our guest today is mary chu, and she's here to talk with us about art and the san francisco art commissions chu. >> thanks for having me. >> it's great to have you. let's talk about art in the city and how art installations are funded. >> the arts committee was funded in 1932 and support civic review, design investments and art galleries. projects we have are funded by the city's art enrichment ordinance which provides 2% of construction costs for public art. >> so art is tied to construction. there's been a great deal in the southwest of the city. can you talk about some of the projects there? >> sure. our city has some exciting projected in the bayview-hunters point coming up. one artist created a photo collage. in the picture pavilion, one artist formed a collage of her one-year residency coming together with residents, and anchoring the new center is a landmark bronze sculpture, inspired by traditional ivory coast currency which the artists significantly enlarges to mark that it's a predominantly african american community in bayview hunters point. >> are there any art installations ar

mary chu.mary chu. jackie von tresko who worked tirelessly with project stakeholders and artists to see themselves if this project through this work. thank you so much. enjoy the work. enjoy your community center. have a ball! thank you everybody! >> before we go back to dr. frommer, i want to acknowledge we have three of our puc commissioners here. two are new. we have tim paulson. kate stacy and tony revera who are our new commissioners and we're happy to have you here. thanks very much. >> all right. you guys be quie oat. this building is a a piece of art. let's give the building a hand! you know, i had my wedding reception at 1800 oakdale. my memories go deep. i think about the new memories that you're going to make. we feed a place for events. right? and i'm always going to remember that memory from there. now we have a new facility to create new memories. we're honored and want to thank. i want to acknowledge the southeast community center team lead by emily farr rogers. larry barrie conc

our guest today is mary chu, and she's here to talk with us about art and the san francisco art commission. well come, miss chu. >> thanks for having me. >> it's great to have you. let's talk about art in the city and how art installations are funded. >> the arts committee was funded in 1932 and support civic review, design investments and art galleries. projects we have are funded by the city's art enrichment ordinance which provides 2% of construction costs for public art. >> so art is tied to construction. there's been a great deal in the southwest of the city. can you talk about some of the projects there? >> sure. our city has some exciting projected in the bayview-hunters point coming up. one artist created a photo collage. in the picture pavilion, one artist formed a collage of her one-year residency coming together with residents, and anchoring the new center is a landmark bronze sculpture, inspired by traditional ivory coast currency which the artists significantly enlarges to mark that it's a predominantly african american community in bayview hunters point. >> are there any art

our guest today is mary chu, and she's here to talk with us about art and the san francisco art commission. well come, miss chu. >> thanks for having me. >> it's great to have you. let's talk about art in the city and how art installations are funded. >> the arts committee was funded in 1932 and support civic review, design investments and art galleries. projects we have are funded by the city's art enrichment ordinance which provides 2% of construction costs for public art. >> so art is tied to construction. there's been a great deal in the southwest of the city. can you talk about some of the projects there? >> sure. our city has some exciting projected in the bayview-hunters point coming up. one artist created a photo collage. in the picture pavilion, one artist formed a collage of her one-year residency coming together with residents, and anchoring the new center is a landmark bronze sculpture, inspired by traditional ivory coast currency which the artists significantly enlarges to mark that it's a predominantly african american community in bayview hunters point. >> are there any art

our guest today is mary chu, and she's here to talk with us about art and the san francisco art commission. well come, miss chu. >> thanks for having me. >> it's great to have you. let's talk about art in the city and how art installations are funded. >> the arts committee was funded in 1932 and support civic review, design investments and art galleries. projects we have are funded by the city's art enrichment ordinance which provides 2% of construction costs for public art. >> so art is tied to construction. there's been a great deal in the southwest of the city. can you talk about some of the projects there? >> sure. our city has some exciting projected in the bayview-hunters point coming up. one artist created a photo collage. in the picture pavilion, one artist formed a collage of her one-year residency coming together with residents, and anchoring the new center is a landmark bronze sculpture, inspired by traditional ivory coast currency which the artists significantly enlarges to mark that it's a predominantly african american community in bayview hunters point. >> are there any art

curator of the -- mary co-curated the museums slavery exhibit and served as content development for their digital humanities project, the search for a museum. -- doctor elizabeth chu was unable to attend today, and doctor sarah barnett will be joining the panel. doctor bart harper associated research -- our next panelists, andrew davenport, is the public historian at the thomas jefferson foundation and manager of the -- oral history project at monticello. he's currently a ph.d. candidate at georgetown university. our final panelist as my colleague, lena, man historical -- focuses on the enslaved individuals that built, lived and worked in the white house. please join me in welcoming our panelists to the stage. [applause] good afternoon. that's nice unenthusiastic after that wonderful lunch. i actually thought, is there enough room? well it's a pleasure to be here this afternoon and we have a wonderful conversation that is going to unfold on stage. i'm really honored to be on stage with our panelists today. today, there is excitement, intention in the air when it comes to interpreting american history in the 21st century. the american story is being told through a