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Hospitality House is pleased to announce our exciting virtual and live auction event, THHE Auction 2024.
THHE Auction is a thrilling 5-day online & in-person art auction fundraiser celebrating the neighborhood artists who create artwork at Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program (CAP).
ONLINE SILENT AUCTION
Online bidding for the Silent Auction starts on Friday, May 31 at 12 Noon and concludes on Wednesday, June 5 at 9 PM. The online event will feature selected artworks from our talented CAP artists and contributions from acclaimed local & national artists.
IN-PERSON LIVE AUCTION…
… ON WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024, AT 6 PM
join us in-person at the spectacular saint joseph’s art society
for our exciting live auction event & celebration
Featured Artists from LAST YEAR’S thhe auction:
Adam Eli Feibelman | Adrianna Adams | Alec Huxley | Alice Koswara | Alicia McCarthy | Amandalynn | Andre Pace | Andrea Bergen | Angela Summers | Angelique Benicio | Ann Marie Krulick | Annie Artell | Anthony | Anthony Vasquez | Ariel Cooper | Artemisia | Audra Miller | Aunia Kahn | Axel Osterberg | Basher | Bb tree | Bella Donna Artiste | BKing | Brooke Stickney | Bussie Parker Kehoe | Camila Fernandez | Caner Dogan | CareAlign | Carolynn Haydu | Case for Making | Cate White | Cathy Lu | Chad Abbley | Chad Hasegawa | Charles Blackwell | Charlotte Beck | Chris Farris | Chris Stokes | Christine Innes | Christopher Burch aka Goya Goon | CS Novus | D Young V | Damian Todd | Daniel Chen | Daria | Daryll Peirce | David Arbuckle | David Ray Thurmon | Denise Laws | Don | Elliott C Nathan | Emily Fromm | Emma Fenton-Miller | Enrique Chagoya | Felicia Ann | Feo Berumen | Fernanda Martinez | Ferris Plock | Gabrielle Thormann | Gary Miller | Genevive Zacconi | Gigot | Greg Borman | Gregory Rick | Haley Summerfield | Harley Healy | Harumo Sato | Heidi Taillefer | Helena | HiERICBRO | Izzy Davis | Jake Watling | James J Housley | James Scoville | Janet Appleton | Jazzi Manalo Sullivan | Jean Pettigrew Whelan | Jennifer Ewing | Jessica So Ren Tang | Jo Smith | John Casey | John Gnorski | Johnny Waddie | Joseph Abbati | Joseph Shook | Joseph Sierra | Juliet Schreckinger | Kacy Jung | Karen White | Kate Campbell | Kate Laster | Kate Razo | Kaytea Petro | Kelly Tunstall | Lady Henze | Laura Compos Aka "Alien Love" | Lakshmi |Lauren Taylor | Laurie Blessen | Lena Gustafson | Leonard Reidelbach | Leslie | Leslie Lowinger | Linda Larson | Lisa Maria Barbas | Lora Danley | Loren Fizer | Lucky Rapp | Maddie Putnam | Magasama | Maria A. Guzmán Capron | Marieke von Johnson | Martin Machado | Mary Jane | Maureen Shields | Messy Beck | Michelle Fleck | miklos | Milo Moyer- Battick | Muzae Sesay | Nathan Kosta | Nick Melle | Nicomi Nix Turner | Nikki Sims | Nina | NJ Bice | Nora van den Berg | Occult Picture Show | Optimist Williams | Patricia Sonnino | Paz G | Philippa Renshaw | Renée DeCarlo | Reza | Robert Bowen | Robert Falco | Rosa Adams | Ryan Martin | Sabreena | Sahar Khoury | Salome | Sawyer Arkilic | Scott Idleman | Scott Schryver | Shannon Taylor | Sherri Lu Campbell | Shikha Hutchins | silky shoemaker | silvia poloto | Slick | Stacy Frank | Stephanie Jucker | Sue Laurita | Sunday Night Ritual | Suzanne Baxter | t.w.five | Tamsin Spencer Smith | Tara K Daly | Teresa Moore | The Tracy Piper | Tim Lahan | Todd Kurnat | Tomye: Living Artist | Tricia Rainwater | Txutxo Perez | Ursula X. Young | Victoria | vvchnte | Walter Weaver | Yarrow Slaps | Zane Prater
Artwork Above: “Refractions” by Sawyer Arkillic
CALL FOR ARTWORK SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED
The deadline to submit artwork for consideration at THHE Auction 2024 closed on April 10th. Thanks to all the artists who submitted artwork.
