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L.A. County Department of Arts and Culture Director Kristin Sakoda

I Love to Be a Homebody

Kristin Sakoda is the inaugural director of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture. She previously served as an arts executive, attorney, and performing artist. Before taking part in the Zócalo, Thomas Mann House, and L.A. Review of Books program “How Should Arts Institutions Navigate the Culture Wars?”—part of the two-day conference “Arts in Times of Crises”—Sakoda joined us in the green room to talk about ABBA, “The 1619 Project,” and her dreams for arts and culture in L.A.

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