{"id":1852,"date":"2012-08-31T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2012-08-30T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T16:22:18","slug":"robert-gard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/robert-gard.php","title":{"rendered":"Altering the face and the heart of America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardfoundation.org\/windmillprojects.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1854\" title=\"The Arts in the Small Community\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/windmill_project.jpg\" alt=\"The Arts in the Small Community\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/windmill_project.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/windmill_project-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/windmill_project-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/windmill_project-110x110.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>As a counterpoint and antidote to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/the-dark-side-of-placemaking.php\">my post yesterday<\/a> on the dark and difficult side of creative placemaking, I felt compelled to share the bold and brighter side. From the astounding mind, mission, and vision of Robert E. Gard in 1969<!--more-->:<\/p>\n<p>If you try, what may you expect?<br \/>\nFirst a community<br \/>\nWelded through art to a new consciousness of self:<br \/>\nA new being, perhaps a new appearance \u2013<br \/>\nA people proud<br \/>\nOf achievements which lift them through the creative<br \/>\nAbove the ordinary \u2013<br \/>\nA new opportunity for children<br \/>\nTo find exciting experiences in art<br \/>\nAnd to carry this excitement on<br \/>\nThroughout their lives \u2013<br \/>\nA mixing of peoples and backgrounds<br \/>\nThrough art; a new view<br \/>\nOf hope for mankind and an elevation<br \/>\nOf man \u2013 not degradation.<br \/>\nNew values for individual and community<br \/>\nLife, and a sense<br \/>\nThat here, in our place<br \/>\nWe are contributing to the maturity<br \/>\nOf a great nation.<br \/>\nIf you try, you can indeed<br \/>\nAlter the face and the heart<br \/>\nOf America.<\/p>\n<p>from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardfoundation.org\/windmillprojects.html\">The Arts in the Small Community: A National Plan<\/a><\/em>, by Robert E. Gard et al, 1969, p. 98<br \/>\n[both the commemorative original edition and the 2006 revised edition are available online].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a counterpoint and antidote to my post yesterday on the dark and difficult side of creative placemaking, I felt compelled to share the bold and brighter side. From the astounding mind, mission, and vision of Robert E. Gard in 1969<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}