Artist, musician, writer, educator, agitator, and emotional laborer, christy roberts berkowitz composes experiences, images, and objects that explore personal and collective constructions of power. One of LA Weekly’s 2012 “Best of LA People,” christy is the current CEO of KCHUNG Radio (a 2016 Creative Capital Award recipient and 2022-23 artist-in-residence at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) and a founding member of The California Poppy Collective, Problematic Radio, Human Resources for Art Workers, and the Los Angeles Art Union. Her exhibitions and happenings have been hosted and/or commissioned by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, MOCA Los Angeles, Getty Museum, Telfair Museum, Chrysler Museum of Art, REDCAT, Hammer Museum, LACMA, Orange County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, American Jewish University, among many others. Past residencies include the IMMENSIVA AI/XR Residency for Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture, Feminist Field School at the Centre Pompadour Neofeminist Institute in France, and a Glass Residency at the Chrysler Museum (2018). Her essays, reviews, and poetry have been commissioned and published by numerous publications. Glitzer, her experimental electronic music project, has one full-length project (“Score”) and she released her debut album “WOLVES,” co-produced by four-time Grammy® winner Jahi Sundance, under the name “christy” in August 2022 on Alpha Pup Records.

The mission of the Los Angeles County Department of Human Resources is to attract, develop, and retain a talented, engaged, diverse workforce passionate about public service. The department has recently developed a Wellbeing Initiative designed to promote a culture of wellness and support employee health, wellbeing, and personal growth among the County’s more than 110,000 employees. This is achieved by encouraging healthy habits and providing resources and a supportive environment to foster positive lifestyle changes and the ability to thrive in the workplace.