Independent Curator + Program Officer, Jerome Foundation
Melissa Levin is a values-driven arts administrator and artist-centered curator with more than 20 years of experience in the field. Levin is currently the inaugural New York City-based Program Officer with the Jerome Foundation, supporting early career artists in MN & NYC. Previously, she worked at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) for more than 12 years, where—as Vice President of Cultural Programs—her role encompassed wide-ranging institutional and artistic leadership, including overseeing LMCC’s artist residencies, exhibitions, and public programming.
Since 2016, with collaborator Alex Fialho, Levin has stewarded the legacy of and curated critically acclaimed exhibitions dedicated to the late artist Michael Richards (1963–2001). Released in November 2025, they have also co-edited Michael Richards: Are You Down?, the first monograph focused on Richards’s visionary practice. Levin holds a B.A. with honors in Visual Art and Art History from Barnard College. She currently serves on the boards of the Artist Communities Alliance and Danspace Project.