Community_Arts_and_Education_Committee
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
4:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70
- Cultural Equity Grants Program Director Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
Action
Motion to approve recommendations to award eleven grants totaling $150,489 in the 2009-2010 cycle of Creative Space grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
Cartoon Art Museum, $9,000
Chinese Historical Society of America, $20,000
EXIT Theater, $20,000
Manilatown Heritage Foundation, $10,000
Museum of Performance and Design, $10,000
New Conservatory Theatre Center, $9,744
Ninth Street Independent Film Center, $4,995
ODC Theater, $20,000
SF Camerawork, $20,000
Z Space Studio, $20,000
ZACCHO Dance Theatre, $6,750
Supplemental Documents: Creative Space applicant ranking and project descriptions; summary notes of the application evaluation; and bios of the grants review panelists.
Motion to approve recommendations to award nineteen grants totaling $190,000 in the 2009-2010 cycle of Individual Artist Commissions grants to the following individuals, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
Yannis Adoniou, $10,000
Christina Black, $10,000
Lily Cai, $10,000
Eugenie Chan, $10,000
Beth Custer, $10,000
Sean Dorsey, $10,000
Seth Eisen, $10,000
Meklit Hadero, $10,000
Jon Jang, $10,000
Rhodessa Jones, $10,000
Sara Kraft, $10,000
Ledoh, $10,000
Carla Lucero, $10,000
Patrick Makuakane, $10,000
Kirk Read, $10,000
Amy Seiwert, $10,000
Marcus Shelby, $10,000
Melody Takata, $10,000
Francis Wong, $10,000
Supplemental Documents: Individual Artist Commissions applicant ranking and project descriptions; summary notes of the application evaluation; and bios of the grants review panelists.
Motion to approve recommendations to award three grants totaling $300,000 in the 2009-2010 cycle of Cultural Equity Initiatives – Level Two grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
Chinese Culture Foundation of San Francisco, $100,000
SEW Productions/Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, $100,000
Women's Audio Mission, $100,000
Supplemental Documents: Cultural Equity Initiatives - Level Two applicant ranking and project descriptions; summary notes of the application evaluation; and bios of the grants review panelists.
- Community Arts and Education Program Director Report
Discussion
Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
- New Business
- Adjournment
LKL 11/4/09
Notices
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