Open House

Summer Open House 2025
When
Sunday, July 20, 12–5PM
Where
Headlands Center for the Arts
Price
Free

Open House provides a once-a-season opportunity to roam the various buildings of our campus, meet current artists, view works in progress, and attend screenings, performances, and readings. See what Artists in Residence and Graduate Fellows are up to in their studios, stop by the Project Space to view in-progress installations, and enjoy a housemade lunch from the Mess Hall.

Parking is limited. If you can, we encourage you to carpool or bike. Get more info on transportation and directions.

First-floor spaces in use for this event (Mess Hall, Key Room, Latrine, The Commons, first-floor studios) are accessible to people with mobility aids. Second- and third-floor spaces (including Project Space) are currently accessible only by stairs.

Summer Open House Schedule

Studios in buildings 944, 945, and 952 (the Gym) are open to visitors from 12–5pm.

Below is a schedule of events taking place throughout the day and their corresponding locations.

 

1:00-4:00 PM

Building 944, 3rd Floor, East Project Space

Office Hours: Participatory Event 

Healthcare workers will carry out their administrative tasks during this time alongside Artist in Residence, Jody Wood. Visitors are invited to stop by for conversations about the invisibility of administrative labor in care work. Please note that healthcare workers will not be providing medical advice.

 

1:00-1:30 PM 

3:45-4:15 PM

Building 952, The Gym 

Performance

Cheryl E. Leonard is a composer, performer, and instrument builder creating work that investigates natural sites and ecosystems. 

Please Note: Artist intends for this to be a quiet, meditative space

 

1:45 – 2:30 PM

Building 944, 2nd Floor, Rodeo Room

Readings by Carribean Fragoza, May Jeong and Marie Silkeberg

 

2:40 – 2:50 PM

Building 944, 2nd Floor, Eastwing

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Alumni Artists Jon Rubin and Lindsey White discuss their latest thinking on an art school that will launch next summer hosted by Headlands. Featuring a very special comedy guest.

 

3:00-3:30pm

Various locations

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Salimatu Amabebe and Zekarias Musele Thompson perform with wind, breath and land to create a dialogue of sound. This performance will begin on top of the south hill just above the artist studio building and make its way down to the basketball court.

 

Ongoing:

Building 944, 2nd Floor, Eastwing

Screening of films by DaEun Jung, Marie Silkeberg and Jody Wood

 

Building 952, The Gym

Cheryl E. Leonard has created a sonic sanctuary where visitors are invited to pause and experience soundscapes recorded in the Marin Headlands and Point Reyes National Seashore.

Please Note: Artist intends for this to be a quiet, meditative space