Newsmaker Q&A: Kickstart helps take arts to the streets

When a 25 percent decrease in funding threatened to kill Streetmosphere’s entire last month of summer street music, dance, visual art and theater performances, the nonprofit group knew it had to find a more efficient way to raise funds than an open guitar case.

The art program – created by Beet Street in 2010 – ran its first Kickstarter campaign in May, and surpassed its $17,000 goal with the help of more than 320 supporters in one week.

The Business Report caught up with Beet Street development manager Mary Beth Polce to find out more about community funding for the arts in…