Intuit champions the diverse voices of self-taught art, welcoming both new and familiar audiences.
Founded in 1991, Intuit presents the work of self-taught artists—also known as outsider art. These artists typically work outside the mainstream and may have faced societal, economic or geographic barriers to a traditional path of art making. By presenting a diversity of artistic voices, Intuit builds a bridge from art to audiences.
Re:Visionary Ball photos by Cheri Eisenberg.
Cover: Derek Webster (American, b. Republic of Honduras 1934 –d. United States 2009). Red Ryder, 1987. Mixed media, 54 x 22 x 31 in. Collection of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, gift of Ruth and Bob Vogele, 2004.41.1.
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dear friends:
Thank you for all your support to Intuit, whether you purchased a membership, gave a donation or bought a ticket to our our recent Re:Visionary Ball gala on June 8, 2024. You are ensuring Intuit’s continued robust health during this unusual time in our history–the renovation and expansion of your museum.
Construction is well under way, and we are excited to announce we plan a grand reopening celebration the weekend of Chicago’s legendary Expo art fair, April 24-27, 2025! If you’d like a hard hat tour, please reach out.
You are helping provide Chicago youth and guests of all backgrounds with opportunities to make powerful connections with outsider and self-taught art and artists.
While our facility is currently renovating into a modern, accessible museum, Chicago students and teachers and worldwide audiences benefit from programs and outreach. Attend our next artist talk, art-making event or partner exhibition by visiting our schedule of events at www.art.org
Mark your calendars for Intuit’s grand reopening celebration on Expo weekend, Saturday, April 26, 2025!
Scott Lang Board Chair
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Debra Kerr President and CEO
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museum leadership
Officers
Scott Lang, Chair
Elizabeth Nelson, Vice Chair
Patrick Blackburn, Treasurer
Shawn Grenald, Secretary
Tracy Holmes, Past Chair
Deb Kerr, President and CEO
Directors
Benedicta Badia
Dana Boutin
Douglas Bristol
Robert Burnier
Cheri Eisenberg
Kahil El’Zabar
Lewis Greenblatt
Rob Grossett
Anne Kohn
Rob Lentz
Bonnie McGrath
César Montenegro
Jan Petry
Phyllis Rabineau
Kevin Sampson
Maya Sonal Patel
Jerry Stefl
William Swislow
David Syrek
Vincent Uribe
Stacy Wells
Cleo Wilson
Zachary Wirsum
Michelle Woods
Adam Wolford
Katherine Gorman, ex officio
Kevina Xiao, ex officio
Vivian Society Life Trustees
Tim Bruce
Kevin Cole
Ralph Concepcion
Harriet Finkelstein
Marjorie Freed
Carl Hammer
Eugenie Johnson
Robert A. Roth
Judy Saslow
Lisa Stone
Strategic Advisory Council
Scott Lang, chair
Susan Baerwald
John Jerit
Victor Keen
Ashley Smither Langley
John Maizels
Frank Maresca
Douglas Robson
Leslie Umberger
Jeffrey Wolf
Your generosity brings meaningful art experiences to Chicago youth and teachers and guests from around the world.
Young Professionals Board
Katherine Gorman, President
Gabriella Bomben, Vice President
Isabel Axon-Sanchez
Spencer Blaney
Teddy Braziunas
Wyatt Buescher
Haoshu Deng
Patricia Doyle
Ben Fisher
Payton Head
Catherine LaMendola
Erin Madarieta
Matthew Marth
Jen Moss
Tyler Roberts
Emily Slabe
Khushi Suri
Emily van der Harten
Jessica Wain
Annaleigh Wetzel
Erica Yang
Fabiola Yep
Teens engage in art-making at Intuit’s booth at the Design Museum’s Field Day at Navy Pier.
