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MISSION STATEMENT: Headlands Center for the Arts provides an unparalleled environment for the creative process and the development of new work and ideas. Through artists' residencies and public programs, we offer opportunities for reflection, dialogue and exchange that build understanding and appreciation for the role of art in society.

10/21/2026

Thero Makepe (2026 Artist in Residence) visited Headlands from Botswana this fall to explore several new bodies of work. His practice is informed by past and present narratives related to his upbringing and lived experiences in Botswana and South Africa.

Makepe explains, “I am interested in posing questions about personal responsibility in times of crisis and how individual decisions affect individuals, their families, and their nations. My photographic practice primarily involves creating performative images in which I, or other currently living family members, evoke the persona of our ancestors. I also create staged photographs that interpret the memories and emotions of the elders in my family.”

You can catch Makepe’s work in Capetown at Investec Cape Town Art Fair in February 2027, or in his new book ‘We Didn’t Choose to be Born Here” published by PhMuseum

10/16/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for a special supper of Black Feast: Nectar earlier this month!

A culinary event, presented in partnership with
MoAD’s Nexus Black Art Week created by alumni Graduate Fellow, chef, and interdisciplinary artist Salimatu Amabebe. This supper also featured a performance with Oakland-based artist Gabriele Christian, exploring Black outmigration from San Francisco and bee population decline.

If you missed this one or would like to join us again for the next monthly supper - we will be having a supper on Nov 15 with studio visits with Fall Artist in Residence Scott Snibbe and Yameng Lee Thorp.
Hope to see you there!

Photos by Shantre Pinkney

10/14/2026

Fall Open House is upon us! Bring your family and friends and stop by Headlands on Sunday, October 25, from 12-5 PM. The event is free and you can drop in anytime.

Spend the afternoon exploring open studios with our current Artists, listening to readings, watching performances, and enjoying a house-made lunch in our Mess Hall. Have you had Chef Damon’s mac & cheese?!

Our residents join us for four to ten weeks at a time, so we’ll share the full program schedule the week leading up to Open House! Keep an eye on our socials and website for updates (link in bio). 🌼

10/10/2026

Did you know the Headlands Library was created by Harrell Fletcher (‘99, 01)? He sent letters to past residents asking if they would send a book to the library of either their work, something they had read at Headlands, or something they thought another Artist in Residence might find interesting. The books collected created the first iteration of our library.

That Library’s collection has grown over the years and is ever evolving. We were thrilled to have Summer Library Fellow Alexis and her sweet dog Freddy, live on site for two-months this summer focusing on the organization, cataloging, and presentation of our Library and archive, which has been an irreplaceable resource for visiting Artists in Residence.

Stay tuned for more library projects. Thank you, Alexis and Freddy. We are looking forward to the future of the Headlands’ library!

10/10/2026

2026 Spring Artist-in-Residence, Cochemea Gastelum, creates a sound-responsive score that explores the site’s military architecture, layered histories, and the land itself. Reinterpreting the text and signage found throughout Headlands, Gastelum invites us to experience the site through a new lens, listening for the stories embedded in its structures and landscape.

Follow him at Cochemea to learn more about his practice 🎷

Cover Image by Airyka Rockefeller

09/23/2026

That’s a wrap on our Summer Artist in Residence season! What a great crew of artists we hosted these past few months 💕🦋🫶🏼

We are welcoming our Fall Artists now and we can’t wait to share what’s ahead. Mark your calendars for our next Open House, Sunday October 25, to see what they are up to!

09/10/2026

What might desire look like if we could sculpt it into a landscape?

Join 2025–26 Graduate Fellow Josephine Devanbu for Sculpting Landscapes of Desire, a collaborative movement workshop where reclaimed upholstery foam becomes a landscape shaped by our collective longings.
Inspired by the medieval Tamil tradition of the matal, we’ll build, move through, and reshape this terrain before coming together to create an original improvisational performance

Sun, Sept 27 | 11AM–2PM
The Commons (between Buildings 944 & 945)
Tickets $85 | Members $75

Open to ages 18+, no experience necessary. Link in bio to purchase tickets!

Image credits: Video stills from And in this, I shall find you by Josephine Devanbu. Videography by Will Pierce.

09/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our August Supper! ⛅️

It was a special gathering of community, art, and good food — including a reunion of members of our 2026 Spring Cohort: , marcus fischer, jake rose ♡, and Maxe Crandall, who came together for the unveiling of the latest Wall Space by Eileen Myles.

We were also thrilled to share an evening with our
2026 Summer Artist in Residence, Damon Lock (Damon Locks), featuring a performance and conversation, followed by a delicious dinner prepared by Chef Damon & Nico.

Missed this one? Our Suppers happen every month.
Join us for the next one on September 10! Reserve your seat at the link in our bio.

Photos by Arthur Alvarez Arthur Alvarez

09/02/2026

September at Headlands!

Thursday the 10th, join us in the Mess Hall for Supper — a seasonal, family-style meal, followed by a studio visit with 2026-27 Tournesol Awardee L. Song Wu and a reading by Summer AIR Eirinie Carson.

Starting the 20th, two new Project Space studios open: Aleksandra Walaszek & Sam Stevens, exploring what “invasive” and “native” really mean in the landscape around us, and Scott Snibbe, bringing Hidden Geometries — an immersive meditation environment grown from 25+ years of Buddhist practice. Both free and open to the public: Thursday-Sunday 12-5PM.

And on the 27th, alumni Graduate Fellow Josephine Devanbu leads ‘Sculpting Landscapes of Desire’, a workshop turning a mountain of reclaimed foam into a shared sculpture and performance.

Come see what our artists have been up to and connect with members of the community!

Full September calendar + tickets at the link in bio 🧡

Address

944 Simmonds Road
Sausalito, CA
94965

Opening Hours

Thursday	12pm - 5pm
Friday	12pm - 5pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+14153312787

Website

https://linktr.ee/HeadlandsArts

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