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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January 15, foggy day out, and with the melt in full swing, everything was a muddy mess. I’ve been riding past this mural of what I assume is a series of stills depicting a woman donning her shawl. It is painted on the back wall of a school for children with disabilities in Vilvoorde, Belgium.
More seasonal pop up yard art, while it lasts and the snowmen melt, until the next snow storm: 255 Lynhaven Dr, Alexandria VA
1/15/25 This yard art was hard to get a good pic with my vantage point but is worth zooming in to see. The black blur at the bottom is my bar mitt.
1/15/25
I love this tree art. Mother Nature’s art – with some help. It’s at Lee-Harrison shopping center near the Harris teeter.
🤔 I wonder if they’re gonna change the name to Langston Harrison shipping ctr….. It’s kinda a mouthful though unfortunately1/15/2025
Doing my best to look angelic in an alley off Bethesda Avenue. Somewhat hindered by the fact I had to tap on my watch to take the selfie.
#publicartfinder – 1/15 – Le Petit Café on the B-Line Trail at W 6th St in Bloomington, IN. It’s been around since my undergraduate days
The Mechelen-Nekkerspoel Station, not the original station, but it sits on the same location of the first train station in Belgium, established in 1835 (Belgium was the second country in Europe with a rail line after England, which if you ask a Brit means Belgium was the first in Europe 😉 ). This station was built from 2021, after the station prior to it, built in 1902, was demolished. The previous station was ugly, despite a facelift in the 1960s. This one is quite beautiful to behold, especially at night, and exudes a modern art aesthetic.
In addition to the front of the station, here’s a shot of the back.
My bike leaning against an inflated Reindeer w/ an ugly Xmas sweater, found just off of Cameron Ave, Old Town Alexandria VA
1/16
With all the times I’ve been to Strathmore, you wouldn’t think there would be any New2Me art left there. But I just noticed this (“Tower,” by Barton Rubenstein) today.
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