Visual Arts Committee - July 15, 2020 - Agenda

Meeting Date: 
July 15, 2020 - 3:00pm
Location: 

SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE

Wednesday, July 15, 2020
3 p.m.
Remote meeting via video and teleconferencing
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Agenda



This meeting is being held by teleconference pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 and the Fifth Supplement to the Mayoral Proclamation Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency.

During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) emergency, meetings of the Arts Commission will convene remotely.

To attend the meeting, please visit: https://bit.ly/2Zg9nBI ; Meeting Password: SFACVAC

The public is encouraged to submit comments by emailing to craig.corpora@sfgov.org. This email address will be monitored until Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 12 p.m. All comments received by the deadline will be read aloud by Arts Commission staff up to the three minutes maximum allotted to each commenter. You may also call in during the meeting: 408-418-9388 / 146 848 6504. The public comment call in instructions can be found here

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Visual Arts Committee Members:
JD Beltran      
Suzie Ferras
Dorka Keehn, Chair
Nabiel Musleh
Abby Sadin Schnair
Janine Shiota
Debra Walker

1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Agenda Changes

2. General Public Comment

Discussion 

3. Consent Calendar
Action
Explanatory Documents: Item1, Item 2, Item 3
Presentation Time: Approximately 3 minutes

1.     Motion to approve Bridging the Bernal Cut, a mural design by artist Andre Jones. The mural will cover both sides and the base structure of the Richland Bridge, which connects College Hill and Glen Park over San Jose Avenue. The painted mural will be two panels, each measuring approximately 40 ft. by 40 ft. The project is funded by Community Challenge Grant and the San Francisco Department of Public Works. The painted mural will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.

2.     Motion to approve California Fauna, a mural design by artist Amanda Lynn. The mural will be installed on Blanken Avenue/CA 101 Underpass between Gillette Avenue and Executive Park Blvd. The painted mural will measure approximately 14 ft. by 150 ft. The project is funded by grant agreement between the San Francisco Arts Commission and 1Brush. The painted mural will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.

3. Motion to approve revised final design of Tomie Arai’s artwork for the North Platform Wall of the Central Subway: Chinatown Station.

4.     Civic Art Collection
Allison Cummings

A. Removal of Valencia Street Posts by Michael Arcega
Action
Explanatory Document: Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the material concerns necessitating the immediate and temporary removal of the four Valencia Street Posts by Michael Arcega, located between 16th Street and 19th Street on Valencia Street in the Mission.

Motion: Motion to retroactively approve the removal from public display Valencia Street Posts by Michael Arcega due to public safety concerns, as allowed per the Policies and Guidelines of the Civic Art Collection, Section 7.2.1, Provisions for Emergency Removal.

B. Removal of Movement: The First 100 Years, by Man Lin Choi
Action
Explanatory Document: Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of condition and current location concerns of Movement: The First 100 Years by Man Lin Choi located in Sue Bierman Park. The sculpture will be removed to storage for conservation while a new location is determined.

Motion: Motion to retroactively approve the removal from public display Movement: The First 100 Years by Man Lin Choi, located in Sue Bierman Park, for conservation and eventual relocation, as allowed per the Policies and Guidelines of the Civic Art Collection, Section 7.3.3: The condition or security of the work cannot be guaranteed and the Arts Commission cannot properly care for the work.

C. Removal of Christopher Columbus by Vittorio Di Colbertaldo
Action
Explanatory Document: Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the public safety concerns necessitating the immediate removal of Christopher Columbus by Vittorio Di Colbertaldo, located in the rotunda of the parking lot of Coit Tower/Pioneer Park at 1 Telegraph Hill Blvd.

Motion: Motion to retroactively approve the removal from public display Christopher Columbus by Vittorio Di Colbertaldo due to public safety concerns, as allowed per the Policies and Guidelines of the Civic Art Collection, Section 7.2.1, Provisions for Emergency Removal.

D. Relocation of Stiff Loops IV by Gerald Walberg
Action
Explanatory Document: Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the relocation of the Gerald Walberg sculpture Stiff loops IV at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, necessitated by the construction of the new UCSF Research Building

Motion: Motion to approve Stiff Loops IV by Gerald Walberg as re-installed at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, in the location between Bldgs. 1-10.

