Past exhibits & programs

Since Intuit was founded in 1991, the organization has created an outstanding record of innovative exhibitions, lectures, music and film series, and other programming about outsider art. The following is an archive that documents many of these events.
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2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
1993-2000

2006
Exhibitions
Selections from the Permanent Collection
May 5 - September 2, 2006
Revelation! The Quilts of Marie "Big Mama" Roseman
May 5 - September 2, 2006
Accidental Mysteries: Extraordinary Vernacular Photographs from the Collection of John & Teenuh Foster
January 13 - April 29, 2006
In the Eyes of Mr. Dawson
January 13 - March 18, 2006

Programs
An Evening with Found Magazine and PostSecret
June 2, 2006
Literature for All of Us poetry and drum performance
June 1 , 2006
The Last Folk Hero Book Signing and Conversation with Andrew Dietz
May 13, 2006
Vanessa Smith Lecture and Slideshow on James Castle
May 11, 2006
Laporte, Indiana Book Signing with Found Magazine's Jason Bitner
April 27, 2006
April Fool's Day Improvised Percussion with Han Bennink
April 1, 2006
Fred Scruton lecture: “Get Rid Of That Pain In The Neck!” Photographing Folk Art and Outsider Environments within the Fine Art Tradition
March 23, 2006
Vernacular Photography in Focus, a panel discussion
March 18, 2006
The Vernacular Imprint on Chicago Art and Artists, a panel discussion
March 16, 2006
Other People's Pictures, a documentary on snapshot collectors
March 2, 2006
An Evening of Music with Kevin Montgomery
February 23, 2006
A Talk with Gregg Blasdel, art environment scholar
February 16, 2006
A Conversation on the Art of William Dawson
February 9, 2006

2005
Exhibitions
Singular Visions: Images of Art Brut from the Anthony J. Petullo Collection
September 16 - December 31, 2005
Art from the Inside: Paño Drawings by Chicano Prisoners
June 17 - September 3, 2005
Tools of Her Ministry: The Art of Sister Gertrude Morgan
February 11 - May 28, 2005
FOUND: The Magazine, the Stuff
January 7 - January 29, 2005

Programs
Music and Sound Poetry with Jaap Blonk
December 10, 2005
A Talk with Johann Feilacher, Director of the Gugging House of Artists
November 10 , 2005
Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art
September 30 - October 2, 2005
Blues for Breakfast
May 8, 2005 (Mother's Day)
"Enchanted Highway" radio documentary
Premiered at Intuit January 24, 2005
African-American Vernacular Art: A Secret Language, A Hidden Tradition
Lecture and panel discussion January 15, 2005
Midwest Premiere of "In the Realms of the Unreal: The Mystery of Henry Darger"
Thursday January 13, 2005

2004
Exhibitions
Genesis: Gifts and Promised Gifts from the Permanent Collection
September 10 - December 30, 2004
Old World, New Country: The Art of Joseph Garlock
October 15, 2004 - January 15, 2005
Vibrant Spirits: The Art of Derek Webster
July 8 - October 2, 2004
Outside the Lines: Ordinary Pastimes, Extraordinary Art
June 11 - August 28, 2004
Laura Craig McNellis: Inside Out 1970 - 2003
March 12 - June 4, 2004
Sistuhs: Four African American Self-Taught Artists
April - June 26, 2004

Programs
5th Annual Outsider Music Series
Fall 2004
Panel Discussion on Chicago Imagists and Outsider Artists
October 21, 2004
Lecture by the Inventor of Paint-By-Numbers
June 30, 2004

2003
Exhibitions
Nitty Gritty Slim's Bike and the Street Art of Curtis Cuffie and Wesley Willis
June 13, 2003
Eight from Europe
April 19, 2002 - April 2003
Albert Zahn "I'll Fly Away"
December 12, 2003 - February 28, 2004

Programs
Lecture on Anna Zemankova
February 22, 2003

2002
Exhibitions
Levi Fischer Ames "Menagerie"
December 13, 2002 - March 1, 2003
Soulful Pieces: Memory Jars and Improvised Quilts by Unknown Makers
June 7, 2002 - August 31, 2002
American Stone Carving
March 8, 2002 - May 25, 2002
Prophecies: Adventist Charts from the Jenks Memorial Collection Aurora University
December 7, 2001 - February 23, 2002

Programs
"Prophecies" Lecture

2001
Exhibitions
Vodou Visionaries Exhibition
March 9, 2001- May 26, 2001
American Masters Exhibition
September 1, 2000 - September 1, 2001
Sam Doyle Exhibition
November 9, 2001 - March 30, 2002
Without Ego: Anonymous Works
December 9, 2000 - February 24, 2001
Jim Work
June 15, 2001- August 25, 2001

2000
Exhibitions
Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art of Judith Scott
September 8, 2000 - November 25, 2000
William L. Hawkins
April 7, 2000 - August 26, 2000

Programs
Wendy McDaris lecture: Elvis as Icon
March 19, 2000

1999
Exhibitions
A Spiritual Journey: The Art of Eddie Lee Kendrick

1998
Exhibitions
Christian's People: Donald Wainwright
November 6, 1998 - January 23, 1999

1997
Exhibitions
Images in a Silent World: The Art of James Castle
January 19, 1997- March 15, 1997

1996
Exhibitions
The Art of Aldo Piacenza: Celebration of Church and Country
February 4, 1996 - March 30, 1996
The Outsider Art of Fred Smith, Jack Ellsworth, and Tom Every
April 14, 1997 - June 15, 1996
Mose Tolliver: Early Works
June 23, 1996- September 14, 1996
Time on Their Hands: The Tramp Art Tradition
September 29, 1996 - January 4, 1997

1995
Exhibitions
Self : The Paintings of Drossos P. Skyllas
May 5, 1995 - June 3, 1995
Fancy Work: The Domestic Textiles of Cora Meek
October 20, 1995- November 18, 1995
Ballyhoo
December 3, 1995 - January 27, 1996

1994
Exhibitions
African Hair Signs
April 7, 1994 - May 8, 1994
Crowning Achievements: The Crimped & Cutting Edge in Bottle Cap Sculpture
October 7, 1994 - November 6, 1994

1993
Exhibitions
Eureka ! Recent Discoveries from Intuit Members' Collections
May 7, 1993 - June 6, 1993
Eccentric Chairs
October 1, 1993 - 30, 1993