Art & Activism: 60 Years of Hospitality House
March 4 – June 12, 2027
Hospitality House
The Tenderloin Museum
Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program and the Tenderloin Museum honor 60 years of art, activism, and community in the Tenderloin.
Tenderloin Museum
398 Eddy StreetSan Francisco, CA 94109The exhibition is located inside the Tenderloin Museum.
Tuesday–Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Open late for public programs on Thursday evenings.
General: $12
Seniors (65+)/Students/Teachers/Veterans: $8
Free/reduced admission via Museums 4 All, just present your SNAP EBT card and a photo ID.
Details and link for tickets will be published closer to the opening.
ADA Accessible
For 60 years, Hospitality House has been rooted in the Tenderloin, creating spaces for community and creativity. Curated by Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program (CAP) and the Tenderloin Museum, Art & Activism reflects on that legacy through contemporary artwork and archival materials.
For the exhibition, artists were invited to respond to Hospitality House’s history, and the role of art, activism, and counterculture in the neighborhood. The resulting artworks draw on personal experience, political struggle, imagination, community memory, and everyday life.
The Tenderloin Museum brings a historical lens to the exhibition through flyers, posters, photographs, and ephemera spanning decades of neighborhood life. These materials place Hospitality House within a broader history of organizing, cultural movements, services, and community networks in the Tenderloin.
For more than 57 years, CAP has provided free access to art making opportunities for Tenderloin residents and artists experiencing poverty and homelessness.
Together, the artwork and archival materials connect past and present while honoring the artists, organizers, participants, staff, and neighbors who have carried Hospitality House forward across generations.
Exhibiting Artists
Anna Marrow, Anthony Morrison, Art Hazelwood, Cameron Kim, Charles Blackwell, CJINTL, Coco Jones, Derek Dupree, James Scoville, Jay, Jo Smith, Kate Laster, Leslie Mallo, Maddie Putnam, Marsha Campbell, Michael Wilson, Mission Gráfica, Monteque Pope-Le Beau, Randall Morton, Reynosa, Ronnie Goodman, SF Print Collective, sushma kothari, Sylvester Guard, Tina Tutt, Zumani
Larry Clark, Tenderloin Times, nd. Fine art print. Courtesy of Hospitality House Community Arts Program
Hospitality House
Hospitality House is a community-based organization located in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, Sixth Street corridor, and Mid-Market areas that provides opportunities and resources for personal growth and self-determination to unhoused communities and neighborhood residents.
The Tenderloin Museum
A community museum dedicated to preserving the history, diversity, and resilience of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, Tenderloin Museum tells the stories of artists, activists, immigrant communities, LGBTQ+ and working-class life via exhibitions, public programs, walking tours, and arts initiatives.
Things to Do Around Here
Golden Gate Donuts. Beloved neighborhood shop has generously fueled Hospitality House Community Arts Program with coffee and donuts for years!
Haley Summerfield, Community Arts Program Manager, Hospitality House
Yemeni Kabab & Mediterranean. A stone’s throw from Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program, this restaurant is delicious, portions and service are generous, and chef Abdul Al Rammah is a pillar of the community!
Alex Spoto, Program Director, Tenderloin Museum
GLIDE Memorial Sunday Celebration. The iconic Tenderloin church practices “radical inclusion” and “unconditional love,” and in the 1960s, GLIDE nurtured the queer youth organization Vanguard that led to the creation of Hospitality House after the Summer of Love. GLIDE’s Sunday services—called Celebrations—are like no other church service! A true cross section of Bay Area life as well as a great intro into the world of the Tenderloin. Plus, the music is incredible and will have you up on your feet!
Alex Spoto, Program Director, Tenderloin Museum