MANAGEMENT

Lana Williams

Residency Co-Director

Williams studio practice has been based out of RTS for the past 8 years. After finishing graduate school in 2013, Williams had the opportunity to sublet a studio from a friend at RTS, which eventually turned into a permanent space. Williams found a perfect place to land at RTS–a community space that filled the difficult transition post-grad school. 

Williams personal studio practice centers on painting and ceramics, and she is also part of the collaborative Bonanza that operates out of RTS. Bonanza includes another RTS member, Conrad Guevara, and her partner, Lindsay Tully. Bonanza works across disciplines in film, fashion, painting, sculpture, and performance. 

J Rivera Pansa

Studio Co-Director

J Rivera Pansa is an interdisciplinary artist working in occupied Ohlone Huchiun territory (Oakland, CA ), and RTS studio member since 2020. They are an arts laborer working with artists and institutions in exhibitions, admin, and collections. Rivera Pansa was a member of CTRL+SHFT collective and served as Co-director of Exhibitions. 
In the studio, Rivera Pansa works in sculpture, text, and performance and was a 2019 RTS artist in residence. They were born in Olongapo, Philippines and completed their BA in Art Practice from University of California, Berkeley in 2017.  

Kate Rhoades

Studio Co-Director & Residency Co-Director

Kate Rhoades grew up in Ohio but has lived in Oakland since 2012. Rhoades has participated in exhibitions at Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn, Southern Exposure in San Francisco, and various venues, publications, hotel rooms and alley ways across the globe. Since 2014 she has co-hosted the Bay Area’s number one arts and culture podcast, Congratulations Pine Tree. Rhoades was also one of the Fleishhacker Foundation’s Eureka Fellowship grantees for 2018.

Chani Bockwinkel

Studio Co-Director & Residency Co-Director

Chani Bockwinkel is a dancer and filmmaker based in the Bay Area. She makes interdisciplinary-collaborative-queer feminist imagery for the stage, gallery, and internet.