Visual Arts Committee - May 16, 2018 - Agenda

Meeting Date: 
May 16, 2018 - 3:00pm
Location: 
401 Van Ness Avenue
Room 125
San Francisco, CA 94102
SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
3 p.m.
401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 125
San Francisco, CA 94102
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Agenda 
 
Visual Arts Committee Members:
JD Beltran, President
Dorka Keehn, Chair
Abby Sadin Schnair
Jessica Silverman
Barbara Sklar 
 
1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Agenda Changes
 
2. General Public Comment
Discussion 
 
3. Consent Calendar
Action
Explanatory Documents: Item #3, Item #4
Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes
 
1. Motion to approve Helene Fried, independent curator, as a Public Art Program Panelist for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 Fiscal Years. 
 
2. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve honoraria payments of up to $10,000 for San Francisco Arts Commission public program services including, but not limited to, workshops, lectures, panel discussions, performances, brown bag lunch discussions, literary readings, film screenings, community forums, and off-site projects.
 
3. Motion to approve the mural designs of Ocean Bloom by artists Hye Yoon Song, Paul Mullowney, Autumn Swisher and Youth Art Exchange Printmaking and Photography Students. The painted murals will be on ten utility boxes along Ocean Avenue, at the corners of Howth Street, Dorado Terrace, Geneva and Phelan, Lee, Brighton, Plymouth, Miramar, Faxon, Ashton, and Victoria Avenues. The painted murals will be installed on ten utility boxes that measure approximately 60 in. by 36 in. by 17 in. The project is funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission Special Project Grant by the D7 Participatory Budget Process, and is sponsored by the Youth Art Exchange; the painted murals will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.
 
4. Motion to approve the addition of a gobo light projection of new sister city, Kiel, Germany, to Shining Paths: San Francisco’s Sister Cities, by Lewis deSoto, and the removal of the gobo light gel for Osaka, Japan at San Francisco International Airport: International Terminal, Boarding Area G.
                              
Motion: Motion to approve consent calendar items.
 
4. Gift of Mayor Newsom Sculptural Bust
Susan Pontious
Action
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes
 
Motion: Motion to approve a) the completed sculptural bust of former mayor Gavin Newsom and the design of the sculpture pedestal and proposed text and b) approval to issue a Conditional Letter of Acceptance upon receipt of executed donor and artist agreement and completion of all outstanding contract requirements. The sculpture is a gift of ArtCare, a nonprofit organization.
 
5. Treasure Island Phase I Projects
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action
Explanatory Documents: Panel Two Summary; Selected Proposals
Presentation Time: Approximately 20 minutes
 
Presentation of the selected artists and their proposals for Treasure Island Phase One Projects for review and comment.
 
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with the selected artist Antony Gormley for conceptual design, final design and engineering of an artwork for the Treasure Island Waterfront Plaza Public Art Project in an amount not to exceed $157,350, pending approval of the Treasure Island Development Authority.
 
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with the selected artist Pae White (DBA Pae White Studio, Inc.) for conceptual design, final design and engineering of an artwork for the Treasure Island Building One Public Art Project in an amount not to exceed $99,350, pending approval of the Treasure Island Development Authority.
 
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with the selected artist Hiroshi Sugimoto (DBA Door Four LLC) for final design and engineering of an artwork for the Treasure Island Yerba Buena Hilltop Park Public Art Project in an amount not to exceed $157,350, pending approval of the Treasure Island Development Authority.
 
6. Animal Care Facility
Jenn Doyle Crane
Action
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes
 
Presentation of the selected finalist for the Animal Care Facility project.
 
Motion: Motion to approve the selected artist Favianna Rodriguez and conceptual proposal for artwork(s) for the Animal Care Facility Public Art Project as recommended by the artist selection panel. 
 
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Favianna Rodriguez for an amount not to exceed $310,000 for design, fabrication, transportation, and installation consultation of artworks for the Animal Care Facility Project.
 
7. Geneva Powerhouse Project
Jenn Doyle Crane
Action
Explanatory Documents: Panel Two Summary; Conceptual Proposal
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes
 
Presentation of the selected finalists for the Geneva Powerhouse Project.
 
Motion: Motion to approve the selected artist (name to be announced at meeting) and conceptual proposal for an artwork(s) for the Geneva Powerhouse Public Art Project as recommended by the artist selection panel. 
 