re:visionary bal l support
Ball Chair
Douglas Robson
Honorary Committee
Matt Arnett
Susan Baerwald and Marcy Carsey/ Just Folk
Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz
Mary Anne Costello
Tom di Maria
Erika Doss
Josh Feldstein
Lonnie Holley
Amy Horst
Katherine Jentleson
John Jerit
Phillip March Jones
Ashley and Mike Joyce
Jane Kallir
Victor F. Keen and Jeanne Ruddy
Ashley and Curt Langley
Karen Lennox
John Maizels
Frank Maresca
Mark Pascale
Leisa Rundquist
Jeany Nisenholz-Wolf and Jeffrey Wolf
Alice Yelen Gitter
Host Committee
Gabriella Bomben
Cheri Eisenberg
Tracy Holmes
Scott Lang
Elizabeth Nelson
Jan Petry
Cleo Wilson
Platinum Sponsor
Janet and Craig Duchossois
Gold Sponsors
Dedrea and Paul Gray
Fay Hartog Levin and Dan Levin
Scott Lang and JoAnn Seagren
Eugenie Johnson
Ashley and Mike Joyce
Anthony Petullo and Beverly Trier
Silver Sponsors
Jean and Lewis Greenblatt
Bob Roth and Cleo Wilson
Debra Kerr and Steve Thompson
Jan Petry
Douglas Robson
Pepper Construction Gallery and Corporate Sponsors
Auction Sponsors
Paula and Gordon Addington
Judith and Patrick Blackburn
Frank Chmielewski
Wally Bowling and Doug Dawson
Tony Fitzpatrick
Pat and Francis Fullam
Carl Hammer Gallery
Samuel Gillis
Joffrey Ballet
Nancy Josephson
Frank Maresca
Jan Petry
Project Onward
Tiphanie Spencer
Janet Franz and William Swislow
Dennis Watkins’ The Magic Parlour
Cleo Wilson
Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller
The Owen Lee Art Collection
Re:Visionary Ball Supporters
Paula and Gordon Addington
Nancy Allison
Alison and Craig Amick
Susan Baerwald
Meg and Steve Barnhart
Elaine and Michael Bennett
Judith and Patrick Blackburn
Spencer Blaney and Fabiola Yep
Dana Boutin and Sean Fogle
Dianne Bowman
Portrait Society Gallery
Monique Brinkman-Hill
Douglas Bristol and Carol Ehlers
Ann Brusky
The Honorable Walter Burnett
Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson
Carl Hammer Gallery
Shari Cavin and Randall Morris
Julie Carpenter
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
John Cipriano
Ralph Concepcion and Janet Williams
Pepper Construction
Mary Anne Costello
Lisa DeLuca
Patricia Doyle
Deborah Doyle and David Kemerer
Janet and Craig Duchossois
Cheri Eisenberg and Milan Kolundzija
Sylvia Ewing
Claire Fassnacht
Kirston Fortune and Peter Mistretta
Janet Franz and William Swislow
Marjorie Freed
John Friedland and Berta Shapiro
Erica Friedman
Faith and Mark Glazer
Nancy Gomez
Jennifer and Scott Gordon
Dedrea and Paul Gray
Robert Greenberg and Corvova Lee
Jean and Lewis Greenblatt
Moira Collins Griffin and Andrew Griffin
Robert Grossett and Christopher LaMorte
Diane and Gerald Hansen
Kathy Harrison
Fay Hartog Levin and Dan Levin
KT Hawbaker DiGiovanni
Jayne Hileman
William B. Hinchliff
Leslie Hindman
Tracy Holmes
Amy Horst
John Jerit
Eugenie Johnson
Ashley and Mike Joyce
Jeanne Ruddy Keen and Victor F. Keen
Debra Kerr and Steve Thompson
Anne Kohn
Scott Lang and JoAnn Seagren
Lyle Lansdell
Beatriz Ledesma
Rob Lentz and MK Victorson
Donna Lindquist
Gilbert Longoria and Phil Schiavone
Loseff Lothan Family Charitable Fund
Avi and Karen Lothan
Erin Madarieta
T. Manning
Frank Maresca and Alejandra Russi
Susan Matthews and Mark Pascale
Michael McCluggage and Stella Lee
