Community Investments Committee - February 24, 2016 - Agenda

Meeting Date: 
February 24, 2016 - 1:00pm
Location: 
401 Van Ness Ave, Ste 125
San Francisco, CA 94102
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SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
1:00 p.m.
401 Van Ness Ave, Suite 125
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AGENDA
 
1. Roll Call
 
2. General Public Comment
Discussion
(This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Committee’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Committee’s consideration.)
 
3. 2015-2016 Grants Cycle Presentation
Barbara Mumby, Senior Program Officer
Discussion
Overview of FY2015-2016 grants cycle recommendations and outcomes
 
Item Time: Approximately 45 minutes
 
4. 2015-2016 Arts for Neighborhood Vitality Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 9 grants totaling $27,000 in the 2015-2016 cycle of Arts for Neighborhood Vitality (“ANV”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for the amounts listed:
Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center, $3,000 
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, $3,000 
Brava Theater Center/Brava! For Women in the Arts, $3,000 
Excelsior Action Group, $3,000 
Flor y Canto Literary Festival, $3,000 
Genryu Arts, $3,000 
Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, $3,000 
Salsa Festival on Fillmore, $3,000 
The Village Project, $3,000
 
Item Time: Approximately 5 minutes
 
 
5. 2015-2016 Artists & Communities in Partnership Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 18 grants totaling $356,972 in the 2015-2016 cycle of Artists & Communities in Partnership (“ACIP”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for the amounts listed:
API Equality- Northern CA, $20,000 
ASPIRE, $20,000 
Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center, $20,000 
Children’s After School Arts (CASA), $20,000 
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $20,000 
Chinese Progressive Association, $20,000 
Citizen Film, $20,000 
Downtown Continuation High School, $20,000 
Flyaway Productions, $20,000 
Imagine Bus Project, $20,000 
Mural Music & Arts Project, $20,000 
Push Dance Company , $20,000 
Queer Rebel Productions, $20,000 
San Francisco Boys and Girls Club- Don Fisher Clubhouse, $20,000 
San Francisco Mime Troupe, $20,000 
Southern Exposure, $20,000 
Streetside Stories , $16,972 
ZACCHO Dance Theatre, $20,000
 
Item Time: Approximately 5 minutes
 
 
6. 2015-2016 Cultural Equity Initiatives Level One Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 18 grants totaling $783,484 in the 2015-2016 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives Level One (“CEI-L1”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for the amounts listed:
Acción Latina, $50,000 
Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers (ABD Productions), $50,000 
Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA), $50,000 
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, $50,000 
Bindlestiff Studio, $38,219 
Circo Zero / Zero Performances, $50,000 
CubaCaribe, $50,000 
Duniya Dance and Drum Company, $39,199 
Flyaway Productions, $50,000 
Genryu Arts, $37,500 
Jess Curtis/Gravity, $50,000 
Kearny Street Workshop, $45,331 
Loco Bloco Drum and Dance Ensemble, $50,000 
Push Dance Company , $25,000 
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP),  $50,000 
Sixth Street Photography Workshop, $30,000 
Topsy Turvy, $18,235 
Women’s Audio Mission, $50,000
 
Item Time: Approximately 5 minutes
 
 
7. 2015-2016 Cultural Equity Initiatives Level Two Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 5 grants totaling $500,000 in the 2015-2016 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives Level Two (“CEI-L2”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for the amounts listed:
ABADA Capoeira San Francisco, $100,000 
Alliance for California Traditional Arts, $100,000 
Fresh Meat Productions, $100,000 
World Arts West, $100,000 
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, $100,000
 
Item Time: Approximately 5 minutes
 
 
8. 2015-2016 Creative Space Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 9 grants totaling $530,400 in the 2015-2016 cycle of Creative Space (“CRSP”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for the amounts listed:
826 Valencia, $50,000 
Acción Latina, $50,000 
Center for New Music San Francisco, $30,400 
EXIT Theater, $50,000 
New Conservatory Theatre Center, $50,000 
Brava Theater Center/Brava! For Women in the Arts, $100,000 
Root Division, $100,000 
509 Cultural Center / the luggage store, $50,000 
Cutting Ball Theatre Company, $50,000
 
