ms. mary howard, for they wait ronnie montrose come off for the late margaret mccarthy. and at the suggestion of supervisor elsbernd and the full board, for the late supervisor, hal brown. president chiu: i want to thank sfgov tv for coverage. i know that years ago used to broadcast these meetings and we welcome you back to the board chamber. with that, is there any more business? >> that includes the business for today. president chiu: we're adjourned for this evening. [gavel] thank you. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this

ms. mary howard, for they wait ronnie montrose come off for the late margaret mccarthy. and at the suggestion of supervisor elsbernd and the full board, for the late supervisor, hal brown. president chiu: i want to thank sfgov tv for coverage. i know that years ago used to broadcast these meetings and we welcome you back to the board chamber. with that, is there any more business? >> that includes the business for today. president chiu: we're adjourned for this evening. [gavel] thank you. >> there has been an acknowledgement of the special places around san francisco bay. well, there is something sort of innate in human beings, i think, that tend to recognize a good spot when you see it, a spot that takes your breath away. this is one of them. >> an icon of the new deal. >> we stood here a week ago and we heard all of these dignitaries talk about the symbol that coit tower is for san francisco. it's interesting for those of us in the pioneer park project is trying to make the point that not only the tower, not only this man-built edifice here is a symbol of the city but

ms. mary howard, for they wait ronnie montrose come off for the late margaret mccarthy. and at the suggestion of supervisor elsbernd and the full board, for the late supervisor, hal brown. president chiu: i want to thank sfgov tv for coverage. i know that years ago used to broadcast these meetings and we welcome you back to the board chamber. with that, is there any more business? >> that includes the business for today. president chiu: we're adjourned for this evening. [gavel] thank you. after school at 3. . 30 i hop on the bus and go to work with kids. i didn't realize i was going to get up that early for the rest of my life. >> it's hard to get good jobs. you can get well paid working at restaurants i was making good money that's not my 50 year goal working as a waitress. it would be better to have something to fall back on i wanted something where i would in 10 years accumulate properties. >> 3 months is a long time to be busy all day. i'm putting myself further in debt with the understanding it's worth the sacrifice. eating raman for 3 months. it's not fun but i thi

ms. mary howard, for they wait ronnie montrose come off for the late margaret mccarthy. and at the suggestion of supervisor elsbernd and the full board, for the late supervisor, hal brown. president chiu: i want to thank sfgov tv for coverage. i know that years ago used to broadcast these meetings and we welcome you back to the board chamber. with that, is there any more business? >> that includes the business for today. president chiu: we're adjourned for this evening. [gavel] thank you. >> welcome to "culturewire." today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility.

mary howard. ms.the mother of ms. clark. >> seeing no other names, that concludes introductions. the next is the opportunity for the public to address the board. including those items on the adoption without committee reference. the portion of the agenda and excluding those items that have been considered by a board committee. speakers using translation assistance will be allowed twice the amount of time. if a member of the public would like a document to be displayed, please clearly state such and remove the document when the screen returns to live coverage of the meeting. president chiu: why don't we hear from members of the public. you have two minutes unless you are translating into another language. let's hear from the first speaker. >> [speaking foreign language] we have problem -- [speaking foreign language] it is my pleasure to talk with you about what is going on here, in san francisco. as you know, i am [unintelligible] in the last month, the u.s. has lost a great singer, whitney houston. you can see her picture on my t- shirt. i am a fan. i want to tell you the truth.

ms. mary howard, for they wait ronnie montrose come off for the late margaret mccarthy. and at the suggestion of supervisor elsbernd and the full board, for the late supervisor, hal brown. president chiu: i want to thank sfgov tv for coverage. i know that years ago used to broadcast these meetings and we welcome you back to the board chamber. with that, is there any more business? >> that includes the business for today. president chiu: we're adjourned for this evening. [gavel] thank you. >> when stephen de staebler died, he was working on one of the biggest shows of his career, matter and spirit. it is a retrospective look at the many faces and faces of the life of an innovative artist from the california clay movement. stephen de staebler's developed in an area dominated by abstract expression. even his peers saw his form. >> he was able to find a middle ground in which he balanced the ideas of human figuration and representation with abstraction and found it even more meaningful to negotiate that duality. >> another challenge was to create art from a meeting that was