Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt

[Kbikeva]

1/18/21

I have to say this made me a bit squeamish (stay with me here). I started searching “public art” and terms like “African American”, “Hispanic”, “Latino”, trying to find some representative works that fit the description. Surprise – most public art isn’t tagged by these terms. Then I looked at a list of public art in Arlington (I wanted to ride outside my usual spaces). I was hoping that in the descriptions of the art there would be something that was a hint. I quickly realized that except for the Asian names, I was going to have to google each artist. Fortunately, I finally hit pay dirt and found an African American Woman artist whose work is in Arlington. I added the point to my route for the day.

It raises the question: If am new to a community and I’m looking for the public art work in my new community, who makes that list? How are the pieces described? Is there a better way to show BIPOC representation in subject as well as artist?

When I got to the location of my chosen piece, I was disappointed at the condition of the artwork. Granted, it’s winter and Covid and all that. And granted, mosaic work ages quickly and requires constant upkeep. But this just made me sad. So in the end, here’s her website: http://marthajacksonjarvis.com/ so you can see some of her not neglected work. And here’s the piece at the Arlington Public Library Shirlington Branch. (2004)

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[SusanG1693]

1/18/21 – #publicartfinder featuring (or by) a BIPOC
“Truths That Rise From The Roots Remembered” by Jerome Meadows at the Alexandria African American Heritage Memorial

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[consularrider]

@drevil 205605 wrote:

1/18/21 – #publicartfinder featuring (or by) a BIPOC

Let’s celebrate diversity on Martin Luther King Jr Day by taking a pic on your ride of public art that either features or is by a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color). It’d be nice if you could let us know the location, and if possible, the artist.

Optionally, post it into Boomer’s #publicartfinder pointless prize as well

Happy hunting!

Shirley Chisholm State Park, Brooklyn, NYC, She was the first Black woman elected to the US Congress. By Danielle Mastrion.

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 205605 wrote:

1/18/21 – #publicartfinder featuring (or by) a BIPOC

Let’s celebrate diversity on Martin Luther King Jr Day by taking a pic on your ride of public art that either features or is by a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color). It’d be nice if you could let us know the location, and if possible, the artist.

Optionally, post it into Boomer’s #publicartfinder pointless prize as well

Happy hunting!

1/18/21 – BIPOC

“Passage” by Lynda Andrews-Barry, at the Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA.

Passage includes 26 large-scale sculptures designed to evoke the ships that transported more than 12 million kidnapped and enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean between the 16th and 19th centuries. The artist is also descended from enslaved people. More information can be found here: https://arlingtonartscenter.org/exhibits/2020/lynda-andrews-barry-passage/

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[Serdar]

@drevil 205605 wrote:

1/18/21 – #publicartfinder featuring (or by) a BIPOC

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Edmonson Sisters

Sculptor: Erik Blome

Location: 1701 Duke St, Alexandria

Story: Paul Edmonson’s efforts to free his daughters brought him to New York City in the fall of 1848 and eventually to the Plymouth Congregational Church in Brooklyn, led by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Rev. Beecher took up the Edmonson’s cause, preaching about the fate of the Christian, light-skinned Edmonson sisters should they be sold down south, and quickly raised Bruin’s asking price of $2,250. By November 1848, Mary and Emily were free.

[tomacsh]

1/18/21 – #publicartfinder featuring (or by) a BIPOC
“Sewing the Fabric of Our Community” mural by Kate Deciccio and Rose Jaffe (Rose_inks), 2015

Captures the vibrant culture of LatinX immigrants and their contributions to my neighborhood, “Long Branch” (on Piney Branch Rd & Flower Ave, at the border of Takoma Park and Silver Spring, MD).

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[Boomer Cycles]

1/18/21 – #publicartfinder featuring (or by) a BIPOC

Mural (by Ella J Fly) on the side of the Birchmere Music Hall in Del Ray, Alexandria VA, featuring an AfroAmerican musician.
Thanks to [mention]HokieBeth [/mention] for taking me to this mural hotspot, and to [mention]drevil [/mention] for the #publicartfinder shout out!

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[HokieBeth]

1/18/21 #publicartfinder featuring POC

At the Birchmere in Del Ray. Louis Armstrong (?)

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[camiller]

1/18/2021 BIPOC Public Art

“Wakan”, in Reston on Circle Park Drive, represents the Lakota Sioux Indians in North and South Dakota. The word “Wakan” is a Lakota Sioux word meaning “of the Great Spirit” and symbolizes the strength and tenacity of the Sioux people.

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[Sophie CW]

1/18/21 – #publicartfinder featuring (or by) a BIPOC
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Sculpture, titled “Blossom” by Wayne Healy is located on near the the Rockville Metro on the east side. Called “origami… made in steel” by the artist, images depict the historically Black neighborhood of Lincoln Park, Clarence “Pint” Isreal, a Negro League baseball player who has a park named after him and William Gibbs. In 1936, Gibbs volunteered to become the NAACP’s plaintiff against the Montgomery County, Maryland School Board for pay equity discrimination in a case that would be known as Gibbs v. Broome.

[Kbikeva]

@camiller 205707 wrote:

1/18/2021 BIPOC Public Art

“Wakan”, in Reston on Circle Park Drive, represents the Lakota Sioux Indians in North and South Dakota. The word “Wakan” is a Lakota Sioux word meaning “of the Great Spirit” and symbolizes the strength and tenacity of the Sioux people.

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I’m glad to see they finally put a marker up. It hasn’t had one for many years.

[drevil]

1/19/21 – Beetle

On January 19, 1978, the last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany left their factory in Emden. Find a beetle on your bike ride and post the pic of it here.

Happy hunting!

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[camiller]

@Kbikeva 205716 wrote:

I’m glad to see they finally put a marker up. It hasn’t had one for many years.

I’m glad it had a marker. It would have been more difficult to appreciate the artwork without the marker.

[LeftyLaura]

1/18/2021 BIPOC Public Art

Contrabands and Freeman’s cemetery sculpture: The Path of Stones and Roses https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrabands_and_Freedmen_Cemetery#/media/File%3AContrabands_and_Freedmen_Cemetery_Memorial.jpg by Mario Chiodo, Italian, but the memorial was designed by African American Alexandria resident CJ Howard, prof @ Catholic Univ. Now I’m at a quandary which picture. You’ll just have to wait for it.

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[Serdar]

@drevil 205719 wrote:

1/19/21 – Beetle

On January 19, 1978, the last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany left their factory in Emden. Find a beetle on your bike ride and post the pic of it here.

Happy hunting!

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Gosh! I do remember seeing an old rusty blue Beetle parked somewhere. Now, need to find it.

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