#PublicArtFinder FS2023 Pointless Prize

[Boomer Cycles]

How to play #PublicArtFinder:

1. RIDE your bike AT LEAST 10 MILES and share on this thread the discovery of any art form (loosely defined: you know it when you see it) that is readily accessible to the general public. Only one art form allowed per 10+mile ride. If you want to discover more art, then start a new ride on Strava and post another art find. Rides less than 10 miles do not count.

2. POST a picture [using Small resolution] on this thread of your art find with some or all of YOUR BIKE IN IT. Pics that don’t include your bike will not count. Adding your pic to your Strava ride helps w/ verification, but does not substitute for posting on this thread.

3. #Publicartfinder pics must be POSTED ON THE DAY of the ride just like #scavhunt.

4. Include the LOCATION of your art find so that others may find it, too.

5. Use HASHTAG #publicartfinder (not CaSe SeNsItIvE) in your Strava Ride title so that it will appear on the FS2023 #publicartfinder leaderboard https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/publicartfinder I will sweep this leaderboard
for data periodically to feed the official #publicartfinder scoreboard found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ob3HlhU34D4xrtbttsDIAu2knT8MOIZQ2EcAr6s5YF0/edit#gid=358841852

6. FOLLOW ME (Boomer Cycles) on Strava so that I can verify your #publicartfinder rides.

Entries will be judged by some faceless cabal on subjective criteria that may include use of creative objects (like your bike interacting w/ an art form), composition, light, artistic flair, witty captions, great stories, # of quality submissions, or # likes, kudos or dislikes, and bonus points. In the event of a tie, efficacy rules: most art discoveries/least amount of miles wins.

If you played #publicartfinder in years past, go find some New2U art!

Now go Ride and Seek some public art ;-

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

3/16/2023

Bike rack illustrating what’s available at The Bike Lane in Reston (11150 Sunset Hills Rd) – coffee, bikes, and beer. The rack was installed in memory of BJ Silvey, a long time Reston resident who did a lot for cycling in NVA.

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[bikingjenn]

3/16/23 4601 N Fairfax St Sculpture –please note that my bike is reflected in the art

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[consularrider]

#PublicArtFinder – 3/17/2023

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It may be Éire go brách and wearin’ the green today, but this mural “Changes Begins Within,” on the Glebe Rd side of KH Art & Framing at Langston Blvd is by Spanish artist David de la Mano. Painted in 2019.

[JessicaH]

Tucson, Arizona

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[cvcalhoun]

3/17/2023
“Dovetail,” 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda.

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[Indiana]

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3/17 bird watching birds at Bladensburg Waterfront Park

[bikingjenn]

3/17/23 Granite ?Sculpture at LBJ Park Columbia Island

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[consularrider]

#PublicArtFinder – 3/17/2023 – #2

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Cowboy Café on Langston Blvd in Glebewood

[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

3/17/2023

Another hand-painted bench from the “Take a Seat, Vienna” project from 2019, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Vienna Arts Society. This bench is located in the north west corner of the Vienna Town Green on the west side of Maple Ave E between Mill St NE and the W&OD trail.

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

3/17/2023

Mural by Hilary Siber, on the wall between newly developed Townhouses of Reston Station and the Dulles Toll Road. The mural is directly opposite a neighborhood park at the intersection of Faraday Park Dr and Midline Ave in Reston.

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[cvcalhoun]

3/18/2023
The art is the giant sculpture of a skateboard at Bethesda Boards. But another feature of note is the six-person bicycle next to my bicycle. The front row appears to be only for children and has no pedals. The middle and back rows each have pedals for each of the seats. The steering wheel is on the left side in the middle row.

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[Indiana]

3/18 Franklin and 9th NE
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[cvcalhoun]

3/18/2023 (#2)
1065 Wisconsin Avenue NW.

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[cvcalhoun]

3/18/2023 (#3)
Woodmont Triangle parking garage in Bethesda.

[consularrider]

#PublicArtFinder – 3/19/2023

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National Native American Veterans Memorial by the National Museum of the American Indian at the corner of Jefferson Dr, SW and 3rd St, SW

[Author]

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