SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
3 p.m.
401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 125
San Francisco, CA 94102
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MINUTES

Visual Arts Committee Members:

JD Beltran
Gregory Chew
Dorka Keehn, Chair
Jessica Silverman
Barbara Sklar

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

Commissioners Present:
President Beltran
Commissioner Chew
Commissioner Keehn, Chair

Commissioners Absent:
Commissioner Silverman
Commissioner Sklar

The meeting commenced at 3:05 p.m.

2. Public Comment
Discussion

Commissioner Keehn called for public comment. There was no public comment.

3. Consent Calendar
Action
Explanatory Documents: Item 1; Item 2; Item 3; Item 4; Item 5

1. Motion to extend the display of the sculpture, Les Roses des Vents, by Jean Michel Othoniel at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park until June 30, 2017

2. Motion to approve the design of Growing Together, a painted mural, by artists Susan Cervantes, Yuka Ezoe and Max Marttila that will be painted on an exterior wall of 272 McAllister Street; 47 ft. high by 25 ft. wide. The project is funded with a Community Challenge Grant and is sponsored by the Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc.; the painted mural will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.

3. Motion to approve the following arts professionals as panelists for public art selection panels for the 2016/17 Fiscal Year:

4. Motion to approve Design Development and Construction Phase deliverables (revised location of artwork elements) by Wowhaus for Noe Valley Town Square.

5. Motion to approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection the artwork entitled New Generation, 2015, by Louisiana Bendolph. The artwork consists of ceramic tiles mounted on wood panels, measuring 9 ft. high by 16 ft. wide. The abstract geometric image was derived from a quilt designed by the artist,which was translated into an etching and then reproduced on ceramic tile. The artwork is located at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3, Gate 71.

6. Motion to approve the completed installation of the artwork entitled New Generation, 2015, a 9 ft. high by 16 ft. wide installation of ceramic tiles mounted on wood panels by Louisiana Bendolph at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3.

7. Motion to approve the following arts professionals as panelists for public art selection panels for the 2016/17 Fiscal Year:

