CITY OF OAKLAND
CITY HALL • 1 FRANK H. OGAWA PLAZA, 3rd FLOOR • OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94612 Office of the Mayor
Honorable Libby Schaaf
Mayor
( 510) 238-31 4 1
Fax (510) 238-4731
January 20, 2021
The Honorable City Council
One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Second Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Letter of Appointment
Dear President Bas and members of the City Council:
Pursuant to City Charter Section 601, the Mayor has appoin~ed the following person as a member of the following board or commission, subject to City Council confirmation:
Cultural Affairs Commission
Arnell Pleasants, to serve a three-year term on the Cultural Affairs Commission beginning October 1, 2019 and ending September 30, 2022 filling the seat previously held by Michael Orange.
Shannon Price, to serve a three-year term on the Cultural Affairs Commission beginning October 1, 2020 and ending September 30, 2023 filling the seat previously held by Charmin Roundtree-Baaqee.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
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Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S.
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INTRODUCED BY MAYOR LIBBY SCHAAF
RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF
ARNELL PLEASANTS AND SHANNON PRICE TO THE CULTURAL
AFFAIRS COMMISSION
WHEREAS, Section 601 of the City Chaiier provides that members of City boards and commissions shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to confirmation by the affirmative vote of five members of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 11323 C.M.S., amended by Ordinance Nos. 11778 C.M.S. and 13561 C.M.S., establishes the Cultural Affairs Commission as a professionally qualified citizen committee responsible for advising the City regarding all matters affecting arts and cultural development in the City of Oakland; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 13561 C.M.S provides that all terms shall commence on October 1 and end on September 30, and for the initial appointment only, four members shall be appointed for a three-year term, four members shall be appointed for a two-year term, and three members shall be appointed for a one-year term, and thereafter, all appointments shall be for three years; and
\VHEREAS, Ordinance No. 13561 C.M.S. provides that no person shall be appointed to serve as a member of the Culh1ral Affairs Commission for more than two consecutive three-year terms plus any initial term of less than two years; and WHEREAS, the Honorable Mayor Libby Schaaf has appointed Arnell Pleasants and Shannon Price to serve a three-year term on the Cultural Affairs Commission; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby confim1s the Mayor's appointment of:
Arnell Pleasants, to serve a three-year term on the Cultural Affairs Commission beginning October 1, 2019 and ending September 30, 2022 filling the seat previously held by Michael Orange.
Shannon Price, to serve a three-year tem1 on the Cultural Affairs Commission beginning October 1, 2020 and ending September 30, 2023 filling the seat previously held by Charmin Roundtree Baaqee.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES- FIFE, GALLO, KALB, KAPLAN, REID, TAYLOR, THAO AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
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Arnell K Pleasants
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Submit Date: Apr 08, 2021
I have been a participant and producer in Oakland's entertainment and cultural enrichment community for the last decade. I've been deeply involved in the Art and Soul Festival, stage managing the Gospel Stage.· I manage artists that have performed at this event and the. Black Joy Para~e. I've produced events that have been hosted at several Oakland venues. I've sang and assisted with marketing and events with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir and have been a consultant with Skyline High School's theater and music department. As a teenager, I was one of the producers of "Our World: The Children of Oakland" photo essay book by award-winning photographer, Marianne Thomas Speaking more personally, I am a native Oaklander and have a deep affinity for Oakland in its myriad displays of beauty Please submit your resume or curriculum vitae. You may upload a document. (A Word format is preferred.) Alternatively, you may paste the text of your resume in the field provided below. ·
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I am an art, design, and fashion curator, educator, and historian with extensive leadership experience @ The Metropolitan M.useum of Art, Pratt Institute, and Parsonsrrhe ·New School.· 1 am a systems-think.ing change-mak~f who thrives in cross-cultural qollaborative environments where I can drive institutional strategic, creative, and social impac;:t. I recently moved back home to Oakland after 20 years in NYC and would like nothing more than to bring my experience to my hometown, which has always been a cultural and creative center. I have spent qtiarantine facilitating my school-aged daughter's education, teaching . online, and laying the groundwork for the nextphase of.my career by pursuing an Executive Leadership Certificate in No.nprofit Mariagemerit at Georg~town University. Now that we may be seeing the light at . the end of the tunnel, J am seeking new opportunities to reimagine the role of art and design in our institutions and communities. Oakland is becoming increasingly known for its fashion and design ai:id I do . riot see anyone on your commission with this expertise. I believe this is a missed opportunity and would love to discuss all the ways we can support inclusive and sustainable creativity in our town.
