Full Arts Commission Meeting (Rescheduled)

1. Call to order 
2. Roll call / Confirmation of quorum 
3. Agenda Changes 
4. Ramaytush Ohlone Land Acknowledgement 

The San Francisco Arts Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the Ramaytush Community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples. As a department dedicated to promoting a diverse and equitable Arts and Culture environment in San Francisco, we are committed to supporting the traditional and contemporary evolution of the American Indian community.

Discussion and Possible Action  
 
Discussion and possible action to approve August 5, 2024, Draft Minutes  
 
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes 
 
Explanatory Document: August 5, 2024, Draft Minutes

Discussion 
 
(This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Commission’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Commission’s consideration.) 

Discussion 
 
Current administrative, budgetary, legislative and programming developments and announcements. 
 
Staff Presenter: Director of Cultural Affairs Ralph Remington   

Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes

1. Civic Design Committee – Abby Schnair, Chair 
    
   1. Civic Design Committee Report   
      Discussion  
        
      Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes  
        
      Report from the Civic Design Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Projects. 
       
2. Visual Arts Committee – Suzie Ferras, Chair  
    
   1. Visual Arts Committee Report   
      Discussion  
        
      Presentation Time: Approximately 10 minutes  
        
      Report from the Visual Arts Committee regarding activities of the Committee and the Program.

Discussion  

 Staff Presenter: Carolina Aranibar-Fernandez, Director of Galleries and Public Programs   
  
Presentation time: Approximately 5 minutes  

Presentation of the upcoming winter 2025 exhibition in the SFAC Main Gallery. 

Explanatory Document:  

Discussion  

Staff Presenter: Angela Carrier, Senior Program Manager, Monuments & Memorials   
  
Presentation time: Approximately 10 minutes   

Update on the Shaping Legacy project.

Explanatory Document:

Discussion and possible action 
 
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes 

The following items are included in the Consent Calendar subject to withdrawal at the request of a commissioner.  

1. Motion to approve the August 19, 2024, Civic Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes.  
2. Motion to approve the August 21, 2024, Visual Arts Committee Meeting Minutes.  
    
   Visual Arts Committee Recommendations (August 21, 2024, link to agenda) 
   Action 
    
3. Motion to approve "Donaji, the Last Princess of the Zapotecs," a mural design by Vladimir Cuevas. The mural will be installed at 3161 24th St. in District 9. The mural measures approximately 5 ft. tall by 16 ft. wide. The artwork is funded by a Shared Spaces Arts and Culture Grant and will not become part of the Civic Art Collection. 
    
4. Motion to approve "Old Noe Valley," a mural design by Carole Moore. The mural will be installed at 4000 24th St. in District 8. The mural measures approximately 3.5 ft. tall by 38 ft. wide. The artwork is funded by a Shared Spaces Arts and Culture Grant and will not become part of the Civic Art Collection. 
    
5. Motion to approve "La Mediterranee," a mural design by Natalie Gabriel. The mural will be installed at 4000 24th St. in District 7. The mural measures approximately 5 ft. tall by 16 ft. wide. The artwork is funded by a Shared Spaces Arts and Culture Grant and will not become part of the Civic Art Collection. 
    
6. Motion to approve "Water Under the Bridge," a mural design by Madison Huynh. The mural will be installed at 142 Minna St. in District 6. The mural measures approximately 3.5 ft. tall by 40 ft. wide. The artwork is funded by a Shared Spaces Arts and Culture Grant and will not become part of the Civic Art Collection
    
7. Motion to approve "Street Mural on 20th Street," a mural design by Josué Rojas. The mural will be installed on 20th St. between Florida St. and Alabama St. in District 9. The mural measures approximately 18 ft. long by 13 ft. wide. The artwork is funded by a Community Challenge Grant and will not become part of the Civic Art Collection. 
    
8. Motion to approve "Street Mural on Hearst," a mural design by Josué Rojas. The mural will be installed on Hearts Ave. at Detroit St. in District 7. The mural measures approximately 24 ft. long by 14ft. wide and 21 ft. long by 14 ft. wide. The artwork is funded by a Community Challenge Grant and will not become part of the Civic Art Collection. 
    