E. Civic Art Collection Capital Budget Allocation for FY21
Staff Report
Explanatory Document: Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the proposed budget allocation from the city’s capital fund for Civic Art Collection maintenance and care for FY21.

F. Golden Gate Park Monuments, Music Concourse
Staff Report
Explanatory Document: Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the status report on condition of Civic Art Collection monuments located in the Music Concourse after the protests that occurred on June 19, 2020.

G. Monuments and Memorials
Discussion
Explanatory Document: Presentation
Presentation Time: Approximately 15 minutes

Discussion of preliminary plans to implement the Mayor’s directive to evaluate the monuments and memorials in the Civic Art Collection.

5. 2021 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series
Craig Corpora
Action

Explanatory Document: Panel Summary; Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the selected finalist for the 2021 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series.

Motion: Motion to approve the following finalists for the 2021 Art on Market Street Kiosk Posters Series, as recommended by the Artist Review Panel: (artists to be given at the meeting). 

6. Southeast Treatment Plant Construction Fence
Jackie von Treskow
Action

Explanatory Document: Final Design
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of final design of Sirron Norris’s artwork for the Southeast Treatment Plant Construction Fence along Evans Avenue. Artwork will be on display for one year beginning in August 2020.

Motion: Motion to approve the final design of Sirron Norris’s artwork for the Southeast Treatment Plant Construction Fence along Evans Avenue. Artwork will be on display for one year beginning in August 2020.

7. Golden Gate Park Tennis Center
Aleta Lee
Action

Explanatory Document: Artist’s final imagery and material and fabrication mockup
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the artist’s final imagery and material and fabrication mockup as part of the Construction Document Phase deliverables for the artwork at the Golden Gate Park Tennis Center.

Motion: Motion to approve artist Sanaz Mazinani’s Construction Document phase deliverables, including final imagery, material and fabrication mockup for the artwork at the Golden Gate Park Tennis Center.

8. 49 South Van Ness
Aleta Lee
Action

Explanatory Documents: Conceptual Proposals
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of the artists' Emily Fromm's and Val Britton's conceptual proposals for commissioned artworks as part of the 2D art program at 49 South Van Ness. 

Motion: Motion to approve artist Emily Fromm and their conceptual proposal for a commissioned artwork as part of the 2D art program at 49 South Van Ness.

Motion: Motion to approve artist Val Britton and their conceptual proposal for a commissioned artwork as part of the 2D art program at 49 South Van Ness.

9. San Francisco International Airport: C3 Connector Wall
Aleta Lee
Action

Explanatory Documents: Panel Summary, Proposals by Selected Artists
Presentation Time: Approximately 8 minutes

Presentation of the artists review panel summary and the recommended artwork proposals for the SFO C3C Secure Connector Wall. 

Motion: Motion to approve artists Kim Anno, Carter-Lynch (Stacey Carter), and Paul Madonna and the artwork proposals for the SFO C3C Secure Connector Wall project as recommended by the artist review panel.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Kim Anno for an amount not to exceed $133,333 for the design, engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork for the SFO C3C Secure Connector Wall project.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Carter-Lynch (Stacey Carter) for an amount not to exceed $133,333 for the design, engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork for the SFO C3C Secure Connector Wall project. 

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Paul Madonna for an amount not to exceed $133,333 for the design, engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork for the SFO C3C Secure Connector Wall project. 

10. New Business, Old Business, and Announcements
Discussion

11. Adjournment
Action

CC 7/10/2020 12:35PM


Notices

The San Francisco Arts Commission Visual Arts Committee Meeting will be held virtually due to public health emergency.

Agenda Item Information

Each item on the agenda may include the following documents:

1) Department or Agency or report;

2) Public correspondence;

3) Other explanatory documents.

These items will be available for review at the meeting. Copies are available upon request. Please contact Program Associate Tara Peterson at craig.corpora@sfgov.org or 415-252-2249 for more information.  

