Arts, Culture & Humanities
Intuit The Center For Intuitive And Outside Art
CHICAGO, IL
Total revenue
$4.4M
Total expenses
$1.4M
Net assets
$6.2M
Grants received
$696K
34 grants
EIN
363772452
Tax year
2024
Mission
Intuit is a premier museum of self-taught art, art created by artists who didnt, or sometimes couldnt, follow a traditional path of art making, using materials at hand to realize their artistic vision. The museums missionchampioning the diverse voices of self-taught art, welcoming new and familiar audiencesis grounded in the ethos that art can be found anywhere and made by anyone. The instinct to create is universal and the arts must embrace, represent and be accessible to all.
Programs
8 programs
Permanent Collections - Comprises of approximately more than 1,400 collections that are included in the Organization's exhibitions.
Education - Programs are built around each year's exhibitions, typically 3-5 significant exhibits featuring work by outsider and self-taught artists. Intuit's key public programs include: A) Teacher Fellowship Program: 20-24 Chicago Public School teachers attend professional development sessions at Intuit and create interdisciplinary curricula meeting common core standards. The program culminates in a month-long student exhibition at the museum at the end of the school year. B) IntuiTeens Youth Program: 12 teens participate in a summer internship program in which they develop and teach peer-to-peer art workshops at teen and public-facing spaces such as Blind Services Association. The program is intended to sustain long-term arts and civic engagement of teenagers, particularly those in under-served communities. C) Public Art-Making Workshops: Intuit offers a creative space for individuals to transform personal found materials into works of art and express themselves. D) Art After Work: A monthly, Thursday evening do-it-yourself workshop series, targeted at Millennials, which typically attracts 30-50 guests from diverse backgrounds. E) Events: Intuit hosts multi-sensory, inter-disciplinary events for the public, including artist, curator and expert talks; film screenings; and field trips and travel tours. F) The Outsider: Intuit's annual publication features articles related to Intuit's current exhibitions and happenings in the genre of outsider art.
Exhibitions - Intuit produces 3-6 special exhibitions each year and maintains a permanent collection of 1,400 artworks and the Henry Darger Room Collection and archives.
Marketing - Highlights exhibitions and programming at the museum. This includes press releases, paid advertising, emails to museum members and mailing list, and a social media presence, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Memberships - The Organization's members receive access that allows them to experience the Organization's programs like no other visitor, including free admission, discounts in the Vision Store and exclusive member events.
Museum Store - Features unique items, including publications related to outsider and selftaught art and artists and merchandise highlighting the Organization's permanent collection. The store is open during regular business hours and online.
Outsider Magazine - With both physical and online distribution across the country and beyond, includes artist and exhibit features written by outsider art scholars.
Robert A. Roth Study Center - Provides a non-circulating collection with a primary focus in the fields of outsider and contemporary self-taught art. The Organization's holdings contain an extensive and growing library of books, catalogs, periodicals, slides, photographs, videotapes, and archive materials. As a public resource that complements the Organization's educational mission, the Organization's study center is open to students and scholars interested in pursuing further research into intuitive, self-taught, and outsider art and artists.
Financials
FY 2024
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People
29 listed
Debra Kerr
President & CEO
$91K
40 hrs/wk
Scott Lang
Chair
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10 hrs/wk
Elizabeth Nelson
Vice Chair
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1 hrs/wk
Shawn Grenald
Secretary
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1 hrs/wk
Patrick Blackburn
Treasurer
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1 hrs/wk
William Swislow
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Tracy Holmes
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Doug Bristol
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Michelle Woods
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Jerry Stefl
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Kahil El'Zabar
Director
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1 hrs/wk
Jan Petry
Director
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Lewis Greenblatt
Director
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Phyllis Rabineau
Director
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Cheri Eisenberg
Director
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Robert Grossett
Director
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Rob Lentz
Director
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Bonnie McGrath
Director
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Csar Montenegro
Director
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James Elbaor
Director
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Tyler Roberts
Director
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Maya Sonal Patel
Director
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Dana Boutin
Director
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David Syrek
Director
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Stacy Wells
Director
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Cleo Wilson
Director
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Adam Wolford
Director
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Anne Kohn
Director
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Vincent Uribe
Director
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Grants received
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