Patric McCoy
Bonnie and Molly McGrath
Claude-Aline and Sandro Miller
David Miller and Dr. Thomas Goska
Dionne Victoria Milton
Elizabeth Nelson and Adam Kallish
Thea Liberty Nichols
Outsider Art Fair
Maya Patel and Raghav Matta
Aurie Pennick
Lloyd Perlow and Kate Thomas
Jan Petry
Anthony Petullo and Beverly Trier
Pope Coaching and Consulting
Louisa Potthast and Tyler Roberts
Barbara Provus and Frederick Wackerle
Teresa Reichlen
Cheryl Rivers and Steve Simons, MD
Douglas Robson
Laura Roenitz
Regan and Laurie Romei
Robert A. Roth
Melissa Sage Fadim
Bettylu and Paul Saltzman
Muhammed Shelleh
Sherry Siegel and Robert Alter
Eva Silverman
Scott Slemons
Lucy Slivinski and Kahil El’Zabar
Sue Slogoff
Toni Smith
Melissa and Bradley Smith
Donna Speigel
Hana Pietri, LLC
Judy and Jerry Stefl
Judith Stockdale and Jonathan Boyer
Lisa Stone and Don Howlett
Patricia and Shane Streifel
Susan and Christopher Swales
Judith Swan
David Syrek
Jodi Throckmorton
David Umberger
George Viener
Marilyn and David Vitale
Jessica and Bryan Wain
Karen Walls
Laura Watson
Martha Watterson
Ruth and Charles Watts
Barbara and Victor C. Weisskopf
Della Wells
Stacy Wells and Rick Farrell
Annaleigh Wetzel
Lorena Wirsum
Jeffrey Wolf and Jeany Nisenholz-Wolf
Ashley Woodburn
Leslie and Robert Zentner
Gifts in Memory of Ann Nathan
Matthew Citron
Thomas and Julie Danilek
Deborah and Estia Eichten
Barbara Goodman
Katherine Jentleson
Nancy Kohn
Kovitz Investment
William G. and Debra F. Lewin
Judith Lubershane
Patricia Menza
Jennifer Morgenstern
James Nathan
Robert A. Roth
Evelyn Schweig
Linda and Alan Swimmer
Bruce Taylor
Judith Swan
re:visionary bal major accomplishments
$140,000 raised for programs, meeting goals
$100,000 raised for the capital renovation, meeting the board’s $50,000 match exposure and media coverage
79,242 estimated online impressions (includes website, social media and email engagement)
event highlights
Leslie Umberger accepted the Visionary Award.
Leslie was introduced by Board Member Jan Petry.
Leslie is the curator of folk and selftaught art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She is known for situating artists who navigated their own artistic path, often in oppressive environments, within specific cultural contexts and establishing meaningful frameworks for the art they have made.
Rewatch Leslie’s remarks by scanning the QR code.
Janet and Craig Duchossois accepted the Advocates for the Arts Award.
Janet and Craig were introduced by Board Chair Scott Lang.
Janet and Craig have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to improving the lives of Chicagoans through their contributions to philanthropy, especially the arts. Their passion for outsider art and the work of Intuit has been instrumental in shaping Intuit’s present and future–its renovated building, digital transformation and reimagined Henry Darger Room Experience.
Rewatch Janet and Craig’s remarks by scanning the QR code.
Board member Cleo Wilson and artist David Lee Csicsko honored the memory of founder Ann Nathan (1925-2024).
Enjoy the full-length Re:Visionary Ball Remarks
Rewatch the full-length remarks by scanning the QR code.
Scan the QR codes to watch.
Photo by Cheri Eisenberg
Portrait by David Lee Csicsko.
