| Dear omss, Thanks to everyone who came out and who helped make our 20th birthday party a success! Check out all the smiling faces who showed up on our Flickr page. We are nearing the half-way point of our $20,000 for our 20th Birthday fundraising campaign. If you haven't already, please consider donating today. Your donations help us present programming such as our newly added docent tours. Free with admission, regular docent-guided tours will take place every Thursday at 5:30pm and Saturday afternoon at 1pm starting July 9th. |
| | | Opening Reception: Friday, July 8, 5-8pm
| |  You Better Be Listening:
Text in Self-Taught Art
July 8, 2011 - January 14, 2012
Curated by Matthew Arient
From spreading The Word to inventing their own words, these artists follow their own rules when using text. See if you can catch their meaning at the free opening reception this Friday from 5-8pm.
Prophet Royal Robertson, Astonishment (detail), Promised gift of Susann Criag |
Curator's Talk: Saturday, July 9, 11am
|  | | Esta Chido Todo: The Drawings of Raul Maldonado |
with Susan Matthews
Sometimes taking years to create, Raul Maldonado builds large-scale drawings piece-by-poster-board piece. He creates a world that can be 20 times larger than the TV screen they were pulled from using basic prisma color pencils.
Check out this video from the installation and then stop by Intuit on Saturday to meet Maldonado and find out just why curator Susan Matthews thinks his work is Esta Chido Todo.
Free and open to the public |
Intuit Show in Santa Fe: August 4-7
|  In less than a month, Intuit will head to Santa Fe for our first ever Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art alongside SOFA West. We are proud to present leading dealers of self-taught art and outsider art to New Mexico. Daily tickets are $15 and include admission to the show, lectures and in-booth events. If you are going to be in the Santa Fe area and would like to help out in our bookstore, please contact us! |
20/20 Visionary Ball: November 5
|  What better way to celebrate 20 years than with a huge party at the beautiful downtown Westin? Join Gala Chairs Ellen & Richard Sandor at Intuit's 20th Anniversary Benefit Gala: 20/20 Visionary Ball. In addition to celebrating Intuit's accomplishments, we will be honoring artist and teacher James Zanzi, Professor Emeritus, SAIC, who increased our knowledge and appreciation of independent artists and vernacular environment builders. This event will be one you will not want to miss. Show your 20/20 Visionary Ball spirit by donning your funkiest specs, enjoy the sounds of JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound or try your luck in our silent auction. For recognition on the invitation, please join our host committee by July 11, 2011. Individual tickets are also available and can be purchased here. |
Outside The Box: Howard Finster
| |  Reverend Howard Finster always had something to say. At age 16, he began preaching, building churches and holding tent revivals. After building his first garden park and running out of room, he and his family moved to Pennville, GA, in 1961 where he began building Paradise Gardens. Throughout the garden he put up signs with Bible verses on them because "he felt that they stuck in people's heads better that way."
In his lifetime, Finster completed over 46,000 pieces of original art works including album covers for R.E.M. and the Talking Heads. In nearly every piece of Finster's art, he has a message for the viewer. Whether it be a bible verse or his love of Coca-Cola, he wanted people to hear what he had to say. Come see what other messages he had for you during You Better Be Listening: Text in Self-Taught Art. Howard Finster
Absolut Georgia Promised Gift of Kevin Cole |
Membership and Support
|  Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art is a non-profit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive and self-taught art. As a member of Intuit, you have free admission to ongoing exhibits, programs and other benefits. But more importantly, you are our partner in a unique mission. |
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