Visual Arts Committee - November 18, 2015 - Agenda

Meeting Date: 
November 18, 2015 - 3:00pm
Location: 
401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 125 (ground floor)
San Francisco, CA 94102
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SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
3 p.m.
401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 125
San Francisco, CA 94102

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Agenda

 

  1. Roll Call

     
  2. Public Comment
    Discussion

 

  1. Consent Calendar 
    Action
    Explanatory Documents: Item #3; Item #4

          Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes

  1. Motion to remove the following items from the list of approved artworks to be reproduced and installation at the General Hospital Acute Care Building (Resolution No. 0303-14-082) due to lack of availability:
    Eileen David:  Bernal Slice #2; Kite Hill; Potrero
    Sarah Winkler: Solar Harvest: 10 a.m.
     
  2. Motion to approve the following artworks for reproduction and installation at the General Hospital Acute Care Building:
    Eileen David:  Noe Valley Morning; Castro Slice #5
    Sarah Winkler: Under a Big Sky
     
  3. Motion to approve In the Spirit of Oneness, by artist Jason Jägel to be painted on a mural site located at 152 Clement Street. The proposed mural is 16 feet by 85 feet. The project is sponsored by the Clement Street Merchants Association and is funded by the City of San Francisco.
     
  4. Motion to approve the addition of four stiffener plates at the locations where the four legs meet the inverted pyramid, for the structural stability and safety of the garden entry sculpture by Mark Brest van Kempen for the new Alameda Creek Watershed Center.

Motion: Motion to approve consent calendar items.

 

  1. SFAC Galleries

    Meg Shiffler
    Action

    Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

    Explanation of additional artist honorariums for the exhibition Bring it Home.

    Motion: Motion to approve an artist honorarium in the amount of $1,800 to Guillermo Gómez-Peña for the research and development of a public program to accompany the inaugural SFAC Gallery (Veterans Building) exhibition Bring it Home.

    Motion: Motion to approve an increase in the artist honorarium to Tsherin Sherpa from $700 to $1,500 for his participation in the inaugural SFAC Gallery (Veterans Building) exhibition Bring it Home. The increase in Mr. Sherpa’s honorarium is due to an unanticipated cost related to framing a large painting for the exhibition.

     

  2. Central Subway Construction Barricades

    Zoë Taleporos
    Action
    Explanatory Document: Final Design Rendering
    Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

    Presentation of the Final Design Phase deliverables (rendering) by Jason Jägel for the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Public Art Project for Yerba Buena/Moscone Station.

    Motion: Motion to approve the Final Design Phase deliverables (rendering) by Jason Jägel for the Central Subway: Construction Barricade Temporary Public Art Project for Yerba Buena/Moscone Station.
     

  3. General Hospital Acute Care Building

 

  1. Floor 3 
    Marcus Davies
    Action

Explanatory Documents: Image of completed artwork as installed
Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes

Presentation of completed artwork by Mildred Howard as installed at General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 3.

Motion: Motion to approve the completed glass with vitreous enamels and polyester film interlayer artwork, titled Forever Yours, 2015, by Mildred Howard as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 3.

 

  1. Floor 5 
    Marcus Davies
    Action

Explanatory Documents: Image of completed artwork as installed
Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes

Presentation of completed artwork by Nancy Blum as installed at General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 5.

Motion: Motion to approve the completed glass with vitreous enamels and sandblasting, titled Revival, 2015, by Nancy Blum as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 5.

 

  1. Floor 6
    Marcus Davies
    Action

Explanatory Documents: Image of completed artwork as installed
Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes

Presentation of completed artwork by Julio César Morales as installed at General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 6.

Motion: Motion to approve the completed glass with vitreous enamels, titled Repeat Melody, 2015, by Julio César Morales as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 6.

 

  1. Floor 7 
    Marcus Davies
    Action

Explanatory Documents: Image of completed artwork as installed
Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes

Presentation of completed artwork by Alan Masaoka as installed at General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 7.

Motion: Motion to approve the completed stained glass artwork, titled River of Time, 2015, by Alan Masaoka as installed in the General Hospital Acute Care Building, Floor 7.

 

  1. Fire Station #5
    Marcus Davies
    Action

    Explanatory Documents: Panel One Summary; Images
    Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

    Presentation of the selected finalists for the Fire Station #5 Improvement Project.

    Motion: Motion to approve the selected finalists, Val Britton, Ron Moultrie Saunders, and Amanda Weil, as recommended by the Fire Station #5 Public Art Selection Panel to develop conceptual proposals for the Fire Station #5 Improvement Project.

 

  1. 2016 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series 
    Jennifer Lovvorn
    Action

    Explanatory Document: Panel Summary; Proposal; Images
    Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

    Presentation of conceptual proposal for the 2016 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series.

    Motion: Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Jeff Canham, for the 2016 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist to develop and complete six unique poster designs for an amount not to exceed $8,000.

     
  2. Noe Valley Town Square
    Mary Chou
    Action

    Explanatory Documents: Panel One Summary; Images
    Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

    Presentation of the selected artist for the public art project at the new Noe Valley Town Square.

    Motion: Motion to approve the selected artist, to be announced at the meeting, as recommended by the Noe Valley Town Square Artist Selection Panel to create an artwork for the new Noe Valley Town Square.
     

  3. New Business, Old Business, and Announcements
    Discussion

  4. Adjournment
    Action

 

ZT 11/13/2015

Explanatory Documents Added 11/15/15

 

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, Room 325, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Zoë Taleporos, zoe.taleporos@sfgov.org, 415-252-2243. 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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