MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE ARTS COMMISSION

Monday, April 24, 2017
12:30 p.m.
401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 125

Minutes
 

President Beltran called the meeting to order at 12:35 p.m.

1. Roll Call
   Commissioners Present 
   JD Beltran, President
   Charles Collins
   Simon Frankel
   Roberto Ordeñana, Vice President
   Abby Sadin Schnair
   
    
   Commissioners Absent 
   None
    
    
2. General Public Comment
   Ann Treboux submitted the following written statement:
    
   “California Court of Appeal case: A 146220 Bayview Hunter’s Point Arts Council v. San Francisco Arts Commission alleges that this body did not follow your own bi-laws when processing grant applications through the Community Arts Committee of the SFAC.
    
   “SF Board of Permits and Appeals case: 17-013 Treboux v. San Francisco Arts Commission is a willful failure to process a street artist application. Once again, you have not followed provisions in Proposition L. Your on-line application fails to ask for the home address of the applicant. My application languished for over a year. You wasted taxpayer’s money on a hearing when you have not bothered to follow your oven bi-laws.”
    
   There was no further public comment.
    
3. Consent Calendar
   President Beltran severed item 2 of the Consent Calendar, regarding the artwork by Cliff Garten Studios, in order to correct an error in the amount of the agreement. Public Art Senior Project Manager Jennifer Lovvorn explained that the Visual Arts Committee had approved the artwork, with the request that it be made larger, increasing the cost. There was a clerical error in the motion as posted, and the correct amount for the increased agreement was $525,000, not $445,000.
    
   There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows:
    
   Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase the agreement with Cliff Garten Studios from $425,000 to $525,000 due to increased height and scale of the artwork.
    
    
   President Beltran called for a vote on the remainder of the Consent Calendar. Mr. DeCaigny explained that the Visual Arts Committee had lost its quorum at the last minute, and the following Consent Calendar items would normally have been heard by that Committee, but were presented to this Committee in order to keep the projects on schedule. He said that the motions mostly concerned technical aspects of the process, and the Executive Committee was not being asked to evaluate any designs.
    
   President Beltran asked the Committee to review the motions for any possible conflicts of interest. Commissioner Collins noted that this did not present a conflict, but stated for the record that he was acquainted with panelists named in item 3—Joseph Becker, Janet C. Bishop, Gary Garrels and Dominic Willsdon—who are affiliated with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where he is a trustee. President Beltran likewise stated for the record that she was a member of the Board of Directors of the Fort Mason Center, where panelist Aimee Le Duc is employed; this did not present a conflict of interest.
    
   There was no public comment, and the remainder of the Consent Calendar was unanimously approved as follows.
    
   1. Motion to approve the mural design, Climate Action Now! Dinosaur Garden Mural, by artist Sirron Norris, for James Lick Middle School. The painted mural (15 ft. by 100 ft.) will be installed along the upper schoolyard wall at 1220 Noe Street. The project is funded with a Community Challenge Grant, and is sponsored by Climate Action Now! and has been approved by the San Francisco Unified School District. The mural will not become part of the Civic Art Collection.
       
