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Headlands Center for the Arts – Artist in Residence 2027
Headlands Center for the Arts · Sausalito, CA, United States
Fully sponsored 4–10 week residencies in the Marin Headlands, California, with studio, housing, airfare and up to $1,000/month stipend. 2027 applications ran 1 April – 1 June 2026 ($35–$45 fee); 2028 call opens April 2027.
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Who can enter
- Location
- Open worldwide
- Age
- No age limit
- Career stage
- Any
- Mediums
- Any medium
- Education
- Not open to anyone in full-time education
- Collectives
- Collectives and duos welcome
- Submission
- Online submission
- Also
- Not enrolled in an academic programme during residency; basic English; former AIRs/named award recipients ineligible within five years; collectives up to three artists on one application.
About
Headlands Center for the Arts, in a former army post in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area near San Francisco, awards about 60 Artist in Residence places a year to local, national and international artists at all career stages and in all media, including visual arts, writing, performance, music and arts professionals.
Applicants must not be enrolled in an academic programme during the residency (PhD candidates case by case), must speak basic English, and former AIRs cannot reapply within five years. Applications are juried; finalists are interviewed by Zoom. 2027 applicants are notified by 11 December 2026.
Residents receive 4–10 weeks with a studio, private bedroom in a shared house, four chef-prepared meals a week, paid round-trip airfare and up to $1,000 a month as stipend or reimbursed expenses. Eligible applicants are also considered for named awards.