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Blossoming Spring Joy!

by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 5, 2012 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Nashville!, Nature

Life of flowers from VOROBYOFF PRODUCTION on Vimeo.   May your Heart Open to JOY in the coming of Spring!

Grayton Beach Artist Brings Her Pearls to Music City + Blog Giveaway!

by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 28, 2012 | Art, Nashville!, Travel

Nashville? It's a city with soul. Grayton Beach, Florida? A lil' beach town with heart. And the two often find themselves in rhythm with one another. Not sure why exactly. There seem to be a lot of Nashville expats down on this sweet spot along 30A. And,...

Hardscrabble Rural Vet Turned Novelist, William Gay, Passes On

by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 25, 2012 | Art, Nashville!

He was one of the most hard-scrabble-looking writers upon whom I've ever laid eyes. Numerous times over the years, I saw acclaimed rural carpenter turned novelist William Gay sit on author's panels at the Southern Festival of Books and not say a whole lot that...

Provocateurs, Entrepreneurs @ Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Part II

by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 24, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!

Artist Jerry Adams's dreamy watercolors first grabbed and held onto my heart in 2008 at a very special  exhibit. "The Artist's Voice: A Tennessee Exhibition Featuring Artists with Disabilities" bubbled up from a dream turned vision to a...

Provocateurs, Entrepreneurs @ Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Part I

by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 17, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!

  This beautiful image:   …was taken by this young man ~   Matthew Drumright, above, has been taking pictures since he was age 10. His talent was nurtured by a teacher who "gets it." Marti Proffit-Strueli is also my daughter's art...

To See as Artists See: More Phillips Collection @ Frist Center!

by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 3, 2012 | Art, Nashville!

  We benefit by giving ourselves over to the direct experience of the work of art.  In this way one enters the artist’s world, learning to see as artists see. ~ Duncan Phillips     Lucky. Lucky. Lucky are we in Nashville to be only one of only...
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GRACE GOAD | AUTISM ART:

Shimai Gallery of Contemporary Craft
8400 Highway 100, Nashville, Tenn.
(Little cottage in the far corner of the Loveless Cafe complex.)

FEATURED POSTS

  • Blossoming: All New Grace Goad Works, Shimai Gallery
  • Message of the Mammoth Moth: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Year Two—Still Seeking the Resurrection: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Lessons of the Lenten Roses: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Self-Love on V-Day: Grace in the Time of Corona

FROM HEARTACHE TO HOPE

From Heartache to Hope: middle tennessee families living with autism, a book by Leisa A. Hammett & photographer Rebekah Pope. Click here for more info plus ordering details.

Grace Goad Autism Art

ABOUT LEISA HAMMETT

Hi! I’m a writer and a speaker, and I represent the art of my young adult daughter, Grace Goad, who has autism. We’ve been featured on The View, Al Jazeera America, and in numerous television, radio, magazine, newspaper, and online features. I’ve written one book about autism and I’m working on spiritual memoir about living with autism. Hope you’ll hang out here online with us.

 

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