#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]

@bikingjenn 227282 wrote:

@karenbikes2@gmail.com
Did I read correctly that 1/1 art must be posted to forum on 1/1 and so forth?

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Yes, public art needs to be posted on the day you find it to both Strava and the forum.

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[Nadine]

#publicartfinder – T Rex 1/2/24

I believe this was made with paper machê cuz I remember it when it was newspapers. Down by 4 mile run in front of those fancy new apartments that replaced the housing project, between the Shirlington connector & the water treatment plant

[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

@Nadine 227286 wrote:

#publicartfinder – T Rex 1/2/24

I believe this was made with paper machê cuz I remember it when it was newspapers. Down by 4 mile run in front of those fancy new apartments that replaced the housing project, between the Shirlington connector & the water treatment plant

Help me out here? Where’s your bike in the picture?

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[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

What to do about #publicartfinder posts while the Bike Arlington forum is down on 1/4 and 1/5 (see http://bikearlingtonforum.com/announcement.php?f=41)

While it is down:
1. Post your photos on your Strava feed and use the #publicartfinder tag (per usual)
2. Be sure you’re following me on Strava so I can follow you back (https://www.strava.com/athletes/38633292)
3. Post your photos to the forum on 1/6 when the forum is back online. You can post art find photos for all 3 days in a single forum post.

[SarahBee]

01/03/2024 #publicartfinder

[shwong5]

1/3/2024 #publicartfinder at the Apex Apartments along the Four Mile Run Trail

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[consularrider]

#publicartfinder – 01/02/24 – In front of the George Mason Art Gallery on Wilson Blvd at N Monroe St in Virginia Square

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[bikesnick]

1/3/2024 – kinetic sculpture by Lin Emery (2001) at Mitre in Mclean, VA

[CCRider50]

#publicartfinder – front entrance of Somerset Elementary School (CC MD)[ATTACH=CONFIG]31090[/ATTACH]

[Boomer Cycles]

1/3/24 – seasonal yard art

The seat nose and post of my bike form the lower right frame for this pic

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[LhasaCM]

1/3/2024 – a new mural of the Capital Trails Coalition DC area trails located in the future “bike lobby” that will connect the MBT to 2nd and Florida NE once again, as soon as construction is complete (and the gate can be opened up).

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[LhasaCM]

@karenbikes2@gmail.com 227312 wrote:

What to do about #publicartfinder posts while the Bike Arlington forum is down on 1/4 and 1/5 (see http://bikearlingtonforum.com/announcement.php?f=41)

While it is down:
1. Post your photos on your Strava feed and use the #publicartfinder tag (per usual)
2. Be sure you’re following me on Strava so I can follow you back (https://www.strava.com/athletes/38633292)
3. Post your photos to the forum on 1/6 when the forum is back online

For #3 – do you want separate forum posts on 1/6 when it’s back online, or should we do a single one covering all 3 days (if applicable)?

[karenbikes2@gmail.com]

@LhasaCM 227419 wrote:

For #3 – do you want separate forum posts on 1/6 when it’s back online, or should we do a single one covering all 3 days (if applicable)?

Good question! I’m fine with a single forum post on 1/6 covering all 3 days.

[Rod Smith]

Thanks for keeping this going Karen!

[Indiana]

1/3/24 Shidahiku, Fern Pull kinetic sculpture by Anthony Howe in Navy Yard DC

Twirling in the breeze. Mesmerizing. Video clip in Strava, longer video by artist https://www.howeart.net/shindahiku-fern-pull in a much greener location than it is currently. Looks so organic in motion.

[Author]

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