FOR-SITE presents Demetri Broxton At The Guardhouse — Just Beyond The Waters, a new installation inside The Guardhouse at Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture (FMCAC), on view from May 22, 2025 to August 17, 2025. The installation is free and open to the public, viewable through the windows 24 hours per day. The Guardhouse is located at the main entrance to FMCAC.

Just Beyond The Waters reveals how family members, whether named or unknown, become stewards of ancestral knowledge. Through intricate craft and profound intention, Broxton’s work reclaims the past as an active force that reshapes the present and empowers futures defined by liberation, connection, and ancestral power.

This installation is linked to the themes explored in FOR-SITE’s next exhibition Black Gold: Stories Untold opening at Fort Point National Historic Site on June 6, 2025.

The public opening reception for Demetri Broxton At The Guardhouse takes place on Thursday, May 22, 2025, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., during the Fort Mason Summer 2025 Art Walk. Artist talks also occur at 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on May 22.

Free Admission

About The Artist. Demetri Broxton is a San Francisco Bay Area artist, independent curator, and the Executive Director of Root Division in San Francisco. Born and raised in Oakland, CA, he earned a BFA at UC Berkeley with an emphasis in painting and an MA in Museum Studies from San Francisco State University. His artwork has been exhibited internationally and most recently at ICA San José, Art Gallery of Alberta, de Young Museum, Crocker Art Museum, Kala Art Institute, and the Norton Museum of Art. Broxton’s artwork is held in several private and public collections including the Monterey Art Museum, de Young Museum, and Crocker Art Museum. He is represented by Patricia Sweetow Gallery in Los Angeles.

About FOR-SITE. Established in 2003, FOR-SITE is dedicated to the creation, understanding, and presentation of art about place. For more information, visit: FOR-SITE.org.

About The Guardhouse Program. The Guardhouse Program is designed to serve three artists annually, directly supporting the year-round creation, presentation, and understanding of art about place. Each artist activates the former military guard station with a temporary art installation responding to the natural and cultural significance of the site and its surrounding area. The Guardhouse Program launched through an open call for proposals in 2023.

Demetri Broxton At The Guardhouse is presented by FOR-SITE in partnership with Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. The Guardhouse Program is made possible thanks to generous support from the ARB Fund.