This committee was first established by Council in 2004, as a direct response to a need identified in the Cultural Master Plan. The committee members are appointed by Council, with a mandate to oversee the planning and placement of Public Art. The first task that the committee achieved was to write a Community Public Art Policy that was adopted by Council in July 2005.

Rising from the Public Art Policy is the need to create a professional and up to date inventory of the Public Art that currently exists in the town. This is an active project that the committee is engaged upon.

Lantern Procession 2008 - a CPAC initiative

On November 21, 2008, residents of Canmore took to the trails with handmade lanterns to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the 1988 Winter Olympics, of which Canmore was host to the Nordic events. The lantern procession was a symbolic representation of the torch relay, winding it's way through the forested trails of downtown Canmore and up to the Canmore Nordic Centre, one of our Olympic legacies. Along the route, residents of all ages joined together in a grand display of community spirit, taking in the entertainment provided by fire spinners, jugglers, singers, drummers, native dancers, and a bagpiper. Those who did not get the opportunity to make a lantern in the free lantern making workshops offered were provided with candles with wind protectors reminiscent of the small red torches we all carried in 1988.

To see the Legacy of Lanterns video, please click here

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