Portrait by David Lee Csicsko.
support
SEPTEMBER 2022–AUGUST 2023
$50,000+
Alphawood Foundation
Builders Initiative
$25,000–$49,999
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Ashley and Michael Joyce
Kiyoko Lerner
Jan Petry ◊
Robert A. Roth •
Scott Lang ◊ and JoAnn Seagren
Cecelia Taman
$10,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation
Janet r and Craig Duchossois
Sage Foundation
Gibson Family Foundation
Illinois Arts Council Agency
Eugenie Johnson •
Deb Kerr ◌ and Steven D. Thompson
Ruth Foundation for the Arts
$5,000–$9,999
Daniel and Marty Boone
Nancy Gerrie
Robert Greenberg and Corvova Lee
Jean and Lewis Greenblat t ◊
Robert Grossett ◊ and Christopher LaMorte
Tracy Holmes ◊
John Jerit r
Kelly Jones
Just Folk
James Kaufmann
Ashley r and Curt Langley
Rob Lentz ◊ and MK Victorson
Michael McCluggage and Stella Lee
Bonnie ◊ and Molly McGrath
Angie Mills
César Montenegro ◊
Anthony Petullo and Beverly Trier
Tynnetta Qaiyim ◊
Phyllis Rabineau ◊ and John Alderson
Jeanne Ruddy Keen and Victor F. Keen r
Susan Manning Silverstein and Rob Silverstein
Judy and Jerry Stefl ◊
Nikki and Fredric Stein
William Swislow ◊ and Janet Franz
David Syrek ◊ and David Lee Csicsko
Dale Taylor and Angela Lustig
Terra Foundation for American Art
University of Kentucky Art Museum
Stacy Wells ◊ and Rick Farrell
Janet Williams and Ralph Concepcion •
Cleo Wilson ◊
$1,000–$4,999
Paula and Gordon Addington
Meg and Steve Barnhart
Elaine and Michael Bennett
Judith and Patrick Blackburn ◊
Edward V. Blanchard and Leslie Tcheyan
Gabriella Bomben p
Dana Boutin ◊ and Sean Fogle
Carl Hammer •
The Chicago Tour Company
Diane Ciral
Moira Collins Griffin and Andrew Griffin, MD
Marjorie Freed •
Nancy Gomez
Jennifer and Scott Gordon
Charles and Kathleen Harper
Fay Hartog Levin and Dan Levin
William Hinchliff
Paige and Todd Johnson
Kathi and Tom Lind
Sue and John Lowenberg
Kevin Lyle
Bruce MacGilpin
Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson
The Niner Foundation
Deborah Oestreicher and Victor Magar
David Owsley
Diane Picciuto
Tyler Roberts p and Louisa Potthast
Douglas Robson r
Frank Maresca r
Leslie Shad and Joseph Brennan
Eugenie Shields
Jennifer Siegenthaler and Philip Cable
Emily Slabe p
Lucy Slivinski and Kahil El’Zabar ◊
Susan Stephenson
Micki Beth Stiller
Lisa Stone • and Don Howlett
Michael Sullivan
Gerald Swislow
Minna and Charles Taylor
Barbara and Victor C. Weisskopf
Marsha Woodhouse
Michelle Woods ◊
Karen Zupko
In-Kind
Paula and Gordon Addington
Daniel Aubry
Judith and Patrick Blackburn ◊
Russell Bowman
Carl Hammer Gallery
Amy Coleman
Haoshu Deng p
Nancy Gorman
Eric Hill
Ruth Horwich
Nancy Josephson
Eugenie Johnson •
Victor F. Kee n r
Beatriz Ledesma
Kiyoko Lerner
Pamela Lui
Jim Mackey
Thomas McCormick Gallery
Frank Maresca r
Amy Meadows
Claude-Aline and Sandro Miller
Angie Mills
Harris Nathan
Jan Petry ◊
Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art
Linda Reeve
Leisa Rundquist
Ody Saban
Saul Family Collection
Luke Shemroske and Project Onward
Lisa Stone • and Don Howlett
Angela Strater
Sue and Christopher Swales
William Swislow ◊ and Janet Franz
Dale Taylor and Angela Lustig
James Zanzi
Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller
support
Legacy Society
Harriet Finkelstein •
Jan Petry ◊
Phyllis Rabineau ◊ and John Alderson
Susan and Christopher Swales
Cleo Wilson ◊
Karen Zupko
DONATIONS IN HONOR
Dana Boutin ◊
Marsha and Edward Fogle
Sean Fogle
Susan Stephenson
