#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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[Boomer Cycles]

@cvcalhoun 222815 wrote:

1/18/2023
Billboard with the classic 1950s family (in a car, of course!) above the now closed American City Diner on Connecticut Avenue.

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+1 point for capturing a difficult overhead shot perfectly aligned with the index shifter indicator from your bike’s handlebar!

[Boomer Cycles]

The #PublicArtFinder faceless cabal has been busy tabulating this year’s results in anticipation of tonight’s FS2023 Final Happy Hour and is pleased to report the following:

* 26: the number of #publicartfinder participants

* 588: the number of art work rides recorded on Strava

* 575: the number of posts on this thread that the faceless cabal sorted through to figure this all out [emoji43]

* 70%: the percentage of art discoveries by the top 6 #publicartfinders (a prolific lot indeed)

* 34: The number of bonus points awarded this season and how the game was won … for leading/sharing the #publicartfinder goes to Reston ride;-)

And so, congratulations to @karenbikesva, @rodsmith and @cvcalhoun for taking the podium steps 1, 2 and 3 in this year’s #publicartfinder game!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ob3HlhU34D4xrtbttsDIAu2knT8MOIZQ2EcAr6s5YF0/edit#gid=358841852

* The awards are original water color paintings of local landmarks generously donated by #FS2023 very own @FastFriendlyGuy. Bravo [emoji119]!

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[Boomer Cycles]

Shout out to @karenbikes2 for sweeping the #PublicArtFinder this year and sharing her vast knowledge of public works of art in treasure trove of the Greater Reston Township! And to @FastFriendlyGuy for generously donating his original artworks as pointless prizes and assisting in the awards ceremony

@Rod the roving CaBi bike mechanic for the sheer volume of art finds across the DMV area!


@cvcalhoun for the most art finds after dark, and 3rd place overall.

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