   2. Motion to approve the following arts professionals as panelists for public art selection panels for the 2017-18 Fiscal Year:
      Regina Almaguer, art consultant
      Michael Arcega, artist
      Lucinda Barnes, art consultant
      Michael Bartalos, artist
      Joseph Becker, Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Dena Beard, Executive Director, The Lab
      Elisheva Biernoff, artist
      Janet C. Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Terry Berlier, artist; Associate Professor, Art Practice, Stanford University
      Megan Brian, Assistant Director, Education and Public Practice, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Cath Brunner, Public Art Program Director, 4Culture
      Timothy Burgard, Curator-in-Charge of American Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
      Enrique Chagoya, artist; Full Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Stanford University
      Patricia Cariño Valdez, ‎Curator and Director of Public Programs, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
      Jonathan Calm, artist; Assistant Professor, Art Practice, Stanford University
      Michele Carlson, Associate Professor in Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts; Executive Director of Daily Serving and Art Practical
      Deena Chalabi, Associate Curator of Public Practice, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Abby Chen, Curator and Artistic Director, Chinese Culture Center
      Kevin Chen, artist; Artist Studio Residency Program and Public Programs Manager, de Young Museum
      Sarah Cifarelli, Airport Art Manager, Los Angeles World Airports
      René de Guzman, Senior Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California
      Carlos de Villasante, Associate Professor of Studio Art—Painting, Sonoma State University
      Joseph del Pesco, International Director of KADIST
      Lewis deSoto, artist; Professor of Art, San Francisco State University
      Apsara DiQuinzio, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and Phyllis C. Wattis MATRIX Curator, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
      Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Jennifer Easton, Art Program Manager, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
      Amy Ellingson, artist
      Maya Emsden, Deputy Executive Officer, Creative Services, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
      Christian Frock, independent curator
      Stephen Galloway, artist
      Rupert Garcia, artist
      Gary Garrels, Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Jeanne Gerrity, Head of Operations and Publications, California College of the Arts Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
      Jenny Gheith, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Barbara Goldstein, Principal at Barbara Goldstein & Associates, Creative Placemaking and Public Art Planning
      Donna Graves, Consultant, Arts & Cultural Planning
      Susan Gray, Creative Services Manager, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
      Melorra Green, independent curator
      Stephanie Hanor, Director, Mills College Art Museum
      Glen Helfand, independent writer, critic, curator, and educator
      Dana Hemenway, artist
      Kendal Henry, artist; Public Art Consultant in Residence at Maribyrnong City Council
      Betti-Sue Hertz, independent curator
      Katie Hood Morgan, Assistant Curator and Exhibitions Manager, Walter and McBean Galleries
      Justin Hoover, artist; Creative Director, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture
      Anthony Huberman, Director and Chief Curator, California College of the Arts Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
      Steven Huss, Public Art Manager, City of Walnut Creek Arts and Recreation
      Valerie Imus, Exhibitions and Projects Programs Director, Southern Exposure
      Maria Jenson, Executive Director, SOMArts Cultural Center
      Chris Johnson, artist; Professor of Photography and Fine Art, California College of the Arts
      Mark Johnson, Director, San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery
      Stephanie Johnson, Instructor of Sculpture, Installation, Performance Art and Public Art California State University, Monterey Bay—Visual and Public Arts Institute
      Ned Kahn, artist
      Pauline Kanako Kamiyama, Senior Project Manager, Los Angeles Arts Commission
      Brian Karl, Art Practical
      Aimee Le Duc, Director of Exhibition and Public Programs at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
      Carrie Lederer, artist; Curator of Exhibitions and Programs, Bedford Gallery
      Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins, Manager, Visual Arts Program, Museum of African Diaspora
      Lex Leifheit, Nonprofit Business Development Manager, City and County of San Francisco
      Constance Lewallen, Adjunct Curator, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
      Christina Linden, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Oakland Art Museum
      Hung Liu, artist
      Lauren Lockhart, Arts Program Manager, San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
      Linda Lucero, Executive/Artistic Director, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
      Juan Luna-Avin, artist
      Michelle Mansour, Director, Root Division
      Rhiannon MacFadyen, independent curator
      Sharon Maidenberg, Executive Director, Headlands Center for the Arts
      Patricia Maloney, Executive Director, Southern Exposure
      Jet Martinez, artist
      Marc Mayer, Senior Educator of Contemporary Art, Asian Art Museum;
      Marina McDougall, Director, Center for Art & Inquiry, Exploratorium
      Hesse McGraw, Vice President for Exhibitions and Public Programs, San Francisco Art Institute
      Katya Min, Curator of Public Programs, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts;
      Judy Moran, art consultant
      Ceci Moss, Assistant Curator of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
      Ellen Oh, Program Administrator, Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University
      Amy Owen, Curator, di Rosa
      Marc Pally, Public Art Curator and Artistic Director, Glow
      Matthew Passmore, artist
      Renny Pritikin, Chief Curator; Contemporary Jewish Museum
      Diana Pumpelly Bates, artist
      Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, Museum Director, Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University
      Amy Ress, Director, Resilient By Design Challenge
      Jerome Reyes, artist
      Ani Rivera, Executive Director, Galeria de la Raza
      Lawrence Rinder, Director, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
      Jennie Emiré Rodríguez, Executive Director, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
      Mary Rubin, Project Manager, Public Art, City of San Jose
      Anastasia H. Rygle, Associate Curator, The Contemporary Jewish Museum
      Lucía Sanroman, Director of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
      Dorothy Santos, independent curator
      Norie Sato, artist
      Ron Moultrie Saunders, artist
      Richard Shaw, artist
      Heather Snider, Executive Director, SF Camerawork
      Stephanie Syjuco, artist
      Weston Teruya, artist
      Karen Tsujimoto, Curator, Contemporary Jewish Museum
      Sean Uyehara, Director of Programs, Headlands Center for the Arts
      Po Shu Wang, artist
      Nate Watson, artist; Executive Director of Public Glass
      Patricia Watts, Founder/West Coast Curator, ecoartspace
      Shelly L. Willis, Public Art Project Manager and Planning Consultant
      Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
      Tracy Wheeler, Co-Founder at Satellite Of. Love
      Jenifer Wofford, artist
      Nicholas Wylie, Development Manager, Southern Exposure
      Anuradha Vikram, Artistic Director, 18th Street Arts Center
      Tanya Zimbardo, Assistant Curator of Media Arts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
       
