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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[Kbikeva]

#publicartfinder #2 for today Interesting gate to the water park.

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

Mural on the side of the Green Lizard Bike Shop, commemorating the history of downtown Herndon.

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[bikesnick]

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street maintenance hole cover in Alexandria, VA.
I had to watch for traffic, because this one is in the middle of the street.

[Sophie CW]

I didn’t get to play the publicartfinder game this year, but today I saw a piece of public art in Rockville that I haven’t seen before: “In Line” by Nancy Frankel
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[bikingjenn]

3/5/22 Always forget to put in my bike, but not today… Junkyard Dog in my front yard for all to see

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[consularrider]

Riding up the Skokie Northshore Channel Park, there are a large number of sculptures among winding paths.

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“Fork, Cheese, Hanger”

[LhasaCM]

Riffing on my ongoing theme of “public art close to home that I get to submit because I managed to go 10+ miles in a single ride” – an oldie but goodie is the statue “Helix” outside of 1800 Wilson (where we used to live in Arlington).

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[bikesnick]

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Turtle sculpture (in Falls Church, VA) by Clarence Kacergis, a welder from Provincetown, MA. “Myrtle” is one of three turtles the other two are in Provincetown. The owner came out and told us about the artist.
Here are links to the gallery and about the artist:
Provincetown Welding Works
Welding Artistry in Provincetown

[consularrider]

#publicartfinder – CTA Greenline wall at Marion St, Oak Park, IL

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[Kbikeva]

I saw so many great murals today, but marked most of them to go back to on my next 10 miler …

This was at Old Sheepdog Brewery. It’s by a local artist, Tino Ortega (@ortegtino). He specializes in these murals that look like party balloons. I can’t imagine them being well received in DMV but down here, they make sense. He also does other work, much of it jaw dropping.

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[LhasaCM]

It was so nice today I had to get a second (long enough for this) ride in. Along the Forest Glen Pedestrian Bridge (alongside Georgia Avenue crossing the Beltway near the Forest Glen Metro station) are multiple cute little statues. I liked this one the best.

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

“China Doll” by Amy Goodstine and Brandon Bloch. Located in front of 1900 Reston Metro Plaza which is the Wiehle Ave. metro stop.

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[cvcalhoun]

3/6/2022
Mural on the side of Serpentine Dance (which also advertises Tarot readings) at 4930 St. Elmo Avenue, Bethesda. There is construction going on next door, so I had to take the photo through a fence.

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

This is a companion to “China Doll” which I posted yesterday. Also located in front of 1900 Reston Metro Plaza which is the Wiehle Ave. metro stop.

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[Kbikeva]

Part A for today.

This sculptural piece, called Oasis Sombrio, is by Brad Goldberg, and it looks like jelly beans. The idea is that when the trees are fully grown, they will create a nice shady resting space outside the recreation center and water park.

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