Pointless Prize: Public Art Finder
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UPDATED #publicartfinders winners are….. (drum roll!!!)…..
- 1st place – Chris Randall (@consularrider)
- 2nd place – Heidi Rausch (@heidi-rausch)
- 3rd place — Janet L (@indiana)
A special shout out to Carol Calhoun (@cvcalhoun) who was on track to finish in the top 3 participants, but sadly was hit by a car and had to drop back to a being a Friend of BAFS.
I was hoping to see you all at the Freezing Saddles Final Happy Hour on April 2nd, but alas I will be out of town — on a bike tour, imagine that. Boomer (thank you!) will present the awards in my absence.
Thank you all so much for playing #publicartfinder! I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all your posts and reading the comments and stories accompanying them. I follow all of you on Strava and will be watching for more of your public art finds. I hope you all will play again in 2026!
How to Play #PublicArtFinder
1. Ride your bike at least 10 miles. On that 10-mile ride, discover any art form (loosely defined: you know it when you see it! The art find must be readily accessible to the general public. An art find on a ride less than 10 miles does not count.
2. Only one art find per day will be counted.
3. Include some part of your bike in the photo.
4. Post the photo of your art find in both of these places (use small resolution):
- Your Strava for the ride on which you discovered the art. You must use the hashtag #publicartfinder in your Strava ride title for your art find to be counted on the FS2025 leaderboard. Follow me on Strava (karenbikes2) and allow me to follow you back so I can verify your #publicartfinder rides. I’ll use the data from the leaderboard to feed the official #publicartfinder scorecard. If you want to view the leaderboard and can’t locate it, email me: karenbikes2 at gmail.
- The BAFS2025 “Pointless Prize: Public Art Finder” thread on the BikeForum. Must be the same photo as the one posted to your Strava.
5. Post your #publicartfinder photo on Strava and in the Forum before midnight on the day of the ride.
Describing the location of your art find is nice to include with the photo so that others may find it too. Including any description of the art (artist, information about its creation, etc.) is also nice.
One point will be awarded for each entry that meets all 5 criteria listed above. A faceless cabal will judge the entries. Bonus points may be awarded based on subjective criteria — e.g., use of creative objects (like your bike interacting with your art find), art find descriptions in your posting, witty captions, composition, light, artistic flair, great stories, percentage of quality submissions, # likes/kudos/dislikes, etc. In the event of a tie, efficacy rules: most art discoveries/least # of total FS2025 miles will win.
Friends of FS2024 are welcome to post, but only registered participants can win prizes.
Now go find some public art!
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Bird house which is a replica of the building upon which it hangs, Charlotte’s Kitchen, N West St corner with King St, Old Town ALX
#publicartfinder 2/10 – This was the back (north) side of Full-o-Pep Appliances when I was in high school. Now the building houses Friendly Beasts Cider Co among other businesses. Located on the B-Line Trail at W 2nd St in Bloomington, IN
2/10/25 Finally rode far enough to find some public art at Crystal City Water Park. There is a pink phone in the booth. (See Strava feed for more pix.)
Belated past the witching hour submission for 2/10…
my bike leaning against MICRO/MACRO: ROOTED IN SPACE, a #new2me mural by Rose Jaffe (2022), featuring American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, a young person using a microscope and a plant connecting the soil to the stars. Found on 2nd Ave SW DC near Audi Field.
2/11/2025
Statues of Shirley Povich and Walter Johnson from Shirley Povich field (with a bit of my handlebar at the bottom).
#publicartfinder 2/11 – “Indiana Arc” by Charles O. Perry and “Light Totems” by Rob Shakespeare in front of the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University.
The building was designed by I.M. Pei located next to the IU School of Art, Architecture + Design which houses the Grunwald Gallery of Art
My bike leaning against a Pajama Polar Bear 🐻❄️at the corner of Cameroun and N Fayette St in Old Town ALX. I submitted this corner previously when it was dressed up as The Grinch who stole Christmas, and assume that it’s fair play due to a change in costume. If not, LMK and I’ll make another submission.
2/11/25
In crystal city just north of the Waterpark, across the street from Starbucks. I love the colors 🤩
the pic looks warped cuz it’s a pano. I really didn’t wanna stand in the middle of 15th St to get it all in a picture.#publicartinder 2/12 – On the south side of the Moonburn on Morton apartment building in Bloomington, IN
my bike leaning against snowman ⛄️ #08 on the season for me, alongside the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. It’s been a good season so far for snowmen.
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