fan
       Kristin Farr
       Adam Feibelman
       Tess Felix
       Ana Teresa Fernandez
       Joseph Ferriso
       Sandra Fettingis
       Mia Feuer
       Jose Figueroa
       Mary Finlayson
       Shannon Finley
       Talley Fisher
       t.w. five
       Michelle Fleck
       Perry Fong
       Bernadette Jiyong Frank
       David Franklin
       Chris Fraser
       FreelandBuck
       Adam Frelin
       Emily Fromm
       Future Cities Lab
       Nicholas Galanin
       Stephen Galloway
       Beth Galston
       Annie Galvin
       Benicia Gantner
       Ann Gardner
       Cliff Garten
       Mik Gaspay
       Jim Gaylord
       Linda Geary
       Megan Geckler
       Katrin Geng
       Matt Gil
       Damien Gilley
       Steve Gillman
       Brian Goggin
       Amos Goldbaum
       Brad Goldberg
       Michael Goldman
       Rebekah Goldstein
       Maria Elena Gonzalez
       Tara Gonzalez
       Gooch/Bulkley
       Raylene Gorum
       Casey Gray
       Nicki Green
       Sherin Guirguis
       Charles Gute
       Laura Haddad
       Diane Andrews Hall
       Michael Hall
       Marta Hall
       Allison Janae Hamilton
       Bradley Harms
       Matthew Angelo Harrison
       Emanuela Harris-Sintamarian
       Dana Hart-Stone
       Ellen Harvey
       Arran Harvey
       Kate Haug
       Frederick Hayes
       Joe and Healy Thurston
       Ana Lisa Hedstrom
       Taraneh Hemami
       Dana Hemenway
       Rebecca Herman
       Crystal Hermann
       Alexander Hernandez
       Lauren Herzak-Bauman
       Shawn HibmaCronan
       Liz Hickok
       Jim Hirschfield
       Amy Ho
       Carter Hodgkin
       Julian Hoeber
       Terry Hoff
       Rhonda Holberton
       Kiana Honarmand
       Justin Hoover
       Sarah Hotchkiss
       Carrie Hott
       Josh de Sousa
       John Houck
       Brian Howe
       Phillip Hua
       David Huffman
       Bryan Hunt
       Cynthia Innis
       Kelly Inouye
       Carrie Iverson
       IwamotoScott
       Miki Iwasaki
       Johanna Jackson
       Patrick Jackson
       Diane Jacobs
       Jason Jagel
       Jeremiah Jenkins
       Packard Jennings
       Nova Jiang
       Josephine Meckseper
       Chris Johanson
       John Chiara
       Stephen T. Johnson
       Ned Kahn
       Sophie Kahn
       Lee Kang Seung
       Susan Kaprov
       Anne Marie Karlsen
       Rachel Kaye
       Cy Keener
       Mikey Kelly
       Kindah Khalidy
       Sahar Khoury
       Jane Kim
       Mary Kluth
       Kipp Kobayashi
       Kota Ezawa
       Beth Krebs
       Michael Krondl
       Adam Kuby
       Haeley Kyong
       Liz LaManche
       Todd Lanam
       Beryl Landau
       Rafael Landea
       Amy Landesberg
       Alice Lang
       Shawn Lani
       Eric Larson
       Lauren Hartman and Pete Belkin
       Carrie Lederer
       Norman Lee
       Yoon Lee
       Deanna Lee
       Andrea Legge
       Katja Leibenath
       Lori Lejeune
       Nancer Lemoins
       Cheryll Leo-Gwin
       Mark Lere
       Yolanda Leung
       Bianca Levan
       Rob Ley
       Linda Conner
       John Lindsey
       Matt Lipps
       Donald Lipski
       Sandy Litchfield
       Crystal Liu
       Oleg Lobykin
       Terri Loewenthal
       Janet Lofquist
       Susan Logoreci
       Charles Long
       Mara Lonner
       Cathy Lu
       Kija Lucas
       Mary Lucking
       Cecilia Lueza
       Luftwerk Studio
       Chris Lux
       Cybele Lyle
       Nathan Lynch
       Derek Lynch
       Whitney Lynn
       Martin Machado
       Macro Waves
       Paul Madonna
       Marco Maggi
       David Maisel
       Nicholas Makanna
       Ryan Malley
       Dashiell Manley
       Kent Manske
       THEVERYMANY
       Karen Margolis
       Kara Maria
       Patrick Marold
       Vanessa Marsh
       Mary V. Marsh
       Susan Abbott Martin
       Jet Martinez
       Kristan Marvell
       Tiff Massey
       Courtney Mattison
       Victoria May
       Sanaz Mazinani
       Mattthew Mazzotta
       Alicia McCarthy
       Nikki McClure
       Mike McConnell
       Brian McCutcheon
       Chris McMullen
       Carmen McNall
       Meghann Riepenhoff
       Jeremy Mende
       Jay Mercado
       Merge Conceptual Design
       Katie Merz
       Jason Messinger
       Michael Singer Studio
       Mike Henderson
       Masako Miki
       Alan Miknis
       MILAGROS collective
       Billy Joe Miller
       Adia Millett
       Robert Minervini
       Hannah Perrine Mode
       Christian Moeller
       Brendan Monroe
       Dan Monteavaro
       Paul Morgan
       Takeshi Moro
       Dana Morrison
       Art Mortimer
       Ranu Mukherjee
       Masayuki Nagase
       Susan Narduli
       Amy Nathan
