Hospitality House

3−10−15
Only 2 reviews besides mine and one is not related to this place.
I have no familiarity with the place except to say that I got 3 hang ups from there.
By the 3^rd hang up I called and pressed zero and go a live rep who gave me attitude from the first word out of her mouth. She told me she has no control over who calls me from the number which of course made me think she was on drugs. Apparently the place allows everyone off the street to use their phone without a care in the world.
Halfway house, drug rehab center, homeless shelter? Respectfully as this lady was the very first impression and the one representing the business it seems as if the staff allow everyone to run over them and do what ever they want.
I got a 4^th hang up after getting off the phone with the crazy lady. I called back and go «Ryan» a polite and professional man who told me a friend was looking for me. Of course the question begs then why did Ryan not leave a message instead of a 4^th missed/​hang up call from the same place… Hospitality House. The only word that comes to mind is «enabler». The friend in question is a grown man with an active cell phone who had just spoken to me an hour ago.
Be very careful donating money to places like this. Your money would be better spent at professional businesses like UCSF or even Dolores Street. I happily donate to UCSF every season as they are saving and improving lives every day.
Oddly enough the phone number that they are very willingly let everyone off the street use is not listed on their website. Write is down so you can then block it from your cell phone and home phone.
Don’t expect much much care and concern if the lady working the main phone line is any indication. Other Cities and States may think California is full of uneducated unstable drug addicted people. If they call Hospitality House on Turk Street In San Francisco Ca. I am afraid they may be correct.
Hospitaity House
290 Turk St San Francisco Ca.
phone 415−749−2100…crazy lady… dial zero to reach the operator-​unstable rep.
phone 415−346−3059…polite, professional enabler ryan

Hospitality House makes me so proud to be from San Francisco.
Hospitality House is an exceptional non-​profit that offers an incredible community arts program. Services available through them are a Drop In Art Studio (on Market Street), art instruction, writing workshops, free materials for use in the workshops and studio, a Gallery Community Space, solo, small group and group theme show exhibitions on site and in various community venues, open mic poetry events, greeting card project, annual art auction, the opportunity to sell art-​work, and an art computer workstation.
Hospitality House provides so many beautiful opportunities and outlets for the San Francisco community. Art should be accessible to anyone and everyone. It helps us navigate through tough times. It helps us understand our thoughts. It helps others understand our thoughts. It reminds us that we are human. That we are unique. That we are capable of feeling and producing.
Art is in all of us and I love that Hospitality House provides a nurturing haven for the homeless and all that wish to pursue their creative endeavors in a warm, understanding, and encouraging environment.
Trust.

I purchased a piece here during their 8^th annual charity auction. Excellent communication with the staff at Hospitality during the process of having my art shipped, as well as with post-​purchase and follow up.
This gallery seems to be geared towards the community and the betterment of the arts as a whole, which in my opinion, is what a good gallery should be about.
Thank you for my amazing piece.
cheers.