9. Motion to approve "Lansing Tile Stairway," a mosaic artwork design by Wilma Wyss. The mosaic will be installed on the Lansing Steps at 81 Lansing St. between Guy Pl. and Essex St. in District 6. The design includes 54 stair risers, measuring approximately 7 in. tall by 5 ft. wide each, a total of 158 sq. ft.; and 3 medallions at 16 sq. ft. each, a total of 48 sq. ft. The artwork is funded by a Community Challenge Grant and will not become part of the Civic Art Collection. 
    
10. Motion to approve "East Cut Electric," a digital projection design by Jeff Dobrow. The projection will be displayed on the façade of the PG&E Substation at 425 Folsom St. in District 6. The screen measures approximately 114 ft. tall by 25 ft. wide. The artwork is funded by a Community Challenge Grant and will not become part of the Civic Art Collection. 
     
11. Motion to retroactively approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection 2020.06, "Where Community Happens," 2019, Vitreous glass tile, H93.2 in. x W242.1 in., by Muzae Sesay. The artwork is installed at the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing Administrative Offices and Client Access Point at 440 Turk Street. The artwork was approved as installed under Res. No. 0302-20-057. 
     
12. Motion to retroactively approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection 2022.59, "Woven Calm," 2022, cotton, linen, polyester, rayon & silk fabrics, plastic buttons, metal snaps, H108 in. x W216 in. x D5 in. by Ramekon O’Arwisters. The artwork is installed at the Southeast Family Health Center, first floor lobby, 2401 Keith Street. The artwork was approved as installed under Res. No. 0912-22-157. 
     
13. Motion to retroactively approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection 2022.60.1-2, "African Origins: Green Acacia and African Origins: Amaryllis Belladonna," 2022, acid-etched glass with printed interlayer, H81 in. x W96 in., by Ron Moultrie Saunders. The artwork is installed at the Southeast Family Health Center, second floor, 2401 Keith Street. The artwork was approved as installed under Res. No. 0912-22-159. 
     
14. Motion to retroactively approve and accept into the Civic Art Collection 2022.61.a-d, "Community History Quilts," 2022, four fabric, paint, ink and thread quilts, H65 in. x W42 in. x D1/2 in., by William Rhodes. The artwork is installed at the Southeast Family Health Center, first floor hallway, 2401 Keith Street. The artwork was approved as installed under Res. No. 0912-22-158. 
     
15. Motion to amend RESOLUTION NO. 0701-24-312 to reflect a change in name from Sergio Suarez to Creative Grounds Production Group LLC for the Fulton Street Activations Public Art Project.  
     
16. Motion to amend RESOLUTION NO. 0805-24-321 to update the anticipated installation dates so that the revised motion reads: Motion to amend Resolution #0701-24-298 to approve an allocation of up to $100,000 from the Public Art Trust’s Undesignated Funds for costs associated with the display of the Shahzia Sikander sculpture titled "Witness," which will be displayed in Civic Center Plaza for a period of up to 11 months starting in Summer 2025 pending the ability of the Sean Kelly Gallery to raise all funds necessary to commission a new work in light of the original being defaced and vandalized. 
      
17. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with ARG Conservation Services, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for as-needed fine art services, including conservation of various large-scale artworks in the Civic Art Collection. 
     
18. Motion to rescind RESOLUTION NO. 0805-19-198: Motion to approve the Public Art Program Outline for San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 3 West. 
       
19. Motion to approve 241 mural designs by 24 artists to be installed on 241 SFMTA utility boxes across the City. The artworks are managed by Paint the Void, are privately funded, and will not become part of the Civic Art Collection. Paint the Void will maintain the utility boxes for a minimum of one year. The 24 artists include:  
     
    Dzigbodi Djugba 
    Samantha Schilf 
    Robert Casanovas 
    Robert Louthan 
    Rashon Dickason 
    Saunders Hildreth 
    Brandon Joseph Baker 
    Cameron Moberg 
    Josh Katz 
    Jane Kang 
    Monica Magtoto 
    Shirley Lee 
    Claudio Talavera-Ballon 
    Elizabeth Kramer 
    Termeh Behbahani 
    Brittney Sundquist 
    Darnel Tasker 
    Valerie Margolin 
    Marc Wagenseil 
    Vida Kuang 
    Christina Xu 
    Yijun Ge 
     
20. Motion to approve the artwork design "Pride Flag" by Catherine Wagner to be installed at 1939 Market Street, located at the corner of Duboce Avenue, pending confirmation that the Rainbow Flag is represented on the facade of the building. The artwork is funded by Mercy Housing California, who will be responsible for ongoing maintenance. The work will not become part of the Civic Art Collection. 
     
