Art After Work: “Catalyst” Curator Tour
Deepen your understanding of “Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-taught Art in Chicago”
Aug 21 2025
A guided close look and discussion with exhibition curators Alison Amick and Dana Boutin.
Members-Only Happy Hour
Before the Art After Work: “Catalyst” Curator Tour
Aug 21 2025
Attend a special members-only happy hour for you and your guest before the “Catalyst” Curator Tour.
Community Day: IAM everywhere
A day of all-ages activities to explore art created by and for the communities we live in.
Aug 23 2025
A day of all-ages activities to explore art created by and for the communities we live in.
Exhibition Tour
Aug 29 2025
Explore our current exhibitions with a museum educator.
Artist Talk: Pooja Pittie
Artist Pooja Pittie discusses her practice and work.
Sep 06 2025
Pittie, whose work is currently on view in “Catalyst: Immigration and Self-taught Art in Chicago,” is a self-taught visual artist based in Chicago. Working with a disability, she explores the complex interplay between body and mind, movement and stillness.
IAM watching movies
Howard Finster
Sep 12 2025
Every Second Friday, enjoy short documentaries from IAM’s Robert A. Roth Study Center.
Slow Look: Sunrise on a Water Scene
Explore a single work of art from Intuit Art Museum’s Collection
Sep 14 2025
A museum educator will guide a discussion about “Sunrise on a Water Scene” (1959) by Betty Zakoian.
Rock over London, Rock on Chicago: A Wesley Willis Happy Hour
Explore the sounds and stories of a Chicago music legend.
Sep 18 2025
Grab a drink and spend the evening immersed in the music and drawings of self-taught artist and punk icon Wesley Willis.
Exhibition Tour
Sep 26 2025
Explore our current exhibitions with a museum educator.
Artist Talk: Alfonso “Piloto” Nieves Ruiz
Oct 11 2025
Ruiz, whose work is currently on view in ‘Catalyst: Immigration and Self-taught Art in Chicago’, is a Chicago-based artist who transforms clay and discarded items into captivating works of art.
Artist-Built Environments: Reimagining Placemaking in Times of Crisis
Scholar Gabrielle Christiansen gives a talk as part of the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial.
Nov 13 2025
How can creative experiments on private property inform public ideas of space? Scholar Gabrielle Christiansen gives a talk at Intuit Art Museum as part of the 2025 Chicago Architecture Biennial.