Meeting Procedures

1. Agenda items will be heard in order. Please note, that on occasion a special circumstance may necessitate that an agenda item be taken out of order. To ensure that an agenda item is not missed, it is advised to arrive at the beginning of the meeting. All agenda changes will be announced by the Chair at the top of the meeting.

2. Public comment will be taken before or during the Committee’s consideration of each agenda item. Each speaker will be allowed to speak for the time allotted by the Chair at the top of the meeting or up to 3 minutes.  During General Public Comment, members of the public may address the Commissioners on matters that are within the Arts Commission’s jurisdiction and are not on the agenda. Any person speaking during a public comment period may supply a brief written summary of their comments, which shall, if no more than 150 words, be included in the official file.

Explanatory documents listed above, as well as documents created or distributed after the posting of this agenda to the Arts Commission will be available for public inspection. Info: Tara Peterson at tara.peterson@sfgov.org or 415-252-2219. PLEASE NOTE: The Arts Commission often receives documents created or submitted by other City officials, agencies or departments after the posting of the Arts Commission agenda. For such documents or presentations, members of the public may wish to contact the originating agency if they seek documents not yet provided to the Arts Commission.

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ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY

Per the American Disabilities Act and the Language Access Ordinance, Chinese, Spanish, and/or American Sign Language interpreters will be available upon request. Additionally, every effort will be made to provide a sound enhancement system, meeting materials in alternative formats, and/or a reader. Minutes may be translated after they have been adopted by the Commission. For all these requests, please contact Program Associate, Tara Peterson, at least 48 hours before the meeting at 415-252-2219. Late requests will be honored if possible. The hearing room is wheelchair accessible.
 

利便参與會議的相關規定

根據美國殘疾人士法案和語言服務條例,中文、西班牙語、和/或美國手語翻譯人員在收到要求後將會提供翻譯服務。另外,我們將盡力提供擴音設備。同時也將會提供不同格式的會議資料, 和/或者提供閱讀器。此外,翻譯版本的會議記錄可在委員會通過後提供。上述的要求,請於會議前最少48小時致電415-252-2249向Craig Corpora 提出。逾期提出的請求,若可能的話,亦會被考慮接納。聽證室設有輪椅通道。


POLITICA DE ACCESO A LA REUNIÓN

De acuerdo con la Ley sobre Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (American Disabilities Act) y la Ordenanza de Acceso a Idiomas (Language Access Ordinance) intérpretes de chino, español, y lenguaje de señas estarán disponibles de ser requeridos. En adición, se hará todo el esfuerzo posible para proveer un sistema mejoramiento de sonido, materiales de la reunión en formatos alternativos, y/o proveer un leedor. Las minutas podrán ser traducidas luego de ser aprobadas por la Comisión. Para solicitar estos servicios, favor contactar a Program Associate, Craig Corpora, por lo menos 48 horas antes de la reunión al 415-252-2249. Las solicitudes tardías serán consideradas de ser posible. La sala de audiencia es accesible a silla de ruedas. 
 

PATAKARAN PARA SA PAG-ACCESS NG MGA MITING

Ayon sa batas ng American Disabilities Act at ng Language Access Ordinance, maaring mag-request ng mga tagapagsalin wika sa salitang Tsino, Espanyol at/o sa may kapansanan pandinig  sa American Sign Language. Bukod pa dito, sisikapin gawan ng paraan na makapaglaan ng gamit upang lalong pabutihin ang inyong pakikinig, maibahagi ang mga kaganapan ng miting sa iba't ibang anyo, at/o isang tagapagbasa. Ang mga kaganapan ng miting ay maaring isalin sa ibang wika matapos ito ay aprobahan ng komisyon. Sa mga ganitong uri ng kahilingan, mangyari po lamang makipag ugnayan kay Program Associate, Craig Corpora sa 415-252-2249. Magbigay po lamang ng hindi bababa sa 48 oras na abiso bago ng miting. Kung maari, ang mga late na hiling ay posibleng tanggapin. Ang silid ng pagpupulungan ay accessible sa mga naka wheelchair.