#PublicArtFinder FS2024 Pointless Prize

[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

I’ve revised rule #3 of the #publicartfinder game to only require posting your art find to your Strava because some of you have been unable to post to the Forum since the migration to a new platform. Posting your photo to the Forum is nice-to-do but optional.

How to play #PublicArtFinder (revised):

1. RIDE your bike AT LEAST 10 MILES, and on that ride, discover any art form (loosely defined: you know it when you see it) readily accessible to the general public. An art find on a ride that’s less than 10 miles does not count, even if you ride multiple rides in a day totaling 10 miles or more.
2. Only 1 art find per day will be counted. (This differs from Freezing Saddles 2023’s game when a player could submit 1 art find per 10-mile ride with multiple 10 mile rides per day.)
3. Share your art find via posting 1 photo to your Strava for the ride on which you discovered it. Posting also to the Forum is nice to do (easy to see all the photos in the contest in one place) but OPTIONAL.
4. All, or some part, of your bike must be in your photo or it will not count!
5. Post your photo ON THE DAY OF THE RIDE.
6. Use HASHTAG #publicartfinder (not CaSe SeNsItIvE) in your Strava Ride title so that it will appear on the FS2024 #publicartfinder leader board, which you can find here:
https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/hashtag/publicartfinder
I will sweep this leader board for data periodically to feed the official #publicartfinder scorecard found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ob3HlhU34D4xrtbttsDIAu2knT8MOIZQ2EcAr6s5YF0/edit#gid=1975917300
7. Friends of FS2024 are welcome to post, but only registered participants can win prizes.
8. Follow me on Strava (Karen Hass, https://www.strava.com/athletes/38633292) so I can follow you back and verify that your #publicartfinder rides meet all the rules.

The location of your art find is nice to include with the photo so that others may find it too. A description of the art (artist, medium, circumstances for it’s creation, etc.) is also nice.

One point will be awarded for each entry that meets all the criteria above. Entries will be judged by some faceless cabal, and may be awarded additional points based on subjective criteria such as use of creative objects (like your bike interacting with your art find), composition, light, artistic flair, witty captions, great stories, # of quality submissions, # likes/kudos/dislikes, etc. In the event of a tie, efficacy rules: most art discoveries/least # of miles will win.

Now go find some public art!

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

01/12/24 Another piece of mosaic tile artwork by Valerie Theberge, located in Herndon at the intersection of Elden and Monroe streets. (Note that this doesn’t count in the contest since I’m the sponsor! Just playing along for fun.)

[Boomer Cycles]

Intentional deconstructed classical style carving which is also a water fountain. Sculpture Garden at Canal Center Plaza, Alexandria, VA 22314

[Indiana]

1/12 Mt. Rainier little free art gallery, take art, make art!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Rw4amukZNtKgiX8M6

Hope this works for photo for now!

[Joan]

[cvcalhoun]

1/12/24 Corner of Wisconsin and Ridge NW

[cvcalhoun]

1/13/24 Infinity sculpture from the National Museum of American History

[Joan]

[LhasaCM]

1/13/2024 – The mosaics at the western end of the Marvin Gaye Trail in NE DC

[Boomer Cycles]

Got lucky today with a doubleheader #publicartfinder & #scavhunt at the Mount Vernon District Station – Fairfax County Police Department, 2511 Parkers Ln, Alexandria, VA 22306

Note: I took this shot through my front wheel; see the two blurred spoke in foreground & wheel rim as the upper right frame.

[consularrider]

#publicartfinder – 01/13/2024 – On the side of Founders’ Row, Falls Church.  Just about where Bikenetic used to be.

[vicious_cycle]

1/13/2024 plenty of public art along the MBT 

[Sophie CW]

1/23/24 – Aluminum Quilting Society Working Together emblem in the upper right corner of this mural:

[Indiana]

1/13/24 art boxes along 3rd St NE DC near Florida

https://photos.app.goo.gl/K9TQap3ABvS9ku5Y9

A series of sculptures you look into. I wanted to read the sign more closely and look into the other boxes but didn’t get a chance. Sadly I was snapping this photo and heard that gut wrenching sound of a crash close behind me. A collision between a car and a cyclist on a bike share ebike crossing Florida. The cyclist was able to walk away after apologizing to the driver of the now dented car who thankfully stopped and tried to convince him to let her take him to the hospital. I hope he got checked out and is okay.

[Joan]

1/14/24 light mural by pirouette in Va Square

[bikesnick]

1/14/2024

The rock at McLean (VA) High School.

It probably started out much smaller, because it has many layers of paint and seems to get bigger each year.

[Author]

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