Believe only the caravan’s trace – 2020 Graduate Fellowship Exhibition

Exhibition Dates:
* November 12 – December 13

A desire to create new connections marks the novel works of the seven Graduate Fellows at Headlands Center for the Arts. Using diverse media, the artists develop new languages around significant historical events and underrepresented communities.

Like many artists before them, the Fellows arrived at Headlands with curiosity, and in its magical landscape, they followed their curiosities individually and collectively. But the disruptions that will define this year began bending and stretching their time.

Already asking timely questions, their artworks didn’t need to change to address those disruptions. Their new bodies of work tell seven important stories at a global moment of transition. This agility attests to the authenticity and thoughtfulness at the center of each project. Their work echoes what art does best, using the traces of the past to represent a different version of history, and to imagine multiple futures.

– Yomna Osman, Guest Curator

Featuring work by Headlands’ 2019-20 Graduate Fellows, representing seven MFA programs from around the Bay Area:

Bailey Anderson (UC Davis)

Kira Dominguez Hultgren (California College of the Arts)

Sarah Player Morrison (Mills College)

Sherwin Rio (San Francisco Art Institute)

Daniel Southard (San Francisco State University)

Livien Yin (Stanford University)

Connie Zheng (UC Berkeley)

Believe only the caravan’s trace will be open for in-person, social distanced viewing for groups of up to six people using an online reservation.

Groups may sign up for a 45-minute viewing slot up until 4PM the day prior.

One person will sign up for the reservation, but please list all members of your group during registration to facilitate contact tracing.

During your visit, please observe the following COVID-19 safety protocols:

• Upon arrival, please wait in the designated area. Staff will let you in at your reserved time. If late, ring the doorbell.
• While visiting Headlands, mask or face covering over your nose and mouth is required at all times. Hand sanitizer is available for use throughout the building. Please follow all signs directing foot traffic and remember to keep 6-foot social distancing protocols with staff and anyone outside your pod.
• Please finish your visit in a timely manner in order for the next group to enjoy the show.