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]

3/10/22 I knew I shoulda written down the name of this museum…. It’s near union Station, other side of Pennsylvania Ave – so near the Capitol too.

[Nadine]

3/10/22 then I found this great pickup truck right by the DC rei

[Nadine]

3/10/22 also found these murals in Brookland by Bicycle Trash, which is a cool place for us to know about! https://www.bicycletrash.com

[Kbikeva]

3/10 Part A

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[Kbikeva]

3/10 Part B

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

Mural on the backside of Wiygul Automotive, 11728 Sunset Hills Rd, Reston, VA. You can see the mural from the W&OD between Old Reston Ave and the Reston Parkway underpass.

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[cvcalhoun]

3/10/2022

None of the online sources I found showed any art at all in Kensington, MD, and I was prepared to believe it was a cultural wasteland. But then i just serendipitously found this in a parking lot for M&T Bank, 10420 Montgomery Ave, Kensington, MD 20895.

On the other hand, this was done in 2017, and was the first major mural in all of Kensington.

[consularrider]

#publicartfinder – Front windows of I-T Childcare on Oakton Pl in Des Plaines, IL

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

This is the first mural dedicated in the Historic Downtown of Leesburg, VA. It was suggested by the Town to enhance the area around the bike racks and entrance to the Town Hall from the parking garage. This all volunteer effort was designed by local artist Kevin Dunn who directed and organized the installation using students and other volunteer artists from the area. Sherwin-Williams Paint Store in Leesburg donated the paint. The mural was dedicated in September 2016. More photos in my Strava.

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[Kbikeva]

@karenbikes2@gmail.com 218011 wrote:

Mural on the backside of Wiygul Automotive, 11728 Sunset Hills Rd, Reston, VA. You can see the mural from the W&OD between Old Reston Ave and the Reston Parkway underpass.

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With all the public art rides I’ve led in Reston, I’ve never seen this! Thanks, Karen!

[Kbikeva]

#publicartfinder 3/12

I was on my way to some murals near the house, and then saw this beauty along the way. The murals can wait for another day.

I had a hard time with sun angle, so pardon the quality of the photo.

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[LhasaCM]

@Nadine 217997 wrote:

3/10/22 I knew I shoulda written down the name of this museum…. It’s near union Station, other side of Pennsylvania Ave – so near the Capitol too.

It’s the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building (900 Jefferson SW). It is the second oldest of the Smithsonian museum buildings on the mall, first opening in 1881. It was closed in 2004 due to structural concerns, but just reopened late last year with the special exhibition shown on the banners here.

[LhasaCM]

3/10: Totally forgot to post yesterday’s photo of one of the pieces outside The Modern at Art Place (one of the new apartment buildings near Fort Totten Metro).

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[LhasaCM]

3/11: On today’s ride, I stuck with a photo close to home. Near Dance Place (on 8th NE near Kearney) is this wonderful art piece called “Square Dance” that also is functional, hiding the dumpsters to the Artspace Lofts.

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[cvcalhoun]

3/11/2022
This piece of art is at Phoebe Hearst Elementary School, 3950 37th St NW, Washington, DC 20008.

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