Arts community depends on businesses for survival

Flip through the pages of your daily newspaper, and you’re bound to find mention of upcoming cultural events. Whatever the art form – music, dance, theater, visual art – such events wouldn’t be possible without support from local businesses. Corporate sponsors play a crucial role in maintaining the health of Northern Colorado’s arts community. Federal support for the arts appears doomed, public programs can do only so much, and an increasingly sophisticated arts community needs more support than ever before. Companies with a philanthropic bent are besieged by a growing number of arts organizations in need, and many help out,…