Side Street Studios

Community arts spaces function differently than commercial studios. Side Street Studios operates in Cape Town's creative landscape where equipment access, mentorship, and exhibition space often determine whether emerging artists can develop their craft or not. The work involves managing shared facilities—studios, darkrooms, workshop areas—scheduling rehearsals and open hours around resident artists and visiting groups, handling materials storage, and maintaining the technical systems that keep everything operational. It's logistical and relational simultaneously: keeping the lights on, the tools maintained, the calendar coordinated, while fostering the collaborative energy that makes these spaces worth sustaining.