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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    Boomer Cycles
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    My bike leaning against the 245-foot mural at the entrance to the Mount Vernon Trail from the (recently revamped in 2024) Crystal City Water Park, which highlights the area’s connectivity, according to the artist J.D. Deardourff.

    “The shapes of the map flow with the curvy shape of the wall, with a shifting gradient of greens and blues to illustrate the Mount Vernon Trail as a connection between an urban environment, land and the Potomac River.”

    Deardourff drew inspiration from a vintage map of the area, emulating the neighborhood’s topographical features in 1910 to convey its transformation.

    “With a wall like this,” Deardourff said, “you want the design to be simple enough to pop if you’re speeding by on a bike, but have enough detail to reward close inspection and multiple viewings.”

    I find that it “pops” most when the late afternoon, low angle sun light hits the wall just before sunsets behind the buildings across the street.

    #1138126
    consularrider
    Participant

    #publicartfinder 3/18 – Honest Abe in Arlington Forest

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    Heidi Rausch
    Participant

    3/19/2025 had to do my neighborhood’s identifying art for the last day! On Kennedy st NW and Georgia ave

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    Boomer Cycles
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    My final and perhaps favorite because it was hiding in plain sight “bike art” on the staircase leading up from Gypsy Sally’s on the CCT up to the C&O canal towpath just below Francis Scott Key park and bridge over the Potomac River, Washington DC

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    Sophie CW
    Participant

    3/19 – Gathersburg-themed mural on building wall on Frederick Ave by local street artist @nether410 from Baltimore

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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!

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    cvcalhoun
    Participant

    Thanks for sponsoring this! It was fun for as long as I was able to participate.

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