SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, October 21, 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

3.            Consent Calendar
Action
Explanatory Documents: Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes

1.            Motion to approve the mural design Diamonds on Divis, by Kristin Farr.  The proposed mural is 20 feet by 7 feet and will be painted on the ground of a new bicycle corral at parking space 1140-G in front of 1190 Fell Street. The new bicycle corral is a project of the SFTMA and is sponsored and funded by the Madrone Art Bar.

Motion: Motion to approve consent calendar items.

4.            SFAC Galleries
Meg Shiffler
Action
Explanatory Documents: Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes

Presentation and brief overview of the artists selected for the inaugural exhibition at the new SFAC Gallery in January 2016.

Motion: Motion to approve honorarium payments in the amount of $2,500 each for the research, development, creation and exhibition of newly commissioned artworks to the following artists: Jeremiah Barber Dana Harel, Carolyn Janssen, Summer Mei Ling Lee, and Ramekon O’Arwisters. And honorarium payment in the amount of $700 each for the exhibition of existing artworks by the following artists: Zeina Barakeh, Victor De La Rosa, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Ranu Mukherjee, and Tsherin Sherpa. The works described in this motion will be on view in the SFAC Galleries inaugural exhibition, Bring it Home: (Re)Locating Cultural Legacies through the Body, opening January 22, 2016.

5.            Ringold Alley
Jill Manton, Amir Massih
Discussion
Explanatory Documents: Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes

Presentation of a project proposal for Ringold Alley.

6.            Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association – Temporary Art Programming in Parcel O
Jill Manton and Gail Bough, Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association
Action
Explanatory Documents: Staff Report
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes

Presentation of proposed art programming and activities to take place in within Parcel O in Hayes Valley.

Motion: Motion to authorize blanket approval for a series of temporary art activities programmed by the Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association, the Hayes Valley Art Works and the Haight Street Art Center and which shall include projects such as temporary murals to be placed on the chain link fences surrounding the parcels, various kinds of art classes, performance and site decorations within Parcel O in Hayes Valley, located at the intersection of Octavia and Fell Streets, over the course of one year from October 22, 2015 until October 21, 2016.

7.            Muni Art
Jill Manton and Darcy Brown, SF Beautiful
Action
Explanatory Documents: Staff Report; Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 minutes

Presentation of The Muni Art Project, a collaboration between SF Beautiful and the SFMTA, which will display artwork within the interior of five bus lines in place of advertising.

Motion: Motion to retroactively approve the display of the reproduction of original artworks by Todd Berman, Reynaldo R. Cayetano, Jr., Philip Hua, Ariel Dunity Johnson and Andria Lo designed specifically for display in 50 buses city wide (ten buses per artist) for duration of three months from October 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 in spaces generally reserved for advertising.

8.            Treasure Island Art Activation Projects
Jill Manton
Action
Explanatory Documents: Treasure Island Art Activations Project Outline; Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 15 minutes

Presentation of the proposed program of temporary art activations for Treasure Island.

Motion: Motion to approve the Project Outline for the Treasure Island Art Activation Temporary Art Projects, pending final approval from the Treasure Island Development Authority and the availability of funding for implementation.

9.            San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3 – Lordy Rodriguez
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Document: Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 3 minutes

Presentation of images from Lordy Rodriguez’s artwork series Strangerhood, 2015 at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3.

Motion: Motion to approve the completed installation of artworks from the series Strangerhood: Castro, Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf, Haight-Ashbury, Mission and North Beach, 2015, by Lordy Rodriguez. All are printed reproductions on aluminum installed at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3.

10.         Central Subway: Chinatown Station – Clare Rojas
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Document: Fabricator’ Proposal and Fabrication Sample
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of ceramic fabrication sample by fabricator [to be announced at meeting] for Clare Rojas’s Central Subway: Chinatown Station public art project.

