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!

Topic

[consularrider]

#publicartfinder 3/12 – Where the W&OD makes a 90° turn at the East Falls Church basketball court.  Don’t know why I’ve never noticed this stump treatment, but it does look fairly recent

[Boomer Cycles]

Kermit at ease while #errandonneuring, next to a South Mountain Creamery truck with a mural depicting their farm, making a delivery in the wilds of Old Town Alexandria VA

[Indiana]

3/12 artistic little free library at Takoma Park Presbyterian Church

[Boomer Cycles]

my bike leaning against a mural in the outdoor garden center of  Willow’s Vintage Charm Antique Store, Lovettsville VA

[Heidi Rausch]

3/13/2025 I think was at an exit of McPherson sq metro near Vermont and H st downtown

[Varsil]

Stopped by the twinbrook community center to visit my fav. Sculpture from last Sunday’s ride with @SophieCW

[Boomer Cycles]

Kermit next to a Jeep Wrangler of his same ilk, with a daisy flower on its tire cover, near the Alexandria YMCA

[consularrider]

#publicartfinder 3/14 – Kina reminds me of castles along the Mosel.  26th St N near Bishop O’Connell HS and Tuckahoe ES

[Heidi Rausch]

3/14/2025 belated post, sorry! This is on the dutchess county rail trail near the hudson river

[Heidi Rausch]

3/15/2025 on the dutchess county rail trail

[Nadine]

3/15/25

Idk if this hot li’l 3 whreled sports car is very practical but WOW is she pretty! So, obviously public art 😁👍🏼

<span style=”-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”>It’s in 🤔 Fairfax or falls church. Jenn was leading us then & I’m not quite sure where we were  </span>

[Varsil]

<li style=”text-align: center;”>Discovered this wooden sculpture today..in one of my fav places to ride the woodend sanctuary ❤️

[Indiana]

3/15 15th St NW DC utility box artwork by Hannah Atallah

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[Boomer Cycles]

My bike leaning against a butterfly at Art Space in Herndon VA alongside the W&OD trail, west of the Green Lizard

[Robbie Rob]

A tribute to Chuck Brown near the Minnesota Avenue train station at Gault Street, NE.

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