I got a text from Nate at 5am this morning informing me that the building where Claymonkey Studio is located had caught fire a few hours earlier. Overall everyone got out safely (minus smoke inhalation and some minor burns), thank god.

Claymonkey Studio is the apartment/artspace of friends Andy, Damian and Thom.. They regularly host drawing classes, shows and parties at the space and have opened it up to friends and strangers over the last few months. It shares a building with Pan 9 and several other art spaces that are well loved in the community. At this point it looks like the fire was electrical.

What a terrible way to end 2006 and go into 2007. I know how hard those three worked on literally building that apartment space.

I am sure there will be many benefits etc. set up for these guys in the next few months to help them get back on their feet..

here's an article about the fire on Boston.com