SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
3 p.m.
401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 125
San Francisco, CA 94102
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Agenda

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

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

2. General Public Comment
Discussion

3. Consent Calendar
Action
Explanatory Documents: Item #1, Item #2, Item #8
Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes

1. Motion to approve Ingleside Gateway, a sculptural gateway by artist Eric Powell. The sculptural gateway will be installed at Ingleside Library, which is located on 1298 Ocean Ave. The gateway structure will measure approximately 11 ft. by 28.5 ft. The project is funded by grants from the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development and Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development. The sculptural gateway will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.

2. Motion to approve the design of Sailing Sunrise Sunset, a mural by artist Antoine Marnata. The mural will be installed on two columns holding up the 20th Street ramp at Indiana Street, in the new dog park adjacent to the new development Avalon Dogpatch at 800 Indiana Street. The mural will be on Caltrans property and the Department of Public Works will be the formal sponsor from the City and County of San Francisco. AvalonBay is funding the mural and will be responsible for maintenance. The mural will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.

3. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into an agreement with Devco Engineering, Inc. for $8,170.00 for engineering services related to the installation of a sculpture by THEVERYMANY in the Consolidated Administrative Campus at San Francisco International Airport.

4. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase the as-needed fine art services agreement (Contract No. 100012706) with Atthowe Fine Art Services from an amount not to exceed $500,000 to an amount not to exceed $749,000 (an increase of $249,000). 

5. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase the as-needed fine art services agreement (Contract No. 100012707) with Atthowe Fine Art Services from an amount not to exceed $500,000 to an amount not to exceed $749,000 (an increase of $249,000).

6. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase the as-needed fine art services agreement (Contract No. 100012708) with Atthowe Fine Art Services from an amount not to exceed $500,000 to an amount not to exceed $749,000 (an increase of $249,000). 

7. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase the agreement with Amanda Hughen and Jennifer Starkweather from an amount not to exceed $60,000 to an amount not to exceed $82,000 to include additional work necessitated by changes to General Contractor’s art glass fabricator for an artwork at the Union Square Central Subway Station.

8. Motion to approve the Final Design Phase Deliverables (Construction Documents and final materials) by Dana Hemenway for an artwork at San Francisco International Airport Terminal 1.

9. Motion to rescind RESOLUTION NO. 0909-19-258 authorizing the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with the selected artist Andrea Bowers for an amount not to exceed $1,100,000 for the design, engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation of an artwork for the San Francisco International Airport: Harvey Milk Terminal 1, Underpass Lighting public art opportunity.

10. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with the selected artist Andrea Bowers (DBA Radical Patience Inc.) for an amount not to exceed $1,100,000 for the design, engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation of an artwork for the San Francisco International Airport: Harvey Milk Terminal 1, Underpass Lighting public art opportunity.

4. Sculpture Honoring Dr. Maya Angelou at the San Francisco Main Library
Commissioner Keehn
Action 
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Discussion and Possible Action: Discussion and possible action regarding sculpture honoring Dr. Maya Angelou to be installed at SF Main Library.

5. SFAC Galleries

A. 2020 Award Exhibition Celebrating Juana Alicia
Jackie Im
Action
Explanatory Documents: Presentation
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Brief biographical overview and past works of artist Juana Alicia

Motion: Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $9900 to Juana Alicia for the research and development of artwork for the SFAC Galleries exhibition, Juana Alicia: The Golden Capricorn Award (July 10 – September 12, 2020).

B. Bed of Trouble Exhibition
Jackie Im
Action
Explanatory Documents: Presentation
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of the artists, who will be included in the SFAC Main Gallery exhibition Bed of Trouble.

Motion: Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve the artist honoraria to the following individuals: Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo $2600, Josh Faught $2700, Lauren McKeon $2300, and Bri Williams $2000 for the development of works that will be included in the SFAC Main Gallery exhibition Bed of Trouble, which is set to open to the public on January 17, 2020. Additional honoraria items will be added to the consent calendar when ready.

6. San Francisco International Airport

A. International Terminal—Plaque to Honor Mayor Edwin Lee
Susan Pontious
Action
Explanatory Documents: Project Outline
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the project outline for a bronze plaque honoring Mayor Edwin Lee for the International Terminal Building Departures Lobby at the San Francisco International Airport.

Motion: Motion to approve the project outline for a bronze plaque honoring Mayor Edwin Lee for the International Terminal Building Departures Lobby, San Francisco International Airport. The project budget of $70,000; funding will by provided by the San Francisco International Airport. The plaque will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.

B. T3 Connector, Sterile Corridor
Susan Pontious
Discussion
Explanatory Documents: Architectural drawings
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Discussion of the art plan for the San Francisco International Airport: T3 Connector, Sterile Corridor.

C. International Terminal—BAA and BAG Recompose Walls
Marcus Davies
Action
Explanatory Documents: Panel One Summary, Selected finalist images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the selected finalists for the San Francisco International Airport: International Terminal, BAA & BAG Recompose Walls public art project.

