Staff

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...

Tanner Melvin M.S. - Founder/Executive Director

Founder and Director of Side Street Studio Arts in Elgin, IL. Tanner brings an eclectic background that includes a B.A. in Theater with...

Ivette De Santiago - Director of Education & Inclusion

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

Chris Arrecis - Visual Art Coordinator

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

Jess Rocha - Director of Operations

A bipedal lump of fungus filled with half-baked ideas and covered in a rash. Jess Rocha, hailing from Bartlett, Illinois, graduated from...

Nick Mataragas - Director of Special Projects

Nick is a director, actor, writer, producer, podcaster, and improviser, and is a graduate of the IO Chicago training center (so many...

Kirstin Dunlap - Artist Staff

Kirstin is a printmaker and bookmaker currently attending Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York where she is working towards her MFA....

Mary Sweeney - Artist Staff

Mary Sweeney (she/her/hers). Born in California and raised in Chicagoland, Mary graduated from Columbia College in Chicago with a B.A. in...

Alanis Johnson - Art Intern

A student at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) pursuing a dual degree in Art History and Sociology with a Minor in Global Asian...

Freddy Lagunes - Artist Staff

Freddy Lagunes is an Origami artists from Elgin, originally from Veracruz, Mexico. He officially joined Side Street this summer as a...

Nick Jostes - Arts Intern

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

Alex Sharp - Arts Intern

Alex Sharp is a born and raised Elgin resident with Bachelor Degrees in Journalism and Art History from Northern Illinois University. She...

Christian Ulloa - Assistant Art Ed Coordinator

Christian Ulloa is an interdisciplinary artist who's work primarily consists of sculpture, printmaking, and video art. His body of work...