Hello SBARC Members and Friends,

This may seem familiar because it’s the second time around…

We still need a couple more hams to help kids transmit 2-meter audio and slow-scan TV pictures between the Art Museum and a storage container on Anacapa Street on Saturday Oct 6 from 11am to 5pm.  If you can work any portion of the day, you’re hired.  The event was shortened so we will not operate on Sunday.

Please let me know if you want to participate.  It helps to know we have this covered in advance, so please volunteer as soon as you can. 

The Art Museum’s press release (below) describes the event.

73,

Rod Fritz WB9KMO

SBARC Outreach Chair

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The Funk Field Station: Creating a Culture Collector

On Oct 6th and 7^th artist Patrick Melroy, working with young artists from Santa Barbara's Museum of Art Teens 4 Teens High school Internship Program, in collaboration with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission will transform a commonplace shipping container into a Culture Collector for the Funk Zone.

Inspired by the SBMA exhibition, “Scene on the Street” in which photographer, Doug Busch uses his large format camera to elevate the everyday, Melroy and his cadre of students will capture and communicate community stories and images from visitors and residents of the Funk Zone. Taking on the persona of research station the artists, (just added) using the expertise of the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club's HAM operators will transmit culture bites back to mission control, located at the museum.

Intrepid tourists and locals alike are encouraged  to set out in search of the Funk Field Station signal. It’s scavenger hunt meets science; all artfully imagined and ready for shipping October 6^th.

The container will be staffed from 11pm to 5pm on Saturday, and from 11 to 5 pm on Sunday. Watch facebook and twitter for more ways to connect.