Motor House is a creative crossroads rooted in the culture of Baltimore. We are a non-profit arts hub and performance space that encourages new visions, bold experiments, and emerging voices to celebrate the artistry of our city.

Motor House includes Showroom bar and cafe, a black-box theater, West Bay performance space and meeting room, a first-floor art gallery, second-floor artist studios, and third-floor offices for non-profit organizations. Graffiti Alley, the only legal place to create street art in Baltimore, is at the back of the Motor House building. 

The Motor House building started out as the first Ford dealership in the state of Maryland, and state-of-the-art renovations have honored that origin. In 2013, the building was acquired by BARCO, a non-profit real estate development corporation that’s dedicated to providing affordable and sustainable spaces for Baltimore’s growing artistic community. Collaborating closely with an advisory committee of artists, curators, performers, arts educators, and art organization executives, BARCO has created a totally new concept for community arts development, engagement, and performance.

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