Trillium Arts is honored to welcome three new members to its Board of Directors: Estelle Woodward Arnal, Regina YC Garcia and Pamela Green. These amazing women will bring tremendous energy and stewardship to the organization.
Meet Trillium's Newest Board Members:
Estelle Woodward Arnal
Asheville, NC
Estelle is the Foundation & Government Relations Director at Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival where she develops grant proposals and reports for the organization and serves as a liaison with government and foundation supporters. Estelle has been working in the field of arts administration for 20 years specializing in fundraising, program development, and strategic planning. She has worked as a consultant for American Dance Festival, Stephen Petronio Company, Big Dance Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for Performing Arts at Bard College, and Kathy Westwater, among others. Previously she worked at Dance Theater Workshop in New York City as Director of Artist Services and made work as a choreographer in NYC for many years. Estelle is an avid cyclist and loves exploring the mountains with her family.
Regina YC Garcia
Greenville, NC
Regina YC Garcia is a poet, language artist, and English professor. She is a graduate of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she earned a BA in Speech Communication with a Concentration in the Oral Interpretation of Literature. She additionally earned an MA in Adult Education from East Carolina University, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Multicultural and Transnational Literature. She currently teaches English and is the Coordinator of Global Programs at Pitt Community College. Regina's literary work primarily centers around issues related to family and culture, social justice, and human rights. She is committed to effecting change through the persistent literary address of inequities, inequalities, and disparities. She is also committed to the uplift of consciousness and spirit through education and the arts. Regina is the 2021 National DAR American Heritage Poetry Award Winner and a 2021 and 2023 NCLR James Applewhite Semifinalist, as well as 2023 Pushcart Nominee for her poem The Fire That Consumes: The Burnings of Black Histories. Her publications of poetry and video poetry can be found in a variety of journals and anthologies including: South Florida Poetry Journal; Up the Staircase Quarterly; The Book of Black; Kakalak; I Tried Not to Write; Main Street Rag: The Amistad; Tulane University's Sacred 9 Project: The AutoEthnographer- A Literary and Arts Magazine: and numerous others. Her work has also been featured (voice and poetry) in The Black Light Project, a documentary which was the subject of an Emmy Award winning episode of PBS Muse: An Art Show. Garcia's first book of poetry, THE FIRETALKER’S DAUGHTER, was released by Finishing Line Press in March 2023. She currently resides in Greenville, NC, and she is a wife and mother of three adult sons.
Pamela Green
Durham, NC
Mrs. Green holds a BA in Public Policy and a minor in Drama from Duke University and an MS in Arts Administration from Drexel University. She began her arts administration training at the Durham Arts Council and furthered her experience working for the American Dance Festival. She was managing director of the Chuck Davis African-American Dance Ensemble (1985-1989) and Director of Touring and Presenting for the NC Arts Council (1989-1992).
In 1992, she founded PMG Arts Management, providing booking, management, producing and consulting services to well-established and emerging artists, including the renowned Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Philadanco!, Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, and Grammy nominated vocalist Nnenna Freelon’s The Clothesline Muse, among others. In 2020 she stepped back from being an agent and began consulting on short term projects. In 2021 she assisted producer Mikki Shepard and her team as the contracts manager for the NYC Free Festival that opened Little Island. From 2022-2024 she was the Interim Managing Director for Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE.
Mrs. Green has served as a board member, consultant, panelist, or workshop leader for the NEA, APAP, NEFA, NAPAMA, the Southern Arts Federation, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, the Michigan Council for the Arts, the International Association of Blacks in Dance and the Western Arts Alliance.
She has been happily married to her husband Isaac for 35 years this year and has two adult children, Isaac II and Anica. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, birdwatching, anything beach, ocean or mountain related, jazz, wine and travel.
Learn About Trillium's Full Board of Directors HERE
Trillium Arts HEAR Award Project Featured In The Laurel of Asheville
Warmest thanks to The Laurel of Asheville for a feature in their March 2025 issue about the Trillium Arts HEAR Awards! We are filled with gratitude to the magazine for this coverage and look forward to supporting creative work by the amazing six participating WNC artists:Annie Kyla Bennett, Angela Cunningham, Nina Kawar, Nava Lubelski, Mar Perez Albela and Katey Schultz.
Appalachia Strong, ya'll.
Read the full article HERE