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Erin Rehberg - Founder/Executive Director
M.F.A., was Founder and Artistic Director of Core Project Chicago, a dance-based, interdisciplinary performing arts collective and is...


Tanner Melvin M.S. - Founder/Executive Director
Founder and Director of Side Street Studio Arts in Elgin, IL. Tanner Melvin is a dynamic leader and creative visionary, blending an...


Jess Rocha - Director of Operations
Jess Rocha is Managing Director of the Elgin Fringe Festival, Committee member of Going Dutch, and the Director of Operations for Side...


Nick Mataragas - Director of Programming
B.F.A. Nick is a former high school Alternative Education and Graphic Design teacher, the Founder and Executive Director of Memoriam...

Chris Arrecis - Exhibitions Coordinator
SSSA’s Visual Art Coordinator Chris Arrecis is an Illinois-based artist working primarily in photography and drawing. His studio practice...


Andrew Vo - Exhibitions Coordinator
Andrew Vo graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. He was the Artist In Residence at Side Street in 2021. He...

John French - Community Moves Coordinator
The Community Moves Coordinator, as part of the Art Education department at Side Street Studio Arts, organizes offsite art programs and...

Luiza Moraes - Advocacy Coordinator
Luiza Moraes is a performance and movement artist who has recently relocated to Elgin, IL. Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, she earned a...


Ivette De Santiago - Lead Instructor
Ivette is an interdisciplinary artist focused on exploring stories through video, photography, and installations. In 2016 she graduated...


Rachael Caise - Education Coordinator
Rachael Caise is a former educator with nearly a decade of classroom experience. Rachael graduated from Illinois State University in 2012...


Nick Jostes - Artist Staff
Nick Jostes is an artist from Elgin originally from Fort Collins, Colorado. He specializes in customer success / account management with...


Nicole Prokop - Artist Staff
Nicole Prokop is an interdisciplinary artist with artwork consisting mainly of fiber art, acrylic painting, and furniture restoration.


Yesenia Arroyo - Arts Ed Assistant
Yesenia Arroyo is a current Art Education student at Northern Illinois University with a passion for drawing. She has completed her...


Abby Franke
Going Dutch/SSSA AIR (solo show scheduled for June 2025)

2022 Elgin Fringe Festival
September 2-11, 2022


OFF THE WALL 2K22
August 5 - August 21, 2022


2022 Going Dutch Festival
May 27 - June 25, 2022

Erin Rehberg
Erin Rehberg, M.F.A., was Founder and Artistic Director of Core Project Chicago, a dance-based, interdisciplinary performing arts...

Tanner Melvin
Tanner Melvin, M.S., is Founder and Director of Side Street Studio Arts in Elgin, IL. Tanner comes back to Elgin and to Side Street from...


Nick Mataragas
Nick Mataragas - After ten years of teaching High School Graphic Design, Art, and Yearbook, Nick Mataragas became a director, actor,...
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