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Funk Zone Charrette Project
Friday July 27, 2012

By Edhat Subscriber

The Arts Fund invites architects, artists, business owners and community members of all ages to attend an informational meeting about the Funk Zone Charrette Project. A charrette is an intensive planning session where citizens, designers and others collaborate on a vision for development. It provides a forum for ideas and offers the unique advantage of giving immediate feedback to the designers. More importantly, it allows everyone who participates to be a mutual author of the plan.

Taking place over the summer and early fall, The Funk Zone Charrette Project is an open invitation to local artists, architects, designers and creative professionals to participate in creating charrettes envisioning the future look of the Funk Zone. The purpose of the project is to engage the community to envision what our Funky neighborhood may look like as Santa Barbara's arts district.

The first public organizational meeting will be held FRIDAY, July 27 at 6 p.m. at Municipal Winemakers at 24 Anacapa Street in the Funk Zone. It is free and open to the public. Teams will be formed from this meeting, and The Arts Fund along with key Charrette Organizers will create a timeline for all interested designers to submit their drawings, photographs, and mixed media charrettes for the FUNK ZONE CHARRETTE EXHIBITION at the Arts Fund Gallery September 28 - October 20, 2012. For more information and to participate, please contact Catherine Gee (info@artsfundsb.org) and be present for the organizational meeting on July 27. The Funk Zone Charrette Project is made possible by the generosity of Santa Barbara Foundation.

Organization Background: The Arts Fund (www.artsfundsb.org) was established as a nonprofit in 1983 dedicated to fostering the arts in Santa Barbara County. The organization's formal mission is to create, fund and administer programs and projects that foster the arts for the people of Santa Barbara County, to act as a catalyst maximizing the effectiveness of arts resources, and to nurture collaborative relationships amongst arts organizations.

The Arts Fund is best known for the Teen Arts Mentorship Program that matches promising high school students with professional master artists and writers in a workshop setting. In 2001, The Arts Fund opened The Arts Fund Gallery at 205C Santa Barbara Street at Yanonali in Santa Barbara's Funk Zone neighborhood. Gallery sales and private donations are an important and essential source of funding for the organization. Please visit www.artsfundsb.org to learn more upcoming programs and events or how to make a donation to support the work of The Arts Fund. The Arts Fund Gallery is open Wednesday - Friday from 1-5 p.m., Saturday 11 - 5 p.m. and by appointment.

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