IAM haunting

Transform a vintage cabinet card or snapshot into a unique spirit photograph. Inspired by IAM collection artist Madge Gill and the spiritualist movement of the late 19th century, draw directly onto found photographs while imagining the aura, presence or spirit captured within the portrait.

About Madge Gill  

In 1920’s England, artist Madge Gill began to receive messages from the spirit world urging her to create. Guided by this force, her art practice blossomed across sewing, writing, drawing and music. She identified this creative energy as a spirit named Myrninerest, whose signature appears on many of her works. The transcendental experience of artmaking led Madge Gill to ultimately become a well-known medium, holding seances, astrological readings and other psychic rituals in her London home.

Registration is encouraged.

Access Notes

Intuit Art Museum is accessible through the museum's ramp entrance on Milwaukee Ave. Please contact [email protected] with questions related to accessibility.

About Intuit Art Museum

Intuit Art Museum champions the diverse voices of self-taught art, welcoming both new and familiar audiences. Located in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood, Intuit is a premier museum of self-taught art—also known as outsider art. The Museum collects and exhibits work by artists who typically work outside the mainstream and have developed a sustained artistic practice. Some artists may have faced societal, economic or geographic barriers to pursuing extensive training in the arts. The museum’s mission is grounded in the ethos that the instinct to create is universal and the arts must embrace, represent and be accessible to all. Learn more at www.art.org.

Your participation in an Intuit Art Museum program constitutes implied consent to be photographed, and for those images to be utilized by Intuit for educational, fundraising and marketing purposes. If you prefer not to be photographed, please let a staff member know and we’ll be happy to respect your wishes.