Staff

Cassandra Miller

Managing Director

As Managing Director, Cassandra oversees the team responsible for programming and operation of Motor House’s first floor, including the black box theater, Showroom bar, West Bay, and art gallery. She is responsible for partnerships, community-building, strategic planning, marketing and communications, and general administration. Cassandra is a passionate cheerleader of the arts and of Baltimore, which […]

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Tori Munoz

Rentals and Operations Manager

Tori is a military brat who traveled to Baltimore to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art. She graduated in 2015 with a BFA in Art History, Theory & Criticism with concentrations in Curatorial Studies and Theatre. She was most recently the Performance Space Technician at MICA. She has spent countless hours in the tech […]

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Nick La Porta

Showroom Manager

Nick La Porta brings over a decade of experience to his role of manager of Showroom, Motor House’s first-floor bar and cafe. Starting out Nick served in college-town bars in California, then took it up a notch to the cocktail-lounge-scene of Seattle. Returning to the east coast, Nick took another step up to tuxedo-clad fine […]

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Leslie King Hammond

Gallery Curator

Leslie King Hammond, PhD, Senior Fellow, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. Professor Emerita, former Dean of Graduate Studies and founder of the Center for Race and Culture at MICA King Hammond has served on numerous boards and juries for arts and culture organizations and institutions including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Creative Alliance, Reginald F. Lewis […]

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