SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
3 p.m.
401 Van Ness Avenue, Room 125
San Francisco, CA 94102

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Agenda

Visual Arts Committee Members:

JD Beltran
Gregory Chew
Dorka Keehn, Chair
Jessica Silverman
Barbara Sklar

1.            Call to Order, Roll Call, and Agenda Changes

2.            Public Comment
Discussion

3.            Consent Calendar
Action
Explanatory Documents: Item # 1; Item #2: Items #3 and #4
Presentation Time: Approximately 2 minutes

1.            Motion to pay Ian Huebert a licensing fee of $3,000 to reproduce his artworks Fog and To Market on aluminum panels for installation at General Hospital Acute Care Unit.

2.            Motion to approve Waterfall, a mosaic mural, by artist Kim Jenson that will be installed on the 47 step stairway in Kenny Alley located between 4941 and 4945 Mission Street. The project is sponsored by the San Francisco Parks Alliance and funded with a Community Challenge Grant.

3.            Motion to rescind Resolution Number 1102-15-314, which authorized the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve the selected fabricator, Magnolia Editions, 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 Magnolia Editions’ subcontract of $139,560 to be assigned to Clare Rojas’s contract with the City for this artwork commission.

4.            Motion to approve Magnolia Editions as the selected fabricator for artist Clare Rojas’s Central Subway Chinatown Station public art project, as recommended by the Rojas Artwork Fabricator Selection Panel, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to modify Clare Rojas’s contract to increase the amount from $94,750 to $330,135 (an increase of $235,385) for the artwork design, fabrication, transportation and consultation during installation.

Motion: Motion to approve consent calendar items.

4.            Moscone Parking Garage
Susan Pontious and Jessica Shaefer, Sites Unseen, Inc.
Action
Explanatory Document: Proposal
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Review of Sites Unseen’s proposed sites on the Moscone Parking Garage for murals by Barry McGee.

Motion: Motion to approve Sites Unseen, Inc.’s proposed site for a mural by Barry McGee on the west end of the Moscone Parking Garage. Sponsors will return for final approval with artist’s completed design and application materials as per the Arts Commission’s mural approval guidelines.

5.            SFAC Galleries
Meg Shiffler
Action
Explanatory Documents: PowerPoint presentation
Presentation Time: Approximately 7 – 10 minutes

Presentation of the artists selected for new installations at the SFAC Grove Street Window Installation Site.

Motion: Motion to approve artist honoraria in the amount of $2000 for each of the following artists: Carrie Hott, Ma Li and Josh Faught. The honoraria are for artist research and development of new installations for the SFAC Grove Street Window Installation Site at 155 Grove Street.

6.            Central Subway
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action
Explanatory Document: Images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Motion: Motion to approve the glass fabrication samples by Leslie Shows for the artwork, Face C/Z, for Central Subway: Yerba Buena/Moscone Station Ticketing Hall Wall.

7.            General Hospital Acute Care Building
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action
Explanatory Documents: Image of final artworks as installed : Tom Otterness; Cliff Garten
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of final artwork by Tom Otterness and Cliff Garten as installed at General Hospital Acute Care Building.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed the completed multi-part artwork entitled Mother with Children with Hearts (2015), by Tom Otterness for General Hospital Acute Care Building. The artwork is installed along the pedestrian entry on Potrero Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets and consists of eight bronze sculptures.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed the completed multi-part artwork entitled Ethereal Bodies (2015), by Cliff Garten for General Hospital Acute Care Building. The artwork is located in the entry median and consists of eight vertically aligned steel formed sculptures with sequenced LED lighting and the surrounding planted earthwork.

8.            San Francisco International Airport

A.            Re-Allocation of Art Enrichment Funding
Susan Pontious
Action
Explanatory Documents: Photos of Boarding Area A and Boarding Area G hold room walls
Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

Re-allocation of Art Enrichment funds to alternate sites on SFO Campus.

