it has been the most satisfying end of gratifying activity that i have been involved in. and i can speak for the hunters point community. art brings a sense of pride. art also brings children and the age breakdown factor together. it has been a wonderful experience. given that the america's cup is going to be upon us in the next year or two, i encourage you guys to strongly consider arts and culture being at the focal point. i appreciate what brother robert spoke of, water being the barrier of all of us. i believe that we can tell the story about what is here in san

francisco. and people come to visit, they need to know there is more than fisherman's wharf. there is excitement going on throughout the entire city. i moved here just a month ago because i enjoy all of the activities that happen in my neighborhood. [chime] think you for acknowledging the bayview hunters point in the southeast sector. he said to them, i didn't hear you mention the bayview. please reach out to us, thank you. >> i work out of district 6. i directed the carpetbag brigade physical theater company. we are presently in the middle of a three-year collaborative creation process with a colombian group. we're preparing a performance

this spring. including san francisco during the america's cup the type of value that brings to large-scale performing arts festivals. it is a low maintenance form of bringing the performing arts to diversification's and invigorating community involvement. frequently, location's use our natural gathering spots or recognized areas of public interaction. a requires only chordata promotion, a sound system, in neighborhood organization, and quality driven artists. in to adapt to the environment and to be presented in multiple locations within the city over a short time to give maximum exposure to the artist and a maximum value out of the

organizers. in my travels with my company, particularly south america, we are typically but for diverse neighborhoods while participating in a larger festival. by bringing performances, the festival is able to establish a stronger and intimate relationship with its citizens and neighborhoods that begin to identify with in the event and create a sense of goodwill and interest. and network the percentage of direct contact with the performances into the stage and media oriented aspects. in conjunction with the sentences go international arts festival, i like to see animal and to help organize a series of sight of the news that would provide a free outdoor performances consistently, same day same time each week. what i would like to imagining

is a venue in each district in the city in court in performances happening to the entirety of america's cup. supervisor mar: the last card, richard -- we have another hearing on formula retail coming up quickly, so try to do your best. >> i am one of the founders of the neighborhood arts program in san francisco. we had a lot of meetings at the house to decide how to get young people college age and younger out into the neighborhoods and create. in 1967, we got jack morrison and others to support this.

it was called the best thing the arts commission has ever done, and maybe the only good thing the arts commission has ever done. it is shameful that they are not representing themselves here today. there is a new director of cultural affairs this afternoon, and it is just a criminal, to of all lack -- how faded that is. it is an entry-level position. you have to put a fire under them. supervisor mar: stephen as well. >> good afternoon. i'm actually a visual artist here in the bay view. from the city of san francisco,

i grew up all over the city. i am here on behalf of local artists, and many that are underserved by a lot of the events that are thrown through of the city, in the sense that the local artists still have to scrounge in to be the concept of a struggling artist. the city of san francisco is known and by its creativity. imagine san francisco without creativity is like a child without creativity. this event is a great event that will help the many artists as to work with the youth guidance center. many are lacking opportunities. many are very creative and they don't have these types of opportunities with they can reach the world. i urge you to get on the good foot and really try to push

forward us being able to give the youth opportunity as well as local artists. >> thank you for talking about this really important issue. i am the president of the san francisco arts democratic club. i have been living and working in the city with a lot of these folks over the years. this presents an opportunity to shine with our arts community to use the arts to create economic stimulus in other neighborhoods and make sure that all of san francisco shares in this opportunity. a lot of us have been talking about this issue, the international arts festival being one of them. there are many organizations that hold programming that could actually be participating in this event. what we are suggesting is what

the person from mr. martin was presenting, to collaborate, to promote, and focused infrastructure on transit, using the arts to bring people out to the neighborhoods. in the north mission, south of market with the entertainment venues, bayview, hunters point, car arts activities, theaters, galleries, artists' studios where we can invite them in the programming and work on some sort of collaborative of reach to let people know. this is something you guys should think about. technology. we are giving a lot of attention to tax breaks. does the time to get them on board with augmented reality so that anyone can know what our events are around them.