   3. Motion to approve the public art project outline for Garfield Pool.
       
   4. Motion to approve the revised project outline for the 2018 Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series. The revision reflects an increase to the artist fee from $8,000 to $10,000.
       
   5. Motion to approve the public art project outline for SFO REACH International Terminal Boarding Area A.
       
   6. Motion to approve the Conceptual Design Phase deliverables by Jason Jägel for a temporary mural at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 1, Boarding Area B.
       
   7. Motion to approve the public art project outline for the San Francisco International Airport Terminal 1, Boarding Area B, Clerestory Art Glass project.
       
   8. Motion to approve Demiurge LLC as the selected fabricator for artist team of Werner Klotz and Jim Campbell’s Central Subway Union Square Market Street Station public art project, as recommended by the Artwork Fabricator Selection Panel.
       
   9. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Demiurge LLC for an amount not to exceed $819,287 for final development of artwork design specification, fabrication, transportation and installation consultation of an artwork by artist team of Werner Klotz and Jim Campbell for the platform level of Central Subway Union Square Market Street station.
       
    
4. Civic Center—Knits for Life
   Director of Public Art Trust and Special Projects Jill Manton introduced this proposed temporary public art project, funded by the Trust for Public Land, noting that a group of City departments including the Department of Public Works, the Library and the Planning Department were partnering on the project. She introduced Phillip Vitale of the Trust for Public Land, and the artists, Jill and Lorna Watts of Knits for Life, to present the project, a series of knitted pieces wrapping selected trees from Civic Center Plaza to United Nations Plaza. They discussed the location and timeline for the project, the scope and concept, phases of installation and community involvement, as well as plans for maintenance and repair. They expect the temporary project to be in place for six months to two years, depending on wear. They also reported that there should be no negative effect on the health of the trees, and that some will actually benefit from the shade and protection afforded by the wrapping.
    
   The Committee discussed the project with interest. There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows:
    
   Motion to approve the Knitted Tree Project by Knits for Life for a yarn-based installation to be knitted on select trees in Civic Center beginning the first week of May 2017 and remaining for six months to two years, depending on the aging process.
    