Motion: Motion to approve the finalists Elisheva Biernoff, Linda Geary, David Huffman, Jet Martinez, Ranu Mukherjee, and Muzae Sesay for the San Francisco International Airport: International Terminal, BAA & BAG Recompose Walls public art project.

D. ITB Phase 1—Alicia McCarthy
Marcus Davies
Action
Explanatory Documents: Material sample
Presentation Time: Approximately 3 minutes

Presentation of the Construction Document Phase deliverables for the International Terminal Boarding Area A, Holdroom 3.

Motion: Motion to approve Alicia McCarthy’s Construction Document Phase deliverables for Alicia McCarthy’s artwork at the San Francisco International Airport’s International Terminal Boarding Area A, Holdroom 3.

E. AirTrain
Jennifer Doyle Crane
Action
Explanatory Documents: Images of installed work
Presentation Time: Approximately 3 minutes

Presentation of the completed project by Sarah Cain at San Francisco International Airport.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed the completed stained and fused glass window mural, We will walk right up to the sun, 2019, by Sarah Cain, located at the San Francisco International Airport, AirTrain Grand Hyatt Station along the North Wall.

F. Grand Hyatt Hotel
Zoë Taleporos
Action
Explanatory Documents: Images of completed artworks 
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Presentation of the completed artworks at SFO Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed the completed artwork Green Map, 2019 by Ellen Harvey for the San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed the completed artwork This Infinite Gateway of Time and Circumstance, 2019 by Jacob Hashimoto for the San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed the completed artwork Circadian Transit, 2019 by Tahiti Pehrson for the San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed the completed artwork Ether, 2019 by Kohei Nawa for the San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed the completed artwork Winter/Spring, Standing in Claremont Canyon, 2019 by David Wilson for the San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed the completed artwork Cultural Fabric (Bay Area), 2019 by Miguel Arzabe for the San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed the two-dimensional artwork program of purchased works at San Francisco International Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel:

Miya Ando, November Evening Cloud 4.6, 2017, dye on aluminum, 48 in. by 72 in.
Natalya Burd, So much more than this, 2018, acrylic, mirror, Plexiglas, 47 in. by 94 in.
John Chiara, Cabrillo Highway at Pescadero Creek Road, Variation 4, 2017, Camera Obscura Ilfochrome photograph, 58 in. by 71 in.
James Chronister, California (1), 2018, oil on canvas, 72 in. by 50 in.
Michael Dvortcsak, Sublimens, 1985, oil and wax, on canvas, 85.5 in. by 72.5 in.
Richard Diebenkorn, #2, 3, 5, 7, from Nine Drypoints and Etchings, 1977, Drypoint and etching, 25 in. by 33 in. each.
Crystal Liu, underground, ‘stuck in between’, 2016, collage, gouache, ink and watercolor on paper, 47 in. by 104 in.
Terri Loewenthal, Psychscape 73 (Downs, Mount, CA), 2017, archival pigment print, 40 in. by 30 in.
Terri Loewenthal, Psychscape 18 (Banner Ridge, CA), 2017, archival pigment print, 42 in. by 56 in.
Klea McKenna, Born in 1717, 2017, gelatin silver photogram, 43 in. by 50 in.
Richard Misrach, Golden Gate Bridge, 2.27.00, 4:55 pm, 2000, pigment print, 60 in. by 74 in.
Richard Misrach, Golden Gate Bridge, 4.17.00, 4:01 pm, 2000, pigment print, 60 in. by 74 in.
Richard Misrach, Golden Gate Bridge, 3.4.01, 7:30 pm, 2001, pigment print, 60 in. by 74 in.

7. 49 South Van Ness
Zoë Taleporos
Discussion
Explanatory Documents: Architectural Renderings; Draft MOU Language   
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Review of the 49 South Van Ness Avenue Video Art Project and draft MOU language.

8. 2019 Art on Market Street Posters Series
Craig Corpora
Action
Explanatory Documents: Final Designs
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the final designs by Taraneh Hemami for the 2019 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series. 

Motion: Motion to approve artist Taraneh Hemami six final designs for the 2019 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series.

9. Alameda Creek Watershed
Jackie von Treskow
Action
Explanatory Documents: Panel summary, Selected finalist images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the selected finalists for the Alameda Creek Watershed public art project.

Motion: Motion to approve the selected finalists, Nicholas Galanin, Walter Kitundu, and Nora Naranjo Morse for the Alameda Creek Watershed public art project.

10. Guy Place Park
Marcus Davies
Action
Explanatory Documents: Final design rendering, material sample
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of material sample for Adriane Colburn’s artwork at Guy Place Park

Motion: Motion to approve the material sample for Adriane Colburn’s artwork at Guy Place Park.

11. New Business, Old Business, and Announcements
Discussion

12. Adjournment
Action

ADV 10/11/19 3:25 pm

Notices

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