PH'KAKI Creative Works

05/18/2026

Something was hidden above the ceiling inside Erie Labor Temple.

This morning, FOUND IN BUILDING // ENTRY NO. 001 officially launched on Patreon.

What started as investigating a water leak above a drop ceiling turned into the discovery of buried union organizing cards tied directly to the original labor history of 1701 State Street in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Not nostalgia. Not staged history. Physical evidence.

FOUND IN BUILDING is a new ongoing archival documentary series from Erie Labor Temple and PH’KAKI Creative Works exploring the forgotten objects, hidden archives, industrial remnants, and material memory buried inside this historic building.

The archive is now open.

Watch the first entry now on Patreon.

Supporters directly help fund:
future FOUND IN BUILDING episodes
historical preservation/documentation
free Soft Social community art & cultural events
workshops, programming, and public creative infrastructure at ELT
The building remembers.

Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/found-in-entry-158246401

FOUND IN BUILDING // ENTRY NO. 001 by Erie Labor Temple: The Signal Room on Patreon. Join Erie Labor Temple: The Signal Room's community for exclusive content and updates.

05/18/2026

Rendering drop: Studio #105

Like Studio #102, this is best used as an add-on room rather than a standalone lease. Because it does not have direct hall access, it works best as an extension of Studios #103, #107, or #109: ideal for storage, focused work, admin, equipment, or secondary use.

For the right tenant, an extra room like this can be the difference between cramped and functional.

Interested in bundling #105 with another ELT studio? Reach out.
Know someone expanding their practice and needing more room? Share this post.

05/17/2026

Something is hidden above the ceilings of Erie Labor Temple.

Not metaphorically. Literally.

For months, while repairing leaks, clearing debris, and exploring forgotten parts of the building, we began discovering objects buried inside the walls, ceilings, boiler rooms, and mechanical spaces of the historic Labor Temple at 1701 State Street in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Union organizing cards hidden above a drop ceiling. Century-old fire extinguishers. Industrial masonry older than the surrounding structure. Labor law archives concealed above the Commonwealth Reading Room. Fragments of Erie’s labor, industrial, and civic history.

So we started documenting everything.

FOUND IN BUILDING is a new ongoing archival video and essay series from Erie Labor Temple and PH’KAKI Creative Works dedicated to uncovering, documenting, preserving, and investigating the hidden physical history of the building.

Part historical archive. Part urban archaeology. Part civic memory project. Part documentary field report.
ENTRY NO. 001 premieres Monday on Patreon and YouTube.

The building remembers more than we expected.

And we’re just getting started.

Follow along: Patreon + YouTube +

05/16/2026

Now Quip on the ELT Patreon!

05/15/2026

Rendering drop: Studio #102

Studio #102 is best understood as a support room — not a standard standalone studio. It works as an add-on for Studio #101 or Studio #103 and makes a lot of sense for storage, admin work, editing, tools, materials, or a second zone for a growing practice.

Not every useful room needs to be glamorous. Some rooms make the rest of the studio work better.

Interested in a bundled studio setup at Erie Labor Temple? Reach out.
Know someone who needs more than one room to work well? Share this with them.

05/14/2026

Now introducing Studio #109.

This is one of the smallest rooms in Erie Labor Temple, and that is exactly why it may be right for somebody specific. Dark, compact, and highly niche, it could make an excellent editing room, archive room, tool room, solo-focus workspace, or dark room for the right creative practice.

This is not the room for everybody. It may be the perfect room for somebody.

Interested in Studio #109? Reach out.
Know someone who would instantly understand what to do with this space? Share this post.

05/13/2026

Now introducing Studio #103.

This is a straightforward private studio inside Erie Labor Temple: clean, workable, and built for someone who wants a room of their own to get serious work done. It can also be paired with Studio #102 for a more flexible arrangement.

Not every artist needs spectacle. Some need a door, a plan, and a place to keep showing up.

Interested in renting Studio #103? Reach out.
Know someone looking for studio space in downtown Erie? Share this post.

05/12/2026

Rendering drop: Kitchenette

Not every important room in a building is a studio. This is one of the support spaces that helps Erie Labor Temple function as a real working environment. It serves tenants day to day and can also be added to Boardroom // Conference Room rentals for meetings, workshops, and other public/professional uses.

Good support space makes the rest of the building stronger.

Interested in the Boardroom + Kitchenette setup? Reach out.
Know someone planning workshops, meetings, or small gatherings in downtown Erie? Share this post.

05/11/2026

Now introducing the Boardroom // Conference Room at Erie Labor Temple.

This is part of the building’s broader working ecosystem: a professional room for critiques, planning sessions, workshops, strategy meetings, board-style conversations, and small gatherings. It is available to tenants and also rentable for outside professional and public use.

If you need a room in downtown Erie that feels functional, intentional, and ready to work, let’s talk. Know a team, organization, or small business that could use this? Share this post.

05/08/2026

Rendering drop: Studio Suite #211

This is one of the most compelling spaces in Erie Labor Temple: a prime studio suite with a more layered layout than a standard room, including a nested office condition that gives the right tenant a stronger working structure.

For artists and creatives who need a place to make the work and manage the work, this room stands apart.

Interested in Studio #211? Reach out.
Know someone ready for a more serious downtown Erie setup? Share this post.

05/07/2026

Erie friends, I want to share the May calendar for Erie Labor Temple.

A lot of people have asked what we are trying to build at 1701 State Street. The simple answer is this:
We are turning an old labor building back into a place where people gather, make, read, write, listen, learn, repair, exhibit, argue ideas in public, and build creative work in Erie.

Not a one-night pop-up. Not a private clubhouse. Not another empty historic building waiting for “someday.”
A working cultural engine.

May is where that rhythm starts becoming visible.

This month includes Reading Room Sundays, Writer’s Night, Slow Make Night, Sketchbook Social, Listening Room, public watch parties, and Lecture Brawl: Ethical Use of A.I.

Some of these events are quiet. Some are social. Some are hands-on. Some are built for listening. Some are built for ideas with a little heat in the room.

The point is to make it easier for people in Erie to show up. You do not have to be a professional artist. You do not have to know anyone. You do not have to arrive fully formed. Bring a notebook, a sketchbook, a book, a project, a friend, or just yourself.

Erie needs more rooms where culture is not treated like a luxury. It needs places where artists, writers, makers, small businesses, students, readers, musicians, and curious people can cross paths without needing permission from some distant gatekeeper.

That is what Erie Labor Temple is being built to do.

If you are looking for low-pressure, creative, civic, and cultural things to do in Erie this month, come through.
If you cannot attend, sharing the calendar helps more than you know.

1701 State Street, Erie, PA Tickets + details: erielabortemple.com and Eventbrite
Art Works Here. Keep the power on.