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Director of Property Management Dana Ketchum and Shannon Riley, CEO and co‑founder of Building 180, presented the proposal and technical details. Riley said the piece is 45 feet tall with a 2-foot base (47 feet total), weighs about 32,000 pounds including counterweights, and has a 23‑foot diameter base; it contains motors and lighting that will create a daily “breathing” effect and will be erected using heavy equipment over a four- to five-day installation window. Riley said the project team has structural engineering and DPW oversight and that the installation site is not in a BART-restricted area.

The commission’s discussion covered public safety, structural and seismic concerns, vendor displacement at Embarcadero Plaza, and community reaction. Commissioner Abby Schneier moved the motion; Commissioner Benavides seconded. Commissioners asked staff for assurances that the structural engineering reports had been reviewed by DPW and that the Recreation and Park Department had signed off on safety checks. Stockhausen, the installation’s design engineer, told the commission the sculpture’s counterweight system would rest on marine-grade plywood with no ground penetrations and that the piece had been installed successfully at other long‑term locations.

Commissioners also raised concerns about public reaction to the large nude female figure and about whether the installation would create an unfair commercial advantage for the artist; Commissioner Beltran asked that the city attorney review whether the placement could be seen as a commercial showcase tied to a work offered for sale. That request was noted on the record during the vote. Commissioners discussed the requested term: the staff reading of the motion requested authorization for placement from mid‑March 2025 through early March 2026; Ketchum said Rec & Park may determine the final duration and could limit the installation to six months with the option to extend.

At the close of debate the commission voted to approve the motion. The motion was moved by Commissioner Abby Schneier and seconded by Commissioner Benavides. The motion carried; one commissioner stated an intention to seek city‑attorney review on potential commercial‑advantage issues prior to casting a final vote and a nay was recorded on the roll call before the motion carried. The Recreation and Park Department must provide final permitting and site approval before installation proceeds.

Presenters said the installation would be accompanied by programming and daily activations intended to draw visitors into downtown, and that staff had worked with downtown stakeholders to minimize displacement of existing artists and vendors: project staff said they identified alternate vendor locations and expected to add additional artist spots as part of the activation plan. Presenters also said the installation would use LED illumination and a single daily “breathing” hour at sunset to encourage public pause and reflection.

The motion’s printed language named the Shivranji Foundation as sponsor; during the presentation staff identified the C Brandy Foundation and Downtown SF partners as project sponsors and permit coordinators. Commissioners noted the discrepancy and requested staff clarify the sponsor and permit‑holding arrangements in the permitting package to Rec & Park.

No timeline for shipment or final installation dates was provided beyond the mid‑March 2025 target window for arrival and the contingency that Rec & Park finalize the permit.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of San Francisco - Video Open Video Only in Windows Media Player - Mar 03, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The San Francisco Arts Commission on March 3 approved a motion to allow the temporary installation of a 45-foot sculpture by Marco Cochrane, titled Our Evolution (also referred to as Revolution), to be placed at Embarcadero Plaza pending final approval from the Recreation and Park Department.","taxTitle","San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California","taxId",5751,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6652779,"Arts Commission director highlights convening, grant review panels and new community‑investment hire",579,860000,1439000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2489350-868451257cc9ac9619038dee90e2218c&start=860&end=1439","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2489350-868451257cc9ac9619038dee90e2218c/thumbnail_860000.jpg","/articles/6652779/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/Arts-Commission-director-highlights-convening-grant-review-panels-and-new-communityinvestment-hire","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6652779-115a10e7d443709d52e0f275bdf5d427/orig.mp4?Expires=1771126015&Signature=h1WrTTrSFlYnlihFzDgUMs0jattZ-LUJHUYhBoLw-6CgHQ0IoEsRguCzXN-5FqLdclfQS0vwy-~deHgwmMk5el1NSsLvtMyXJBPsk1JqTZ-wCjah-Fcw9Ak-zvzwYljnr0Hoa2nYQ-q-NwMadrdkMPJ7mTgVeszrm8GKenwwFbmlvkFdhj5FA7SmAkj0zudzoSFnR4QQ-N7E3k8YIYRVhZaH8oeGfdMuOmSMzIZvxOhcffnhAF9zjN1Eg4hhVAPHl-xxKEXDlwrGMJiMcsnn5nSwmBkoJ81fGaAJQjNNAm7O5rMQsw90KLRj-tOi5giDsJtTUfcFOTPHCvOFbC8fXw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Ralph Remington, Director of Cultural Affairs, opened the March 3 San Francisco Arts Commission meeting with a director’s report summarizing recent events, grant processes and staffing updates.

