MEETING OF THE FULL ARTS COMMISSION
Monday, January 5, 2015
3:00 p.m.
City Hall, Room 416
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Agenda

1. Roll Call
    
2. 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.)
    
3. Approval of Minutes
   Action
   Motion to approve December 1, 2014 Minutes.
   
   Explanatory Document: Draft minutes
    
4. Director’s Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
    
5. Consent Calendar
   The following items are included in the Consent Calendar subject to withdrawal at the request of a Commissioner:
    
   Approval of Committee Minutes
   Action
   1. Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of February 5, 2007.
       
   2. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of May 26, 2009.
       
   3. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of June 24, 2009.
       
   4. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 27, 2009.
       
   5. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 26, 2009.
       
   6. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of December 15, 2009.
       
   7. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of February 22, 2010.
       
   8. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of April 27, 2010.
       
   9. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 25, 2010.
       
   10. Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of November 1, 2010.
        
   11. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of November 22, 2010.
        
   12. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of January 24, 2011.
        
   13. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of February 28, 2011.
        
   14. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of March 28, 2011.
        
   15. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of April 25, 2011.
        
   16. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of May 23, 2011.
        
   17. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of June 27, 2011.
        
   18. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 25, 2011.
        
   19. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of August 22, 2011.
        
   20. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of September 26, 2011.
        
   21. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 3, 2011.
        
   22. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 24, 2011.
        
   23. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 25, 2011.
        
   24. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of November 7, 2011.
        
   25. Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of January 9, 2012.
        
   26. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of February 27, 2012.
        
   27. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of April 23, 2012.
        
   28. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 2, 2012.
        
   29. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 23, 2012.
        
   30. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of August 27, 2012.
        
   31. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of September 24, 2012.
        
   32. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 22, 2012.
        
   33. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of November 26, 2012.
        
   34. Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of November 26, 2012.
        
   35. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of March 25, 2013.
        
   36. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of August 26, 2013.
        
   37. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of September 23, 2013.
        
   38. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 28, 2013.
        
   39. Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of October 28, 2013.
        
   40. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of November 25, 2013.
        
   41. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of January 27, 2014.
        
   42. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of February 24, 2014.
        
   43. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of March 24, 2014.
        
   44. Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of April 28, 2014.
        
   45. Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of December 9, 2014.
        
   46. Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of December 10, 2014.
        
   47. Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of December 15, 2014.
        
       Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (December 9, 2014; link to agenda)
       Action
   48. Motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on SFAC review panels for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Fiscal Years:
       Alejandro D. Acosta, Technical Director and Facilities Manager, Intersection for the Arts
       Carolyn Melenani Kuali`i, Founder and Executive Director, Kua`aina Associates
       Cherie Hill, Communications Manager and Teaching Artist, Luna Dance Institute
       Diane Sanchez, former Director of Community Investment, East Bay Community Foundation
       Dr. Andrew Jolivette, Chair of American Indian Studies Department, San Francisco State University
       Emiko Saraswati Susilo, Director, Gamelan Sekar Jaya
       Gerald Richards, Chief Executive Officer, 826 National
       Joti Singh, Artistic Director and Founder, Duniya Dance and Drum Company
       Julia Robertson, multimedia artist
       Melanie Smith, Executive Director, San Francisco Girls Chorus
       Rebecca Johnson, Managing Director, Shawl Anderson Dance Center
       Rob Bailis, musician, writer and performing arts curator
       Samuel White Swan-Perkins, dancer, contributing writer, News From Native California
       Santhosh Daniel, Creative Media Consultant
       Stephanie A. Johnson, cultural activist, visual artist, lighting designer, educator
       Thomas Robert Simpson, Founder and Artistic Director, Afro Solo
        
   49. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement with Precita Eyes Muralists in an amount not to exceed $6,000 for a mural at Peabody Elementary School located in District 1.
        
   50. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a grant agreement with Intersection for the Arts, located in District 6, for a grant not to exceed $25,000 to support technical and financial stabilization.
        
   51. Motion to approve recommendations to award ten grants totaling $224,557 in the 2014-2015 cycle of Arts and Communities: Innovative Partnerships (“ACIP”) grants to the following individual and organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each individual and organization for the amounts listed:
       ABD Productions, $25,000
       Asian American Women Artists Association, $22,500
       Bay Area Video Coalition, $25,000
       CounterPulse, $22,500
       Cultural Odyssey, $25,000
       Jerome Reyes, $14,557
       Kearny Street Workshop, $22,500
       Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, $22,500
       Root Division, $22,500
       Youth Art Exchange, $22,500
        
