About Us

Arts-engaged community members are doing far more than making art. They’re making connections that fundamentally alter the adaptive capacity of their community as a whole. Which means that in addition to making art, they are also building vital community assets like pride, ownership, trust, and a sense of belonging.

Great Bend’s work is to explore research-based ways that people – especially people in rural communities – can use music to find common cause, nourish trust, and address community challenges.

Our mission is music that builds community.