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SHANNON BELL PRICE Oakland, CA I EXPERIENCE
The New School, Parsons Scnool of Design New York, NY Director of External Partnerships and Cultural Affairs 2016-2019 • Developed global innovative partnerships if1 private and non~profit sectors aligned with missiqn of education driven by social justice and sustainability. • Improved effectiveness of existing partnerships through increased engagement, curricula.r integration, and strategic support for MFA Fashion Design & Society, BFA Fashion Design, and AAS Fashion Design/Fashion Communication. • Managed. partnership portfolio of nearly $1 million. • Collaborated with Board, Deans, Directors, Marketing and Communications, Development, Counsel and Events. • Worked across schools and departments to increase .admission ofBIPOC students, advocate for and elevate their voices. once admitted, and assist with placen:ient post graduation with the goal of helping them navigate the university and industry so that .they could succeed despite systemic barriers.• Managed projects including: sponsored courses and research; design.jams and hackathons; CSR innovation and training; brand exploration and prototyping; . retail activation,. installations, exhibitions. Pratt Institute Acting Assfst!'lnt Dean, School of Design Assistant Chairperson/Associate Professor, Fashion Department, School of Art and Design Brooklyn, NY 20.14--- · 2016 2.012-2014 • OversawJive departments representing four disciplines (Communications, Fashion, Industrial; and Interior) and ten graduate and undergraduate degree programs for a student body of 1,800 in collabora.tion. with Acting Dean. •Co-managed, developed and hired 300+·fuil and part-time faculty, staff, and student workers as Acting Assistant Dean; managed 30+ fac1,1IW as Assistant Chair.· Tasked with ensuring smooth transition trom single. School of Art and Design into two separate schools, The School of Art and The School of Design .. • Curated alLirnni and faculty exhibitions and implemented new special pro)eqts and collaborations including visiting artists, symposia; lecture series, and events. • . Collaborate.d on strategic planning, program reviews, tenure applications, operating budgets, space . planning. • Led the relocation back to the Brooklyn campus, and overdo reimagining, of the annual Pratt Design exhibit.ion leading to increased. visitors, media exposure, and community engagement with the historically Black neighborhood.of Clinton Hill; also advocated for diversification in model .representation for concurrent annual Pratt Fashion show. • Received professional "Leadership for Diversity and Inclusion" training, served on the lnstitute's Diversity Committee, and was appointed Diversity and Inclusion Advocate and Title IX Investigator. • Collaborated with the Black Alumni Association to educate loc?I high. scMool studentS about careers in design, elevate the voices of enrolled promising young BIPOC design · practitioners, and advise post-grads with the goal of helping them navigate the university and rndustry so that they could succeed despite systemic barriers. • Served on· academic search committees, and steering committees for Pratt Manhattan Gallery as well as Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accel~rator. • Successfully steered administration of the 2015 NASAD and Middle States accreditation process. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Costume Institute New York, NY Associate Research Curator 2000- · 2012 • Collaborated on annual blockbuster exhibitions and related publications including research, project management, object selection, loans, exhibition design and installation, budgets and contracts, image rights and reproduction. • Oversaw all curatorial functions and workflow related to research, acquisitions, exhibitions, and education.• Managed and mentored curatorial staff.of four and oversaw all fellows, interns, volunteers, and docents. Special attention·paid to elevating the ·work of female and BIPOC academics. • Development of the collectiqn through cultivation of designers and donois .• with special attention to non~western dress and underrepresented designers. • Spearheaded departmental restructuring including redefining positions, equalizing pay and providing transparency around promotions, esta_blishing systems/process for work/life balance, assessing financial health, clarifying mission, and creating a long-term plan to account for an intensifying exhibition calendar. • Enriched the college and high school public programming, and elevated overall departmental educational offerings, in pursuit of . more inclusivity and accessibility. • Coordinated and collaborated with director's office, development, counsel's office, communications, digital media, exhibition design, buildings, merchandising, registrar, editorial, visitor services, outside contractors/vendors. • Led the building and cross-functional implementation of The Museum System database resulting in museum-wide application of TMS.