   52. Motion to approve recommendations to award 38 grants totaling $327,000 in the 2014-2015 cycle of Individual Artist Commissions (“IAC”) grants to the following individuals, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each individual for the amounts listed:
       Andrew Saito, $8,000
       Annie Sprinkle, $8,000
       Bonnie Sherk, $8,000
       Bruce Tomb, $8,000
       Carolyn Au Ai Ho, $8,000
       Cathy Lu, $8,000
       Celeste Chan, $8,000
       Craig Calderwood, $8,000
       David Wolf, $8,000
       David Boyer, $8,000
       David Martinez, $8,000
       Evie Leder, $8,000
       Joan Osato, $10,000
       Kerry Laitala, $10,000
       Kevin Simmonds, $10,000
       Leticia Hernandez, $8,000
       Lynn Hershman Leeson, $8,000
       Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough, $10,000
       Matt Christenson, $8,000
       Matt Borruso, $8,000
       Michelle Marie Robles Wallace, $9,000
       Michelle Tea, $10,000
       Nancy Hom, $10,000
       Nicki Green, $8,000
       Nomy Lamm, $8,000
       Olivia Ting, $10,000
       Paul Ocampo, $8,000
       Rhiannon Argo, $7,500
       Rodney Ewing, $10,000
       Scott Kildall, $10,000
       Sephora Wuldu, $8,000
       Shizue Seigel, $8,000
       Susan Cervantes, $10,000
       Tan Khanh Cao, $8,000
       Truong Tran, $9,000
       Valerie Soe, $8,000
       Vero Majano, $10,000
       Virgie Tovar, $7,500
        
       Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (December 10, 2014; link to agenda)
       Action
   53. Motion to approve the mural design, BLUE, by Shawn Bullen, to be painted on a mural site located at 4049 24th Street. The mural is a project of the Arts Commission’s StreetSmARTS Program, funded by the Department of Public Works with private support by the Small Business Saturday Coalition.
        
   54. Motion to rescind Resolution No. 1201-14-306 authorizing the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Magna Chrome in an amount not to exceed $284,720 for the fabrication of artwork reproductions for General Hospital Acute Care Building due to increased artist license fees amounts approved by Resolution No. 1201-14-307.
        
   55. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Magna Chrome in an amount not to exceed $418,945 for the fabrication of artwork reproductions for General Hospital Acute Care Building.
        
   56. Motion to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $3,000 to Roger Erickson for the production and exhibition of newly commissioned photographs for the SFAC Galleries’ exhibition space at San Francisco City Hall in June 2015.
        
   57. Motion to approve the ceramic tile mural Riven/River, 2014 by James Melchert, as fabricated and installed at San Francisco International Airport: Control Tower, Secure Connector.
        
   58. Motion to approve the loan of the Pan Pacific International Exposition Diorama, ca. 1939, a large scale architectural model, approximately 7 feet 9 inches by 12 feet 2 inches by 6 feet 3 inches (San Francisco Arts Commission Number T2014.167), to the California Historical Society for the exhibition City Rising: San Francisco and the 1915 World’s Fair, February 22–December 6, 2015. Costs associated with transport and insurance, as well as conservation treatment will be borne by the California Historical Society.
        
   59. Motion to approve the Conceptual Design by Merge Conceptual Design for the Marina Earthquake Memorial.
        
       Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (December 15, 2014; link to agenda)
       Action
   60. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Westside Recycled Water Treatment Plant project, with Phase 3 to reflect a greater level of detail regarding the operational windows, waterproofing and main entry.
        
   61. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Golden Gate Recycled Water Pump Station and Reservoir project.
        
   62. Motion to approve Phases 2 and 3 of the Office of the County Medical Examiner contingent upon (1) improving the corner landscaping after public art is finalized; (2) bringing one more tree forward in the landscape plan; (3) improving the seating design; (4) placing the barbed wire along the inside of the security fence; (5) increasing the height of the row of planting adjacent to the parking lot; (6) approaching the landscaping more as a garden.
        
   63. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Southeast Plan Building 522 (521A) Electrical/HPU Building contingent upon (1) selection of the terra cotta exterior; (2) presentation of three color samples prior to Phase 3 review; (3) layout of all site elements; (4) selection of a dark bronze, black, or gray aluminum finish to unify the entry, louvers and rollup elements.
        
6. Committee Reports and Committee Matters
   1. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
      2. Action: Discussion and possible motion to approve the following panelists to serve, as selected by staff, on SFAC review panels for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 Fiscal Years:
         Curt Yagi, Executive Director, Real Options for City Kids (“ROCK SF”), musician
         Manish Vaidya, Community Engagement Coordinator, Queer Cultural Center
          
         Explanatory Document: FY2014-2016 Panelist Bios—Full (pdf)
          
   2. Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Civic Design Review Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.
          
   3. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. Discussion: Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Programs.
          
7. 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.)
    
8. Adjournment
   Action
    

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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, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 345, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Sharon Page Ritchie, 415/252-2591. 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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POLITICA DE ACCESO A LA REUNIÓN

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