6 Successful Crowdfunded Public Art Projects

Maybe it’s Congress’s ultra-low approval rating – on par with Hugo Chavez! – that has it trying to get in with the cool kids by considering a bill that would make it easier for businesses to raise capital through crowdfunding. Crowdfunding has taken off among artists and entrepreneurs as an easier way to raise money from the public through websites that pitch their project and collect the cash. Some sites take a percentage of the money earned, impose a deadline, or don’t charge donors until a goal is met.

Although sites like RocketHub, fansnextdoor, and artistShare provide similar platforms for people to pass along money to create work they want to support, Kickstarter seems to have fielded the rowdiest roster of major public art projects in cities. Take a look at how crowdfunding got its street cred with these six recently funded public art projects.