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with (name to be announced at meeting) for an amount not to exceed (amount to be announced at meeting) for design, fabrication, transportation, and installation consultation of artworks for the Geneva Powerhouse Project.
 
8. San Francisco International Airport
 
A. International Terminal, Boarding Area G, Gate Room 96
Zoë Taleporos
Action
Explanatory Documents: Artwork as installed 
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes
 
Presentation of the installed artwork Everywhere a Color by Leah Rosenberg at the San Francisco International Airport: International Terminal, Boarding Area G, Gate Room 96. 
 
Motion: Motion to approve the installed artwork Everywhere a Color by Leah Rosenberg at the San Francisco International Airport: International Terminal, Boarding Area G, Gate Room 96.
 
B. AirTrain – Sarah Cain
Justine Topfer
Action
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes
 
Presentation of the final design development documents and construction document phase deliverables for Sarah Cain’s artwork for the San Francisco International Airport: AirTrain Public Art Project.
 
Motion: Motion to approve the final design development documents and construction document phase deliverables for Sarah Cain’s artwork, Untitled, for the San Francisco International Airport: AirTrain Public Art Project.
 
C. Long Term Parking Garage 2 – Johanna Grawunder
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Documents: Artwork Image; Mock Ups; Final Design Development Documents
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes
 
Presentation of the final design development documents and construction document phase deliverables for Johanna Grawunders’s artwork for the San Francisco International Airport: Long Term Parking Garage 2 Public Art Project.
 
Motion: Motion to approve the final design development documents and construction document phase deliverables for Johanna Grawunder’s artwork, Coding, for the San Francisco International Airport: Long Term Parking Garage 2 Public Art Project.
 
D. Terminal 1 Center – Dana Hemenway 
Justine Topfer
Action
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes
 
Presentation of conceptual design documents phase deliverables for Dana Hemenway’s artwork for the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1 Center Public Art Project.
 
Motion: Motion to approve the conceptual design documents phase deliverables for Dana Hemenway’s artwork, The Color of Horizons, for the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1 Center Public Art Project.
 
E. Terminal 1, Boarding Area B, End of Pier
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Documents: Panel Summary; Images of Finalists' Work
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes
 
Presentation of the finalists for the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1, Boarding Area B, End of Pier Public Art Project.
 
Motion: Motion to approve the selected finalists Spencer Finch (DBA Spencer Finch Studio and represented by Lisson Gallery), Jorge Pardo (DBA Jorge Pardo Sculpture LLC) and Eva Schlegel (represented by Gallery Wendi Norris) as recommended by the selection panel for the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1, Boarding Area B, End of Pier Project. 
 
F. International Terminal, Boarding Area G Terrace
Marcus Davies
Action
Explanatory Documents: Artwork Rendering
Presentation Time: Approximately 3 minutes
 
Presentation of design development documents for artwork by Woody De Othello for the San Francisco International Airport: International Terminal, Boarding Area G Terrace Public Art Project. 
 
Motion: Motion to approve the final design development documents and construction document phase deliverables for Woody De Othello’s sculptures, Timekeeper, Light, and Turn, for the San Francisco International Airport: International Terminal, Boarding Area G Terrace.
 
9. Traffic Company and Forensic Services Division
Marcus Davies
Action
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes 
 
Presentation of second conceptual design deliverables by James “Jim” Isermann for the Traffic Company and Forensic Services Division.
 
Motion: Motion to approve the second conceptual design by James Isermann for the Traffic Company and Forensic Services Division.
 
10. Central Subway: Chinatown Station – Tomie Arai
Mary Chou
Action
Explanatory Documents: Panel Summary; Fabrication Samples
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes
 
Presentation of selected fabricator and fabrication samples for Tomie Arai’s exterior and platform artwork for Central Subway Chinatown station.
 
Motion: Motion to approve (name to be announced at meeting) as the selected fabricator for artist Tomie Arai’s Central Subway: Chinatown Station Public Art Project, as recommended by the Artwork Fabricator Selection Panel.
 
Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with (name to be announced at meeting) for an amount not to exceed (amount to be announced at meeting) for final development of artwork design specification, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork by Tomie Arai for the exterior and platform level of Central Subway: Chinatown Station.
 
11. New Business, Old Business, and Announcements
Discussion
 
12. Adjournment
Action
 
AT 5/11/18 2:05 p.m.
 
Notices
 
Agenda Item Information
 
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2) Public correspondence; 
 
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