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

Minutes

Commission President JD Beltran called the meeting to order at 3:07 p.m.

1. Roll Call
    
   Commissioners Present
   JD Beltran, President
   Abby Sadin Schnair, Vice President
   Gregory Chew
   Roberto Ordeñana
   Marcus Shelby
   Janine Shiota
   Jessica Silverman
   Barbara Sklar
    
   Commissioners Absent
   Charles Collins
   Simon Frankel
   Dorka Keehn
   Sherene Melania
   Cass Calder Smith
   Kimberlee Stryker
   Kathrin Moore, ex officio
    
2. Public Comment
   There was no public comment.
    
3. Approval of Minutes
    
   There was no public comment, and the minutes were unanimously approved as follows.
    
   RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-001: Motion to approve December 1, 2014 Minutes.
    
4. Director’s Report
   Mr. DeCaigny likewise offered New Year wishes, and began his report with an update on SOMArts’ new gender-neutral restrooms.
    
   He reported that Tyra Fennell was leaving her position after five years at the Arts Commission and reviewed some of her accomplishments with the Community Arts and Education Program, as well as her community service with the Bayview YMCA and the Museum of the African Diaspora. He thanked her for her work, to general applause, and President Beltran echoed his praise.
    
   Mr. DeCaigny announced the January 10 sidewalk chat with artist Matthew Gottschalk, whose work is at both the SFAC Galleries and Alter Space on Howard Street.
    
   Mr. DeCaigny explained that, based on advice from the City Attorney’s office, it has been the understanding of the agency that the Committees, as distinct from the full Commission, were not required to post minutes. The Sunshine Ordinance Task Force disagreed with that interpretation, and minutes are now being posted for all Committees. He further explained that because of historical short-staffing, there was a significant backlog of Committee minutes, primarily for the Executive Committee. He explained that the following Consent Calendar included all of the outstanding Committee minutes that had not been previously posted, as well as some that had been posted but not finally approved by the Commission.
    
   Commissioner Shelby, as the father of two daughters, and President Beltran, as the mother of a son, commented on the SOMArts announcement, and the importance of gender-neutral restrooms when they were out with their children.
    
   There was no public comment.
    
5. Consent Calendar
   There was no public comment and the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved as follows.
    
   RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-002:
   Approval: RESOLVED, that this Commission does hereby adopt the following items on the Consent Calendar and their related Resolutions:
    
   Approval of Committee Minutes
   1. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-003: Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of February 5, 2007.
       
   2. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-004: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of May 26, 2009.
       
   3. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-005: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of June 24, 2009.
       
   4. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-006: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 27, 2009.
       
   5. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-007: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 26, 2009.
       
   6. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-008: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of December 15, 2009.
       
   7. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-009: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of February 22, 2010.
       
   8. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-010: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of April 27, 2010.
       
   9. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-011: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 25, 2010.
       
   10. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-012: Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of November 1, 2010.
        
   11. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-013: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of November 22, 2010.
        
   12. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-014: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of January 24, 2011.
        
   13. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-015: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of February 28, 2011.
        
   14. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-016: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of March 28, 2011.
        
   15. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-017: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of April 25, 2011.
        
   16. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-018: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of May 23, 2011.
        
   17. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-019: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of June 27, 2011.
        
   18. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-020: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 25, 2011.
        
   19. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-021: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of August 22, 2011.
        
   20. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-022: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of September 26, 2011.
        
   21. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-023: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 3, 2011.
        
   22. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-024: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 24, 2011.
        
   23. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-025: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 25, 2011.
        
   24. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-026: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of November 7, 2011.
        
   25. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-027: Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of January 9, 2012.
        
   26. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-028: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of February 27, 2012.
        
   27. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-029: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of April 23, 2012.
        
   28. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-030: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 2, 2012.
        
   29. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-031: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of July 23, 2012.
        
   30. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-032: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of August 27, 2012.
        
   31. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-033: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of September 24, 2012.
        
   32. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-034: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 22, 2012.
        
   33. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-035: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of November 26, 2012.
        
   34. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-036: Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of November 26, 2012.
        
   35. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-037: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of March 25, 2013.
        
   36. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-038: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of August 26, 2013.
        
   37. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-039: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of September 23, 2013.
        
   38. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-040: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of October 28, 2013.
        
   39. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-041: Motion to approve the Nominating Committee Meeting Minutes of October 28, 2013.
        
   40. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-042: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of November 25, 2013.
        
   41. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-043: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of January 27, 2014.
        
   42. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-044: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of February 24, 2014.
        
   43. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-045: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of March 24, 2014.
        
   44. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-046: Motion to approve the Executive Committee Meeting Minutes of April 28, 2014.
        
   45. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-047: Motion to approve the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Meeting Minutes of December 9, 2014.
        
   46. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-048: Motion to approve the Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes of December 10, 2014.
        
   47. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-049: Motion to approve the Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes of December 15, 2014.
        
       Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee Recommendations (December 9, 2014)
   48. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-050: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-051: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-052: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-053: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-054: 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)
   53. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-055: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-056: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-057: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-058: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-059: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-060: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-061: Motion to approve the Conceptual Design by Merge Conceptual Design for the Marina Earthquake Memorial.
        
       Civic Design Review Committee Recommendations (December 15, 2014)
   60. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-062: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-063: Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Golden Gate Recycled Water Pump Station and Reservoir project.
        