Regina Almaguer, art consultant;
Michael Arcega, artist;
Lucinda Barnes, arts consultant;
Joseph Becker, Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;
Dena Beard, Director, The Lab
Elisheva Biernoff, artist;
Janet C. Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;
Terry Berlier, artist; Associate Professor, Art Practice, Stanford University
Cath Brunner, Public Art Program Director, 4Culture;
Timothy Burgard, Curator-in-Charge of American Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco;
Enrique Chagoya, artist; Full Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Stanford University
Patricia Cariño, ‎Curator and Director of Public Programs, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art;
Jonathan Calm, artist; Assistant Professor, Art Practice, Stanford University
Deena Chalabi, Associate Curator of Public Practice, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;
Abby Chen, Program Director, Chinese Culture Center;
Kevin Chen, artist; Artist Studio Residency Program and Public Programs Manager, de Young Museum
René de Guzman, Chief Curator, Oakland Museum of California; 
Joseph del Pesco, Director, Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco;
Lewis deSoto, artist; Professor of Art, San Francisco State University;
Carlos Devillasante, Associate Professor of Studio Art – Painting, Sonoma State University;
Apsara DiQuinzio, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and Phyllis C. Wattis MATRIX Curator, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive;
Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, Acting Head of Architecture and Design, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;
Jennifer Easton, Art Program Manager, BART;
Amy Ellingson, artist;
Jennie Emiré Rodríguez, Executive Director of Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts;
Maya Emsden, Deputy Executive Officer, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro);
Christian Frock, independent curator;
Stephen Galloway, artist;  
Rupert Garcia, artist;
Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;
Jeanne Gerrity, Head of Operations and Publications, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts; 
Jenny Gheith, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;
Barbara Goldstein, Principal at Barbara Goldstein & Associates, Creative Placemaking and Public Art Planning;
Donna Graves, Consultant, Arts & Cultural Planning;
Susan Gray, Creative Services Manager, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transport Authority;
Melorra Green, independent curator;
Stephanie Hanor, Director, Mills College Art Museum;
Glen Helfand, independent writer, critic, curator, and educator;
Dana Hemenway, artist;
Kendal Henry, artist; Public Art Consultant in Residence at Maribyrnong City Council;
Betti-Sue Hertz, independent curator ;
Katie Hood Morgan, Assistant Curator and Exhibitions Manager, Walter and McBean Galleries;
Anthony Huberman, Director, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts;
Steve Huss, Public Art Manager, Arts, Recreation & Community Services, City of Walnut Creek;
Valerie Imus, Exhibitions and Programs Director, Southern Exposure;
Maria Jenson, Executive Director, SOMArts Cultural Center;
Chris Johnson, artist; Professor of Photography and Fine Art, California College of the Arts;
Mark Johnson, Director, San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery;
Stephanie Johnson, Instructor of Sculpture, Installation, Performance Art and Public Art
California State University, Monterey Bay - Visual and Public Arts Institute
Ned Kahn, artist;
Carrie Lederer, artist; Curator of Exhibitions and Programs, Bedford Gallery;
Aimee Le Duc, art consultant; 
Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins, Manager, Visual Arts Program, Museum of African Diaspora;
Lex Leifheit, Nonprofit Business Development Manager, City and County of San Francisco;
Constance Lewallen, Adjunct Curator, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive;
Christina Linden, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Oakland Art Museum;
Hung Liu, artist;
Linda Lucero, Executive/Artistic Director, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival;
Juan Luna-Avin, artist;
Sharon Maidenberg, Executive Director, Headlands Center for the Arts;
Patricia Maloney, Executive Director, Southern Exposure;
Leigh Markopoulos, Chair, California College of the Arts Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice;
Jetro Martinez, artist;
Marina McDougall, Director, Center for Art & Inquiry, Exploratorium;
Hesse McGraw, Vice President for Exhibitions and Public Programs, San Francisco Art Institute;
Katya Min, Curator of Public Programs, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts;
Chuck Mobley, Director, SF Camerawork;
Judy Moran, art consultant;
Ceci Moss, Assistant Curator, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts;
Ellen Oh, Program Administrator, Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University;
Amy Owen, Curator, di Rosa;
Marc Pally, Public Art Curator and Artistic Director, Glow;
Matthew Passmore, artist;
Justin Hoover, artist; Creative Director, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture;
Renny Pritikin, Chief Curator; Contemporary Jewish Museum;
Diana Pumpelly Bates, artist;
Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, Associate Director and Senior Curator, MACLA;
Amy Ress, Director, 1+ Public Architecture;
Jerome Reyes, artist;
Lawrence Rinder, Director, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive;
Mary Rubin, Project Manager, Public Art, City of San Jose;
Lucía Sanroman, Director of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts;
Ron Moultrie Saunders, artist;
Norie Sato, artist;
Richard Shaw, artist;
Stephanie Syjuco, artist;
Weston Teruya, artist;
Karen Tsujimoto, Curator, Contemporary Jewish Museum;
Sean Uyehara, Director of Programs, Headlands Center for the Arts;
Po Shu Wang, artist;
Nate Watson, artist; Executive Director of Public Glass;
Patricia Watts, Founder/West Coast Curator, ecoartspace;
Shelly Willis, Interim Executive Director/Art in Public Places Director, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission;
Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;
Tracy Wheeler, Co-Founder at Satellite Of. Love;
Jenifer Wofford, artist;
Anuradha Vikram, Director of Residency Programs, 18th Street Arts Center;
Tanya Zimbardo, Assistant Curator of Media Arts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Commissioner Keehn called for public comment. There was no public comment.

Motion: Motion to approve consent calendar items.
Moved:  Beltran/Chew
The motion was unanimously approved

4. SFAC Galleries
Meg Shiffler

Galleries Director Meg Shiffler presented an overview of an exhibition, co-curated by Jason Hanasik and herself, which will run November 2016 through March 2017. The multimedia exhibition will highlight imagery and themes of individuals that support active United States soldiers and veterans, bridging a dialogue between veterans and arts communities. There will be fourteen artists featured in the exhibition and multiple public programs presented in the summer of 2016 leading up to the exhibition with partners such as Combat Paper, Warrior Writers, Echo Theater Suitcase, Veteran Artists, American Legion. Justseeds Artist Cooperative. Iraq Veterans Against the War. 

