Arts in Small Communities
The Robert E. Gard Foundation is committed to helping people and their communities discover the vital role the arts play in their day-to-day lives.
- We believe that the arts spring from the commonplace and celebrate our essential humanity
- We believe that the arts, when nurtured and expressed, can change people and their communities for the better.
- We believe that in community development through the arts, each of us has the capacity to "alter the face and the heart of America."

Scene from
A Christmas Carol

Scene from
A Spoon River Anthology