Claire Fassnacht ◌
Charles Katzenmeyer
Gillian Hodge and Dolly Palmer
Sharon Miller
Debra Kerr ◌
Jeff Boehm
Fay Hartog Levin and Dan Levin
Melissa Hilton
Warren Munzel
Kristine Westerberg
Jan Petry ◊
Mary Allen
Barbara Provus and Frederick Wackerle
Donna Speigel
Michelle Woods ◊
Scott Lang ◊ and JoAnn Seagren
Josie-Dee Seagren
Marc-Anthony Macon
Jennifer Heaton
Sherry Newton
Phil Strang
Sarah Weeks
Lisa Stone •
Lewis Koch
William Swislow ◊
Lee Swislow
Cleo Wilson ◊ and Bob Roth •
James Adams
Susan Crawley and John Murrill
Mary and Scott Donaldson
Eileen Lally
Angie Mills
Aurie Pennick
Earl Silbar
Jim Ward
DONATIONS IN MEMORY
Richard Bowen •
Lorraine and Randy Barba
Debra Kerr ◌ and Steve Thompson
Monica Geocaris
Jennifer Gilbert
Mary and Matthew Lambrecht
Robert A. Roth •
Arthur Urban
Hugh Wilson and Fran Wilkinson
Susann Craig •
Amy and Neil Coleman
Patty Carroll and Tony Jones
Karen Frerichs
Ingrid Fassbender
Bruce MacGilpin
Richard Kember
Susan and Christopher Swales
Rock Rogers
Leslee Samuelson
Eric Weisenburger
Lisa Stone • and Don Howlett
James Zanzi
Carol “Corky” Wolf
Deborah and Estia Eichten
Intuit strives to provide the most accurate information. Please notify Claire Fassnacht, development manager, at claire@art.org with any needed corrections.
impact highlight
Explore initiatives that deliver meaningful outsider and self-taught art to youth, teachers and the widest audience.
3,400+ guests benefitted
Ted Degener: At Home with Artists
Jan. 19-Sept. 4, 2023
Degener’s photographs of art environments were showcased alongside select examples of artists’ works and videos capturing artists in their environments taken by Degener during his visits—including Illinois artist “Dr.” Charles Smith. Ted Degener (American, b. 1948) spent more than 50 years road-tripping across the United States, seeking encounters with the makers of art environments—artists who transformed personal spaces like homes, gardens and studios into continually evolving, site-specific and life-encompassing works of art.
This show traveled to The Art Center Highland Park (Highland Park, Ill.) and was on view March 1-April 6, 2024.
1,100+ guests benefitted
Purvis Young: Works on Paper
June 30-Sept. 4, 2023
An intimate glimpse at the work he produced using paper, a material frequently employed in his oeuvre of more than 3,000 artworks. Purvis Young (American, 1943-2010) recorded and portrayed the everyday lives, stories, woes and systemic traumas of the Black experience that he was a part of and a witness to in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, where he lived most of his adult life and where his art flourished and continues to be celebrated. This exhibition celebrated the recent acquisition of these pieces from the Daniel Aubry Collection.
Tarik Echols: Open
Dec. 9, 2023May 14, 2023
2,200+ guests benefitted
A solo exhibition showcased works by Tarik Echols, an artist who lives at Little City in Palatine, Ill., an organization that supports people with physical and developmental disabilities. The exhibit was a survey of work made by the artist between 2011 and 2020 and is Echols’ first solo exhibition. Echols’ former arts facilitator Jennifer Mannebach offered: “Tarik tends to build patterns of words that become scaffolding for other layers of letters or symbols. A drawing may start with [a] single word that is repeated using crayon and oil pastel, sometimes with washes of watercolor layered over.”
