VAN NESS AVENUE BUS RAPID TRANSIT PUBLIC ART PROJECT PANEL SUMMARY

QUALIFICATION PANELS July 31, 2013, and August 2, 2013 Voting Selection Panelists: Brooke Kellaway, Independent Curator Jill Manton, Director of Public Art Trust and Special Initiatives, San Francisco Arts Commission Renny Pritikin, California College of the Arts faculty *Zoë Taleporos, Public Art Program Associate, San Francisco Arts Commission *Justine Topfer, Public Art Project Manager, San Francisco Arts Commission *(sharing one vote) Process: Panel reviewed the qualifications of 170 artists that responded to the project Request for Qualifications (RFQ). Round one voting yielded 29 semi-finalists based on the criteria of artistic excellence (1-10, 1=low score). Panel discussed and scored the semifinalists’ qualifications relative to the advertised criteria in the RFQ.   

Artistic excellence (1-10) Appropriate to project goals (1-10) Professional experience (1-10)

Round two voting yielded 13 finalists. The finalists were those artists whose scores were within a competitive range. Round Two Voting Results: Jorge Pardo Norie Sato Sheila Klein Lisa Iwamoto Janet Zweig Alice Aycock Ball-Nogues Jun Kaneko Rosario Marquardt Buster Simpson Adriane Colburn Marc Fornes Kipp Kobayashi

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ARTIST SELECTION PANEL ONE August 6, 2013 Voting Selection Panelists: Michael Arcega, Artist Dorka Keehn, Arts Commissioner Judy Moran, Public Art Consultant Marc Pally, Public Art Curator and Artistic Director, Glow *Peter Gabancho, Project Manager, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority *Tess Kavanagh, Project Manager, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority William Kwan, Project Architect, Department of Public Works

Amy Ress, Community Representative *(sharing one vote) Process: Panel reviewed and scored the qualifications of 13 artists selected by the Qualification Panel relative to the advertised criteria in the RFQ.   

Artistic excellence (1-10) Appropriate to project goals (1-10) Professional experience (1-10)

Round one voting yielded 7 semi-finalists. Panel discussed and scored the semifinalists’ qualifications relative to the advertised criteria in the RFQ. Round two voting yielded 3 finalists. The finalists were those artists whose scores were within a competitive range. Round Two Voting Results: Janet Zweig 175 Jorge Pardo 163 Norie Sato 154

ARTIST SELECTION PANEL TWO August 14, 2013 Voting Selection Panelists: Michael Arcega, Artist Dorka Keehn, Arts Commissioner Judy Moran, Public Art Consultant Marc Pally, Public Art Curator and Artistic Director, Glow *Peter Gabancho, Project Manager, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority *Tess Kavanagh, Project Manager, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority William Kwan, Project Architect, Department of Public Works Amy Ress, Community Representative *(sharing one vote) Process: The three finalists interviewed for the opportunity to develop a conceptual proposal for the project. They discussed their past projects, their interest in the Van Ness BRT public art opportunity, and any initial ideas/approaches they were considering for the project. The panel discussed the finalists and scored them in relation to the following criteria:   

Artistic excellence (1-10) Appropriate to project goals (1-10) Professional approach (1-5)

The highest scored artist was selected for recommendation to the Arts Commission. Voting Results: Jorge Pardo Norie Sato Janet Zweig

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ARTS COMMISSION APPROVAL Motion: Motion to approve the selection of Jorge Pardo for the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Public Art Project as recommended by the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Public Art Selection Panel. Motion: Motion to authorize the Director of Cultural Affairs to enter into contract with Jorge Pardo for an amount not to exceed $25,000 to work in consultation with the project design team in order to create an artwork proposal for the Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Public Art Project.

Selection Panel Two Public Art Opportunity for the VN-BRT

Sutter Street Station 1

LACMA Precolumbian Galleries [2007, Los Angeles, USA]

LACMA9: Film Lab [2013, Los Angeles, USA]

Penelope [2002, Liverpool, UK]

Pier [1997,Münster, Germany]

Pier [1997,Münster, Germany]