Commissioner Keehn called for public comment. There was no public comment.

Motion: Motion to approve artist honoraria to the following artists participating in a fall 2016 SFAC Galleries exhibition focusing on the communities that support U.S. soldiers and veterans: $2000 each to Jason Hanasik and Whitney Lynn; $1000 each to Amber Hoy, Ehren Toole, Michael Hall and Rodney Ewing; $400 each to Althea Thauberger, Amanda Lucier, Jennifer Karady, Jessica Hines, Julie McCarthy, Monica Haller and Suzanne Opton.
Moved:  Beltran/Chew
The motion was unanimously approved

5. Art/Lit Living Innovation Zone
Justine Topfer; Cassie Hoeprich, San Francisco Planning Department; Allison Wyckoff, Asian Art Museum; and Youth Art Exchange
Action

Cassie Hoeprich from the San Francisco Planning Department and Allison Wyckoff of the Asian Art Museum presented a Living Innovation Zone project to be located on Fulton Street, in front of the Asian Art Museum from July 2016 – July 2018. The project features a sculptural dragon mounted on a galvanized steel leg structure with a two-sided gallery wall that spans the length below it, along with interactive telescopes stationed alongside it with views into the windows of the Asian Art Museum. The project will feature multiple artists and programs throughout the duration of the exhibit.  The project is co-sponsored by Asian Art Museum, Youth Art Exchange,  San Francisco Public Library and the Civic Center Community Benefit District with an overall budget of $150,000.

The maintenance and stewardship of the artwork will be additionally funded and led by a private and public partnership with the Asian Art Museum Maintenance team, the Civic Center Community Initiative, Office of Economic Workforce Development, Public Works, Planning and the Recreation and Parks Department. The program will employ at risk youth and adults who to maintain and serve as docents of the project. She also ensured that the plans for the project are being reviewed by the Mayor’s Office of Disability.

Commissioner Keehn called for public comment. There was no public comment.

Motion: Motion to approve Art/Lit LIZ, a temporary public art sculpture to be located on Fulton Street, in front of the Asian Art Museum from July 2016 – July 2018.
Moved:  Beltran/Chew
The motion was unanimously approved

6. Transbay Terminal – Jenny Holzer
Director of Cultural Affairs Tom DeCaigny on behalf of Jill Manton
Action

Director Tom DeCaigny introduced Ron Alameida program manager for Public Works and newly appointed Director of Design Construction for the Transbay Project.  Mr. Alameida has requested that the Arts Commission to manage the fabrication LED artwork by Jenny Holzer for the new Transbay Terminal. He stated it was his desire to restructure the relationship of the Art Commission’s role from consultant to manager of the fabrication of the artwork. It is his desire to have the fabrication integrated early on in the construction phase of the project much like the recent partnership and successful completion of the General Hospital projects.

Commissioner Keehn called for public comment. There was no public comment.

Motion: Motion to approve the modification of the Arts Commission’s Intergovernmental Agreement with the Transbay Joint Powers Authority to authorize the Arts Commission to issue and manage the fabrication agreement for an LED artwork by Jenny Holzer for the new Transbay Terminal.
Moved:  Beltran/Chew
The motion was unanimously approved

Motion: Motion to authorize the Arts Commission to issue and manage the fabrication agreement for an LED artwork by Jenny Holzer for the new Transbay Terminal.
Moved:  Beltran/Chew
The motion was unanimously approved

7. Art on Market St Kiosk Poster Series – Jeffrey Canham
Justine Topfer
Action

Project Manager Justine Topfer presented Jeffrey Canham’s six final poster designs for the current Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series Utopian Visions: The Changing Face of Market Street. His text based series, entitled The Best Show in Town, are based upon catch phrases found on old theaters’ billboards along Market Street Based; with the oldest from 1928 and the most recent from 2015. The series will be on display from July 18 through mid-October, 2016.

