FS2021 #PublicArtFinder pointless prize

[Boomer Cycles]

@historygeek 205809 wrote:

Vanadu isn’t strictly public, but it is freely accessible to the public. The cars are all parked in front of the (equally decorative) house of Nicholson street in Hyattsville where it intersects Queen’s Chapel Rd. (artist is Clark Bedford).

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Oooui! Very artsy fartsy!

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[Boomer Cycles]

@consularrider 205798 wrote:

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MOTHER & CHILDREN
“Everybody should be free to go to school, to learn, to understand … We need to take care of each other!” Alexandre Keto‘s Afro-fabulist mural at the PS7 school in East Harlem depicts a powerful mother figure watching over and educating her children in a lake. The fantastical setting is Keto’s way of evoking many themes – education equality, care for the planet, and bridging communities of color and of suffering from around the world – in one piece.

On the E 119th St wall of PS 007.

That would be a better #lakefinder submission than the majority of other ones on that thread LOL [emoji23]

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@Hannah Lili 205698 wrote:

Just some seagulls on the St. Pete Pier. 🦩

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Great composition with the half-hidden cyclist in the background … behind the brown pelicans (painted red) as opposed to Gulls? … asking for an ornithologist friend [emoji3166]

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[Boomer Cycles]

@Kbikeva 205789 wrote:

Decisions, decisions. I know I only get credit for one #publicartfinder per day but I ran across both of these today so I’m sharing both of them here so you can enjoy them. I’ve not yet found a marker or description of the winged horses piece. It’s at the Northrop Grumman building on Warp Drive (no kidding) in Sterling. You can access it from the W&OD. Check a map to find the short path just east of the Rt. 28 bridge.

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Did you decide to add a bike in the pic with the horses [emoji206]?[emoji6]???

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[Boomer Cycles]

@Sophie CW 205709 wrote:

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.

What was the outcome of Gibbs v Broome????

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[Boomer Cycles]

@Kbikeva 205681 wrote:

In case you missed it on photo of the day, our quest was to find a piece of public art created by or subject containing a Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color. The searching on-line to find something I could/wanted to ride to was difficult and felt so wrong. I mean, googling “Black public art” or “Latino public art” or “Native American public art” plus the location I was searching made me a little squeamish. Is public art tagged by these terms? As far as I could tell, the answer to that was no. But should it be otherwise? I’d imagine an artist would want everyone who wants to see his or her art to do so, not just a particular audience. At the same time, an artist cannot help but put his or her life experience, including race or ethnicity in the pieces he/she creates. But does the artist want it searched with those terms? These are all challenging questions and I don’t know the answers. I just know I had never thought about them before today’s challenge, so thank you!

[mention]Kbikeva [/mention] getting deep on the meaning behind the art and identity behind the artist! +3 points!!!

What that fountain looks like when it’s clean … the design is meant to mimic the aquatic life of Four Mile Run next door

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[Boomer Cycles]

@Catedrew 205688 wrote:

#PublicArtFinder – the Spielschiff (Play Ship) interactive play sculpture on the grounds of the Arlington Arts Center at 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. More information on it here: https://publicart.arlingtonva.us/locations/spielschiff-play-ship/

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That has got to be the coolest playground ship ever!

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@rumipumi 205651 wrote:

My daughter, Harper Carter Matsuyama, designed this traffic box

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You must be gushing with pride … and rightfully so … over her and her artwork. A gazillion billion extra points for nurturing offspring that produce public works of art!!!!

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[Boomer Cycles]

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY

Found while on a #photoscavengerhunt for a “beetle” in Tyson’s Corner. First one to find it and geolocate it gets an extra +3 points!!

And this one for an extra +5 points

Hint: neither of these is visible from street view

Happy #publicartfinder hunting!

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[Serdar]

@Boomer2U 205838 wrote:

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY

Found while on a #photoscavengerhunt for a “beetle” in Tyson’s Corner. First one to find it and geolocate it gets an extra +3 points!!

And this one for an extra +5 points

Hint: neither of these is visible from street view

Happy #publicartfinder hunting!

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I have a goal.

[Kbikeva]

@Boomer2U 205832 wrote:

@Kbikeva 205789 wrote:

Decisions, decisions. I know I only get credit for one #publicartfinder per day but I ran across both of these today so I’m sharing both of them here so you can enjoy them. I’ve not yet found a marker or description of the winged horses piece. It’s at the Northrop Grumman building on Warp Drive (no kidding) in Sterling. You can access it from the W&OD. Check a map to find the short path just east of the Rt. 28 bridge.

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Did you decide to add a bike in the pic with the horses [emoji206]?[emoji6]???

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I have one, but decided to just share the beauty of the entire piece this time, but not for points, and my “points” piece was the Summer of Love. I’ll go back to Warp drive another day for a better photo with bike. We have lots of time with BAFS, ha ha

[Kbikeva]

Thanks to Serdar for coming out to the wilds of Reston giving us an opportunity to show off some of the public art south of the toll road today. While we rode we had wind, snow, and sunshine. We decided to call a halt when we got back to the W&OD so he could hide the Calvin Ball and we could thaw. We’ll do the north side another day and publicize it here for people to join.

In the meantime, these are some bike parking on the plaza at Wiehle Station. In the summertime the apartment building they’re in front of locks some pretty blue cruiser bikes to them and residents can sign out a bike to go ride on the nearby W&OD.

There is no information provided on artist or name of the piece. I like the dog walker one. Now that I’m studying the other two, I think it might be a little sexist. The male figure has a briefcase. The female figure looks to have a shopping bag. Maybe it’s a laptop bag? Hmmmm

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[JoM]

Love birds
Reposting since this is so colorful at Dewey Local Park, Montgomery Co.

[Sophie CW]

They settled out of court. But this lead to historical Brown vs. Board of Education.
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/william-b-gibbs-jr-1905-1984/
https://montgomeryhistory.org/brown-vs-board-gibbs-vs-board-of-education/

[Sophie CW]

They settled out of court. But this lead to historical Brown vs. Board of Education.
https://www.blackpast.org/african-am…-jr-1905-1984/
https://montgomeryhistory.org/brown-…-of-education/

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