It's Lee Godie's 100th Birthday!

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Everyone at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art wants you to join them this Friday, September 12th from 5-8PM to celebrate.  It's also the occasion for the first major retrospective of Lee's work (over 100 pieces will be shown) since her death in 1994.  This exhibit is curated by Jessica Moss and David Syrek.

Did you ever meet Lee Godie?  She looked like a homeless woman unless you approached and clued into what she was up to.  She hung out along the Michigan Avenue bridge, in front of the Art Institute or the convenient-for-sitting-on ledge adjoining the entrance of Neiman Marcus where she would hawk her art work, sometimes relectantly, depending on her mood.

She called herself a "French Impressionist" seriously, or as a joke but in truth she was a gifted outsider artist.  That's my Godie top left.

There are some outrageous Lee Godie stories around town and if you have one you'd like to tell yourself or just want to listen, Intuit is encouraging you to come early at 3PM on Friday.  The stories will be filmed and added to the Intuit archives.

Beginning at 5, you can have a Godie-style photo taken in our vintage photo booth, (see sample photo of Lee at right from the Lorin Adolph collection) enjoy birthday cake and a signature cocktail or try Chicago's own Half Acre beer.  With all those Godie aficionados out there, this opening is bound to be the place to be Friday night.  It's free and open to the public in the best Intuit tradition.

Join Intuit, while you're there.  Check out www.art.org

Altered Photography Workshop, Saturday, September 20, 2:30-4:30PM

In conjunction with the Lee Godie exhibit, this hands-on workshop will include the use of a vintage photo booth, enabling participants to create their own altered self-portraits.  Lee used this medium herself, as you'll see in the exhibit.  Artist Amy Mayfield will conduct the workshop.  The fee is $15 for Intuit members and $25 for non-members.