The Sausalito Center For The Arts began in 2021 when a consortium of city organizations including the Sausalito Art Festival Foundation, ICB Arts Association, Marin Open Studios, along with dedicated community, business and art leaders  worked together to imagine and prepare the winning Request For Ideas (RFI). The RFI process was run by a Sausalito City Council Committee that evaluated and recommended a concept to transform the former Bank of America Building into a center for the arts.

The Sausalito Center For The Arts is comprised of a Board of Directors representing several Sausalito and Marin County collaborating art organizations, including representatives from ICB Artists Association, Sausalito Arts Festival Foundation, Marin Open Studios, individual and recognized local artists, and city business leaders and residents.  

The purpose of the Board and its stewardship for the Center is to represent all  forms of culture embedded in our community, to educate and to create a space that is welcome and open to all.

This response to the RFI was developed by a community Task Force of arts and civic leaders including:

Louis Briones - Chair, Sausalito Art Festival Foundation

Kay Carlson - Director, Marin Open Studios

Gabriella Calicchio - Director, Department of Cultural Services Marin County

Zeny Cieslikowski – Artist and SAFF Board Member

Monica Finnegan - Member, Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC)

Raylene Gorum - Artist and Chair- Sausalito Parks & Rec

John Kunzweiler - President, ICB Artists Association