5. Art on Market Street Poster Series
   Public Art Project Manager Zoe Taleporos presented this project, a series of poster designs commemorating the Summer of Love for the Market Street Kiosks, and she discussed recent revisions made by the artist based on earlier comments from the Visual Arts Committee.
    
   The Committee discussed the poster series, and made a few suggestions, including making the figures a more consistent scale between posters, more consistency in the framing, and modifications in the font and placement of descriptive text on the posters. Mr. DeCaigny pointed out that staff generally has final approval of didactic text, and that staff would take the Committee's suggestions into account. He asked the Committee to approve the motion to allow the project to continue on schedule.
    
   There was no public comment, and the motion was unanimously approved as follows.
    
   Motion to approve the final poster designs for Kate Haug’s Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series, Summer of Love Trading Cards, on view May 22–August 31, 2017.
    
6. Public Art Trust Memorandum of Understanding with 500 Pine Street Company LLC Ms. Manton explained that this was the first in a series of new Memoranda of Understanding ("MOU") between the Arts Commission and developers. In this case, 500 Pine Street intended to contribute their percent-for-art to the Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco for a public art project yet to be determined. She explained that the artwork will be brought to the Visual Arts Committee for its review and approval. Mr. DeCaigny explained that this was the first MOU intended to be used for a grant, and that the Community Arts, Education and Grants Committee will will review the grant agreement with its specific terms, yet to be determined. The motion currently before this body will allow the Arts Commission to accept the funds from the developer.
    
   The Committee discussed the motion, and praised the connection of the project with the Chinatown community. The Committee also discussed how the funds will be managed, the use and effect of the Public Art Trust, and how the appropriate amount of one percent is determined, noting the often substantial difference between estimated and final project budgets. Mr. DeCaigny added that the new Capital Analyst will be very helpful in clarifying this information.
    
   Finally, Mr. DeCaigny noted the correct legal name of the Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco. There was no public comment, and the amended motion was unanimously approved as follows.
    
   Motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the San Francisco Arts Commission and 500 Pine Street Company LLC regarding their contribution of $145,604.79 to the Public Art Trust for distribution to the Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco.
    
7. Director’s Report
   Mr. DeCaigny reported that Deputy Director Rebekah Krell was at that moment making a final presentation to the Capital Planning Committee, and that staff was providing clarifying information to the Mayor's Budget Office in preparation for his June 1 submission of the overall City budget to the Board of Supervisors.
    
   Mr. DeCaigny reported that he had recently visited Abu Dhabi for the World Culture Forum, and that some of the sessions were streamed online, and said a link would be placed on the Arts Commission's website. He added that over fifty percent of the attendees were working artists, and that there were three artists-in-residence as part of the event. He briefly described some of the forum's sessions.
    
   He reported that preparations continue for the Americans for the Arts conference in San Francisco June16-18, and that the fifth economic impact study would be released at that time. He encouraged Commissioners to register for the conference.
    
   He also reported on other activities by the agency, and the SOMArts annual gala on the previous Saturday. He reported that staff is working on potential legislative amendments to the Public Art Trust for submission to the Board of Supervisors this summer.
    
   In regard to the budget, he reported that changes in state law regarding the definition of a public work would require changes in local legislation to allow the Arts Commission to continue to manage the specialized installation of public artworks.
    
   There was no public comment.
    
8. New Business and Announcements
   Commissioner Schnair reported that arts patron Charlot Mailand, a close friend of Commissioner Stryker, had recently passed away, and she requested that the full Commission take note of her passing at its next meeting.
    
   President Beltran announced that she had an artwork in New York City, in a Skowhegan exhibition, and that the art school graduation shows would be up during the month of May. She also announce the Art Market at Fort Mason.
    
   There was no further new business or announcements, and no public comment.
    
9. Adjournment 
   There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:51 p.m.
    

posted 5/8/17 6:30 p.m. spr
approved 6/5/17

 

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