Visions from the New California is a collaboration between the Alliance of Artists Communities and six artists' residency programs in California. Each site offers its own way of serving its artists-in-residence, though all share a common vision that supporting living artists with time and space to create new work is essential to human progress.
Click on the names below to read more about each program:
18th Street Arts Center
Santa Monica
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Woodside
Exporatorium
San Francisco
Headlands Center for the Arts
Sausalito
Kala Art Institute
Berkeley
The Sally and Don Lucas Artists Programs at Montalvo Arts Center
Saratoga
Kala Art Institute
Kala Art Institute helps artists sustain their creative efforts over time through its Artists in Residence and Fellowship programs, and to increase appreciation of this work through exhibitions, public programming and educational efforts. Located in the former Heinz ketchup factory in
Artists at Kala are encouraged to produce innovative artwork of the highest quality and are given total freedom to realize their artistic vision. Artists are also provided with a number of professional development opportunities, and a spirit of exchange and education is nurtured through artist involvement in exhibitions, special events, lectures, teaching, and classroom experience. Additionally, Kala is committed to offering quality art education to the general public and public school children through its on-site program of classes and workshops and its Artists in Schools program, established in 1991, providing multiple-week artist-led instruction to students in