Anne Thompson (she/her, they/them) is a maker and crafter whose passions include art, politics, comedy, and science fiction. She is a lifelong doodler and works mainly with textiles, jewelry, paper, and polymer clay. She is inspired by people’s endless creativity and talent and loves working with RPSC to give people the opportunity and space to create their own works of art. Anne has been volunteering with RPS since 2019 and became a member in the summer of 2021. She works with the Workshops and Accessibility Committees.
B Munro Thompson (they/ them) is the Zine Director at Rock Paper Scissors Collective, a film photographer, and currently a substitute teacher. B fell in love with zines at LA Zine Fest in 2016, and made their first big zines (Worlds Version 0.5 and Version 1.0) based off of their favorite musician, Porter Robinson. Besides RPS, they frequent the East Bay Photo Collective’s Community Darkroom where they process film and print photos. B also works with a queer arts collective that they helped found called DIY Museum, which prioritizes community and belonging through creative programming. B is the current member serving on RPSC’s Board of Directors.
Candace Peters (she/her) is a textile designer by trade, artist by nature. She has worked for years in the fashion industry, designing textile art in both New York and the Bay Area. As a volunteer at RPS, she developed a textile series and sewing workshops, winning the Ara Jo Memorial Fund grant to offer a free, all-day textile arts workshop at Peralta Hacienda. Through RPS, Candace has found a way to blend her passion for art with her desire to connect with people and create meaningful change. In her new role as a member, she is working to deepen diverse community involvement and facilitate youth services. When not working and creating, you can find Candace on a bike or doing yoga.
Leslie Colón (they/them, she/her) has been a collective member since summer 2015 and is the chair of the Accessibility Committee. They have won multiple California Arts Council grants to support an inclusive vision for RPSC’s workshops, specifically enhanced access for deaf and deafblind participants. Leslie coordinates workshops that are accessible to a range of ages and abilities at the RPSC gallery as well as other locations, including a monthly Mixed Media Collage workshop at the Oakland Public Library. Leslie creates wearable up-cycled textile pieces and also photographs her immediate environment, especially familiar paths and people. Follow Leslie on Instagram @spiralmosaic
Lionel McNeely (he/him) is an artist that graduated from CCAC and an avid cyclist (3 time AIDS LIFE CYCLE rider). He's born and raised in Oakland (54 years in Oakland) and has been involved with RPSC since 2015. Follow Lionel on Instagram @mighty__poochie
Pamela Kohler (she/her, they/them) Pamela has a BFA in fine art photography with an emphasis on alternative processes and gallery/exhibitions. They produce creative productions, run a small business, and advise photographers on marketing, billing, and hiring within the commercial photography world.
Pamela’s empathy, care, and equitable action are central to how they show up - by creating space for everyone to express themselves and make concensus based decisions. She currently heads the community collaborations department and seeks to provide opportunities for creatives to make connections and build community.
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Toni Pecchia (she/her) Toni Pecchia is an artist and writer who loves zines, block printing and now crocheting! She has lived in the Bay Area since 2013 and is a professional pastry chef and chocolatier. She can be found riding her bike, drawing comics, foraging for plants & mushrooms, meeting new people and probably telling them to make zines.
Board of Directors
Anthea Ferrer (she/her) is co-founder and owner of Metro Bay Properties. Her expertise is in brokerage, property management, and insurance. She is deeply knowledgeable in the Oakland neighborhoods of Chinatown, Jack London Square, Downtown, and Uptown areas and has lived in the Bay Area for 30+ years. She’s experienced in marketing and is also a licensed notary. Anthea is a longtime supporter of Oakland’s art community. Since establishing the business with her husband in 2003, Anthea has coalesced the operation’s brand with a belief in Oakland’s historic and emerging artist community. Their office also serves as a gallery that has opened doors to visual artists working in their various paths. Many of Anthea's favorite works champion and portray family history, diversity, and environmental sustainability. Her current obsessions are air plants (Tillandsias) and making funky, up-cycled jewelry.
Amol Ray (he/him) is an Oakland-based writer, sculptor, and painter. His work is heavily inspired by a Hindu upbringing and a steady diet of comics and classic science fiction. He has spent the past decade and a half connecting with and supporting Bay Area artists, and looks forward to expanding on this work through RPSC.
Jen Fuller (she/her) has been working in arts education for over 20 years. She holds a BFA from CCA and a teaching credential from CSUEB.
Michelle Doppelt (she/her) recently retired from 23 years of working for Oakland Parks, Recreation, and Youth Development as a Recreation Supervisor, covering multiple city recreation sites with an infinitely wide range of programs. Michelle holds a BS in Recreation Administration from CSU East Bay, which she obtained in 2009 while working as Center Director at Dimond Park. Michelle’s art interests includes mediums of woodworking, glass fusing, lamp work bead making, mosaics, jewelry making, acrylics painting, murals, sign making, paper crafts, paper making, sewing, shirt design, fimo clay, recycled and repurposed arts, weaving, and rock painting. Michelle ran her own Graphic Arts and wood folk arts business during her early college years in Dekalb, IL, near her childhood town of Skokie, IL.
Trey Jalbert (they/them, he/him) is a PhD scientist, strategy consultant, and proud director on RPSC’s board since 2017. As a UC Berkeley-trained astrophysicist and engineer, he's spent the last 13 years immersed in the cancer and healthcare fields. He finds balance to research in community organizing and believes that a healthy community is a resilient one, with access to affordable housing, healing foods, and community art spaces to create and connect. From 2011-2019 Trey co-ran solidariTEA, a ready-to-drink iced tea company with a “foodraising” model. Through their sales, he and his partner developed deep partnerships with and funded unrestricted grants to local social justice and arts nonprofits, including RPSC. Trey currently focuses on fundraising efforts for RPSC and enjoys running / hiking, cooking spicy foods, and hanging out with his very talkative tabby cat.
COLLECTIVE MEMBER DIRECTORS
RPSC requires about 1/3 of its BOD to consist of collective members. This ensures that the BOD cannot make major decisions without building consensus with program organizers.