EDUCATION Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY MPhil: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture New York University: Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York, NY MA: Visual Culture University of California, Berkeley, CA BA: Anthropology w/ Highest Distinction in General Scholarship REFERENCES Andrew Bolton, Curator-in-Charge The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Costume Institute [email protected] Anita Cooney, Dean Pratt Institute, School of Design [email protected] Sarah Lichtman, Director: MA in the History of Design and Curatorial Studi(;)s Parsons and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum [email protected] ~h::1nnnn R PrirA
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Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture (New York, NY) .. 2014 MPhil (ABO), Field Examinations·: Decorative Arts and Design (1900+), Fashion and Costume (1900+), and Film and Design (1900+); Translation Examinations: French and Italian New York University, Steinhardt School of Education
M.A., Visual Cultu.re, Dean's Oppqrtunity Scholar
University of California, Berkeley
B.A., Anthropology with Highest Distinction in General Scholarship POSITIONS·
The New School, Parsons S~hool of Design (New York, NY) Director of External Partnerships and Cultural Affairs
2002
19.98 ..
2016-2019'
• Developed global innovative partnerships in private and non-profit sectors aligned with mission of education driven by " " social justice and sustainability. · ·
·• Improved effectiveness of existing partnerships through increased engagement, curricular integration, and strategic support for MFA Fashio,n Design & Society, Bi=A Fashion Design, and AAS Fashion Design/fashion Communication. • Collaborated with Board; Deans, Directors, Marketing and Communications, Developmel')t, Counsel .and Events. · • Managed budgets and projects including: sponsored courses and research; design jams and hackathons; CSR innovation and training; brand exploration and prototyping; retail activation, installations, and exh.ibitions. • .Supervised cu ration of 4,000+ garments deaccessioned .from The Metropolitan Museum of Art for use in curriculum and research. · .
Pratt Institute, School of Design (Brooklyn, NY)
Acting Assistant Dean, Schoo/of Design .
Assistant Chairperson/Associate Professor, Fashion Department, School of Art and Design 2014-2016
2012-2014
• . Oversaw five departmentS representing four disciplines (Communications, Fashion, Industrial, and Interior) and ten graduate and undergradu.ate degree programs for a student· body of 1,800 in collaboration with Acting Dean. • Tasked with ensuring smooth transition frol'fl single School of Art and Design into two separate schools, The .School of Art and The School of Design.
• Co-managed, developed and h!red 300+ full and part-time faculty, staff, and student workers as Acting Assistant Dean; managed 30+ faculty as Assistant Chair. · ·
· • Cu.rated alumni and faculty exhibitions and implemented new special projects and collaborations including· visiting artists, symposia, IE!cture series, and events.· · · ·
• Collaborated on strategic planning, program reviews, tenure applications, operating budgets, space planning, and annual Pratt Design exhibition. ·
• Successfully helped ·steer school-wide credit reduction and administra.tion of the 2015 NASAD and Middle States accreditation process.
