Meet & Greet with Robin Garcia, Nevada County Arts & Culture

Meet the new Nevada County Arts & Culture Executive Director, Robin Garcia at Gallery 5830' at the Truckee Artist Lofts in downtown. Robin Garcia, Ph.D., began her new role with Nevada County Arts & Culture in early October. Garcia brings twenty years of experience across arts and cultural policy, government, community engagement and higher education, including work with the New York City Mayor’s Office, Los Angeles County, the City of Santa Monica and, most recently, the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, a small city surrounded by rural communities in the Blue Ridge foothills. Her work has ranged from public engagement and cultural policy to arts administration, public art and a multi-million countywide arts and wellness initiative delivered through more than 100 community-based organizations. Her appointment comes as Culture Forward, Nevada County’s six-year Arts & Culture Action Plan, moves from planning into implementation.