you have fabulous exhibits.here is one i want to talk about, "seeing gertrude stein." >> gertrude stein is a local woman. she was raised in oakland. she was an extraordinary individual who helped create -- many people call for the mother of modernism. years ago, i was introduced to someone doing research on her. i thought it would be an extraordinary exposition to take her and understand her at all for complexity. that is what we have on view during the summer of 2011. >> it is full of wonderful drawings, paintings, and sculpture. >> there is incredible art on view. we have photographs. we have sculpture. we have a lot of different things. we have a little something made for her by picasso. there are five different ways of looking at her life. it is not in chronological installation. it is looking at how she is portrayed in help artists, painters, and photographers presented her and how she thought about her own style and presentation. many people think she always had short hair. it was not until she was 52 that

our temporary exhibition program is one that we are restructuring. i have been here now for about a year and a few months, and as a former curator, i'm very interested in this aspect of developing the visual arts program. part of what we are looking at is using the four core seems that define our program -- origins, migration and movement, transformation, an adaptation -- as a framework for our thinking about the kinds of exhibits we present. >> we want everybody to come and see the permanent exhibition. there might be a special opportunity to visit with the current show that you currently have, which is constructing the jazz tradition, which is a very striking exhibition of quilts. >> it is a compelling exhibit on a number of different levels. visually, it is compelling. in terms of the subject matter, in terms of the approach to materials, it is so rich and diverse. it is a colorful show, a show that is deep in content, and we know something of the history of the "'s tradition within the african-american community. it is a tradition that came from

-- our colossal exhibition. as we put these together each season, they may change depending on the programs. the programs are not determine not only by staff, but a loose knit informal set up committees, which represents big holders of each of those exhibitions, the that thbe that be france or whatever. they serve as input, as well as ambassadors coming into their constituencies to advertise the programs. we also use all efforts and resources in our command in terms of marketing and public resources to target vercommunits that we believe would have a great interest in our programming for a particular set of friday night's. as i said, what we thought would be particularly good at ol mec was to get free admission for seven nights in a row. we advertise that all of the hispanic and spanish-language publications that were available to us, as well as all of the social networking outlets that were pertinent as well. so it is noot a broad brush, but rather more targeted marketing the we were the constituents might be i

vice president garcia: do you have a copy of exhibit 1? if you would refer to that, if you do not mind. commissioner fung: no. so if you would look at the site/roof plan. site and roof plan. so your house is -- looking at that sheet, your house is to the right of the murphy's. to the bottom of the image related to your floor plan, you see a series of lines that show a recess from the property line going in an eastward direction. that represents -- >> that is a stairway. commissioner fung: that is a stairway? >> yes, a widening stairwell going up to the second floor. commissioner fung: where are the windows located? >> there are windows right along, right where the staialond of that, -- the outer end of that is part of a deck. that is like a glass wall there. as you go up to the second floor -- actually, in the first floor, if you keep going where the.is -- the dot is, that is where you will find a lot of skylights. i have a big skylight as well that goes down to the garage, and a large eight by six window in the dining room. all along here

exhibition in the world. -- antiquities exhibition in the world. our goal is to bring to all san franciscans the highest quality of art throughout the world. our special exhibition program represent really major ongoing financial investments on behalf of the museums, and i do want to say that in many cases we provide the only opportunity to come face to face with great works of art from throughout the world to thousands of san francisco and who will never have the opportunity to see them in paris, london, rome, st. petersburg, and points beyond. are consecutive exhibitions -- our consecutive exhibitions which straddled the past couple of years had 900,000 visitors, and researching and excavating we know that 93% of those visitors came from outside the immediate city of san francisco area. and thereby we know making a major economic impact on the city of san francisco. for this fiscal year, 2010/2011 about to wind up we anticipate the visitation will be about 2,200,000 visitors. 1.7 million of whom will have entered our buildings for free, which is

in our first floor exhibition space, we have an exhibition on the work of charlotte sullivan. she was a young artist in berlin. the nazis came into power. her parents sent her to the south of france to live with her grandparents. she put herself in a room for about 18 months and created 1200 small paintings telling her life story through a kind of reflection. it is another example of the way we try to bring a wide range of art and experiences to our public. we want them to find something meaningful to them. >> your institution has been in this neighborhood for three years. how do you like the neighborhood? >> this is the best neighborhood. we are the luckiest city in the world to have this kind of cultural district, to have so many museums and cultural institutions. the center of our tourist life is here because this is where the convention center is. people from near and far can be introduced to the richness of the bay area. it is so wonderful and unique. >> the city thanks you for providing such wonderful leadership and vision. >> we're so happy to be part of the city and so

this program is in connection with an exhibit, two exhibits, that we have up on the 6th floor. the first one is called if they came for me today, the japanese american internment project, and also we have another exhibition called relocation and resiliency, the japanese american internment in california. and both of those are up on the 6th floor and this is the last week, so if you haven't a chance to see these exhibits yet, we really encourage you to go on up and see them because they will be closing on sunday. we really want to thank community works for bringing the exhibit if they came for me today to the san francisco public library. and here to tell you a little bit more about community works is ruth morgan, so help me welcome ruth morgan. thank you. . >> thank you. i do hope that if you haven't seen the exhibit, you will go up to the skylight gallery and see it. the project actually involved over 225 young people who studied the japanese internment through the personal stories of 15 people who were interned or impacted by the internment. and the exhibition highlights the

this is the whole moment, their exhibition on the collections, but at the contemporary jewish museum you ged the inside life. it is filled with photographs, and materials and some of her clothing. you discover who she was as a writer, collector, as somebody who was really part of the birth of modernism in the western world. it is really quite extraordinary. >> for people who vaguely understand some of the vocabulary but don't know, what is modernism. >> it is breaking away from the past. stein love today claim she discovered picasso, and it was a whole new level of art making in the beginning of the 20th century. she was a writer who liked to think about writing very different way than anybody else before her. so in this exhibition at the contemporary jewish museum you get to discover all of these different aspectsover her. and the way in which she still has an extraordinary legacy that continues today that inspires art and writers and poets, and musicians and dancers. she really has this ability to really tap into people's creative creativity. >> what is it about her that keeps her

." >> to learn more about the exhibition and other upcoming events, visit the website. thank you for watching "culture >> good morning, and welcome to the continuing meeting of the budget and finance committee. i am carmen chu, with chiu, mirkarimi, and supervisor kim is chairing the rules committee. victor young is the clerk. we have a substitute. do we hvave announcements? >> all people add -- attending this meeting are required to turn off telephones and pagers, and if you have a document for this meeting -- >> just a comment to members of the public, we have been making comments every day that we have had budget committee hearings, and a budget hearing will begin on friday, and those who are interested in the testing, public, will be on friday. we will finish with all public comment on friday. the public comment is on friday. can you call item, item one to 12. >> the annual salary ordnance for the fiscal year ending june 12, 2013 for the airports and ports commission, item number two, this is for the fiscal year ending june 2012. the airports and ports commission an