You will be contacted by the end of April about your artwork submission.
you can support thhe auction by becomING a sponsor
BE A HERO for our artists. A CHANGEMAKER for our community.
Our Community Arts Program remains San Francisco’s only free-of-charge fine arts studio and gallery space for low-income artists. It is also a unique social enterprise, where community artists earn much-needed income from artwork sales, and increased exposure to a broader audience throughout San Francisco - and beyond.
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
2024 THHE Auction Planning Committee
Janet Appleton, Local Color | Guy Campbell, änalog gallery | Amber Cavarlez, Hospitality House Board Member | Brad Cerutti, Hospitality House Board Member
Tess Davis Cheek, Hospitality House | Marissa D’Orazio, Arrow Events | Renee DeCarlo, The Drawing Room | Coco Giordano, Hospitality House | Britt Henze, Artist
Arley Iribe | Kelsey Issel, The Opie Project (space) | Kim Larsen, Modern Eden | A. Samson Manalo, Hospitality House | Nick Melle
Olivia Ongpin, Luna Rienne Gallery | Ayni Raimondi | Maria Rocchio, Hospitality House Board Member | Don Ross, änalog gallery| Nico Schwieterman, Fleetwood
KT Seibert (aka Seibot), Moth Belly Gallery | Silky Shoemaker, Artist | Jasmine Sullivan, Artist | Haley Summerfield, Hospitality House | Ashley Voss, Voss Gallery
John Vochatzer, Moth Belly Gallery | Carlos Wadkins, Coalition on Homelessness | Cate White, Artist | Joseph Wilson, Hospitality House
We dedicate THHE Auction 2024 in memory of Francis Camaquin
2024 gallery partners
an.a.log SF | The Drawing Room | Fleetwood | Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program
Luna Rienne Gallery | Moth Belly Gallery
THANKS TO THHE AUCTION 2023 SPONSORS & donors
3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic, Joi Jackson-Morgan
A. Samson & Joyce Juan Manalo
Dr. Abby Stevens
Alanna Zrimsek
Alfred White & Victoria
All Home, Tomiquia Moss
Allen & Danilo Ellison-Saavedra in honor of Glide Memorial Church
Andrea Mulder
Anonymous
The Arkilic Family
Ayni & Sean Vienna
Dr. Barry Zevin
Beverly Curwen
Bonhams
Booker T. Washington Community Service Center, Shakirah Simley
Brad Cerutti & Launie Douglas
Brittany LoSchiavo
Chandler Fine Art & Framing, Susan Pitcher
Chinese Progressive Association
Conard House
Crankstart
Curry Senior Center, David Knego
Del Seymour
Debra Robins & David Beck
Deborah Teplow in memory of Aryeh Teplow-Phipps & in honor of Jason Rivers
Delivering Innovation in Supportive Housing (DISH), Laura Hall
Dolores Street Community Services
Episcopal Community Services, Beth Stokes
Elaine Go
Elinor Leary
Faithful Fools, Carmen Barsody
Future Bars
Hamilton Family Services, Kyriell Noon
Harm Reduction Therapy Center
Home Rise
Janes on Fillmore
Joe Wilson & Cherie Putnam
JCYC , Jon Osaki
Kaiser Permanente
Karen Diefenbach
Keith Goldstein
Kelly Carámbula
Kelsey Issel
Kevin Shanahan & Melinda Gould
Larkin Street Youth Services
Lex Leifheit
Lyndsey Konrad & Matthew Forrester
Lynn Luckow & Steve Lund
Major Mugrage
Maria Rocchio
Marisa Quinn
Mary Hatfield
Michael Blecker
Nicola Finnerty
One Treasure Island, Sherry Williams
Paul Boden & Marykate Connor
Progress Foundation, Steve Fields
RAMS, JayVon Muhammad
Roma Guy
Sammie Rayner
Sandy Weil
San Francisco Community Health Center
Senior and Disability Action, Jessica Lehman
Sharon Miller
Sherilyn Adams
SoMa Equity Partners
Southeast Asian Development Center, Judy Young
The Space Program, Jacob Pritzker
Stephany Ashley
Stephen Bingham & Francoise Blusseau
Steven Rood
STUDIO Gallery
Swords to Plowshares, Michael Blecker
Techboogie
Hospitality House