       Chris Natrop
       Rodrigo Nava
       Jay Nelson
       Dan Nelson
       Ruby Neri
       Dan Beye Art
       Christine Nguyen
       Jessica Niello
       Jeff Nishinaka
       Timothy Nolan
       Sirron Norris
       Jann Nunn
       Amy Oates
       John David O’Brien
       David O’Brien
       Ruairiadh O’Connell
       Yetunde Olagbaju
       Scott Oliver
       Sean Olson
       Penny Olson
       Naoki Onodera
       Kelly Ording
       Sheryl Oring
       Mamiko Otsubo
       Jennie Ottinger
       Erik Otto
       Serkan Ozkaya
       Siddharth Parasnis
       Soo Sunny Park
       Steve Parker
       Anne Patterson
       Tahiti Pehrson
       Peter Coffin Studio
       Ellen Picken
       Eduardo Pineda
       Yulia Pinkusevich
       Luis Pinto
       Mario Pires Cordeiro
       James Sterling Pitt
       Jude Pittman
       Carrie Ann Plank
       Johanna Poethig
       Andrea Polli
       Carissa Potter
       Eric Powell
       Hayal Pozanti
       Tim Prentice
       Mel Prest
       Project One Studio
       Lucy Puls
       Hadley Radt
       Sofie Ramos
       Cheyenne Randall
       Mary Curtis Ratcliff
       Amy Rathbone
       Don Redman
       Suzanne Blank Redstone
       Megan Reed
       Rachelle Reichert
       Mark Reigelman II
       Peter Reiquam
       Klari Reis
       Eric Rewitzer
       Jerome Reyes
       Kate Rhoades
       George Rhoads
       Jonathan Russell
       Julia Rigby
       Mike Ritch
       Lorna Ritz
       Daniel Roache
       Heather Robinson
       Javier Rocabado
       John Rogers
       Josue Rojas
       Barrie Rokeach
       John Roloff
       Koryn Rolstad
       Anat Ronen
       Brion Nuda Rosch
       Thorina Rose
       Mike Rothfeld
       Kunat Group
       Jef Group
       mitchel rubin
       Sterling Ruby
       Running with Sticks
       Lisa Rybovich Cralle
       Stuart S Nakamura (S Nakamura Studio LLC)
       Seda Saar
       Jessica Sabogal
       Yoshitomo Saito
       Wayne Salge
       Carol Salmanson
       Gordon Sasaki
       Heath Satow
       Ron Moultrie Saunders
       Margo Sawyer
       Debra Scacco
       Biagio Scarpello
       Deborah Lawrence Schafer
       Matthew Scheatzle
       Sonja Schenk
       Austin Schermerhorn
       Jesse Schlesinger
       Jovi Schnell
       Jaime Scholnick
       Andy Scott
       Vicki Scuri
       Roy Secord
       Adrien Segal
       Larraine Seiden
       Davina Semo
       Muzae Sesay
       Stephen Shachtman
       Alice Shaw
       Gabby Shawcross
       Shan Shan Sheng
       Ang Tsherin Sherpa
       Kyungmi Shin
       Leslie Shows
       Chris Silva
       Francesco Simeti
       Gail Simpson
       Buster Simpson
       Elizabeth Sims
       Julio Sims
       Brian Singer
       Shagun Singh
       Hannah Sitzer
       Shinique Smith
       Bonnie Smith
       Shawn Smith
       Sophia Sobers
       Chris Sollars
       Lisa Solomon
       Hyeyoon Song
       Sameena Sitabkhan
       Heather Sparks
       Emma Spertus
       Miriam Stahl
       Beau Stanton
       Jen Stark
       Jennifer Starkweather
       Joshua G. Stein
       Stephen Glassman Studio
       Arthur Stern
       Woodward Steven
       Roger Stoller
       Lindsay Stripling
       Marcia Stuermer
       Michael Stutz
       Nigel Sussman
       Joel Swanson
       Markus Linnenbrink
       Swift Lee Office
       Hadi Tabatabai
       Sara Tabbert
       Seiko Tachibana
       Claudio Talavera-Ballon
       Seal Tamra
       Kana Tanaka
       Soonae Tark
       Kathy Taslitz
       Douglas Tausik Ryder
       Paul Taylor
       Weston Teruya
       Michele Theberge
       Lava Thomas
       Vanessa Till Hooper
       Tirtzah Bassel
       Tom Earnist Art & Design
       David Tomb
       Amy Trachtenberg
       Truong Tran
       W. Scott Trimble
       Nga Trinh
       Jane Tsong
       Kelly Tunstall
       Mike Tyau
       Paul Tzanetopoulos
       Indira Urrutia
       Bryan Valenzuela
       Mahsa Vanaki
       Jamie Vasta
       Mark Dean Veca
       Martin Venezky
       Andy Vogt
       Catherine Wagner
       Richard Walker
       Po Shu Wang
       Martin Webb
       Peter Wegner
       Amanda Weil
       Michelle Weinberg
       Rachel Weiss
       Leigh Wells
       Lindsey White
       Catherine Widgery
       David Wilson
       May Wilson
       Keith Wilson
       Jenifer Wofford
       Chasen Wolcott
       Lena Wolff
       Margo Wolowiec
       Won Won Ju Lim
       Holly Wong
       Mirang Wonne
       Shannon Wright
       Kaori Yamashita
       Kennedy Yanko
       Ido Yoshimoto
       Maryam Yousif
       Daniel Zeller
       Mary Zicafoose
       Minoosh Zomorodinia
       Janet Zweig
        
