There’s art in the park, and all over the city. Here’s a look at what you are eligible to win when your photos of public art in New York City get added to the Bicycle Utopia map.
Prizes are updated frequently, so be sure to check back here to see what’s new.
5 artworks added to the map: A Blick Art Materials sketch kit
Pictured: Set of 12 Blick colored pencils, a Blick 7″ x 10″ sketchbook, a set of eight Faber Castell graphite pencils. Not pictured: This reward also includes a Helix pencil sharpener and a set of three Prismacolor erasers.
10 artworks: A Thule photo bag or a Thule pannier
Pictured: Thule Commuter Pannier, Thule Covert Sling Camera Bag, Thule Pack n’ Pedal Tote
Stylish, and waterproof, Thule Commuter Panniers feature a roll-top design to keep contents dry. Vanishing hardware system flips away when carried off the bike. Universal fit works with virtually any bike rack.
The lightweight, water-resistant Thule Covert Sling Bag can hold a camera, a tablet, and up to four lenses, depending on how the detachable interior dividers are configured. The bag can be worn cross-body as a sling, or as a lumbar pack.
20 artworks: An ABUS U-Lock!
Pictured: Granit X Plus Mini 54, ABUS Super Ultimate 430 U-lockABUS Granit Extreme 59.
Each of these locks is urban level security and design that will make thieves tear their hair out.
20 artworks: Dinner for four and a three-month trial membership at the Montauk Club
Invite three of your friends for a prix-fixe dinner at the Montauk Club: two appetizers, four salads, four entrées, and four desserts. You will also receive a three-month trial membership at the Montauk Club. That’s three months of enjoying history, terra cotta quatrefoils, space, community, and maybe some Major Taylor conversation. Who knows? That’s the fun of a club (a club with terra cotta quatrefoils).
The Montauk Club was founded in 1889 as a traditional men’s social club and quickly became the most prominent club in Brooklyn. Charles Pratt, Richard Schermerhorn, Edwin Clark Litchfield and Robert Pinkerton were early members. Of the hundreds of clubs in Brooklyn at the time, the Montauk Club is the only one still in existence.
Designed by Francis H. Kimball in the Venetian Gothic style, the clubhouse is modeled after the Palazzo Santa Sofia (Ca’ d’Oro) on Venice’s Grand Canal. It is ornamented with representations of the Montauk tribe of Native Americans the club is named after, which can be found on the building’s capitals, over the main entrance, and on a continuous frieze between the third and fourth floors. Other panels depict a meeting in 1659 between the Montauks and Europeans, and the laying of the cornerstone of the building. The smaller staircase to the left of the main entrance was built as the Ladies’ Entrance, the first of its kind in any social club in Brooklyn or Manhattan.
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