FS2022 #PublicArtFinder Pointless Prize

[Boomer Cycles]

Back by popular demand for its second season w/ enhanced guidelines [emoji849]):

1. Discover any art form (loosely defined) that is freely accessible to the public while completing at least a 10 mile bike ride. Monuments and Memorials are EXCLUDED as they are a different PP by @HokieBeth. Only one art form discovery allowed per 10+mile ride. If you want to discover more art, then start a new ride. Rides less than 10 miles are not eligible.

2. Post here on this thread a picture [use Small resolution] of your art form with some portion of your bicycle in it. Include the location of the art form following examples from the Little Free Libraries (also excluded) so that others may find it, too. Public Art rides/pics should be posted daily, so as to allow all a fair chance to play. Sandbagging posts NOT allowed and will automatically disqualify you from this pointless prize.

3. Hashtag your ride #publicartfinder (not CaSe SeNsItIvE) in your Strava ride titles if you want to appear on the FS2022 #publicartfinder leaderboard https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/publicartfinder which I will sweep (at least monthly) for data for the official #publicartfinder scoreboard found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ob3HlhU34D4xrtbttsDIAu2knT8MOIZQ2EcAr6s5YF0/edit#gid=58255797

4. Follow me (Boomer Cycles) on Strava so that I can verify your #publicartfinder rides

Entries will be judged by some faceless cabal on totally subjective criteria that may include use of creative objects (like your bike interacting w/ an art form), composition, light, artistic flair, witty captions, great stories, # of quality submissions, and/or # likes, kudos or dislikes, and bonus points. In the event of a tie, efficacy rules: most art discoveries/least amount of miles wins.

If you played last year, go find some New2U art! Don’t game the competition by resubmitting your discoveries from last year. Honor system in effect, but there may be extra points for self-policing or calling out any offending FS veterans!

Now go Ride and Seek your art form;-!

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[Nadine]

We all wanted to be in the pic…. but you can still see a little of the art – on the outside wall of the theater near nrw district brewing company in Arlington with Kathy & Sharon

[LhasaCM]

Faded but not forgotten – this is the last part of the “Chalk-in for Allie” art that remains visible on the street at 14th and Irving NE – the remnants of the “Build Safe Streets” chalk paint outline.

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Here’s what it looked like last month, shortly after the event.

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[SFrank]

Lyon Village Park gates. Very joyful! But darn, I wish I had seen the squirrels on these gates for the #scavhunt the other day!!

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[consularrider]

#publixartfinder – “The Conversion of Saint Paul” on the east exterior wall of the Church of St Paul the Apostle at the corner of W 60th St and 9th Ave, Manhattan

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Artist: Lumen Martin Winter Norton (1908-1982)

Medium: Roman travertine stone and venetian glass tesserae

Type: Bas relief

Date: 1958

[Kbikeva]

Ocotillo by Howard Kalish

This sits in the middle of a busy roundabout, but I played frogger to get closer and take better photos. You’ve inspired me, Boomer. The sculpture’s flowers are softly illuminated at night.

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[Kbikeva]

@SFrank 213896 wrote:

Lyon Village Park gates. Very joyful! But darn, I wish I had seen the squirrels on these gates for the #scavhunt the other day!!

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I almost always get those “I needed that yesterday” moments! By the way, the LFL’s here need you…

[Nadine]

Tree mural on the side of the mall where I didn’t find the dumpling place (but it’s there, Komorebi says [emoji2358])

But hey I found art! [emoji2]

Nadine
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[cvcalhoun]

Without getting into all of the gory details, a pig flying seemed to encapsulate the difficulty I had getting out today. This is at Butcher’s Alley, 4961 Bethesda Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814.

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[Steve O]

This sobering visual paean to throwaway containers is displayed in a park in Beverly Hills CA

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[consularrider]

“Bear and Faun,” Morningside Park at W 114th St

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[cvcalhoun]

Armillary Sphere, Willoughby Park, Friendship Boulevard and Willard Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD

The armillary sphere is an ancient timekeeping device, although this one is intended as art rather than being functional. The birds flying around the top represent time flying.

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[Boomer Cycles]

“Come Together” mural, 632 N. Washington St., (old town) Alexandria VA

Painted by two local high school students, inspired by Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” to express solidarity with Black Lives Matter.

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[Rod Smith]

Egret, Salmon, Honey Bee by MasPaz 1355 Okie St NE
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[Kbikeva]

If only there was a button to push to hear mariachi music! These guys make me laugh every time I ride by.

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[Boomer Cycles]

*** Bike Art Bonus Point Opportunity tomorrow only ***

Just in time for tomorrow’s snowstorm in the DC area….

Go find a piece of bicycle-related public art while riding at LEAST 10 miles (decasleaze) tomorrow, and win +5 points for being a Rule 9 rider in addition to a PublicArtFinder. Post your pic here, and remember to include some portion of your bike in the pic, along with a link to your Strava post so that your ride can be verified.

Additional bonus points may be awarded to truly inspirational results .

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