   62. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-064: 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. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-065: 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. Civic Design Review Committee—Cass Calder Smith, Chair
      1. This item was taken out of order. In the absence of Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Ordeñana reported that the Committee reviewed the conceptual design for the Treasure Island streetscape, which highlighted transit and bicycle traffic, as well as accommodating car traffic; he added that the Committee might ask for a presentation of this exciting project to the full Commission at a later date. He reported that the Committee also reviewed water projects and the Office of the County Medical Examiner.
          
         There was no public comment.
          
   2. Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee—Sherene Melania, Chair
      1. In the absence of Commissioner Melania, Commissioner Shiota reported that the Committee had reviewed proposed panelists, and that Community Investments Program Director Judy Nemzoff had presented a review of projects and the Arts and Communities in Partnership (“ACIP”) and Individual Artist Commission (“IAC”) grants programs.
          
         Regarding the following motion, Commissioner Ordeñana explained that he would not participate in the discussion or vote on potential panelist Manish Vaidya, who is employed by the Queer Cultural Center, a short-term tenant of Commissioner Ordeñana’s employer, the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center, because of a potential conflict of interest. To avoid losing quorum, President Beltran amended the motion to remove Mr. Vaidya’s name for later consideration by the Committee.
          
         There was no public comment, and the amended motion was approved unanimously as follows.
          
      2. RESOLUTION NO. 0105-15-066: Motion to approve the following panelist 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
          
   3. Visual Arts Committee—Dorka Keehn, Chair
      1. In the absence of Commissioner Keehn, Commissioner Chew reported that the Committee had approved several items just approved in the Consent Calendar above. He noted that the Galleries will commission fifteen new portraits of LGBT notables as part of a show of photographs by artist Roger Erickson in June.
          
         At the request of Commissioner Chew, Mr. DeCaigny explained that the City’s Capital Plan has made its largest allocation yet, some $473,000, for maintenance and conservation of the Civic Art Collection. Mr. DeCaigny noted that, despite a maternity leave and a retirement in the same year, Collections staff has made great progress on conservation work after completing a full inventory.
          
         Finally, Commissioner Chew acknowledged the work of intern/volunteers Eleanor Sandys, Allison Shiba and Allegra Fortunati.
          
         Public Comment:
          
         Carla Jones expressed disappointment that the date of the December Visual Arts Committee meeting had been changed, and she was unable to attend. She said that staff had advised her to check the website, and when she did so earlier today, it was down. She suggested that staff notify the mailing list when a meeting date is changed.
          
         She also asked about the public art database on the website, explaining that she has been doing fieldwork on public art, and asked who she should contact about discrepancies in the database.
          
         There was no further public comment.
          
          
         Mr. DeCaigny noted that members of the public can request notification of meetings, and added that the public art database on the Arts Commission’s website is not the comprehensive Embark database used by staff to track the Civic Art Collection. He explained that staff has gone to the City’s information technology committee several times to request funds to allow for an upgrade of the system, but have been denied. He added that some publicly accessible artworks are under the jurisdiction of other agencies or entities, and so would not be in the Arts Commission’s database.
          
7. New Business and Announcements
   Mr. DeCaigny announced that the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco was publishing a journal issue focused on creative placemaking, the use of the arts to activate public space. In connection with the release of the publication, he reported that national leaders from several national funders and other nonprofit organizations would be visiting San Francisco and participating in a panel discussion at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Mr. DeCaigny added that he had been invited to co-author an article in the journal with Mayor Lee, looking at the challenges of affordability facing the arts in a strong economy, the other side of the challenges presented by an economic downturn.
    
   Commissioner Chew called this very big news, and looked forward to welcoming national leaders to San Francisco.
    
   Finally, President Beltran reported that she had recently returned from a trip to Europe, where she had seen lots of airports, and she was terrifically pleased and proud to come home and see the beautiful and award-winning work done by Arts Commission staff at San Francisco Airport.
    
   There was no public comment.
    
8. Adjournment
   President Beltran reported with sadness the passing of Jennifer Entine Matz, a gifted and dedicated City worker, and of Chitresh Das, an accomplished and inspiring dancer, choreographer and teacher.
    
   Mr. DeCaigny presented brief biographies of Ms. Matz and Mr. Das; Ms. Matz had worked in a number of positions in City government and was a great champion of the arts, praised as relentlessly optimistic. She worked in the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, and worked on mid-Market as well as other projects important to the City. Mr. DeCaigny explained that she had died in November after a yearlong battle with cancer, and that many in the City family spoke wonderfully of her at a memorial on December 16.
    
   Mr. DeCaigny reported that Mr. Das had died suddenly just the day before at the age of 70. He noted that the Chitresh Das Dance Company had been a Cultural Equity Grant recipient, and discussed Mr. Das’s performing and teaching of the classical Indian dance form, Kathak. He established the Chanddam School, with branches in India as well as locally, and performed as recently as September, 2014; the company is scheduled to perform at Zellerbach Auditorium in March.
    
   Commissioner Shelby was shocked by the death of Mr. Das, and recalled that he had worked with him only once, but had become great friends with him. He praised Mr. Das as a great man, an artist who brought people together, an extraordinary community leader and a dedicated teacher of young people.
    
   There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:52 p.m., in memory of Jennifer Entine Matz and Chitresh Das.

approved 2/2/15
posted 1/16/15 spr

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