2026

•         “Keys to the Bay” - Sausalito’s first Outdoor Painted Piano Program, a vibrant community art initiative celebrating the beauty, culture, and soul of Sausalito through music and public art. Created in partnership with the Sausalito Parks & Recreation Department (installation), the Makeroom (artists), and Landfall (piano cover), Emilie Schattman (Creative), and Cultivar Restaurant (who adopted the Tracy Way piano).

2023 – 2024

•         Created a virtual tour of our Sausalito Art Gallery. 36 rare pieces of artwork were digitized and loaded on this application.

2023 – 2024

•         Save our Sea Lion Campaign: In 2023, storm waves toppled Al Sybrian’s iconic bronze sea lion statue. The Foundation worked with the City of Sausalito and other valued partners to help raise money to repair and restore the structure to its original seaside perch.

2020 – 2024

•         Tunnel Art Project: Colorfully outlined handprints of Sausalito and Marin City children have been artistically displayed on the walls of the tunnel under Highway 101 linking the two communities. The Foundation joined with three other community groups to sponsor this important project.

2016 – 2024

•         Restoration of large outdoor mosaic designed by Jean Varda, executed by Alfonso Pardinas. Marinship Park, next to the Bay Model, on the Sausalito waterfront.

2019

•         Completion of Ice House Plaza, a joint project with Sausalito Historical Society. Providing benches and items of historic interest in a landscaped setting in central downtown.

2017

•         Painting by William W. Kirsch and photograph by Walter Van Voorhees added to the Foundation’s collection of works by Sausalito artists, exhibited in City Hall.

•         Celebration of Jean Varda: Costume and musical event in Marinship Park, Sausalito, saluting the 50th Anniversary of the Summer of Love.

•         Photograph of the San Rafael Ferry by Bruce Forrester added to the Foundation’s collection of artworks by local artists. On exhibit in City Hall.

2012

•         Ice House Plaza project begun, downtown on Bridgeway at Bay Street.

2005

•         Historic lights restored on public steps by Tiffany Park on Bridgeway, across from the Sea Lion sculpture.

2003

•         Elephant sculptures and fountain from Pan Pacific Exposition restored for third time. Vina del Mar Park, central Sausalito.

2001 – Present

•         Contributions to various civic improvement projects. Non-profit fiscal agent for neighborhood improvement projects.

1994

•         Bolinar (close to the wind) sculpture by local artist John Libberton, with landscaping by David Schwartz. Commissioned by Foundation and Friends of the Festival for the City’s centennial. At Napa Street and Bridgeway, near Dunphy Park. Donors’ names are displayed on donated Heath Ceramic bricks.

1989

•         Purchase of drinking fountains for several city parks.

1987

•         Whale & Pelican metal bas-relief, Robin Sweeny Park, City Hall. Joint project of Foundation and Chamber of Commerce.

1985

•         Sally Stanford Drinking Fountain and Leland Fountain for dogs. Downtown Ferry Landing. Named for the inimitable mayor of Sausalito and her dog, Leland.

1981

•         Tots’ slide purchased for local playground.

1979

•         Contribution to par course construction at MLK.

1977

•         Refurbishing of MLK playground, soccer field, and track at the former elementary school, northern Sausalito.

1976

•         Restoration of the Vina del Mar Fountain, originally created for the San Francisco Pan Pacific Exposition, in honor of the nation’s bicentennial. Located in Vina del Mar Park, named for Sausalito’s first Sister City, which is in Chile.

1975

•         Purchased sod for the original Dunphy Park.

1968 – Present

•         The Art Collection in City Hall. Ongoing acquisition and archival presentation of works by Sausalito artists and of Sausalito subjects, supported by the sale of Sea Lion Sculpture replicas cast by Heath Ceramics.

1966

•         Sea Lion Sculpture, cast in bronze, by local sculptor Al Sybrian. On Bridgeway, southern Sausalito waterfront. Agreement with the artist to produce replicas to support art in Sausalito.

1960

•         The Sausalito Foundation was formed by residents to purchase two city blocks of underwater property at Shelter Cove and to deed them to the City of Sausalito. The purchased lots have preserved forever the view of San Francisco and the Bay from Bridgeway.