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WXOX @ Folklife 2025 Sabrina Lynn Motely, Director 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Sabrina Lynn Motley, Director Smithsonian Folklife Festival Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Interviewed by Max Cash & Lila Hayden WXOX Next Wave Academy 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Youth & the Future of Culture July 6, 2025 Sabrina Lynn Motley is the director of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.  Prior to joining the Center in 2013, she was senior director of programs and exhibitions at Asia Society Texas Center, overseeing content-rich public programs and exhibitions highlighting Houston’s expanding connections with Asia.  Before the Texas Center, Sabrina was vice president of Vesper Society, a social justice foundation, and program and education director at the Japanese American National Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate).  She curated public programs for the Getty Museum and community-based exhibitions for the California Endowment.  Sabrina taught anthropology at Art Center College of Design and Otis Institute for Art and Design.  She also hosted The Global Village on KPFK in Los Angeles.  Sabrina earned a BA in world arts and cultures and an MA in African studies, both from UCLA.  Currently she is a doctoral candidate in anthropology, conducting research on the interplay between religious faith, doubt, and social activism.        LINKS: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Website Folklife 2025 Episode List WXOX General Manager: Sharon Scott WXOX Chief Operator: Sean Selby WXOX Next Wave Director: Max $ Selby WXOX Audio Editor: Brian Manley If you have any questions please e-mail nextwave@artxfm.com

           

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