Creative Growth Art Center: Selections from the Collection Dec. 9, 2022-Jan. 29, 2023
What Are Words For?
Feb. 3-March 19, 2023
Hand-Drawn Circle: Arts of Life
Studio Past and Present
March 23-May 21, 2023
2,200+ guests benefitted
These three exhibitions were guest curated by staff. Creative Growth, Project Onward and Arts of Life.
Exhibitions make art approachable
Installation view of Purvis Young: Works on Paper at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago, Illinois, from June 30-September 4, 2023. Photo by Cheri Eisenberg.
Installation view of Ted Degener: At Home with Artists at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago, Illinois, from January 19-September 4, 2023. Photo by Cheri Eisenberg.
Program Highlights
Art After Work: Community Dye Pot with Craft Nite, June 20, 2024, at the Comfort Station lawn (2579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago)
Art After Work: Soda Can Mosaics facilitated by Norma Rios-Sierra; May 16, 2024, at the WasteShed (1754 N. Kimball Ave., Chicago)
Art After Work: Mosaic Workshop with Izzi Vasquez; March 21, 2024, at Happy Gallery (902 N. California Ave., Chicago)
Shed Skin: Works by Luke Shemroske artist talk; July 13, 2024, at Project Onward (1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago). Shemroske’s first solo exhibition showcased 15 years of his paintings and drawings. The artwork of Luke Shemroske brings viewers into landscapes that are shifting, volatile and, above all, alive.
Museum of Contemporary Photography tour, April 25, 2024 (600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago); guests viewed a range of works by self-taught photographers.
Tour of Saints and Sinners exhibition featuring Project Onward artists, March 20, 2024, at Epiphany Center for the Arts (201 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago)
During “Preserving Art Environments,” an online talk on Aug. 10, 2023, Annalise Flynn, curator of Ted Degener: At Home with Artists and manager of SPACES Archives, facilitated a conversation with Yaphet Smith from the L.V. Hull Legacy Center and Bob Levesque from Salvation Mountain. More than 140 viewers witnessed the speakers’ fascinating discussion on how they became involved with their respective sites and the care that goes into preservation. Smith and Levesque shared the latest developments at each art environment and how L.V. Hull’s and Leonard Knight’s philosophies, wishes and practices inform how conservation is handled today.
Watch the program recording on YouTube. Scan the QR code.
Programs build meaningful connections
Ted Degener (American, b. 1948). L.V. Hull stands in her yard environment in Kosciusko, Mississippi, 1996, printed 2022. Archival pigment print, 21 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. Collection of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, gift of Ted Degener
connections to new and familiar audiences
Discussions
and lectures create new scholarship.
At “In Dialogue on Henry Darger,” Intuit President and CEO Debra Kerr, artists and scholars shared insights into the impact and legacy of the Henry Darger Room at Intuit. These conversations are informing the recuration and reinstallation of the room and its accompanying exhibition on the life and practice of Darger—opening in 2025 following the museum’s renovation. “In Dialogue on Henry Darger”, a three-part virtual program series that occurred in summer 2023, was an opportunity for more than 100 participants to connect with the renowned self-taught artist’s work more deeply and consider new perspectives on his impact.
Watch the program recording with scholar Lisa Stone and arts educator Sydney Walters on YouTube. Scan the QR code.
At “Artist Talk with Dr. Charles Smith,” more than 40 guests learn about Dr. Charles, his artistic practice, and the African-American Heritage Museum and Black Veterans Archive from the artist himself. On June 3, 2023, together with Intuit board member Cleo Wilson, Smith discussed how he and his art and art environments have evolved over time.
