>> THE TERM OUTSIDER ARTIST IS

BIG ENOUGH TO INCLUDE A CREATIVE

PERSON WITHOUT CLASSICAL

TRAINING AND A SILENT ARTIST WHO

COMMUNICATES THROUGH THE

MYSTERIOUS PICTURES SHE MAKES.

A ART SHOW IN TOWNS LOOKS AT

WORKS FROM ARTISTS IN CHICAGO TO

NEW ZEALAND ALL OF THEM MAKE THE

CASE FOR ART AS THERAPY.

>> AT INTUIT THE CENTER FOR

INTUITIVE AND OUTSIDER ART A

PAIR OF NEW SHOWS COULD NOT BE

MORE DIFFERENT.

ON ONE SIDE CARTOON WORLD

CREATED BY A NEW ZEALAND ARTIST

WHO HASN'T SPOKEN IN MORE THAN

50 YEARS.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, WORKS BY TWO

CHICAGO ARTISTS WHO FIGHT

ADDICTION WITH CREATIVITY.

FOR THIS, INTUIT BROUGHT IN A

CURATOR WHO RAN THE SOUTH SIDE

COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER FOR SIX

YEARS.

>> WE ARE IN A SPACE OF OUTSIDE

ART AND THEY ARE CALLED ARTISTS.

THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS

INSTITUTION AND WE NEED TO

CHALLENGE LABELS AND BOLSTER

THEM.

IT'S EXCITING FOR THE ARTISTS TO

TAP INTO SOMETHING A COMMUNITY

OF ARTISTS THAT TRADITIONALLY

WOULD NOT BE IN DIALOGUE WITH.

>> HE CHOSE ARTISTS WITH

COLORFUL WORK AND COLORFUL

LIVES.

>> I LEFT CHICAGO IN 2007 TO

JOIN THE ARMY.

I WAS 38 YEARS OLD.

I WAS GOING THROUGH A REALLY

ROUGH PATCH.

IT WAS MY OWN FORM OF TREATMENT.

IN ORDER TO OVERCOME MY OWN

PERSONAL ADDICTIONS AND ALSO TO

SUPPORT MY DAUGHTERS.

>> EARLY ON, ROBERT JOHNSON

PAINTED THE GLASS ON DISCARDED

WINDOWS BUT STOPPED MAKING ART

WHILE IN THE ARMY.

NOW HE HAS A NEW APPROACH.

>> I'VE SHIFTED TO DIFFERENT

MATERIALS CANVAS BOARD, FOUND

CANVASS FROM THRIFT STORES THAT

I JUST REWORK BUT I DO STILL

HAVE A BASEMENT FULL OF WINDOWS

THAT I WILL BE GIVING ATTENTION

TO.

>> WE ASKED THE OTHER CHICAGO

ARTIST IN THE SHOW ABOUT USING

ART AS THERAPY.

>> I'M USING IT NOW TO KIND OF

KEEP ME ANCHORED BECAUSE I'M

STRUGGLING TO STAY CLEAN AND

HEALTHY.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME AND

MY SON.

>> THE HIS WORK INCLUDES

SCULPTURE, METZ TALL WORK AND

COLLAGE.

THIS IS CALLED HEROIN THE

MUSICAL.

>> I WILL START WITH AN IDEA

THAT MAY CHANGE BY THE TIME I

FINISH WITH THE PIECE AND I

START CREATING STORIES IN MY

MIND AS I'M WORKING ON THE

PIECE, NARRATIVES THAT ONLY MAKE

SENSE TO ME.

AND THEY BECOME THE PIECE

EVOLVES OUT OF THAT AND BECOMES

PART OF A NARRATIVE IN MY HEAD

THAT YOU KNOW, WOULD SEEM LIKE

NONSENSE TO SOMEONE ELSE.

>> IN THE GALLERY NEXT DOOR

CARTOON NARRATIVES HAVE AN

UNUSUAL ORIGIN THEY WERE CREATED

BY SUSAN TE KAHURANGI KING A NOW

68-YEAR-OLD NEW ZEALANDER WHO

HAS NOT SPOKEN IN ALMOST 60

YEARS.

>> SUSAN WAS ONE OF 12 CHILDREN.

AND SHE BEGAN CREATING ART AT A

YOUNG AGE AND RECEIVED MUCH

SUPPORT FROM HER FAMILY.

SHE QUIT SPEAKING BY THE AGE OF

EIGHT.

SO WILL NEVER QUITE KNOW EXACTLY

THE MEANING BEHIND EACH

INDIVIDUAL ARTWORK COUPLED WITH

THESE WONDERFUL DRAWINGS WE HAVE

THE ARCHIVES OF HER SISTER

PETITA KING WHO HAS BEGUN

COLLECTING WORKS THAT RELATE TO

SUSAN'S LIFE AND ARTWORK.

>> WE SPOKE TO HER SISTER ABOUT

GROWING UP WITH A UNIQUE SIBLING

AT FIRST IN RURAL NEW ZEALAND.

>> IT WASN'T A SCHOOL FOR SUSAN

IN THE SMALL TOWN BECAUSE SHE

HAD SPECIAL NEEDS.

THERE WAS NO DIAGNOSIS BUT SHE

WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT SHE COULD

NOT TALK ALTHOUGH SHE WAS TALK

AS A THREE-YEAR-OLD.

IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SUSAN'S

EDUCATIONAL NEEDS THE FAMILY

SHIFTED TO AUKLAND.

>> SUSAN STOPPED DRAWING AND

RESUMED HER WORK IN 2008.

HER LIFE STORY BECAME THE BASIS

FOR A DOCUMENTARY.

>> SHE KEEPS TO HERSELF AND SHE

DRAWS IN THE BACKGROUND AND WE

KNOW THEY ARE GREAT DRAWINGS BUT

THERE IS NOT REALLY ANY VERY

LITTLE IF ANY INTERACTION.

>> IN RECENT YEARS HER WORK HAS

BEEN SHOWN IN PARIS, NEW YORK

AND NOW CHICAGO.

>> NOW IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY IS

RALLYING AROUND SUSAN.

LIKE SHE THE MAN.

>> THE WORK BY THE TWO CHICAGO

ARTISTS WILL BE ON VIEW AT

INTUIT, THE CENTER FOR INTUITIVE