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<\/a>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\nA fire at the Folsom Boulevard Flea Market<\/a> destroyed five studios belonging to the Red Barn Collective, wiping out years of work and a gathering place for Sacramento-area artists and musicians.<\/p>\n Flames and thick smoke tore through the building Friday as LiveCopter 3 captured video of the fire from above. Members of the collective said they rushed to retrieve what they could, but much of their property remained inaccessible.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of stuff is still in there that we wish we could access, but everything\u2019s closed,\u201d collective member Anthony O\u2019Brien said. \u201cWe don\u2019t really have a choice in the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n O\u2019Brien said he initially misunderstood a text message telling him about the fire.<\/p>\n \u201cI got a text, and I was like, \u2018Really on fire? You mean metaphorically? Like, we\u2019re on fire \u2014 the next show is going to be great?\u2019\u201d O\u2019Brien said. \u201cNo, it was a literal fire.\u201d <\/p>\n The Red Barn Collective was created as a place where artists could perform, display their work and connect with others without facing financial barriers.<\/p>\n \u201cOur whole goal was to create something that artists from all over Sacramento could feel at home and just come create and not have to worry about paying money,\u201d O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n Over more than three years, the collective expanded one room at a time until it operated five studios. Members hosted free art and music events nearly every weekend. The fire destroyed artwork, antiques, music equipment and other property.<\/p>\n Logan Vicars helped found the collective and said many of the items cannot be replaced.<\/p>\n \u201cEverything we had in our stores was completely unique,\u201d Vicars said. \u201cIt was either an antique that just won\u2019t be made again or local art that was kind of one of a kind, and you really can\u2019t put a number on it.\u201d<\/p>\n Vicars estimated the financial loss could reach tens of thousands of dollars, but said the emotional value of the space and its contents is impossible to calculate.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re devastated, but we\u2019re hopeful,\u201d Vicars said. \u201cWe started from nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n Community members and local businesses are now helping the collective continue its work. Jalape\u00f1os, a restaurant in Midtown Sacramento, has offered its space so the group can continue its Sunday live music series.<\/p>\n \u201cJalape\u00f1os has been great to us,\u201d O\u2019Brien said. \u201cFor now, the live music series is going to be hosted there until we figure something out.\u201d<\/p>\n The collective\u2019s long-term goal is to find a new permanent home. Vicars encouraged people to share the group\u2019s story, attend its shows and contact the collective about potential collaborations.<\/p>\n \u201cIf artists want to work with us, please get in contact,\u201d Vicars said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to really spread and help as many folks as we can, even during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n The Sacramento Fire Department is investigating the cause of the fire. Collective members said they are also working through insurance and cleanup questions.<\/p>\n Information about donations, performances and other ways to help is available through the Red Barn Collective\u2019s social media pages.<\/p>\n If you’d like to donate to their GoFundMe, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire destroys Red Barn Collective\u2019s studios at Folsom Boulevard Flea Market SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 A fire at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[14852,57008,2309,88806,26177,3802,177926,177931,7244,2324,27835,62347,101178,1594,177927,177928,177929,121,123,122,177930,83458,1968,72],"class_list":["post-449705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-andres-valle","tag-antique","tag-artists","tag-collective","tag-fields","tag-fire","tag-folsom-boulevard-flee-market","tag-gathering-place","tag-group","tag-member","tag-musicians","tag-next-show","tag-obrien","tag-other","tag-re","tag-red-barn-collective","tag-red-barn-collective-studio","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sacramento-area-artist","tag-vicar","tag-work","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}