Status of Third Street Light Rail Central Subway Qualified Artist Pool and 2005-2007 Artist Pool

The artist selection process has been completed for both the pre-qualified Third Street Light Rail Central Subway Artist Pool and the 2005-2007 Artist Pool. As a total of over 800 applications were submitted for both pools, far more than anticipated, the artist selection process for both Artist Pools took far longer than expected. The Arts Commission thanks all the applicants for their patience and interest in our public art projects.

The Third Street Light Rail Central Subway Artist Pool includes thirty national and local artists and artist teams working in a wide variety of media. These artists are now eligible for consideration for public art commissions at the four Central Subway stations. The Arts Commission will present artists' application materials from the Central Subway Artist Pool to independent artist selection panels convened for each station, as they occur. The timeline for the Central Subway, including the artist selection schedule for each station, is expected to be determined by mid-2006.

The Central Subway Artist Pool includes: Vito Acconci; Katherine Aoki; Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt; Jim Campbell and Werner Klotz; James Carpenter; Carl Cheng; Sheila Levant de Bretteville and Glen Cummings; Michele Oka Doner; Janet Echelman; Elwood LLC; Ming Fay; Ann Gardner; Keith Godard; Mags Harries and Lajos Heder; Ralph Helmick and Stuart Schechter; Mildred Howard and John Winder; Christopher Janney; Donald Lipski; Laurie Lundquist; Mike Mandel; Don Merkt; Christian Moeller; Anna Valentina Murch; Tom Otterness; Jody Pinto; Xavier Roux; Susan Schwartzenberg and Michael Davis; Buster Simpson; Po Shu Wang; and Janet Zweig.

The 2005-2007 Artist Pool includes approximately 100 national and local artists and artist teams, as well as the thirty artists from the Central Subway Artist Pool, for a total of 130 artists and artist teams. These artists are eligible for consideration for all public art projects initiated through 2007, including at the airport, in parks, recreation centers, and libraries, and for all other San Francisco City and County public works projects that qualify for art enrichment.

The 2005-2007 Artist Pool includes: Seyed Alavi, Tomie Arai, Deborah G. Ascheim, Alice Aycock, Jo Babcock, Ron Baron, Todd Barricklow, Beep' Inc., J.D. Beltran, Lynda Benglis, Donna Billick/Arthur Gonzales, Jaap Bongers, Sarah Bostwick, Beliz Brother, Cris Bruch, Bill and Mary Buchen, Mark Calderon, Ed Carpenter, James Carpenter, Robert Catalusci, Alfredo Ceibal, Dewey Crumpler, Joyce Dallal, Roberto Delgado, Lewis deSoto, Lisa Dinhofer, Ellen Driscoll, Felipe Dulzaides, Janet Echelman, Electroland, Jackie Ferrara, Claudia Fitch, Christian French, Karen Ganz, Cliff Garten, Sheila Ghidini, Brian Goggin, Red Grooms, Barbara Grygutis, Mags Harries and Lajos Heder, Taraneh Hemami, Robin Hill, Timothy Horn, Oliver Jackson, Amana Brembry Johnson, Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel, Lorna Jordan, Ned Kahn, Jun Kaneko, Anne Marie Karlsen, Mel Katz, Sheila Klein, Paul Kos, Nils Krueger, Gyongy Laky, Mark Lere, Heidi Lippman, Cork Marcheschi, Fran Martin, Walter Martin and Paloma Munoz, Howard Meehan, Mary Miss, Peter Mollica, Gwynn Murrill, Darlene Nguyen-Ely, Al Price, Peter Reiquam, Peter Richards, Kent Roberts, Roxene Rockwell, Isis Rodriguez, John Roloff, Jon Rubin, Jim Sanborn, Norie Sato, Vicki Saulls, Tad Savinar, Jovi Schnell, Leni Schwendinger, Vicki Scuri, Scott Snibbe, Christopher Sproat, Michael Stutz, Athena Tacha, Catherine Wagner, Ann Weber, Elizabeth Cheatham Wild, Otto Youngers, Faye Zhang, and Bob Zoell.