Hospitality House is a progressive, community-based organization located in San Francisco’s Tenderloin Neighborhood, Sixth Street Corridor, and Mid-Market Area that provides opportunities and resources for personal growth and self-determination to homeless people and neighborhood residents. Our mission is to build community strength by advocating policies and rendering services which foster self-sufficiency and cultural enrichment.
John Mason Myres III is a nomad with a vision. Known by his street art name “Gigot,” he turns found objects into wood sculpture and collages. A leftover piano crate, broken pallets, discarded canvas banners and design flyers serendipitously placed where had can find them become the materials for his works of art.
His art is as impermanent as his daily life. Homeless for most of the past 2 ½ years, Myres doesn’t sit still. He’s always scouting for new materials and constantly constructing something. His works reflect what he finds on the streets, recombined and reimagined. “I’ve been working on different strategies for how to adapt to whatever is made available to you, whatever you can find and how to quickly build and quickly un-build shelter in case you have to be moved,” Myres said.
His personal studio is an outdoor nook under a bridge near San Francisco’s design district, where he also seeks shelter. His large outdoor works frequently get swept up and held by the city’s public works department during street cleanups. He knows the routine for recovering them inside and out, and he builds his sculptures modularly so he can easily reuse pieces in new works if they get damaged.
“If they take something, even if I’ve worked hard on it, I’ll just start again and make something new out of what I’ve got,” Myres said.
That was the story behind how he started his work called “Leather Cowboy,” which depicts the leather scene on the city’s South of Market neighborhood. It started as a depiction of his favorite playing card, the king of clubs, but then fell apart after being moved and restarted without success. He reused the pieces for the “Leather Cowboy” sculpture.
“I was building myself a portrait of the perfect husband,” Myres said.
Finding the Community Arts Program
Myres was looking for a place to keep some of his art safe, when an acquaintance told him about Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program. It not only gave him a place to hold some of his art, but it’s also become his indoor studio space. In particular, Myres is able to work on graphic design and typography for his pieces, such as cutting and pasting found type, that is difficult to do outside.
Having his art at CAP’s studio has proven beneficial. CAP was able to put some of it on display for a show last year, and he also has sold a couple pieces.
“If they ever need art to be put up all of sudden, I’ve got art right here,” he said. “You just never know when something like this could be needed.”
Moving to San Francisco
Myres moved to San Francisco from Eugene, Ore., five years ago, after studying graphic design at the local community college. He was looking for a city with a better gay culture.
“Eugene was nice but it really didn’t quite suit me as far as the pace of life,” he said.
He was working two jobs in the city and renting a room when, about 2 ½ years ago, everything changed. He lost his jobs, and his roommate kicked him out.
Beyond the joy he gets from creating art, Myres hopes it also can help out others facing homelessness.
“My approaches with design might help people come up with their own shelter solutions because of what designers leave [behind],” he said. “Their leftovers become our staples for survival.”