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Reed Bmore
ARTIST
MEET THE ARTIST
Reed Bmore is a mixed media street artist who engages with a viewer’s imagination and memory. With a background in graffiti art, Reed Bmore primarily showcases his creativity and various interests through wire sculpture, often seen hanging on traffic line wires.
He wants to insert himself, his vision, into Baltimore’s social and cultural environment, to connect to the city’s unique beauty and charm in any way he finds meaningful, original, and relevant.
BORN: 1991 in Manila, Philippines
LIVES: Baltimore, Maryland
ARTIST WEBSITE:
www.reedbmoreart.com
“I chose to be an artist over anything else because I don’t know anything else other than to be an artist.” https://youtu.be/DqqNRSf3Di8https://youtu.be/k4o8JYkTWFwhttps://youtu.be/JH2I_sd2qrE
SKILLS
Wire: 2-D Sculpture, Line Drawing
MEDIA
Mesh, Wire, Pliers
MAKE
Draw a wire sculpture design that is funny or playful, an artwork you could display outside in Baltimore, for everyone to see. Research a specific place in Baltimore City that is important to you and create a wire sculpture that would like to place in the area. In your artist statement, describe the place and explain why the wire sculpture created is made for the location you chose.
CONNECT
GRADES K-2
ELA Reading Standards: With support ask and answer questions about key details in a text [about street art].
Maryland State Fine Arts Standards (MSFAS):
I:P-2:1: Think creatively about self, others, places, and events.
GRADES 3-5
ELA Reading Standards: Determine and explain the main idea of a text [about street art] and explain how it is supported by key details. When needed, summarize the text for further comprehension.
MSFAS: I:3-5:1: Act on creative ideas to develop personally meaningful compositions through observation, imagination, or memory.
GRADES 6-8
ELA Reading Standards: Cite the textual evidence to clearly support an analysis of what the text [about street art] says as well as inferences drawn from the text.
MSFAS:I:6-8:1: Access, evaluate, use and manage information throughout the context of art history and design.
HIGH SCHOOL
ELA Reading Standards: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text [about street art].
MSFAS:I:9-12:1: Act on creative ideas within the context of a given or chosen art problem.
TALK
GRADES K-2 Pre and Post Questions about Reed Bmore’s Videos
Preview: What does art mean to you? Where do you see art? What do you use to make art? Have you seen art outside? What kind of art have you seen outside?
Post: Have you seen Reed Bmore’s work before? Why does he display his artwork outside? What does Reed Bmore create art to help make people feel better? Have you ever seen art that made you feel good? What did it look like? Why does Reed Bmore think it is important to be himself?
GRADES 3-5 Pre and Post Questions about Reed Bmore’s Videos
Preview: When you think about art, what comes to mind? Where do you see art? Is art for everyone or just for some people?
Post: Have you seen Reed Bmore’s work before? If so, what did you think his work is about? Why does Reed Bmore think it is important to find ways to be different from other people? If you had to create something for everyone in Baltimore to see, what would it look like?
GRADES 6-8 Pre and Post Questions about Reed Bmore’s Videos
Preview: What makes you feel different or unique? What is a strength you have that no one else has? How do artists share their uniqueness? Where do artists share their work? Is art for everyone or just for some people?
Post: Have you seen Reed Bmore’s work before? If so, what did you think his work is about? Why does Reed Bmore call himself a pretendgineer? Why does Reed Bmore think it is important to find ways to be different from other people? Why is play important to Reed Bmore? How can you be playful in the way you make art? If you had to create something for everyone in Baltimore to see, what would it look like?
HIGH SCHOOL Pre and Post Questions about Reed Bmore’s Videos
Preview: Why do artists create? Where do artists create? Where do artists show their work? How do artists create work to stand out from other artists?
Post: Have you seen Reed Bmore’s work before? Why does Reed Bmore call himself a pretendgineer? Why does Reed Bmore think it is important to find ways to be different from other people? Why does Reed Bmore think he had no choice but to be an artist? Why is it important for Reed Bmore to display his work outside? If you had to create something for everyone in Baltimore to see, what would it look like
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