Filmmaker to screen documentary

CHAMPAIGN – Filmmaker Faythe Levine will screen her documentary, "Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY Art, Craft, & Design," at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, C.

The free screening in Room 62 in the lower level of the museum is sponsored by the Art Graduate Student Organization, the Women's Resource Center, the School of Art + Design, Gender and Women's Studies and the Department of Media & Cinema Studies.

The screening and lecture will focus on the new wave of craftsters, artists and designers from 15 American cities.

This movement recognizes a marriage between historical techniques, punk and DIY (do it yourself) ethos while influenced by traditional handiwork, modern aesthetics, politics, feminism and art.

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