MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, November 1, 2021
2 p.m.
Remote Meeting via Webex
 

This meeting is being held by teleconference pursuant to California Government Code Section 54953 and the Twenty-Fourth Supplement to Mayoral Proclamation Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency. During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) emergency, the Arts Commission’s regular meeting room is closed. Meetings of the Arts Commission will convene remotely.

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Agenda

 

Arts Commissioners: Roberto Ordeñana, President; Janine Shiota, Vice President
Yakuh Askew, JD Beltran, Charles Collins, Suzie Ferras, Yiying Lu, Nabiel Musleh, Linda Parker Pennington, Abby Sadin Schnair, Marcus Shelby, Kimberlee Stryker, Debra Walker, Paul Woolford; Joel Koppel, ex officio (non-voting)

1. Roll Call
    
    
2. Approval of Minutes
    Action
    
   Motion to approve October 4, 2021 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.
    
   Staff Presenter: Director of Cultural Affairs Ralph Remington
   
    
5. AB 361 Legislation Impact
   Discussion and Possible Action
    
   Discussion and possible motion to adopt a resolution setting forth findings required under Assembly Bill 361 that would allow the Arts Commission and its subcommittees to hold meetings remotely according to the modified Brown Act teleconferencing set forth in AB 361.
     
   Explanatory Document: Draft resolution
   
    
6. Ramaytush Ohlone Land Acknowledgment Resolution
   Discussion and Possible Action
   
   Staff Presenter: Sandra Panopio, Senior Racial Equity & Policy Analyst
   
   Discussion and possible action to approve a resolution to require the reading of a statement acknowledging the Ramaytush Ohlone Community at each Commission meeting and a continued partnership with the Ramaytush Ohlone and American Indian Community in San Francisco.
   
   Explanatory Document: Land Acknowledgment Resolution

 

7. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Executive Committee – Roberto Ordenana, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Executive Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   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. Discussion: Report from the Community Investments Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   4. Nominating Committee – Charles Collins, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Nominating Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   5. Visual Arts Committee – Suzie Ferras, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
      2. Discussion and Possible Action: Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Underpass Lighting Project.
         1. Motion to rescind Resolution No. 0913-21-197 authorizing the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Lite Brite Neon Studio LLC for an amount not to exceed $45,660 for design of an artwork by Andrea Bowers (DBA Radical Patience Inc.) for the San Francisco International Airport: Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Underpass Lighting Project.
         2. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Lite Brite Neon Studio LLC for an amount not to exceed $85,814 for design of an artwork by Andrea Bowers (DBA Radical Patience Inc.) for the San Francisco International Airport: Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Underpass Lighting Project.
            
            Explanatory Document: Staff Memo - Lite Brite Neon Studio  
             
8. 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 October 18, 2021.
   2. Motion to approve the Community Investments Committee Meeting Minutes of October 12, 2021.
   3. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 25, 2021.
   4. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of October 20, 2021.
       
      Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (October 18, 2021, link to agenda)
      Action
       
   5. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the YBI Westside Bridges Retrofit Project with the understanding that commissioners have a preference for a smoother trawled expression in the artwork.
   6. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Muni Metro East Expansion Project with preference for blade signage.
   7. Motion to approve Phase 3 of the Herz Playground Recreation Center Project as presented. 
   8. Motion to approve the proposed changes to the CDR Guidelines as presented.
      
      Community Investments Committee Recommendations (October 12, 2021, link to agenda)
      Action
       
   9. Motion to approve recommendations to award four (4) Special Project Grants, funded by District Supervisor add backs and Mayoral enhancements to the following organizations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following at this time:
      1. District 2 and 8 – Fresh Meat Productions, $100,000 over two years to support the Trans Dance Festival.
      2. Citywide – San Francisco Trans March (Fiscal Sponsor: QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture), $25,500 over two years to support an LGBT historical event.
      3. Citywide – QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture, $68,000 over two years to support capacity building.
      4. Citywide – Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (Fiscal Sponsor: QCC-The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture), $42,500 over two years to support Native American cultural activities.
          
   10. Motion to approve recommendations to award twenty-six (26) Special Project Grants, funded by District Supervisor Add-Backs and Mayoral enhancements to the following organizations and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for amounts not to exceed the following at this time:
       1. District 3 – North Beach Business Association, $42,500 over two years to support “First Friday” Art Walk & Arts in Storefronts event.
       2. District 3 – Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $700,000 over two years to support an API Youth Arts Initiative.
       3. District 3 – Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $250,000 over two years to support an AAPI Artists Fund.
       4. District 3 – Chinatown Media and Arts Collaborative, $350,000 over two years to support AAPI Arts and Cultural Programming.
       5. District 5 – San Francisco Juneteenth Festival (Fiscal Sponsor: African American Art and Culture Complex), $85,000 over two years to support the annual Juneteenth festival.
       6. District 5 – African American Art and Culture Complex, $136,000 over two years to support administrative operations and infrastructure.
       7. District 5 – First Voice Inc., $10,000 over one year to support storytelling and mentorship programs for youth.
       8. District 5 – Fillmore Jazz Ambassadors (Fiscal Sponsor: Renaissance Parents of Success), $60,000 over two years to support Jazz programming in the Fillmore and Western Addition neighborhoods.
       9. District 6 – Veterans Alley Mural Project Inc., $20,000 over one year to support the creation and appreciation of murals in Veterans Alley.
       10. District 8 – Noe Valley Chamber Music, $25,500 over two years to support Classical music programs for youth.
       11. District 8 – The Marsh A Breeding Ground for New Performance, $85,000 over two years to support theatre programs for youth.
       12. District 8 – Theatre Rhinoceros Inc., $25,000 over one year to support youth theatre education programming.
       13. District 8 – New Conservatory Theater Center, $100,000 over two years to support health and wellness theater programming in schools.
       14. District 8 - 3rd I South Asian Independent Film, $15,000 over one year to support the South Asian Film Festival.
       15. District 9 – The Dance Brigade A New Group from Wallflower Order, $200,000 over two years to support tenant improvements.
       16. Citywide – Marigold Project (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $400,000 over two years to support capacity building for the Día De Los Muertos Cultural Event.
       17. Citywide – First Voice Inc., $170,000 over two years to support Asian Pacific Islander arts programming.
       18. Citywide – First Voice Inc., $150,000 over two years to support Asian American artists.
       19. Citywide – Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, $100,000 over one year to support Asian and Pacific Islander Arts and Culture programming.
       20. Citywide – California Lawyers for the Arts, $40,000 over two years to support citywide arts services.
       21. Citywide – Dancers’ Group Inc., $40,000 over two years to support citywide arts services.
       22. Citywide – Intersection for the Arts, $40,000 over two years to support citywide arts services.
       23. Citywide – ArtSpan, $40,000 over two years to support citywide arts services.
       24. Citywide – American Indian Cultural Center (Fiscal Sponsor: Intersection for the Arts), $300,000 over two years to support administration and operations.
       25. Citywide – International Indian Treaty Council, $35,000 over one year to support a Native American event honoring Native American history.
       26. Citywide –Yerba Buena Arts & Events, $42,500 over two years to support Native American arts and cultural events.
            
