Director's report: Arts Commission announces grants deadlines, exhibitions and condolences for Dianne Feinstein

Ralph Remington, director of cultural affairs, opened his report with condolences for former San Francisco supervisor, mayor and U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, announcing she would lie in state at City Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and that a funeral service was scheduled for Oct. 5 at Herbst Theater.

Remington then outlined community investment and gallery updates. He listed three active grant opportunities: the Arts Impact Endowment (applications through Oct. 5), the Cultural Equity Initiatives (applications through Nov. 2), and the San Francisco Artist Grant (applications through Nov. 16). Staff are holding informational webinars throughout the application windows and a grants webpage provides application details.

Gallery highlights included the closing of Juana Alicia's exhibition in late September and the opening of "A Public Voice, Uno Vos Publica" at City Hall (on view through July 2024) from the archive of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. Remington also announced an October 19 screening of a new work by filmmaker James Q. Chan at the Main Library and previewed an exhibition "Transcending Physicality, the Essence of Place" opening Oct. 13.

Remington noted that findings from Americans for the Arts' Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 study will be announced Oct. 12 and thanked staff for survey collection. He closed with routine HR updates and said the next full commission meeting is scheduled for Nov. 6.

What happens next: grant application deadlines and informational webinars proceed as scheduled; the commission's staff will share AEP6 results when released.