FS2022 #PublicArtFinder Pointless Prize

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Part of the mural painted on the side of Dominion Animal Hospital in Herndon on Station St.

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[Serdar]

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I love the sign on the fence in front of this New2Me yard art at S Highland and 2nd Str S in Arlington.
https://www.strava.com/activities/6704094810

[cvcalhoun]

2/18/2022 Bonus entry
“Blossom,” by Wayne Healy, at the corner of Park Road and S. Stonestreet Avenue, Rockville

This one is not only an example of Black culture, but an example of how Black culture is erased. Here’s a description I found elsewhere on the forum:

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.

And here’s the City of Rockville’s description:

Blossom by Wayne Healy | installed at Corner of Park Road and S. Stonestreet Avenue, 2012

Description:

The sculpture consists of laser cut silhouettes of the different activities of the people in the neighborhood. The past and present Rockville residents are depicted on the tiles.

Note that all references to Black people have been removed.

[cvcalhoun]

2/19/2022 Bonus entry
“Cornerstone,” corner of N. Washington Street and Beall Avenue, Rockville.

The City of Rockville did rather better with this one:

Cornerstone by William Cochran | installed at Corner of N. Washington Street and Beall Avenue, 2010. Trompe l’oeil civil rights mural depicts three central banners with historical text that include the “X” marks of illiterate freedmen on a pledge to pay for Rockville’s first black school. The artwork also highlights African American heritage sites through historic images that appear to hang in front of the mural.

[Serdar]

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Yard art at 4503 4th Str S in Arlington
https://www.strava.com/activities/6708269314

[Serdar]

@Boomer2U 215288 wrote:

Sorry @serdar but memorials & monuments are subjects of a different pointless prize (#monuments) and excluded from this year’s #publicartfinder … but you can still recycle your photo on the #monuments thread.

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Agreed. I deleted the hashtag from my Strava feed.

[LhasaCM]

On today’s (long enough) ride, I managed to find one of the “Art in Bloom” pieces from last year’s Cherry Blossom Festival. “Celebration” by Sandra Pérez-Ramos, despite what the website says, can be found on 13th Place NW just south of Fern Street, along the entry driveway to the Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus (NW portion of Walter Reed).

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Dark Star Park, Rosslyn

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[bikedavid]

Greetings from Hyattsville! This colorful mural is off Route 1, near Pizza Paradiso.

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#publicartfinder – komorebi’s Arlington and Falls Church Andrew Mallon Chainsaw Art Ride

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[Serdar]

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Chainsaw art at the intersection of Old Columbia Pike and Downing Str
https://www.strava.com/activities/6713656912

[LhasaCM]

2/20 – A DC Go-go mural painted last April on a market at the corner of Alabama and Randall SE. (Someone started “encouraging” me to go back to my own neighborhood so I did not get a good picture with my bike in frame. Sorry!)

As a bonus: here’s a brief video of part of the painting in progress https://youtu.be/N9kdiChXLQc

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Boulder painted by students outside of Ellis Elementary School on Rixlew Ln in Manassas.

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2/20/2022

I suspect this column in front of Bloomingdale’s in Chevy Chase is a fountain in more seasonable weather. But I was not so subtly being moved along by a police officer, so I didn’t want to stay too long to check. For now, it’s just a column with a decorative base.

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[Nadine]

@Serdar 216820 wrote:

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Chainsaw art at the intersection of Old Columbia Pike and Downing Str
https://www.strava.com/activities/6713656912

Dude I was there with you but your picture is SO MUCH BETTER. I thought I was watching you to see how you do it but [emoji848] I woulda said there wasn’t a way to get a good picture able at this place because of the fence – but you FOUND one! [emoji482][emoji323]

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