   11. Motion to approve the change in fiscal sponsor for grant 20CEI23 (authorized by Resolution No. 0507-12-143) for The Village Project, the current fiscal sponsor is Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco, and the new fiscal sponsor is Renaissance Parents of Success.
   12. Motion to amend the following grants to extend the grant windows through June 30, 2022, and authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into such amendments:
       1. Bayview Opera House, Inc. (Grant No. 16SPX03, authorized by Resolution No’s. 0104-16-011, 0912-16-242, 1002-17-311)
       2. Bayview Opera House, Inc. (Grant No. 19SPX05, authorized by Resolution No. 0107-19-014) 
       3. Blue Bear School of Music (Grant No. 18CSP03, authorized by Resolution No. 0507-18-158)
       4. OMI Community Action Organization (Grant No. 17SPX23, authorized by Resolution No. 1002-17-316)
          
          Executive Committee Recommendations (October 25, 2021, link to agenda)              
          ​Action
   13. Motion to approve the Ebony McKinney Community Stewards Grant funding recommendation to award Queer Women Of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) to support the collaborative development and release of the Ebony McKinney Arts Leadership Grant with a focus on reimagining and centering racial equity, addressing harm, and the ideals embodied by Ebony: vision, determination, and advocacy for the arts as social practice; and, to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement not to exceed $40,000 at this time.
       
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (October 20, 2021, link to agenda)
        Action
        
   14. Motion to approve Never Alone, a mural design by artist Serge Gay Jr. The mural will be installed on the façade of Matri Compassionate Care, 401 Duboce Ave at Church St. The mural will measure 20 ft. high by 100 ft. wide. The project is funded by a Matri, the Castro Community Benefit District, and a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission. The mural will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.
   15. Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $5,000 each for Trina Michelle Robinson and Hannah Waiters for their participation in the SFAC Galleries reopening Main Gallery exhibition (November 18, 2021 – March 12, 2022).
   16. Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $500 each for Rodney Ewing, Jacqueline Francis, S. Renee Jones, Ramekon O’Arwisters and Ron Moultrie Saunders for their participation in the SFAC Galleries reopening Main Gallery exhibition (November 18, 2021 – March 12, 2022).
   17. Motion to approve the artwork, Buoyant Bay, 48 ft. long mural of 12 dye sublimated aluminum panels, by Owen Smith as installed at Rossi Pool.
   18. Motion to approve the Transbay Block 3 Park & Alley Public Art Project Plan.
   19. Motion to approve the Design Development Phase deliverables (final design) by Malik Seneferu for the Southeast Treatment Plant Construction Fence along Evans Avenue to be on display for one year beginning in early November 2021.
   20. Motion to approve the Design Development Phase deliverables (final design) by William Rhodes for the Southeast Health Center Expansion Project – Community History Wall.
   21. Motion to approve Windy Chien, Rigo 23 and Adrien Segal as finalists for the Mission Creek Park Extension public art project, as recommended by the Artist Review Panel.
        
9. 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.)
    
    
10. Adjournment
     Action
      

Posted 10/29/21, 11a, adv
 

 

Notices

The meetings of the San Francisco Arts Commission will be held virtually due to public health emergency.

Agenda Item Information / Materials Available

Each item on the agenda may include the following documents:

1) Department or Agency or report;

2) Public correspondence;

3) Other explanatory documents.

During the pendency of the closure of the Commission’s offices during the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Order and related disruptions to on-site business processes, explanatory documents listed above, as well as documents created or distributed after the posting of this agenda to the Arts Commission will be available only electronically, please contact: Commission Secretary Alyssa Ventre at Alyssa.ventre@sfgov.org or 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.

Meeting Procedures

1. Agenda items will normally 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 three (3) minutes. 

3. 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.

4. 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. Written comments pertaining to this meeting should be submitted to art-info@sfgov.org.

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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 Commission Secretary Alyssa Ventre at least 48 hours before the meeting at 415-252-2255. Late requests will be honored if possible. The hearing room is wheelchair accessible.

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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 Commission Secretary, Alyssa Ventre, por lo menos 48 horas antes de la reunión al 415-252-2255. Las solicitudes tardías serán consideradas de ser posible. La sala de audiencia es accesible a silla de ruedas.

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