Past Exhibitions
Sunday Painters: Discarded Paintings by Gifted Amateurs
Jul 11 – Dec 27, 2008
Chris Hipkiss: Drawings
Apr 23 – Aug 30, 2008
The Henry Darger Room Collection
Jan 18 – Jun 28, 2008
Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots
Jan 18 – Apr 12, 2008
Drawn From the Home of Henry Darger
Dec 21, 2007 – Jan 5, 2008
A.G. Rizzoli: Architect of Magnificent Visions
Sept 14, 2007 – Jan 5, 2008
Recent and Anniversary Gifts to the Permanent Collection
Jul 6, 2007 – Jan 5, 2008
Lonnie Holley: Artist in Residence
May 11 – Sept 1, 2007
Ken Grimes: ELLUSIVE MESSAGES
Jan 19 – Apr 27, 2007
Don’t Fence Me In: The Art of Daniel Watson
Jan 19 – Jun 23, 2007
Take Me to the River
Sept 15, 2006 – Jan 6, 2007
Selections from the Permanent Collection
May 5 – Sept 2, 2006
Revelation! The Quilts of Marie ​“Big Mama” Roseman
May 5 – Sept 2, 2006
Accidental Mysteries: Extraordinary Vernacular Photographs from the Collection of John & Teenuh Foster
Jan 13 – Apr 29, 2006
In the Eyes of Mr. Dawson
Jan 13 – Mar 18, 2006
Singular Visions: Art Brut from the Anthony J. Petullo Collection
Sept 16 – Dec 31, 2005
Recent Gifts to the Collection
Sept 16 – Dec 31, 2005
Art from the Inside: Paño Drawings by Chicano Prisoners
Jun 17 – Sept 3, 2005
Tools of Her Ministry: The Art of Sister Gertrude Morgan
Feb 11 – May 28, 2005
FOUND: The Magazine, The Stuff
Jan 7 – 29, 2005
Old World, New Country: The Art of Joseph Garlock
Oct 15, 2004 – Jan 15, 2005
Genesis: Gifts and Promised Gifts from the Permanent Collection
Sept 10 – Dec 30, 2004
Vibrant Spirits: The Art of Derek Webster
Jul 8 – Oct 2, 2004
Outside the Lines: Ordinary Pastimes, Extraordinary Art
Jun 11 – Aug 28, 2004
Laura Craig McNellis: Inside Out 1970 — 2003
Mar 12 – Jun 4, 2004
Sistuhs: Four African-American Self-Taught Artists
Jan 16 – Jun 26, 2004
Albert Zahn: I’ll Fly Away
Dec 12, 2003 – Feb 28, 2004
Icons & Intimates
Sept 12 – Nov 29, 2003
Nitty Gritty Slim’s Bike and the Street Art of Curtis Cuffie and Wesley Willis
Jun 13 – Aug 23, 2003
Gugging: An Artists’ House
Jun 13 – Dec 31, 2003
Studies and Sketches from the Henry Darger Collection at the American Folk Art Museum
Mar 14 – Jun 1, 2003
Visions Realized: The Paintings and Process of Henry Darger
Mar 14 – Jun 1, 2003
Levi Fischer Ames: Menagerie
Dec 13, 2002 – Mar 1, 2003
Identity and Desire: The Photography of Lee Godie, Morton Bartlett, and Eugene Von Bruenchenhein
Sept 13 – Nov 30, 2002
Soulful Pieces: Memory Jars and Improvised Quilts
Jun 7 – Aug 31, 2002
Eight from Europe: A Study Collection
Apr 19, 2002 – Apr 19, 2003
American Stone Carving
Mar 8 – May 25, 2002
Prophecies: Adventist Charts from the Jenks Memorial Collection at Aurora University
Dec 7, 2001 – Feb 23, 2002
Sam Doyle
Nov 9, 2001 – Mar 29, 2002
Rear Vision: The First Ten Years
Sept 7 – Nov 24, 2001
Jim Work
Jun 15 – Aug 25, 2001
Haiti: Vodou Visionaries
Mar 9 – May 26, 2001
Without Ego: Anonymous Works
Dec 9, 2000 – Feb 24, 2001
Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art of Judith Scott
Sept 8 – Nov 25, 2000
William L. Hawkins
Apr 7 – Aug 26, 2000
