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]

Belated 1/17/25 posting as I passed out last night while setting up my BAFS2025 Team Strava Club and herding cats to join it…

Santa’s Elf (backed up by Rudolph) with the list of who’s been naughty or nice #yardart on Russell Road, Alexandria VA

[Robbie Rob]

“Evergreen” by the artist Shani Shih located at 8th & W. Virginia Ave SE on 1-18-25.

[consularrider]

#publicartfinder – 1/18 – “City Sweep” by Bernard Collin on 500 Madison, the northside of the Harris Teeter in Old Town North

[Serdar]

A monument to Albert Einstein on Constitution Avenue in DC

[Serdar]

Mural at MBT in DC

I had two rides each more than 10 miles today. Here is my art find on the second ride.

[Indiana]

1/18 Logan Circle Mural

I wonder how many neighborhoods in DC have a specific named mural?

[jlamb]

Seashore Cathedral by Giuseppe Percivati. Virginia Beach at Rudee Inlet

[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

@serdar you have 2 great #publicartfinds today, but this year only one a day is counted – and must be on a ride that’s at least 10 miles which both rides are.

[Boomer Cycles]

Today I found a limited edition Lilly Pulitzer Jeep Wrangler featuring a colorful Lilly design along the 2600 block of S. Adam’s Street, Arlington VA.

This collaboration between Jeep and the fashion icon Lilly Pulitzer was announced in 2008, to create these limited-edition Wranglers featuring a colorful Lilly design in pink, green, and yellow hibiscus flowers.

[cvcalhoun]

1/19/2025

Found at 3030 K Street NW. The black thing in the lower left is my handlebar.)

[Dachs6]

January 19, De Ontvoering van Europa. Translates to “the kidnapping of Europe.” It’s sits in front of the Flemish Brabant (Vlaams-Brabant) provincial seat (Provinciehuis). Knowing the title of the sculpture doesn’t really explain what is happening…if Europe is the feminine figure, is the bull kidnapping her? Or, is the bull Europe with the woman riding the bull to “rustle” it away?

[celestesollod]

Jan 19: A small herd of elephants in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, near the Maryland Zoo. Two in foreground, two more just over the hill, the last not in pic. More info here: https://www.marylandzoo.org/news-and-updates/2014/06/new-elephant-sculptures-outside-zoo/

Thanks for inspiring me to look that up!

[Indiana]

1/19 Marion Street

 

[bikingjenn]

1/20/25 Cool handmade sign. Owner explained they are all the c places they have lived and visited in Peace Corps and Foreign Service (FS). Top tube in foreground

[Boomer Cycles]

“It’s a Wonderful Life” yard at on Holiday Card Lane in Del Ray, Alexandria VA

[Author]

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