Commissioner Keehn called for public comment. There was no public comment.

Motion: Motion to approve the six final poster designs for Jeffrey Canham’s Art on Market Kiosk Poster Series, The Best Show in Town, July 18 through mid-October, 2016.
Moved:  Beltran/Chew
The motion was unanimously approved

8. 2017 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series
Justine Topfer
Action

Ms. Topfer presented the selected finalists for the 2017 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series, The Summer of Love – 50th Anniversary. The finalists include: Deborah Aschheim, Kate Haug, Sarah Hotchkiss, Whitney Lynn, Jovi Schnell and Martin Venezky.

Commissioner Keehn called for public comment. There was no public comment.

Motion: Motion to approve the following finalists for the 2017 Art on Market Street Kiosk Posters Series as recommended by the Art on Market Street Selection Panel: Deborah Aschheim, Kate Haug, Sarah Hotchkiss, Whitney Lynn, Jovi Schnell and Martin Venezky.
Moved:  Beltran/Chew
The motion was unanimously approved

9. San Francisco International Airport – Hotel
Susan Pontious
Discussion

Program Director Susan Pontious presented an overview of artwork opportunities for a new hotel being planned for the San Francisco International Airport. The proposed city property will include a signature opportunity in the public lobby area, through which the SFO Air Train will stop. She stated there may be opportunities to also integrate portions of the existing permanent collection, such as Yin and Yang, 1992 by Robert Arneson. Additionally, there will be the opportunity to hang artwork in individual hotels rooms. She stated that it may be possible to license artworks for reproductions,  citing Laguna Honda and General Hospital has having had successfully used the licensing model. However, the Committee suggested that further counsel and clarification be requested from City Attorney as to if such an agreement would be considered proper utilization of Art Enrichment funds. The project is estimated to produce an Art Enrichment budget of $2.8 million. 

Commissioner Keehn called for public comment. There was no public comment.

10. Civic Art Collection: Recent Conservation Projects

A. Mother’s Building
Jennifer Correia
Staff Report

Senior Registrar Allison Cummings and Project Manager Jennifer Correia presented the recent assessment of the WPA mural Noah and His Ark, 1934 by Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli and Helen Forbes (Accession No. 1936.4) at the San Francisco Zoo, Mother’s Building. The assessment was completed by Architectural Resources Group in conjunction with Recreation and Parks Department. The immediate recommendation is to gain environmental control of the building.  Ms. Cummings stated that the mural has been identified as an historical asset and that the assessment will be utilized for capital requests to begin restoration. However, project planning can’t begin until RPD and the Zoo specify how the building will be utilized. It is the hope that that the zoo and private citizens will also assist in raising funds.

B. San Francisco International Airport
Allison Cummings
Staff Report

Ms. Cummings provided photo documentation of the successful re-installation of multiple artworks from the Civic Art Collection: Hesperides, 1981 by Bruce Beasley (Accession No. 1979.39); Azul, Azul Y Hacer, 1978 by Gustavo Rivera (Accession No. 1979.36); Letter's Missing, 1985 by Raymond Saunders (Accession No. 1986.24); and Storm, Stars and Stripes, 1960 by David Simpson (Accession No. 1979.37) at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3 East.

Commissioner Keehn called for public comment. Richard Rothman thanked the commission for their work on the assessment of the Mothers Building and stated he is working with the zoo who is currently engaged in reviewing multiple ideas for the future use of the Mother’s Building.

11. New Business, Old Business, and Announcements
Discussion

Director DeCaigny stated he will give a full report to Full Commission on July 11 regarding his and staff’s recent attendance to the Americans for the Arts, Public Art Network Conference in Boston. He stated the conference is slated to be held next in San Francisco, in June 2017. The Arts Commission staff, in conjunction with SF Travel, are already in the early stages of planning.

12. Adjournment
Action

The meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

JDC: 6/30/16, 12:45 p.m.

 

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