Watch the program recording on YouTube. Scan the QR code.
new tools and approaches make chicago students feel successful
Written by Marcia Semmes
“Intuit made me an artist,” speech pathologist Vicki Sallas says of her experience in the museum’s Teacher Fellowship Program. The program aims to inform teachers about outsider and self-taught art, so they, in turn, can inspire their students to translate their unique personal visions in new ways.
Vicki says her students at New Horizon Center for Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities & Autism responded enthusiastically to pieces like Emery Blagdon’s Healing Machines, a barn-sized installation made up of 400 separate elements—wire hangings, paintings and all manner of found materials. The New Horizon students constructed their own Blagdon-inspired healing machine in the classroom.
Vicki didn’t just find an appreciation for outsider art, she found community. She now participates in Intuit’s Art After Work public art-making event every month. She found new energy and enjoyment in art and says, “Art gives me endorphins.”
“Intuit was incredibly accommodating to New Horizon School’s neuro-divergent students. Staff opened the museum for my students on a Monday, when the museum is typically closed, so the students had the space for a positive experience. Intuit even installed a portable wheelchair ramp for one student.”
–Vicki Sallas
Watch the short video on YouTube.
Scan the QR code.
The Teacher Fellowship Program engages 20 Chicago teachers each year with outsider and self-taught art, so they can show their students how to find creativity and empowerment in new ways.
Photo by Cheri Eisenberg.
“It’s a Masterpiece!” Pre-K children in Teacher Fellow Lisa Smith’s classroom share reactions to artworks in Intuit’s collection.
Inspire future generations: Consider including Intuit in your will
As a supporter of Intuit’s mission, you understand the power of outsider and s elf-taught art to bring meaningful art experiences across generations and life experiences.
Help the museum grow and thrive for years to come; make a planned gift to Intuit. Popular planned gifts include bequests, IRA charitable rollovers, retirement plan assets, life insurance, donor advised funds, CDs and gifts of artwork.
Please keep us informed about your plans. Contact Claire Fassnacht, development director, by phone at 312-624-8000 or by email at claire@art.org.
Members enjoy exclusive collection tours!
In-person and Zoom tours of collectors’ amazing private collection occur quarterly. Check Intuit’s website and e-newsletters for updates about upcoming tours and other member-exclusive member events. www.art.org/upcoming-events
Upcoming member events and tours are listed online at www.art.org/upcoming-events.
Installation view in the collector’s home of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (American, 1910-1983), Untitled (Thanksgiving), 1971. Oil on fiberboard, 24 x 24 in. Collection of Jonas Karvelis.
Photo by Cheri Eisenberg.
The Young Professionals Board commissioned a new collection artwork
Young Professionals Board President
Katherine Gorman and Vice President
Gabriella Bomben introduced artist Della Wells and revealed a YoPro-commissioned artwork by Della.
This is the museum’s first commissioned artwork for the collection and first purchased acquisition. All previous acquisitions to the museum’s collection were donated by generous friends like you.
The artwork will be on view when the museum reopens in 2025. Look forward to programs and discussions engaging the work!
Special thanks to angel donors Rob Grossett and Chris LaMorte, Deborah Kern, Angie Mills, Jan Petry, an anonymous donor, and all the supporters of this initiative.
Debra Kerr, President and CEO
Alison Amick, Chief Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Collections
Eva Baldinger, Senior Manager of Operations
Julie Blake, Store Manager
Alexis Dupree, Marketing and Communications Manager
Claire Fassnacht, Development Director
Tina Horton, Membership and Finance Manager
Lisa Lindvay, Director of Learning and Engagement
Caroline Lee Liu, Assistant Registrar
Christina Stavros, Registrar and Curatorial Assistant
Dani Wieder, Guest Services Associate and Public Programs Associate
Joshua Willis, Guest Services Associate
Photo by Cheri Eisenberg.
Della Wells (American, b. 1951). Yes, We Will Find Peace, My Sister, 2024. Collage on masonite, 48 x 24 in. Collection of Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, museum purchase made possible by the Young Professionals Board, 2024.1