Motion: Motion to approve re-allocation of Art Enrichment funds generated by Fire Station #3 ($204,800); the Ground Transportation Unit relocation ($168,845), and Building 624 ($115,000) for use elsewhere on the SFO campus, due to lack of public access to for mentioned projects. Alternate use of these funds will be used for new commissions for hold room walls in Boarding Areas A and G.

B.            Terminal 3 East
Justine Topfer
Action
Explanatory Document: Image of final artworks as installed
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of artworks as installed at San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 3 East.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed Ocean Voices II (2013), a cedar sculpture by Ursula von Rydingsvard at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3, close to the entrance to Boarding Area E.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed Everywhere All at Once (2012-14), a series of six photograms by Vanessa Marsh at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3, Gate 71B.

Motion: Motion to approve as installed Forever in the Sky (2013), a series of six photographic montages by Sanaz Mazinani at San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3, Gate 71A.

C.            Terminal 1 Temporary Boarding Area B
Justine Topfer
Action
Presentation Time: Approximately 3 minutes

Presentation of fabrication overview for the peephole cinema.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist Jeffery Canham for an amount not to exceed $9,900 for the graphic design to support the peephole cinema at San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 1 Temporary Boarding Area B.

9.          Balboa Pool Improvement Project
Mary Chou
Action
Explanatory Documents: Summary of Final Selection Panel and Recommended Proposal
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of summary of final selection panel and proposal recommended by the Artist Selection Panel for the Balboa Pool Improvement Project.

Motion: Motion to approve the artist [To be announced at meeting] and proposal for the Balboa Pool Improvement Project as recommended by the Artist Selection Panel.

Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with artist [To be announced at meeting] for an amount not to exceed $58,200 for design, fabrication, transportation and installation of an artwork for the Balboa Pool Improvement Project.

10.          Public Utilities Commission Storm Drain Murals
Jennifer Lovvorn
Action
Explanatory Documents: Preliminary Designs
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of preliminary designs by Jenifer K. Wofford for the PUC Storm Drain Mural Project.

Motion: Motion to approve three preliminary designs by Jenifer K. Wofford as part of her series of six murals for the PUC Storm Drain Mural Project. The other three designs were approved as part of the artist selection process.

11.          New Business, Old Business, and Announcements
Discussion

12.          Adjournment
Action

ZT 1/15/2016

Notices

Agenda Item Information

Each item on the agenda may include the following documents:

1) Department or Agency or report;

2) Public correspondence;

3) Other explanatory documents.

These items will be available for review at the meeting. Copies are available upon request. Please contact Program Associate Zoe Taleporos at zoe.taleporos@sfgov.org or 415-252-2243 for more information. 

Meeting Procedures

1. Agenda items will be heard in order. Please note, that on occasion a special circumstance may necessitate that an agenda item be taken out of order. To ensure that an agenda item is not missed, it is advised to arrive at the beginning of the meeting. All agenda changes will be announced by the Chair at the top of the meeting.

2. Public comment will be taken before or during the Committee’s consideration of each agenda item. Each speaker will be allowed to speak for the time allotted by the Chair at the top of the meeting or up to 3 minutes.  During General Public Comment, members of the public may address the Commissioners on matters that are within the Arts Commission’s jurisdiction and are not on the agenda. Any person speaking during a public comment period may supply a brief written summary of their comments, which shall, if no more than 150 words, be included in the official file.

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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利便参與會議的相關規定

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POLITICA DE ACCESO A LA REUNIÓN

De acuerdo con la Ley sobre Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (American Disabilities Act) y la Ordenanza de Acceso a Idiomas (Language Access Ordinance) intérpretes de chino, español, y lenguaje de señas estarán disponibles de ser requeridos. En adición, se hará todo el esfuerzo posible para proveer un sistema mejoramiento de sonido, materiales de la reunión en formatos alternativos, y/o proveer un leedor. Las minutas podrán ser traducidas luego de ser aprobadas por la Comisión. Para solicitar estos servicios, favor contactar a Program Associate, Zoë Taleporos, por lo menos 48 horas antes de la reunión al 415-252-2243. Las solicitudes tardías serán consideradas de ser posible. La sala de audiencia es accesible a silla de ruedas. 

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