800 Traction Residents to Hold Art Sale
Artist/residents of 800 Traction held a press conference last year to announce that they were facing eviction from their building. (JUNKO YOSHIDA/Rafu Shimpo)
Some residents of 800 Traction Ave. in L.A.’s Arts District recently held a successful “indoor evacuation sale,” including miscellaneous household items, spread across two locations.
Now, as a final way of paying homage to the tradition of art production out of the century-old building, they will have another (probably final) sale of works representing three decades of Japanese American art. The sale will be held on two days at two locations:
• Friday, March 30, from 12 to 7 p.m. at 341 First St. in Little Tokyo.
• Saturday, March 31, from 12 to 7 p.m. in the 800 Traction Ave. lobby.
The artists will be present on both days from 5 to 7 p.m.
All proceeds will go to Stand with 800 Traction, which supports Japanese American artists and community activists who are being evicted from their live-in work artist lofts by the building’s new owner.
For more information, call (323) 356-6352 or email Standwith800Traction@gmail.com or mbrooks@ltsc.org.
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