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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1/2 Symphony in DC Major: Duke Ellington sculpture in Shaw DC on P St NW near 7th St
Artist: Zachary OxmanD
ATE CREATED: 2015
MEDIUM: Stainless steel, aluminum, automotive paint
Bikes with the piano keys in reflection, info from https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/1232
I am about two hours late for the same requirement, apologies…please accept my entry for January 2. 🙏🏻
This raised fist, made of “corten steel”, was constructed with the artist/designer by welders from a Renault plant in Vilvoorde, Belgium that was closed in 1997. It commemorates the struggles of the laborers who lost their jobs when the plant. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strijd_voor_Arbeid
On time, today! January 3…but, per the rules, the ride despite being over 10km, was less than 10 miles.
Just a random piece of art hung on a former primary school, now used for adult education, in Zaventem, Belgium. Located at Spoorwegstraat 25.
#publicartfinder 1/3/2025 – Tour de Ernie Pyle in front of Franklin Hall on the IU Campus. This was the main library at one time and is now media studies. Ernie Pyle was a well known journalist Hoosier native, and IU grad. He was killed in action on April 18, 1945 on Le Shima off Okinawa.
Second ride of the day (January 3), with another piece of public art. This one is not so public, as it is within the NATO HQ complex, and access to it requires permission (such as employees, or pre-approved visitors). And, per the rules, the ride despite being over 10km, was less than 10 miles.
A mosaic mural, 50 meters long and 2 meters high, consisting of 200 two-sided mosaic panels that are each 50 cm wide. It was originally installed the Turkish Exhibition pavilion along with a restaurant in 1958 at the Brussels International Expo. One of the International Staff was so impressed with it, they requested for it to be installed in the original permanent NATO HQ in Paris after the expo was finished. It was moved twice more after: first to the temporary NATO HQ when it moved to Brussels in 1967, and then to the second permanent HQ after 51 years in 2018 where it now stands.
1/3/2025
From Colonial Opticians in North Bethesda, a display of some glass, some sparkly seasonal statuettes, each wearing glasses.
Belated 1/03/25
Inflatable Wooden Soldier #new2me seasonal pop up #yardart
3500 block of Wilson Ave, Lynhaven hood of Alexandria VA
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