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title: Headlands 2027 Artist in Residence
description: Fully sponsored 4–10 week residency in Sausalito, CA for artists in all disciplines and career stages. Includes studio, housing, chef-prepared meals, and travel expenses.
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status: closed
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updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Residency
organization: Headlands Center for the Arts
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/headlands-center-for-the-arts
deadline: "2026-06-01"
entryFee: 45 USD
location: Sausalito, CA, United States
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compensationRange: "Fully sponsored residency: studio space, chef-prepared meals, housing, travel and living expenses. Select participants may also receive named awards of $10,000–$15,000."
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  - photography
  - drawing
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# Headlands 2027 Artist in Residence

**Hosted by:** Headlands Center for the Arts

**Type:** Residency | **Location:** Sausalito, CA, United States | **Deadline:** June 1, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $45

## About This Program

The Artist in Residence (AIR) program awards fully sponsored residencies to approximately 50 local, national, and international artists each year. Residencies of four to ten weeks include studio space, chef-prepared meals, housing, travel and living expenses. AIRs become part of a dynamic community of artists participating in Headlands’ other programs, allowing for exchange and collaborative relationships to develop within the artist community on campus. Artists selected for this program are at all career stages and work in all media, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, dance, music, interdisciplinary, social practice, arts professions, and architecture.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** photography, drawing, film, video, new_media, mixed_media, painting, sculpture

## Compensation & Benefits

Fully sponsored residency: studio space, chef-prepared meals, housing, travel and living expenses. Select participants may also receive named awards of $10,000–$15,000.

**Includes:** Stipend, Travel grant

Fully sponsored residency with no direct cash stipend for general AIR participants. Several named awards are available to select AIR applicants at no additional application required: Chamberlain Award ($10,000, social practice); Chiaro Award ($15,000 for two mid-career US painters); Henderson Award ($10,000 for mid-career woman-identifying painters in US/Canada); McLaughlin Children’s Trust Award ($10,000 for writers); McLaughlin Foundation Award ($10,000 for established visual artists); Palimpsest Award ($10,000 for artists confronting discrimination/erasure); Jennifer & Jacob Pritzker Family Fund ($10,000).

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided - On-campus housing provided as part of the fully sponsored residency.
- **Travel Support:** Available - Travel and living expenses included in the fully sponsored residency.
- **Studio Access:** Provided - Private studio space on the Headlands campus included.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** April 1, 2026
- **Deadline:** June 1, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.artworkarchive.com/call-for-entry/headlands-2027-artist-in-residence-2026