Abrea Armstrong named executive director of Triad Cultural Arts, Inc.

For the first time since its founding, Triad Cultural Arts, Inc. has named a new executive director, Winston-Salem native, Abrea Armstrong.  Armstrong brings over a decade of business, marketing, and philanthropic experience, including playing a key role in communications for Innovation Quarter during COVID-19 pandemic and the social uprising of 2020. She is a former president of the Winston-Salem Urban League Young Professionals. “My family has attended the Juneteenth Festival for as long as I can remember. As the proud seed and bloom of Winston-Salem, I can marry my lived experience as a Black woman with my business and philanthropic acumen to advance an organization that formed core memories.” Armstrong has received several accolades including being named as part of the inaugural class of the 20 in their 20s and in Outstanding Voice in Diversity by the Triad Business Journal, 40 Under 40 Most Influential African-Americans in the Triad by Black Business Ink magazine, and was a 2019 recipient of the Leadership Award by the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, and most recently, the 2022 City of Winston-Salem MLK Young Dreamer Award and the 2023 President’s Volunteer Service Award. Triad Cultural Arts, Inc. (TCA) was founded in 2007 as a nonprofit,...