Meeting Information

Community_Arts_and_Education_Committee

COMMUNITY ARTS, EDUCATION, AND GRANTS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
4:00 p.m.
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 70

1. Cultural Equity Grants Program Director Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
   
   Action
   Motion to approve recommendations to award forty-three grants totaling $525,000 in the 2008-2009 cycle of Organization Project Grants to the following organizations, and to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into grant agreements with each for the amounts listed:
   
   AfroSolo Theatre Company, $13,500
   Arab Cultural & Community Center, $12,000
   ArtSpan, $12,000
   Asian Improv Arts, $12,000
   BAYCAT, $12,000
   Chhandam Chitresh Das Dance Company, $12,000
   Circo Zero, $12,000
   Climate Theater, $13,500
   CounterPulse, $13,500
   Cuba Caribe, $13,500
   Cutting Ball Theater, $12,000
   Cypress String Quartet/Cypress Performing Arts Association, $12,000
   DanceArt, Inc, $12,000
   Dancing Tree, $12,000
   Earplay, $12,000
   Epiphany Productions, $12,000
   Femina Potens, $12,000
   Genryu Arts, $13,500
   Golden Thread Productions, $12,000
   Intersection for the Arts, $13,500
   Janice Garrett and Dancers, $12,000
   Jess Curtis/Gravity, $12,000
   Joe Goode Performance Group, $13,500
   Litquake, $12,000
   Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, $13,500
   Museum of Craft & Folk Art, $12,000
   Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, $12,000
   New Langton Arts, $12,000
   PlayGround, $12,000
   Root Division, $12,000
   San Francisco Cinematheque, $12,000
   San Francisco Independent Film Festival, $6,540
   San Francisco Live Arts, $12,000
   San Francisco Mime Troupe, $13,500
   Scott Wells and Dancers, $12,000
   ShadowLight Productions, $12,000
   Shinichi lova-Koga/inkBoat, $12,000
   Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center, $12,000
   Southern Exposure, $12,000
   Stepology, $13,500
   The African & African American Performing Arts Coalition, $12,000
   The ESP Project: Erika Chong Shuch Project, $11,460
   The San Francisco Silent Film Festival, $12,000
   
   Supplemental Documents: Organization Project Grants applicant ranking and project descriptions; summary notes of the application evaluation; and bios of the grants review panelists.
   
   
   
2. Community Arts and Education Program Director Report
   Discussion
   Current administrative, budgetary and programming developments and announcements.
   
   
   
3. WritersCorps Report
   
   
   
4. Arts Education Report
   
   
   
5. Cultural Center Report
   
   
   
6. Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Report
   
   
   
7. New Business
   
   
8. Adjournment

LKL 4/9/09

Notices
Explanatory documents are available for public inspection and copying at the Arts Commission office, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94102, during regular business hours. Info: Robynn Takayama, 415-252-2598.

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