As we explained in a previous post, in the spring and summer of 2025, two of us interviewed 55 citizens of this area about public art in Kaslo and North Kootenay Lake. Our intention at the get-go was to get feedback on the nitty-gritty of the draft public art policy, but we quickly realized that what people really wanted to talk about was public art itself, not just policy, and we revised our questions accordingly. Considering that public art can sometimes be a contentious, hot-button topic, and given that many of us around here make it a point of honour not to agree on anything, we were pleasantly surprised—actually we were shocked—to discover how much agreement there was.
