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Arts Commission director highlights new public artworks, Chinatown registry, Maya Angelou monument and grant deadlines
Summary
Director Ralph Remington told commissioners about a new Thomas J. Price sculpture on the Embarcadero, a Chinatown artist registry and workshops, an upcoming Maya Angelou monument unveiling, Cultural Ambassadors and grant deadlines, gallery and public-art comment periods, staffing hires, and budget and strategic-planning updates.
Director of Cultural Affairs Ralph Remington delivered the August director's report, highlighting recent public-art activity, community programs and administrative updates.
Remington noted that on July 9 the commission and Port of San Francisco unveiled Thomas J. Price—-foot bronze sculpture "Sounds Turn to Noise" on the Embarcadero Promenade at Pier 1; the piece will remain on view through January 2025. Public art staff and Port representatives were present at the unveiling. Commissioners later asked about signage and public interaction; Mary Chu (public art program director) and communications director Koma Tej said temporary signage will be replaced by larger signs with QR codes that link to artist information and requested language from the Port discouraging climbing for liability reasons.
Remington also announced the launch of a Chinatown artist registry request for qualifications (RFQ) in partnership with Mayor London Breed's office and the Chinese Culture Center; technical pre-application workshops will be offered in English and Chinese, including a virtual session Aug. 6 and an in-person session Aug. 13, with an RFQ deadline of Sept. 11, 2024 at 5 p.m. He described a series of community-investment activities, including recruitment for a Cultural Ambassadors program to promote the 2025 Arts Impact Endowment and Cultural Equity Grant opportunities (application deadline Aug. 19, 2024 at 5 p.m.).
Other announcements included gallery exhibition dates (Praxis of Local Knowledge through Aug. 17, 2024; public voice exhibition through Sept. 27, 2024), public-art comment windows for Mission Bay School and other projects (deadlines Aug. 5 and Aug. 19 listed), HR updates naming Theo Lau as a new program associate in galleries, a balanced budget signed by Mayor Breed on Aug. 1, and selection of AMS Planning Research as the strategic planning consultant with work resuming mid-August.
Remington closed by inviting questions; commissioners praised recent installations and public-art access at SFO and discussed outreach and interpretation options for the new works. No formal decisions were made in the report section; items requiring action (RFQ deadlines, grant applications and public comment periods) were noted for stakeholder follow-up.