• Received professional "Leadership for Diversity and lnclµsion" training, served on the lnstitute's Diversity Committee, ·and was appointed Diversity and Inclusion Advocate and Title IX Investigator .. · • Developed new courses and curriculum including summer abroad intensives. • Increased alumni outreach.and career/internship support. • Served on academic search committees, and steering committees for Pratt Manhattan Gallery as weil as Brooklyn Fashion and Desig·n Accelerator. · ·
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Costume Institute (New York, NY) · Associate Research Curator · · · · ·
2000-2012
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• Collaborated.with curators on annual blockbuster exhibitions arid related publications in~luding research, project management, object selection, loans, exhibition design and installation, budgets and contracts, image ri~hts and reproduction. . · · · ·
• Managed and mentored curatorial staff offour and.oversav..i all fellows, interns, volunteers, and docents. • Oversaw all curatorial functions and workflow related to research, acquisitions, exhibitions, symposia, and education.· • Development of the collecti'on through cultivation of designers and donors. · · . · • Coordinated and collaborated wfth director's office, development, counsel's office, communications, digital me.dia, exhibition design, buildings, ·merchandising, registrar, editorial, visitor services, outside contractors/vendors. • Led tht3 ·building and cross-functional implementation of The Museum System database resulting in museum-wide application of TMS. . . · .. " · · · · ·
• Sp~;:irheaded departmental restn.,icturirig including redefining positions, establishing systems, assessing financial health, clarifying the mission, and creating a long-term plan to account for an intensifying exhibition calendar and associated staffing needs and development. · · · · .
• Enriched the college and high school public programming, and eievated overall departmentcil educational collaborations, in pursuit of mo.re inclusivity socioeconomically and accessibility to people with disabilities. • Exhibitions and catalogs include put are not limited to: .
Schiaparelli and Prada: linpo$$ible Conversations (2012) Alexander McQueen: Savage Beaµty (2011) · .
American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity (2010)
. Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy (2008)
Pbiret: King of Fashion (2007)
AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion (2006) Chanel (2005) ·
Wild: Fashion Untamed (2004)
Goddess: The Classical Mode (2003) ·
Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed (2002)
Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years (2001) ·
INTERNSHIPS 1998-2000 . .
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY. Exhibiti~n: "Giorgio Armani", co-curated by Harold Koda arid Germano Cel~nt. • ·The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Division of Social History, Costume Collection (funded by a grant from the Minority Awa.rds Program). · · · • . The Oakland Museum of California, History Department, Costume and Textiles (funded by grant from The Costume Society of America). ·
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Academy .of Art University, School of Fashion (San Francisco, CA) 20ZO Adjunct Instructor
Apparel Impact Institute (Oakland, CA) 2019
Consultant: Non~profit fashion start-up founded to select, fund, and scale projects to reduce environmental impacts, NYCEDC (New York City Economic Deveiopment Corporation) 2016 Consultant: Mayor's "Made in New York" Initiatives and Educational Programs, Fashion and Art Desk New York University; Steinhardt School of Education, Dept. of Art and Art Professions 2012 Adjunct Instructor . ·
SERVICE
Sustainability & Fashion's Future Workshop
NYCEDC/Made in NY
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2 Outside.Program Reviewer (SUNY) 2016
MFA Fashion Design, School of Graduate Studies, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC NYCxDESIGN 2016
Steering Committee Member
ARTSTHREAD 2015-present
International Education Board
McQueen of Scots (BBC Scotland) · . . ,
Interviewed for and featured in documentary on designer Alexander McQueen 2015
Luxury: History, Culture, Corisumpticm (Bloomsbury: UK) · . 2014-2016 Editorial. Advisory soard member · ·
·Fairchild Books/Bloomsbury Pub. . . 2014
Book proposal reviewer for Colette .Meacher (Commissioning Editor, Fashion & Textiles), .C.ouncil of Fashion Designers of America's Annual Fashion Education Summit, NY 20.1'3-2016 Participating Sctio9ls and industry discuss challenges and how the CFDA might support the academic process.
Harvard University, ALM Museu'11 Studies
Thesis Director
Parsons Senior Year Thesis Review .