21. Motion to approve the artwork design "Home and the World" by Ranu Mukerjee; "Leather Walk" by Edie Fake; and "Mews: Juntos/Together" by Arleene Correra Valencia to be installed at 600 7th Street, located at the corner of Brannan St. The artwork is funded by Mercy Housing California, who will be responsible for ongoing maintenance. The work will not become part of the Civic Art Collection. 
     
22. Motion for the Director of Cultural Affairs to approve a artist honorarium in the amount of $4000 to Khari Johnson-Ricks; $2500 to J Rivera Pansa; $1000 to André Singleton (Bloodstone); and $2500 to Gericault De La Rose for the research and development of artwork for the exhibition "Ceremonies" to be held in the SFAC Main Gallery from February 6 – May 3, 2025. 
     
23. Motion to approve the proposed new location for 1940.10, "Whales," 1939, cast stone with black granite aggregate, by Robert B. Howard on the City College Ocean Campus, in the central courtyard of the newly constructed Student Success Center. 
     
24. Motion to approve the loan of 2023.2, "NOPAL DE LA MISIÓN," 2021, watercolor and graphite on paper, by Juana Alicia to the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art for their upcoming exhibition, "Cenote de sueños: The Art of Juana Alicia," September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025. 
     
25. Motion to approve the six final designs by Calixto Robles for the 2024 Art on Market Street Poster Series. 
     
26. Motion to approve as installed the eleven completed video artworks for the 49 South Van Ness Video Art Program:  
     
    Zeina Barakeh, "PsyClone Calafia," 2023, 3:00 min. 
    Lindsay Rothwell, "Threshold," 2023, 3:07 min. 
    David Bayus, "Polis," 2023, 3:00 min. 
    Selina Trepp, "Nothing is forever in the constant flux of building and maintaining," 2023, 1:10 min. 
    Miguel Arzabe, "Trajectory San Francisco," 2023, 3:12 min. 
    Susana Barrón, "Workers at Night," 2023, 3:00 min. 
    Kota Ezawa and Julian Brave NoiseCat, "Alcatraz is an Idea," 1:30 min. 
    Patrick Gibson, "Legends of the 7 x 7," 2023, 2:49 min. 
    Jeremy Rourke, "Flower Tower," 2023, 2:33 min. 
    Aron Kantor, "Reverberations," 2023, 3:00 min. 
    Chitra Ganesh, "Coherence," 2023, 1:56 min. 
      
27. Motion to approve the updated Project Plan for the San Francisco International Airport: Terminal 3 West Public Art Program. 
     
28. Motion to approve finalists Cheryl Derrricotte, Ron Moultrie Saunders, Aylson Shotz, and David Wilson, to create conceptual proposals for the Treasure Island Water Resource Recovery Facility Public Art Project, as recommended by the artist review panel. 
     
29. Motion to approve the conceptual design proposal "Zawa Zawa Buzz Buzz" by Harumo Sato for the Mission Bay School Public Art Project, as recommended by the artist review panel.   
     
30. Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into a contract with Harumo Sato/Harumo Bakery for an amount not to exceed $136,000 for the design, fabrication, insurance, transportation, and installation of a tile Artwork for the Mission Bay School Public Art Project.  
      
31. Motion to revise Resolution No. 0912-22-156 to amend installation dates: Motion to approve the temporary installation of a 48 ft. tall sculpture by Marco Cochrane, titled "R-Evolution," fabricated from steel rod and tubing with two layers of geodesic triangles and covered by stainless steel mesh, to be installed in Union Square early February 2025 through the end of May 2025. The installation is sponsored by the Union Square Association, pending final approval from the Recreation and Park Department. 

Discussion  
 
(This item is to allow the Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration, to report on recent arts activities and to make announcements.)

Action