we encourage agreeing grants for the arts commission, and members from the community. this will help promote the event. if we have the arts and assailing at one of them, how our city will shine. >> i live in district 8, the founder and artistic director of the contemporary dance company in district 6. i representing myself and other local artists are participating in multi-year international projects. and also to share some information about the lead time that is necessary for coordinating and implementing projects. we will perform through nine cities throughout russia, a program of the u.s. state department and increasing the awareness of contemporary arts in russia.

it will be collaboration with local dancers and the russian performers to san francisco in 2013. a begin planning and fund- raising in 2010, and it has taken two years to coordinate the efforts of 30 different partner in organizations. we raised more than $40,000 for our project. because of the complicated nature of organized programming, it requires far more time and energy. the other local artists have also planned compelling projects for 2013 and are focused on bringing rich experiences to the communities and audiences of san francisco. miss roman has raised $30,000 for her project, and larry reed has raised $45,000. as planning for the 2013

america's cup continues, consider a meaningful arts festival while preventing -- providing enough time to create a festival will significantly benefit the people of san francisco. >> i am the artistic director of a theater company and a direct large-scale aside performances. i have been sparring with the state and national park service's create large-scale programming on alcatraz island and other areas. i create large parts programming there. he had basically, i just feel that any world-class sporting event should be accompanied by world-class parts of that. it is the part that people will remember and it is the part that will distinguish this from any other, and it is what people will remember. i will create a spectacular

performance using the historic vessels there has flooding stages. we will be center stage, and i am hoping that other artists will be supported and encouraged to do the same. that kind of our programming is happening throughout the city. certainly, having a show that use day after the races to see keeps you in the area longer and encourages you and your family to get better or stay and the hotels. there are a lot of promises about the economic stimulus, and with are being spectacular and meaningful and helping to increase had been hence the significance of the races for people that may not be interested will stay in the area and patronize the local economy. i am excited to get people on the water. thank you. >> i am the executive director

of rhythmic cultural works of the island nation of alameda across the bay. i am here to encourage everyone to think of no more regional scale and is not exclusive to san francisco. we're the only nonprofit community arts center presenting visual arts on the island where we are located. that is very uniquely positioned to be a major transportation hub and thoroughfare. our organization present a lot of local san francisco and the bay area artists as well. we're already working with our local city officials handle local businesses to try to court made some pretty spectacular events that we hope will also be

on the other side of the waterfront. it would be at all of our best interests as you try to offload some of the extra visitors that need to get back to their accommodations, perhaps on the other side of the day, a coordinate efforts with calendars and other ways for people to be able to be aware of the activities happening on both sides of the day. thank you for your consideration and for having this meeting. >> i work at new conservatory theatre center. there is a lot of talk about children and the arts, and i think that we should think for the that the festival. i love the festival idea, but i think there is a lot of money coming into the city that its technology based in studies show

that young people who are given the arts and early age are great critical thinkers. what i would love to see is a legacy to bring a high school for the performing arts back to the civic center as part of the mid market corridor. thank you. >> the chair needs to go make a vote. >> after the end of this item. thank you, supervisor cohen. the next hearing can begin after the short break. please continue. >> i spent eight years on the board at 10 years as the

executive director of the bayview opera house. during my time on the planning commission, i was the president. i know a lot about what we as a city hope to achieve through the arts policy in the planning cut. one of those things the arts commission was looking at what could be achieved through america's cup is doing arts festival for the city, which would tie in extremely well with all of these wonderful arts groups and people who are behind us that have spoken today being able to benefit from it. i would hope you would look at the economic peace and generally what happens when an event of this type goes into the city, whether it's the olympics or what have you, as soon as it is gone, there is a crash in the of economy. the restaurants that were being supported are no longer

supported and the neighborhoods being supported, the people are not there to keep them going. the arts are going to be the thing that keeps the tabrets going. if you attach that what we are doing, you're going to create a viable and economically strong arts organization in the city that will be able to feed people into the restaurants and businesses we will be developing with america's cup. [tone] there are two people who were here from the arts commission. arts commission people were here in the room and i hope that you please questioned the authority about the reallocation of hotel tax funds. that money is what the art organizations need to survive and thrive and we don't want to create a situation where we start redirecting it for special events and the arts organizations suffer. [tone]

