Faythe Levine has been in service to the arts for over twenty years, advocating for creative output to build connections between community, personal independence, and empowerment. She is currently the Hauser & Wirth Institute Archivist for Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY, where she manages, oversees, and increases public visibility of the archives and special collections. Her position focuses on WSW’s work as an important hub for radical thought for the past 50 years, modeling economic viability for print and book culture.
Levine has worked extensively in both traditional and DIY spaces. From 2017 to 2021, she worked at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center as director of the Arts/Industry program, where she was responsible for the development and administration of the residency hosted at Kohler Co. and curating related exhibitions and projects at the Arts Center and Art Preserve in Sheboygan, WI. She has worked as a freelance artist and curator with institutions for the past ten years, including Ruffles, Repair & Ritual at the Wedding Cake House, 2019; For Hire: Contemporary Sign Painting in America, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, 2017; Counter Craft: Voices of the Indie Craft Community, Fuller Craft Museum, 2016; and Craftivism, UW-Green Bay Lawton Gallery, 2008. Levine also curated two non-traditional gallery spaces, Sky High Gallery (2010-2014) and Paper Boat (2005-2009), which focused on collaborations with emerging artists from around the United States. Levine also founded and directed Milwaukee’s premier maker fair, Art vs. Craft (2004-2014).
Her personal practice revolves around reimagining archives and collections through a queer feminist lens. Her newest book, As Ever, Miriam, focuses on the intertwined professional and personal lives of Charlotte Partridge (1882-1975) and Miriam Frink (1892-1978), published by OK Stamp Press (2024), and the second edition will be released by Combos Press (2025). Her
most widely known projects, Sign Painters (2013) and Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY Art, Craft, and Design (2009), both feature-length documentaries with accompanying books published by Princeton Architectural Press, have toured extensively in venues such as the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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