Motion: Motion to approve the selected fabricator [to be announced at meeting] for artist Clare Rojas’s Central Subway: Chinatown Station public art project, as recommended by the Central Subway: Chinatown Station Rojas Artwork Fabricator Selection Panel, and to approve that the selected fabricator and fabrication scope of work be assigned to Clare Rojas's contract with the City for this artwork commission

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to increase Clare Rojas’s contract from $94,750, to $XXX,000 (an increase of $XXX,000) to add the fabricator's scope of work including fabrication, transportation, and fabricator's consultation during installation, to Clare Rojas's contract for the Central Subway: Chinatown Station Crosscut Cavern artwork project.

10.         Bayview Gateway
Mary Chou
Action
Explanatory Documents: Revised Design and Budget
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of revised design and budget for the public artwork by Cliff Garten for Bayview Gateway.

Motion: Motion to approve revised design for the public artwork by Cliff Garten for Bayview Gateway.

11.         Balboa Pool
Mary Chou
Action
Explanatory Documents: Panel One Summary
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the selected finalists for the Balboa Pool Improvement Project.

Motion: Motion to approve the selected finalists, Benicia Gantner, Lordy Rodriguez, and Jason Jägel, with Aileen Barr as alternate, as recommended by the Balboa Pool Public Art Selection Panel to develop conceptual proposals for the Balboa Pool Improvement Project.

12.         PUC Storm Drain Murals
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action
Explanatory Documents: Panel Two Summary
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the selected artists and their proposals for the PUC Storm Drain Mural Project.

Motion: Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Jenifer K. Wofford for the PUC Storm Drain Mural Project for display during the year 2016 and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist to develop and complete six unique mural designs for an amount not to exceed $10,000.

Motion: Motion to approve the conceptual proposal by Michael Bartalos for the PUC Storm Drain Mural Project for display during the year 2017 and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with the artist to develop and complete six unique mural designs for an amount not to exceed $10,000.

13.         Noe Valley Town Square
Mary Chou
Action
Explanatory Documents: Art Enrichment Program Plan; Noe Valley Town Square Concept Plans by CMG
Presentation: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of Noe Valley Town Square Concept Plans and Art Enrichment Program Plan.

Motion: Motion to approve the art enrichment program plan for Noe Valley Town Square.

14.         North Beach Branch Library
Mary Chou
Informational
Presentation: Approximately 5 minutes

Discussion and update regarding design modifications to Bill Fontana’s artwork Sonic Dreamscape, 2014 at the North Beach Branch Library.

15.         New Business, Old Business, and Announcements
Discussion

16.         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, 401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 325, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Jenn Doyle Crane, jennifer.crane@sfgov.org, 415-252-2100. 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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ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY

Per the American Disabilities Act and the Language Access Ordinance, Chinese, Spanish, and/or American Sign Language interpreters will be available upon request. Additionally, every effort will be made to provide a sound enhancement system, meeting materials in alternative formats, and/or a reader. Minutes may be translated after they have been adopted by the Commission. For all these requests, please contact Program Associate, Jenn Doyle Crane, at least 48 hours before the meeting at 415-252-2100. Late requests will be honored if possible. The hearing room is wheelchair accessible.

利便参與會議的相關規定

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POLITICA DE ACCESO A LA REUNIÓN

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Ayon sa batas ng American Disabilities Act at ng Language Access Ordinance, maaring mag-request ng  mga tagapagsalin wika sa salitang Tsino, Espanyol at/o sa may kapansanan pandinig  sa American Sign Language. Bukod pa dito, sisikapin gawan ng paraan na makapaglaan ng gamit upang lalong pabutihin ang inyong pakikinig,  maibahagi ang mga kaganapan ng miting sa iba't ibang anyo, at/o isang tagapagbasa. Ang mga kaganapan ng miting ay maaring isalin sa ibang wika matapos ito ay aprobahan ng komisyon. Sa mga ganitong uri ng kahilingan, mangyari po lamang makipag ugnayan kay Program Associate, Jenn Doyle Crane sa 415-252-2100. Magbigay po lamang ng hindi bababa sa 48 oras na abiso bago ng  miting. Kung maari, ang mga late na hiling ay posibleng tanggapin. Ang silid ng pagpupulungan ay accessible sa mga naka wheelchair.