Remington said the commission’s annual convening on Feb. 20 drew more than 200 arts‑community members and featured presentations, readings and recognition of legacy awardees. He announced that the FY22–24 annual report is available and that an arts‑community survey and three open‑house sessions are underway as part of strategic‑planning outreach; the survey is open through 11:59 p.m. on March 31, 2025 and open houses were scheduled for March 4, March 5 (in person) and March 7 (virtual).

On community investment, Remington said 15 grant panels are meeting January–April 2025, with 75 panelists reviewing a total of 502 applications across four grant categories. He said Arts Impact Endowment panels were complete, Cultural Equity Initiative panels would conclude in mid‑March and San Francisco Artists panels were expected to wrap in April. Funding recommendations are scheduled for the Community Investments Committee in April with final commission action in May.

Remington also announced an open recruitment for a community investment senior program officer who will administer an estimated $15,000,000 in Arts Impact Endowment, Cultural Equity Initiative and special grants. Commissioners asked about hiring authorities; Remington said the position is funded from the hotel tax revenue stream and not from the city general fund, and the application deadline is March 21, 2025.

Remington briefly reviewed ongoing exhibition and public‑art activities, including the Art on Market Street poster RFQ for 2026 (deadline April 7, 2025) and a San Francisco Main Library temporary mural RFQ (deadline March 3, 2025). He closed by thanking Commissioner Abby Schneier for nearly 12 years of service to the commission.","Ralph Remington, director of cultural affairs, told the March 3 Arts Commission meeting that the commission’s Feb. 20 convening drew more than 200 attendees, that grant‑review panels are underway to review 502 applications, and that the agency is hiring a senior program officer to manage an estimated $15 million in grants funded by hotel‑tax revenue.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6652784,"Residents, Takahashi Foundation urge restoration of Ruth Asawa installation in Osaka Way",1881,630000,2511000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2489350-868451257cc9ac9619038dee90e2218c&start=630&end=2511","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2489350-868451257cc9ac9619038dee90e2218c/thumbnail_630000.jpg","/articles/6652784/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/Residents-Takahashi-Foundation-urge-restoration-of-Ruth-Asawa-installation-in-Osaka-Way","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6652784-aec24f939a73ac6bde5bb1c4887393d0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771126015&Signature=JI4Y6jBqSvAEbnwvR~y6DdVfTnEKUTAhvRgXntkt6v0QvnOilGqfhBoT~THFwcMHUtC2umrmsaddCrivDphVtrVGO20lI-AQlFcm7iS6d8ywIQyVwNT~zDyViilFB8IKVBipIgQalYwtMs4VVhZZqY-IyBDupIpqctPEEcuJ-CHtjvcgukQivYDD~ZJ2hwP5h55J3a~4XWoXzRMJLsQBlKLIgScT6Jd5wwv56VgInjHYwl1MjjEWF2KS01tj7pGWxVSyXFpTk2te27ytuLd5n3USyDGfQTxPKi9QG2Dw6VNi6Q-SIlM1ClK7a2VL8k9~3v3Fjp0m~GKdzta9W2Xj8g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the March 3 meeting of the San Francisco Arts Commission, public commenters urged the commission and city staff to preserve and restore a long‑standing Ruth Asawa public art installation in the Osaka Way / Buchanan Mall area of Japantown.

