Cavallo Point is located in Fort Baker, the historic home to “Guardians of the Gate,” just one mile from the town of Sausalito and across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. Within minutes, you can walk the beaches of the Pacific Ocean, ride a streetcar in downtown San Francisco or connect with trails in the Marin Headlands.This spectacular, one-of-a-kind setting on the San Francisco Bay is part of the Golden Gate National Parks, one of the largest urban national parks in the world.

Cavallo Point offers 142 guest suites in both contemporary and historic lodging. The spacious rooms — most with views of the San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge — provide a soothing space to unwind with the highest quality beds and linens, cozy reading chairs and gas fireplaces.

This new retreat center and spa promises to be an exceptional way to visit the Bay Area as well as to participate in the exciting programs offered by The Painting Experience. You will paint in the newly designed Creative Arts Center, luxuriate in the lodge’s Healing Arts Center & Spa; ramble along spectacularly scenic coastline trails; stretch to yoga classes in a century-old chapel; savor Michelin two-star cuisine while immersed in the elegant ambience of this tranquil harbor by the bay. Learn More...

Poems & Quotes

Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work,
which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.

Mary Oliver


Prospective Immigrants Please Note

Either you will go
through this door
or you will not go through

If you go through
there is always the risk
of remembering your name

Things look at you doubly
and you must look back
and let them happen

If you do not go through
it is possible
to live worthily
to maintain your attitudes
to hold your positions
to die bravely

But much will blind you
much will evade you,
at what cost who knows?

The door itself
makes no promises
it is only a door

-Adrienne Rich

We've posted a new page of poems and quotes gathered over the years. There's plenty more to come, and please feel free to send us some you feel are relevant. Read more.......

CE Credits for Nurses (as well as MFT/LCSW)
We are pleased to announce we have received our certificate from the Board of Registered Nursing stating that we are a Continuing Education Provider. Licensed California nurses, you will be able to receive credit for attending any of our workshops. And for years we've offered CEU credits for therapists and social workers. Please request your CE Credits when registering.

Funded again for 2007!
The Lindy Lou Scholarship Fund for Artists and Writers

We are happy to announce that we have received a second year of funding for the Lindy Lou Scholarship Fund. These scholarships are funded by a participant for whom The Painting Experience was an important tool in unlocking her own potential as an artist and as a person dedicated to creative living. Her generous grant allows others in the process of forging their own artistic identity to participate at a greatly reduced rate.
Please see the application form.