MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, February 3, 2020
2:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

 
Arts Commissioners: Roberto Ordeñana, President; Kimberlee Stryker, Vice President
JD Beltran, Charles Collins, Suzie Ferras, Mary Jung, Dorka Keehn, Nabiel Musleh, Linda Parker Pennington, Abby Sadin Schnair, Marcus Shelby, Janine Shiota, Paul Woolford; Myrna Melgar, ex officio (non-voting)
 

1. Roll Call
    
2. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve January 6, 2020 Minutes.
    
   Explanatory Document: Draft minutes
    
3. General Public Comment
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Commission’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Commission’s consideration.)
    
4. Director’s Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary, legislative and programming developments and announcements.
    
5. Arts Commission FY 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 Draft Budget
   Action
   Discussion and possible motion to approve proposed Fiscal Year 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 Arts Commission budget.
    
   Explanatory Document: Budget memo, Proposed budget by program, Proposed capital budget
    
6. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Executive Committee—Roberto Ordeñana, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
   2. Civic Design Review Committee—Kimberlee Stryker, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   3. Community Investments Committee—Charles Collins, Chair
      1. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve the following panelist to serve, as selected by staff, on SFAC review panels for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 fiscal years:

         Adelaide J Barroga, practicing artist
         Amanda Vigil, practicing artist, SFUSD
         Anna Caterina Petro, practicing artist
         Ayodele Nzinga, practicing artist
         Carol Tang, arts administrator, Children's Creativity Museum
         Claudia Leung, arts administrator
         Conrad Almero Panganiban, Jr., practicing artist
         Cynthia Pepper, practicing artist, CPCOllaborations
         Dazaun Soleyn, practicing artist
         Deborah Slater, practicing artist, Deborah Slater Dance Theater
         Deborah Wu, academic/educator
         Debra Waltman, arts administrator, Girls Rock Sacramento
         Diana Gameros Estupinan, practicing artist
         Ernesto A. Vilchis Deucher, Community Vision
         Faiza Bukhari, philanthropist, Walter & Elise Haas Fund
         Frantz Jean-Baptiste, practicing artist
         Isabel Fondevila, arts administrator, Roxie Theater
         Jeffrey Rebudal, arts administrator, Rebudal Dance
         Jerome Reyes, practicing artist, Institute for Diversity in the Arts, Stanford University
         Jessica Mele, philanthropist, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
         Joan Osato, arts administrator, Youth Speaks, Inc
         John-Carlos Perea
         Joshua Lunsford, arts supporter/enthusiast
         Kali Boyce, Queer Rebel Productions
         Karen Oakley, practicing artist
         Kathleen Faust, City and County of San Francisco
         Khimberly Marshall, practicing artist, The MacBeth Project/SoJo Arts
         Latashia Govan, practicing artist, WomanopolySF
         Lauren Garcia, practicing artist
         Margaret Southerland, Padma Consulting
         Mario de Mira, practicing artist
         Martha Erika Rodríguez-Salazar, practicing artist
         Mary Schmidt, FireHorse Nonprofit Development
         Navjot Singh, practicing artist, Duniya Dance and Drum Company
         Nicole Chalas, arts administrator, American Conservatory Theater
         Olivia Tablante, arts administrator, Gerbode Foundation
         Pankaj Kumar Jha, practicing artist
         Patricia Richardson, arts supporter/enthusiast, UCSF Medical Center
         Patti Bartelstein, The Project Room
         PJ Gubatina Policarpio, arts administrator
         Queen Vanessa Banks, practicing artist, Born and Raised Survivors & Community Developers
         Rebecca Groves, arts administrator
         Sierra Lee, arts administrator, Alonzo King LINES Ballet
         Suzanne Cortez, arts supporter/enthusiast, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
         T. Kebo Drew, CFRE, arts administrator, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project – QWOCMAP
         Theresa Harlen, arts administrator
         TingTing Wang, practicing artist
         Warren Williams, arts administrator
         Xun Bin, Goh, arts administrator
         
         Explanatory Document: Panelist Biographies
          

   4. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
7. Consent Calendar
   The following items are included in the Consent Calendar subject to withdrawal at the request of a Commissioner.
   1. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of January 13, 2020.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of January 15, 2020.
       
      Executive Committee Recommendations (January 27, 2020; link to agenda)
      Action
   3. Motion to increase the grant of $728,274 to the African American Art and Culture Complex (“AAACC”) and sub-grantee Queer Cultural Center (“QCC”), authorized by Resolution No. 0909-19-155, by $219,007 (an increase of $207,747 to AAACC for a subtotal not to exceed $815,223, and an increase of $11,260 to sub-grantee QCC for a subtotal not to exceed $132,058) and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $947,281 at this time.
       
   4. Motion to increase the grant amount of $363,040 (authorized by Resolution No. 0603-19-156) to the Bayview Opera House by $25,412 and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $388,452 at this time.
       
   5. Motion to increase the grant amount of $627,834 (authorized by Resolution No. 0603-19-157) to Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts by $18,274 and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $646,108 at this time.
       
   6. Motion to increase the grant of $811,303 to SOMArts and sub-grantee Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (“APICC”), authorized by Resolution No. 0603-19-158, by $45,294 (an increase of $34,034 to SOMArts for a subtotal not to exceed $714,729, and an increase of $11,260 to sub-grantee APICC for a subtotal not to exceed $141,868 and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $856,597 at this time.
      
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (January 13, 2020; link to agenda)
      Action
   7. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the SFO Terminal 3 West Modernization Project contingent upon 1) studying the penthouse mechanical cover to see if it could be minimized in its appearance or to rationalize it into the overall design and, 2) exploring the design possibilities of making the two story escalator/stair vertical circulation space more pronounced on the facade, and more interesting on the Interior.
   8. Motion to approve Phase 1 and 2 of the Van Ness BRT, McAllister Stations Project contingent upon 1) the study of a more harmonious balance between the approved railing and the cadence of the glass panels and their vertical support and, 2) a softening of the corners of the upper brackets where the overhead canopy meets the support.
      
      Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (January 15, 2020; link to agenda)
      Action
   9. Approval to issue a Letter of Conditional acceptance to Julie Lepinard and the JSLH Foundation (donors), for of Rose des Vents, a sculpture by Jean-Michel Othoniel and gift to the City. The Letter of Conditional acceptance authorizes the donors to permanently install the sculpture in Golden Gate Park in accordance with the approved installation designs.  The sculpture, upon final acceptance, will become part of the Civic Art Collection.
       
   10. 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.
        
   11. Motion to approve the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1, Three-story Atrium Public Art Project Outline.
        
   12. Motion to approve artist Sadie Barnette’s six final designs for the 2020 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series.
        
   13. Motion to approve the artwork proposal by Mildred Howard for the Southeast Community Center at 1550 Evans Plaza Sculpture, as recommended by the artist review panel.
        
   14. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Mildred Howard for an amount not to exceed $1,100,000 for the design, engineering, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork for the Southeast Community Center at 1550 Evans Plaza Sculpture.
        
8. New Business and Announcements
   Discussion
   (This item is to allow the Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration, to report on recent arts activities and to make announcements.)
    
9. Adjournment
   Action
    

posted 1/31/20, 10:15 a.m. adv

Notices
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 and copying at the Arts Commission office, 401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 325, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Alyssa Ventre, 415/252-2255. 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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