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Construction Updates

We're now finishing renovations on the first building! What's going on over there anyway? Check out our progress including an exciting assortment of holes being made and filled!

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Fundraising updates

It takes a village and then some! Le Mondo is being realized through blood, sweat, and tears, alongside the diverse support of the city, state, and, most importantly, individual donors like yourself. Together, we're making the seemingly impossible a lasting reality.

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Nice Words From Others

Trying not to blush but we're not the only ones excited for the future of Le Mondo and its ongoing success. Check out the buzz from Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Magazine, and others!

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Le Mondo House Policies

As an artist-owned performance venue, live/work studio space, and community-focused cafe and bar, we are breaking new ground in Baltimore. As leaders in one sense, we hope to lead in other ways too. This Code of Ethics is a declaration of our organization’s intentions and standards for creating and maintaining a safe, radical, and transformational space of art and community innovation.

We champion and commit ourselves to the following principles:

  • Unjuried and uncensored art and programming.

  • Creating and maintaining live/work spaces that are safe and accessible to all people and walks of life, free from harassment and discrimination.

  • Actively supporting and highlighting a diversity of art-makers and art-lovers regardless of age, physical limitations, race, creed, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. This will be achieved through both programming choices, studio allocation, and staffing.

  • Providing open platforms for expression and intersection.

  • Providing support and sharing institutional knowledge with other artists, from grant-writing to navigating real estate.

  • Cultivating an environment of experimentation, mutual respect, and transparent ongoing dialogue in the interest of growth, radical transformation, and a deeper understanding of our work and the work of our invested communities.

  • Acknowledging the limitations of ourselves today while laboring toward a more positive and impactful future.

  • Leading with empathy and integrity, and an overarching goal of fostering kindness and compassion toward each other and the world around us.

  • Working to achieve all the above, while searching out and amplifying other voices in our community.


Code of Conduct

To read the full text of Le Mondo's Code of Conduct for its artists, tenants, staff, and patrons, click HERE.

 
 

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Linnet @oldschoolbruja is a Spiritual Intuitive, Psychic Medium, Healing Touch Practitioner, Oracle, and Master Healer. She will be hosting our opening ceremony tomorrow! _ Coming from a long line of oracles and healers, Linnet has been aware of her gift since the age of four. By the time she was nine, Linnet was reading fire, tarot cards, and Spirit boards for her friends. She has studied different denominations of spirituality throughout her life. _ Her expertise is in energy medicine, divination, spells, mediumship, meditation, past life regression therapy and teaching large and small groups. She travels the world providing workshops and various spiritual services that transform lives. Her practice is infused with healing modalities passed down through generations along with unconventional healing techniques.
Today we're introducing our Master of Ceremonies (MC) for our Grand Opening tomorrow night, @marioarmstrong. _ If you've been living in Baltimore for a while, you might remember Mario Armstrong as a former technology commentator for NPR's Morning Edition. Or you might have known him as the host of WYPR's Digital Cafe or hosting WEAA’s The Digital Spin. _ There were also a few years where Mario was Mayor O’Malley's Chief Technology Advocate of Baltimore? That was a title they made up just for him! _ You may have also followed Mario's journey from local television, appearing on WBAL and WMAR, to national television, appearing on the TODAY Show, CNN, Dr. Oz and more. _ Beyond that, Mario's roots in the Baltimore arts scene run deep. _ Mario's grandmother, Margaret Armstrong, was a Baltimore city music teacher who became an administrator and local leader. Margaret wrote a proposal to build a school where Baltimore City kids could pursue a public education in the arts. That proposal led to the creation of the Baltimore School for the Arts. _ We are beyond thrilled that Mario will be hosting the Grand Opening of Le Mondo tomorrow night!
💕 T-Minus 2 days til we celebrate with you on Friday, 6-10PM. :) 💕 Meet our musical guests for the night! @bobbirushh @ezewriter @djsaucee Jamal Moore @robingrhodes
Running around getting the space in shape to see YOU! 🤗 But we would love to give you a sneak peek of the wonderful artists you'll encounter this Friday, 6-10PM! Noelle Tolbert will be presenting a performance and dance activation called Mouthful. @gemoflife is an experienced choreographer, dancer, and performance artist based in Baltimore. She is the Dance Department Chair at the Chesapeake Arts Center in Brooklyn Park and teaches dance in various styles throughout the city. The co-director of TolbertD’Agostino Dance, Noelle views artistry as a living, breathing, entity in which we all can access.
🌺 One week til our Grand Opening! Next week, we are going to start profiling our great contributing artists 👀 Today, meet Sophia! Sophia Purekal moved to Baltimore in August 2014, started working as a primary care doctor in Pigtown months later, and can no longer call herself a Baltimore newcomer. ;) She is also a writer, musician, and an avid explorer of Baltimore’s lively and eclectic arts and music scene. She is thrilled to be a contributor to it through Le Mondo. Meet Sophia and the rest of the gang this 5/17, 6-10PM! (RSVP link in bio) 🌿
☘ A week and a half from opening! (More info and RSVP link in bio, okay?!) Meet Nigel! @nrg1bk is an arts-enthusiast, avid beard-wearer, and Programs Manager for Baltimore Corps. Nigel works to dismantle generations of inequity by advancing future leaders in Baltimore through one-on-one support, community engagement, and facilitating learning communities around racial justice and inequity. A Brooklyn-native, Nigel has called Baltimore home for ten years. HE SAYS: I excited to be part of the team! I truly believe in the artist-owned-and-operated model of the project and its potential to forever change the artistic landscape of Baltimore for the better. Catch up with Nigel at our free Grand Opening this May 17th, 6-10PM. 🌿
🍀 Ah! Our opening is two weeks away! (RSVP in our bio) But have you met Maggie yet? @memperatriz is an arts and culture producer and the Executive Director of @baltimorecreates. Before that, Maggie developed and oversaw community-driven arts initiatives throughout the City of Baltimore on behalf of the @promoandarts from 2014 to 2017. These initiatives included Art @ Work, Neighborhood Lights, Lots Alive, the Baltimore Mural Program, and the Transformative Art Prize! She was a Founding Director of @empcollective and previously served as a facilitator for Artists U, the Vice President of the @bromodistrict, and a founding organizer of @artists4truth. She is currently a trustee of @awesomebmore.
🌺 HAPPY MAY DAY 🌺 MEET ANOTHER TEAMMATE: @shymu is an Emmy Award-Winning Interactive Media Producer, and founder of his own production company, Neon Tuxedo. He's currently interested in making a play in the video game space, and is exploring his options. Splitting his time between Baltimore and New York City, he works with a variety of organizations ranging from small arts non-profits to Fortune 500 companies. He is the co-creator and co-executive producer of Mario Armstrong's @NeverSettleShow as well as a producer on the recently launched podcast #WakeUpAndLevelUp, a five-minute jolt of inspiration to kickstart your day. HE SAYS: I feel blessed to be able to help Le Mondo bring funding, support and space to amazing new art projects from a diverse set of creators. I can't wait to raise a glass and toast the opening of our first building with you at our Grand Opening Celebration on May 17 from 6-10pm, which you should totally RSVP to if you haven't already. I know that link is in our bio! ;)