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

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 communityenter team lead by emily farr rogers. larry barrie concep

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 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 instal

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

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

mary chu.ko 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 concepty director. jason barc