Item Time: Approximately 5 minutes
 
 
9. 2015-2016 Individual Artist Commissions Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 41 grants totaling $604,000 in the 2015-2016 cycle of Individual Artist Commissions (“IAC”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each individual for the amounts listed:
Aaron Gervais, $13,000 
Alleluia Panis, $15,000 
Andrea Danger, $15,000 
Baruch Porras-Hernandez, $15,000 
Beth Custer, $15,000 
Caroline Cabading, $15,000 
Charlie Varon, $15,000 
Danny Clay, $15,000 
Danny Duncan, $15,000 
Fely Tchaco, $15,000 
Gang Situ, $15,000 
Idris Ackamoor, $15,000 
Isak Immanuel, $15,000 
Jon Jang, $15,000 
Julz Hale Mary, $15,000 
Kali Boyce, $15,000 
Karl Cronin, $15,000 
Kal Spelletich, $15,000 
Keith Hennessy, $15,000 
Kerensa DeMars, $15,000 
Kevin Seaman, $15,000 
Lenora Lee, $15,000 
Lily Cai, $15,000 
Megan Finlay, $15,000 
Melody Takata, $15,000 
Mica Sigourney, $15,000 
Monique Jenkinson, $15,000 
Nathaniel Justiniano, $15,000 
Niloufar Talebi, $15,000 
Pamela Z, $15,000 
Raisa Punkki, $6,000 
Rhodessa Jones, $15,000 
Richard Marriott, $15,000 
Rohan Krishnamurthy, $15,000 
Ross Travis, $15,000 
Rotimi Agbabiaka, $15,000 
Sara Shelton Mann, $15,000 
Sascha Jacobsen, $15,000 
Sean Dorsey, $15,000 
Sean San José, $15,000 
Temistocles Fuentes Betancourt, $15,000
 
Item Time: Approximately 5 minutes
 
 
10. 2015-2016 Organization Project Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 43 grants totaling $676,850 in the 2015-2016 cycle of Organization Project Grants (“OPG”) to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each organization for the amounts listed:
3rd i South Asian Independent Film Festival, $18,000
509 Cultural Center / the luggage store, $20,000
African & African American Performing Arts Coalition, $15,000
Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, $9,500
Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT), $20,000
Center for New Music San Francisco, $12,500
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $20,000
Chrysalis Studio, $15,000
Creative Labor: Queer Visual Artists’ Working Group, $6,500
Croatian American Cultural Center, $15,000
Cypress String Quartet / Cypress Performing Arts Association, $20,000
Dance Brigade, $20,000
Dawson Dances SF, $15,000
Eye Zen Presents, $15,000
foolsFury Theater Company,  $15,000
Garrett + Moulton Productions $18,000
Hope Mohr Dance, $10,000
Kulintang Arts Inc.,  $15,000
La Pocha Nostra, $10,000
Lenora Lee Dance, $15,000
ME’DI.ATE (Mediate Art Group), $15,000
Navarrete x Kajiyama Dance Theatre (NAKA), $15,000
OX, $15,000
Playwrights Foundation, $18,000
Queer Rebel Productions, $15,000
Quiet Lightning, $9,600
Radar Productions, $18,000
Red Poppy Art House, $15,000
Root Division, $20,000
Roxie Theater, $20,000
San Francisco Black Film Festival, $7,750
San Francisco Juneteenth Festival, $15,000
San Francisco Live Arts, $15,000
San Francisco Mime Troupe, $18,000
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival , $20,000
San Francisco Silent Film Festival, $20,000
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival (Tranny Fest), $15,000
Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center, $15,000
The LAB / The.art.re.grup, Inc., $15,000
Theatre of Yugen, $15,000
We Players, $18,000
Youth Art Exchange, $20,000
ZACCHO Dance Theatre, $18,000
 
Item Time: Approximately 5 minutes
 
 
11. 2015-2016 Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions Grants
Action
Discussion and possible motion to approve recommendations to award 6 grants totaling $123,359 in the 2014-2015 cycle of Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions (“NAACT”) to the following organizations and individuals, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each individual and organization for the amounts listed:
American Indian Community Cultural Center for the Arts SF (AICCA-SF), $50,000 
American Indian Contemporary Arts (AICA), $8,000 
Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits (BAAITS), $11,000 
John-Carlos Perea, $14,359 
Patrick Makuākane, $15,000 
Seventh Native American Generation, $25,000
 
Item Time: Approximately 5 minutes
 
 
12. New Business and Announcements
Discussion
(This item is to allow Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration.)
 
13. Adjournment
Action
 
 
CF 2/19/16
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Notices
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ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY
 
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