>> good afternoon, supervisors. i have recently relocated back to san francisco. my background is in theater of and production and a working artist. i have worked on a show in china and the show is similar to acirque du soliel show. i'm speaking to you on behalf of funding. allocating municipal funding for america's cut arts programs is integral. i mention my background as we see cirque du soliel in town and funding from montreal, we have seen what they become and what the city invests in the

logistics and we see what the returns are. we have heard all afternoon about the value of parts in the america's cup and it sounds to me like what we really need is the city to step up and say this is how much funding we have and when it is going to be available. i'm assuming it has not been done already. a few aspects of funding that would be interest are jobs in creation of new arts and performances. [tone] it is easy to hire a producer and contract existing work. this is like going to the store to buy a pre made soup, -- a pre made a suit, but when you want a good suit, you have a custom- made. it is imperative to focus on a collaboration of existing arts and organizations to allow for new work a lot of the experience of the olympics and other mentions we have been hearing

this afternoon. [tone] if you have not heard of these festivals, i recommend you research them and the impact they bring to their cities globally. supervisor mar: i think this is the last speaker. >> i'm an ardent advocate and special producer for burning man and i have been involved in some of the fund-raising efforts have brought temporary part -- temporary art pat and where the gothic rock ship was brought to the park. we have the opportunity to feature in use are and entertainment as supervisor wiener mentioned -- there's an important component of this. we can use arts and entertainment programming to distribute the population of visitors. like many here, i feel that

local art and entertainment should form an important cornerstone of the america's cup plan. we have seen that burning man over a period of two decades that having a large community gathering balanced with distributed participation has led to a healthy cultural art experience with a temporary city based upon our and expression. i would urge there be a balance of a larger central plan and a format for decentralized, creative and cultural and community engagement. the third point is i would like to caution that any infrastructure investment and support of america's cup useful to residents after america's cup. there's often a tendency to over invest in normally larger than needed structures. we have seen paths to engage different areas of the city and

public green spaces and potentially a public amphitheater along the waterfront that might be used for an additional cultural engagement without sound issues which often challenged many of us and the creative community who wish to express ourselves without annoying neighbors. i hope we can be a part of the solution. [tone] supervisor mar: i want to thank all of the creative people have come today. the breath of fresh air and the artists and arts organizations are with us in city hall. my hope is that the event authority and the port and the other entities involved can work alongside the arts groups and individuals to develop that comprehensive, city-wide arts and culture program that would benefit the america's cup and the whole city. i also want to say that my hope is that we can follow up with this hearing in two months around early february where

hopefully there will be more meat on the bones. but i want to thank mike martin from the office of economic and work-force development. thank you for being here and presenting. also, my hope is of conversations can continue on as we have started from earlier this year. colleagues, did you have any comments? supervisor wiener: i want to thank everyone for coming out. in terms of my previous comment, i know the entertainment division has had some involvement so far. i think it was recently a meeting with the office of small business and entertainment commission convened so that the club and are operators knew what was going on. i think it's important to include the entertainment commission intimately because that is the way to not only get the word out but help make sure that when visitors come, they know of all the opportunities for entertainment around the

city, including the clubs and bars as well as the cultural and arts offerings. i think someone mentioned or maybe i just heard -- even if it is just an app that allows people to know everything that's going on in the city, working with the entertainment commission on that would be great. supervisor mar: i want to thank everyone for gathering up quite a few of the arts organizations. what a great representation that was here today. supervisor cohen: i also wanted to echo the representatives from the arts. it was a good committee meeting and i encourage you to come back. supervisor mar: it is exciting, the ideas people have brought forward. i hope we can put it together for this like other cities like los angeles or atlanta have had. can we continue this item to the call of the chair without

objection? within two months to have an update from the various departments? i would like to ask for a five or 10 minute recess and the next item will start at that time. thank you.