   27. RESOLUTION NO. 0506-19-153: Motion to approve the project outline for the New Southeast Community Facility at 1550 Evans Plaza Sculpture Project, pending revision of artwork criteria language.
        
7. New Business and Announcements
   President Ordeñana said that former Commissioner Jessica Silverman would be invited to a future meeting for a formal recognition of her years of dedicated service.
    
   Mr. DeCaigny reported that Deputy Director Rebekah Krell was leaving the Arts Commission, that her last day would be May 24, and that the search for Deputy Director of Administration was underway. He explained that the agency also hopes to hire a Deputy Director of Programs. He added that the search for the Senior Racial Equity and Policy Analyst was continuing, and solicited help from Commissioners in finding excellent and diverse candidates for these important positions.
    
   Commissioner Parker Pennington reported on a recent meeting of the citywide racial equity in the arts working group, and she expressed interest in working on racial equity for the Commission. Mr. DeCaigny said that he will be working with partners at Grants for the Arts to identify resources to implement racial equity initiatives.
    
   Commissioner Beltran announced that art school graduation shows were beginning, and encouraged everyone to see them.
    
   There was no further news or announcements, and there was no public comment.
    
8. Adjournment
   There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:01 p.m.
    

posted 5/21/19, 8:30 a.m. spr
revised 1/2/19
approved 6/3/19
 

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