OUT IN COLOR: An Intuit Art Museum Activation with playOUT!

Explore the newly renovated Intuit Art Museum while listening to performances from the classical musicians of [playOUT!](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.playoutchicago.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ceabera%40architecture.org%7C3808563c6d4c438f2f1a08df28847522%7C0a7ea0ad9dc848d7af846c269456260d%7C0%7C0%7C639274221650095025%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=MXBGlWTsREqtGTCef2nN7Sf062Y%2BSYv3w%2FRwRWEAQ4M%3D&reserved=0)  In response to _[Karla Wong: Journeys of Being](https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fart.org%2Fexhibitions%2Fkarla-wong&data=05%7C02%7Ceabera%40architecture.org%7C3808563c6d4c438f2f1a08df28847522%7C0a7ea0ad9dc848d7af846c269456260d%7C0%7C0%7C639274221650124993%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=MLy7pFd6mQ%2BWRCzjkiMRs8c71L7OZVh7w0Tdw5tOgkU%3D&reserved=0)_, playOUT! will perform works by LGBTQ+ composers, with a particular focus on award-winning transgender Mexican American composer Mari Esabel Valverde. The performances, which will take place throughout the Museum, will include several of Valverde’s works for solo piano, performed by pianist Nicholas Guetterman, as well as her string quintet _David: A Prison of Gender_, performed by cellist David Sands and playOUT!‘s string quartet. **playOUT!** is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to amplifying LGBTQ+ artistry in classical music through performance, commissioned works, and community partnerships. Through innovative programming, playOUT! celebrates LGBTQ+ composers and performers while creating opportunities for community engagement and artistic collaboration.  **Intuit Art Museum **(IAM) 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. IAM collects and exhibits work by artists who often work outside the mainstream due to societal, economic or geographic barriers that have prevented them from pursuing formal training in the arts. Yet, they have developed a sustained artistic practice. 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. Image credit: Karla Wong (Mexican, b. 1974). _The Catrina Comes to Chicago (La catrina llega Chicago) _(Detail)_,_ 2026. Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in. Collection of the artist