Intuit Art Museum (IAM) champions the diverse voices of self-taught art, welcoming both new and familiar audiences. Located in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood, Intuit is a premier museum of self-taught art. IAM collects and exhibits work by artists who often work outside the mainstream due to societal, economic, or geographic barriers that have prevented them from pursuing formal training in the arts. Yet, they have developed a sustained artistic practice. The museum’s mission is grounded in the ethos that the instinct to create is universal, and the arts must embrace, represent and be accessible to all.
Explore our special exhibitions, the Intuit Art Museum permanent collection and an evocation of artist Henry Darger’s studio apartment. Alongside exhibitions focused on self-taught art, we invite you to discover new ways of connecting with creativity.
Throughout the year, Intuit Art Museum hosts talks, performances, film screenings, workshops and other interactive experiences in our Center for Learning and Engagement (CLEO), our galleries and the Learning Studio for you to dive deeper into art at the Museum.
New things are always happening at IAM. Visit our website to view the full calendar of events.
Image: Courtesy of Intuit Art Museum
","type":"EventCategory","state":"published","slug":"special-event-or-closing-reception","created_at":"2024-06-06 19:44:21.776635","updated_at":"2024-06-06 19:44:21.776635","excerpt":"","is_timeless":true,"organization_id":34,"highlighted":false,"opening_starts_at":"2025-04-25 11:00:00","opening_ends_at":"2025-04-25 19:00:00","searchable":"'-2009':347B '-7':19B '11':17B '12':363B '19':365B '1934':346B '1990':355B '2021.6':379B '20th':303B '25':16B '30':367B 'a.m':18B 'academ':179B 'access':124B 'acknowledg':205B 'aim':193B 'american':57B,331B 'april':15B 'array':177B 'art':9A,27B,45B,58B,75B,99B,127B,131B,216B,232B,294B,323B,372B 'artist':64B,115B,139B,189B,243B,246B,307B 'artwork':264B 'assimil':283B 'attent':119B 'background':148B 'bear':278B 'beliz':340B,345B 'belong':267B 'born':332B 'british':342B 'broaden':110B 'castilla':334B 'catalyst':3A,21B,69B,210B,220B 'center':286B 'centuri':304B 'chicago':11A,29B,47B,77B,157B,218B,227B,296B,325B 'citi':62B,159B,341B 'citywid':49B 'collabor':50B 'collect':369B 'come':132B,225B 'communal':184B 'communiti':68B,150B 'consid':138B 'context':142B 'continu':315B 'contribut':105B 'creativ':67B,104B 'credit':328B 'cultur':147B,183B,249B 'defin':135B 'derek':329B 'deserv':116B 'design':46B 'differ':209B 'distinct':248B 'enrich':188B 'exhibit':32B,82B,101B,192B 'experi':146B,199B,253B 'explor':219B 'express':276B 'famili':186B 'far':256B 'fertil':171B 'first':31B,80B 'focus':84B 'found':358B,361B 'foundat':55B 'friday':14B 'genr':94B 'gift':374B 'greater':118B 'ground':172B 'half':300B 'head':354B 'heritag':65B 'highlight':60B 'histori':165B,281B 'home':223B 'homeland':260B,271B 'hondura':337B,343B 'im/migration':4A,22B,70B,211B,318B 'imag':327B 'immigr':89B,109B,167B,201B 'import':87B,316B 'includ':114B 'inclus':196B 'individu':275B 'influenc':182B 'initi':51B 'insight':153B 'intuit':36B,371B 'investig':174B 'invit':151B 'labor':273B 'lead':308B 'leav':222B 'legal':208B 'live':255B 'long':269B 'madelin':376B 'major':81B 'materi':362B 'matter':241B 'memori':251B 'migrant':107B,203B 'migrat':91B,145B,169B 'murphi':377B 'museum':41B,373B 'narrat':285B 'new':152B 'newli':39B 'newly-renov':38B 'nonacadem':181B 'one':258B 'ongo':164B 'open':34B 'opportun':305B 'p.m':20B 'paint':356B 'part':43B 'person':237B 'polit':239B 'pose':121B 'practic':233B 'preview':2A,13B 'process':247B 'product':190B 'public':1A,12B 'puerto':333B 'pursu':230B 'question':122B 'rabb':378B 'rais':338B 'rang':235B,265B 'reflect':245B 'renov':40B 'republ':335B 'rich':176B 'rise':289B 'scope':112B 'second':299B 'self':7A,25B,73B,97B,214B,292B,321B 'self-taught':6A,24B,72B,96B,213B,291B,320B 'signific':162B 'social':206B 'style':244B 'subject':240B 'taught':8A,26B,74B,98B,215B,293B,322B 'terra':54B 'theme':261B 'time':312B 'today':326B 'tradit':250B 'turn':353B 'turtl':349B 'underscor':102B 'untitl':348B 'up-turn':351B 'valu':137B 'webster':330B 'wit':279B 'wood':359B 'work':156B 'world':128B 'x':364B,366B","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1763059434/mkrs32nvckauocf0c35l.jpg","calendar":null,"carousel":false,"event_body":"Public Preview: Friday, April 25, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-taught Art in Chicago, the first exhibition to open in Intuit’s newly-renovated museum, is part of Art Design Chicago, a citywide collaboration initiated by the Terra Foundation for American Art that highlights the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities.
Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-taught Art in Chicago is the first major exhibition to focus on the importance of immigration and migration in the genre of self-taught art. The exhibition underscores the creative contributions of migrants and immigrants, broadening the scope to include artists deserving of greater attention, while posing questions about access to the art world and how art comes to be defined and valued. Considering artists in the context of their migration experience, cultural backgrounds and communities invites new insights into their work. Chicago, a city with a significant and ongoing history of immigration and migration, is fertile ground for investigating the rich array of academic and nonacademic influences—cultural, communal and familial—that enrich artistic production. The exhibition aims to be inclusive of the experiences of immigrants and migrants while acknowledging social and legal differences.
Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-taught Art in Chicago explores catalysts for leaving home, for coming to Chicago and for pursuing an art practice. The range of personal and political subject matter and artistic styles reflects artists processing distinct cultural traditions, memories and experiences of living far from one’s homeland. Themes in the artworks range from belonging and longing for homeland, to labor and individual expression, to bearing witness to history, to assimilation.
The narrative centers on the rise of self-taught art in Chicago during the second half of the 20th century, opportunities for artists leading up to this time, and the continued importance of im/migration and self-taught art to Chicago today.
Image credit: Derek Webster, American, born Puerto Castilla (Republic of Honduras), raised in Belize City (British Honduras, now Belize), 1934-2009. Untitled (Turtle with up-turned head), 1990. Paint on found wood and found materials, 12 x 19 x 30 in. Collection of Intuit Art Museum, gift of Madeline Murphy Rabb, 2021.6
","name":"Special Event or Closing Reception","organization_type_id":"5","district_id":"2","telephone":"+13126249487","website":"http://www.art.org","email":"intuit@art.org","hours":"W–Su 11–6, Third Thursdays: 11–8","location":"756 N. Milwaukee Chicago, IL 60642","display_location":"756 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642","latitude":"41.895352","longitude":"-87.654606","contact":"Danny A. Wieder, Public Programs Coordinator ","sub_district_id":"2","promoted_at":"2021-11-29T21:44:18.399Z","optional_sort_name":"","paid":true,"position":null,"category_name":"Special Event or Closing Reception","orgname":"Intuit Art Museum","orgslug":"intuit-art-museum","image":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1741706303/hhq15bmvqu7tortjkrms.jpg"}