To Change the Face and Heart of America : Selected Writings on the Arts and Communities, 1949-1992

By: Robert Gard

In this unique collection, Robert E. Gard, one of the founders of the local artsmovement in America, speaks across 50 years. His daughter, Maryo GardEwell, collects excerpts of Gard's writings into a set of 10 beautiful, simple,profound meditations upon the value of the arts in communities. Gard's wordsare as resonant now as when they were first written and exhort all Americans to'change the face and the heart of America? through the arts. Gard, a visionaryartist and advocate and one of the founders of the American local arts movement,reminds us that healthy, vibrant, equitable communities are not possible withoutarts and culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997507519
• ISBN13: 9780997507515
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Americans for the Arts
• Length: 122 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"