Erin Rehberg, M.F.A. is an artist, educator, and arts advocate based in Elgin, Illinois. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Side Street Studio Arts, Founder and Executive Director of the Elgin Fringe Festival, and Founder and Artistic Director of Going Dutch, a festival celebrating female and nonbinary voices in the arts. Prior to returning to her hometown in 2012, Erin founded and directed Core Project Chicago (2006–2016), a dance-based interdisciplinary performance collective that...

Tanner Melvin, M.S. is an artist, educator, and community advocate based in Elgin, Illinois. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Side Street Studio Arts and a Director of the Elgin Fringe Festival, organizations dedicated to expanding access to the arts through exhibition, performance, education, and community engagement. Tanner earned a B.A. in Theatre, with concentrations in acting and design, and an M.S. in Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration from Western Illinois...

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