Masako Takahashi, speaking for the Takahashi Foundation, told commissioners the installation — which includes origami‑style fountains and sculpted benches by Asawa — has not had functioning fountains for decades and is being redesigned under a city project that calls the site Buchanan Mall. She said the redesign removes Japanese flourishes and risks erasing the site’s cultural identity. Takahashi said the foundation is offering $1,000,000 toward restoration and asked the city to restore the fountains, flatten cobblestones for wheelchair access and preserve Asawa’s original design elements.

Takahashi said the area has been known locally as Osaka Way and was originally designed to mark and support the identity of Japantown, and that renaming and large concrete planters in recent concept photos would obstruct pedestrian flow and alter the installation’s character. She urged staff and commissioners to review plans and restore the fountains and sculptural elements rather than replace them.

Commissioners did not take formal action on the public comments during the meeting; the remarks were recorded as part of the general public‑comment period and during the Civic Design Review public comment portion. No staff report was presented at the meeting that committed City funding or a design change in response to the comments, though the director’s report referenced a city budget to return some fountains to working order.

No vote or formal referral was recorded on the record concerning Osaka Way; speakers asked the commission to direct staff to follow up with the project team and to preserve culturally specific design elements in any redesign.","Public commenters at the March 3 Arts Commission meeting asked the city to preserve Ruth Asawa’s Osaka Way installation in Japantown, saying planned redesigns that call the site \"Buchanan Mall\" risk removing Japanese‑era design elements; the Takahashi Foundation offered $1 million toward restoration.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6652769,"Civic Design Review committee endorses Rachel Sullivan Park design, praises early artist collaboration",284,2091000,2375000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2489350-868451257cc9ac9619038dee90e2218c&start=2091&end=2375","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2489350-868451257cc9ac9619038dee90e2218c/thumbnail_2091000.jpg","/articles/6652769/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/Civic-Design-Review-committee-endorses-Rachel-Sullivan-Park-design-praises-early-artist-collaboration","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6652769-172e7af97695e614780cdc194b2a9f27/orig.mp4?Expires=1771126015&Signature=Rs10n7f-rYyBy3-57RWYGsUzewtldREBcVI2YrGj5ystogOSvu~CEE22Vemk5aXC1Csma1pfve987aHhQ86fBYQgHOdU7aMF~MUO1KtFCdYwZh4j-g1gBRJY1rllAr~C14trivYLfdGGH6ZwYkWToEUn-~IlJfcnsh9qcGgVkgzGcczGNKoDFM-U4V-ItzNkZp-8VGD0jYjX72ou6KxwOV9Lr5K3FfdkJa4lkBYkpPQQBmbeWuHIQqpZ2gU6kzxLJAKjgFkffHxjnPweut1nXZBWJIMgKnoQDZIJoPZcMkxWcMg6XOb0u7s1hI68rcrqYXcxlYjCMWZVyciBYi1w2w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Civic Design Review Chair Abby Schneier reported to the full commission that the Civic Design Review (CDR) Committee met Feb. 24 to review the Rachel Sullivan Park project at 11th and Natoma and that the committee approved the project’s Phase materials and design revisions.

Schneier said the project team involved artist Jennifer Wolford early in the park’s design, enabling coordination between an art fence facing Eleventh Street and the park’s multiuse court paving, which will include artist work rather than the previously proposed sunburst placeholder. The committee noted practical changes resulting from cost and constructability reviews: some seat walls will be replaced with benches due to budget considerations, and tamper‑proof hardware and anti‑graffiti measures will be specified for fences and other site features. The project team also showed a complete landscape plan and described a second egress on Natoma Street.