Industry Panelist, Parsons: The New School for Design, School of Fashion,. New York Fashion Studies (MA), School of Art and Design History and Theory Curriculum/Course Consultant; Parsons: .The New School for Design, New York Decorative Arts/Fashion Studies Career Roundtable
Annual' panel hosted by Parsons: The New School for Design, New York
EXHIBITIONS
DESIGN IS EVERYTHING: The School of Design Faculty (Selected Works) Curator: Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt IMtitute, Brooklyn Campus
SCHOOL OF DESIGN ALUMNI
Curator: Juliana Curran Terian Design Center Gallery, p·ratt Institute, Brooklyn Campus FASHION STUDIES: Selected Works from Pratt Fashion Faculty Curator: Rubelle .and Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Campus IMPRINT (NYC): The Evolution of Motifs in Fashion .
Consulting Curator/Adjunct Instructor, Grad.uate Projects in Costume Studies: Exhibition Praxis New York University, Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Art/ Art Professions, Rosenberg Gallery WILD: Fashion Untamed
Co-curator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Costume Institute, New York . Cceur Invisible: F.ine Art by New York City's Finest Tattoo Artists Curator: Philip Alan Gallery, NYC ·
Sixties Style: Selections from the Research Collection of the Dramatic Art Department Curator: University of California, Durham Studio Theater, Berkeley, CA 2013
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2006-2012
2015
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The Worn Archive: A Fashion Journal About the Art, Ideas, and History of What We Wear· 2014 Serah-Marie McMahon (ed.) Midlife Crisis at the Ethical Fashion Show, Paris (reprint). Drawn & Quarterly: US Paco Rabanne, metal dress, 1967 (2008.305) 2010
Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Fall: 73
Grunge 2005
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Charles Scribner: NY (pp. 153-155) · Wild: Fashion Untamed 2004
Co-authors: Andfew Bolton, Elyssa Dimant. Yale University Press/MMA: US AAM P1,1blications Design Competition, First Prize ·
Vivienn~ Westwood and the Postmodern Legacy of Punk Style. 2003 Timeline.of Art History (wWw.metmus.eum.org/toah), The Metropolitan Museum of Art: NY Collaborating with Extreme Beauty 20.02
Art Education Magazine (Vol. 57, No. 5).
A Partnership Project between The Heritage School and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tatfooed: A Participant Observer's Exploration of Meaning 1999 .lo1Jrnal of American Culture (Vol. 22, No. 3). Bowling Green State University Press: OH PRESENTATIONS & LECTl,JRES
Curating Fashion: Exhibitions/Armor, Savannah College of Ar:t and Design Joint lecture with Dirk Braiding, Assistant Curator of Arms and Armor, MMA . 2012.
Teen Screens Alexander McQueen: Celebrate and Create
Conversation with Tavi Gevinson, teen fashion blogger and editor-in-chief of RookieMag.com Teen day event he!d in conjunction with exhibition, Alexander McOueeO' Savage Beauty, MMA/CI ..
Visiting Artist Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Three-part special topics series combined with student critique days, Department of Fashion Design Dada Dress: Clara Tice, Modernity, & Fashion i.n New York's Avant-Garde {1915-23) Hof~tra University Conference: Defining Culture Through Dress: Individual and Collective Identities 2011
2008-2009
2007
Designing Denim: From Counter-Culture Craft to Millennial Avant-Garde Couture 2004 Interdisciplinary Conference of Fashion and Dress Cultures: Dan marks Designskole/The Danish Museum of Art and Design, Copenhagen · · ·
Amazonism in Fashion . . 2004
Sunday at the Mefseries in.conjunction with the exhibition, Wild· Fashion Untamed, MMA/CI Fashion as Cultural Signifier 2002
Lect0re and art practice partnership with The Heritage School: A Collaboration Between the New York City Board of Education and Teachers College Columbia University for Harlem. high-school students in conjunction with the exhibition·.
Extreme Bea11ty· The Body Transformed, MMA/CI
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Association of Museums/ICOM
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