Dude Ranch Dada is a documentary film that explores the history of the artists that created the vibrant art scene in San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s, sometimes referred to as "Funk Art.".  Led by William T. Wiley, a group of decidedly Western renegades challenged the Modern Art world with their inventive, wild and wonderful art, film, music and theater.  Bruce Nauman, Steve Reich, Robert Arneson, Robert Nelson, William Allan and Robert Hudson were just a few of the artists who were a part of the collaborative spirit of the times.  The film also explores the story of an extraordinary high school art teacher, in the nuclear town of Richland, WA , who came to impact a new generation of artists in profound ways.