Members praised the project as an example of early artist engagement producing integrated results, and the committee encouraged continued coordination among the artist, project team and maintenance staff as the park moves toward construction.","The Civic Design Review committee reported approval of the Rachel Sullivan Park design at 11th and Natoma, noting successful early integration of artist Jennifer Wolford into site design, adjustments to seating due to cost and anti‑graffiti and security provisions for rolling and art fences.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":115,"_47":116,"_49":117,"_51":118,"_53":119,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":120,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":121,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6652774,"SFO Museum, Visual Arts Committee preview new Terminal 3 opportunities and Art on Market Street plans",0,3221000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2489350-868451257cc9ac9619038dee90e2218c&start=3221&end=3221","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2489350-868451257cc9ac9619038dee90e2218c/thumbnail_3221000.jpg","/articles/6652774/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/SFO-Museum-Visual-Arts-Committee-preview-new-Terminal-3-opportunities-and-Art-on-Market-Street-plans","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6652774-8db6e0a51418d8e56c2ce7c6f7b22abc/orig.mp4?Expires=1771126015&Signature=LpUTV1YhXn85-ykMGQfxU7K~rF0tbjI4PZsWj0~IYR~2KymC2hmuXiTAnRGN5zkLlhBE94DSUyJkVyybiDv9bi9SICJeDkW2yjOG7YL45VMJ20aHkFKW0TUcv0LalRJa22ubPqfbG3igp~xwoIsfPL7GCQzoiAqRcAZbQJch8Wf8S0cn1VNlFcTwBIQrnPpC~zuqYIb-7P9-8CDGEcHcgulavwVV~4TGlp3260gJELZnPh1oKnLUT0Uy91P8-eQ1YaEYsMw3-l7oBsv6WO5Z~GSuIW9imEQW9593QrBp~073YrmgCKXPaWgDyz0KYMJ3tufRbFOWe5fcdi9GxZmoSw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Visual Arts Committee reported on several public‑art initiatives at the March 3 San Francisco Arts Commission meeting, with updates from the San Francisco Airport Museum and staff on Market Street poster programs and Hunters Point artworks.

Jennifer McCabe, director and chief curator of the SFO Museum, presented a short overview of the museum’s work and projects in the airport. VAC reported that there are three art opportunities tied to the Terminal 3 West Modernization Project: a tile or glass art wall approximately 10 feet high by 150 feet wide in a corridor between the International Terminal and Terminal 3; a translucent glass wall area approximately 12 feet by 72 feet in a connector corridor with direct access to Customs; and a potential integrated wall work or large‑format 2‑D piece approximately 16 feet by 14 feet. The Terminal 3 West modernization is a multi‑phased program that includes seismic retrofit and passenger‑amenity upgrades and is slated to open in fall 2027.

The committee approved the project plan for the 2026 Art on Market Street poster series (Now and Then: Living Memories) and reviewed selections for the first installment of the 2025 series, which showcases 10 posters spanning 1994–2021. Staff noted the 2026 RFQ deadline of April 7, 2025 for artists interested in the poster series.

VAC also reviewed a proposed transfer of eight artworks from the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) to the San Francisco Arts Commission collection for the Hunters Point Shipyard phase 1 parks. Staff said acceptance is contingent on a joint community facilities agreement among SFAC, Recreation and Park and OCII; the works were commissioned in 2009 and installed in 2015 and require an ownership and maintenance plan.

The committee reported the installation of Jesse Schlesinger’s Pacific Transit sculptures in the Outer Sunset and discussed ongoing public‑art maintenance work, including multistage conservation and relighting projects. Commissioners praised the scope of SFO’s collection and the museum’s preservation work.","The Visual Arts Committee and the SFO Museum reported on March 3 that Terminal 3 West modernization will present multiple new public‑art opportunities, the 2025 Art on Market Street poster series selections were approved and a plan for the 2026 series was adopted; transfer of Hunters Point Shipyard artworks to city ownership remains continge","actionData","errors"]

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