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Since the artist is not conversational, her family is often asked how Grace reacts to the considerable media attention she’s received. From her mom’s perspective: it doesn’t phase her. Grace is a pure soul with zero ego. She just wants to make art and totally digs the creation process. The amount of attention she began getting for her work, around 2006, at age 11, didn’t seem to phase her. But that changed. A little.

In 2007, Grace’s mom got an email, which she first thought was a joke, from a producer of ABC’s “The View.” Hosts Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselback were producing a special episode on autism and they wanted Grace to be featured for her art. Within a week, Grace and mom boarded a plane and spent two days in the city, including the filming before a live audience. The episode featured at least three other families and Temple Grandin. This was Grace’s first trip to the Big Apple and she’d never seen buildings so tall. She craned her neck looking up around her at the oddity. And, she also took note of the doting she received in front of and behind the camera. That’s when it clicked with Grace. People liked her art. But the awareness is just that. It ends there. In the years since, taking in that people really appreciate her art, that they come to her exhibitions and pop-up booths, and that they purchase her work and compliment her profusely, her awareness has grown. But the ego: nada.

Grace Goad’s art is her mode of expression to the world. People often remark how her work communicates joy. Grace is a joyful soul and her art is the beauty of her pure, unconditionally loving heart. Local, national, newspapers, magazines, mention and features in three books, and a growing collection online media have spotlighted about her work. Also of special note is Al Jazeera America, 2014 and in New York Times, 2016. For more, dating back to 2001, see below.

Artist Expresses Colorful Side of Autism, NewsChannel 5,
April 1, 2017

Seen on Fox Business, Las Vegas, (starting .44 mark,)
May 11, 2016

“Franklin Art Show Features Work by Artists with Autism,” WKRN News 2, April 1, 2016

“Artist Channels Ability Through Disability,” WTVF
NewsChannel 5, November 19, 2015

The ArtAble Collection, video, July 2014

Pining for an Empty Nest, LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER,
April 26, 2014

“Mental Health Programs Extremely Underfunded for Disabled Young Adults,” Al Jazeera America, April 9, 2014

Support Celebrate Autism, video, January 2014

Seattle Gallery Featuring Artists with Disabilities, (1.26 mark,) City Stream Splashback, 2012

Green Hills Library Exhibition, Grace Goad, NewsChannel 5,
May 20, 2012

“Parents Seek More Opportunities for Children with Autism,” WSMV Channel 4, April 20, 2012

Leisa Shares Her Journey Raising an Autistic Daughter,” CafeMom.com, February 2012 “

Nine Moms Share Send Message to the Presidential Candidates,” CafeMom.com, February 2012

The Challenge of Celebrating the Holidays with Autism, AuTube, December, 2010

Tennessee Mornings, WZTV, Fox 17, March 30, 2009

ABC’s “The View,” air dates: January 29, April 6, 2007

“Autistic Artist,” WKRN, Channel 2, February 4, 2007

Featured artist, Breaking Ground Arts Issue, Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities, 2023, 2015/2016, 2014, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2001
“Autistic Boy’s Death Can Aid Understanding,” Tennessean, April 11, 2019
“Helping People Navigate their World” — the TSC Extension Program, Breaking Ground, December, 2017
“In The Spotlight,” NFocus, August 2016
“Art of Autism: Celebrating National Autism Awareness Month,” Nashville Arts Magazine, April 2016
Of Pretzels and Painting: The Entrepreneurial Choice, Cover story, Breaking Ground Magazine, March, 2016
“Helping Homeless Artists Turn Around Their Fortunes,” The New York Times, February 17, 2016
“Jobs Bring Meaning for Young People with Disabilities,” Tennessean, December 21, 2016
“Art Scene Offers Different Perspective, Recognizes Autism Through Art,” Williamson Herald, April 7, 2016
“Eligible for Job and College Aid, Tennesseans with Disabilities Get Nothing,” The Hechinger Report, Columbia University School of Journalism, December 5, 2016
“GJCC July Exhibits Will Feature Art from China and Works by Goad and Camp Davis,” The Jewish Observer, June 30, 2015
“5 Sense Living with Lauryn Gilliam,”
Your Williamson, April 2015
“ArtAble Finds a Home,” Nashville Arts Magazine, July 2014
The ArtAble Collection of Village Green Hills Apartment, book, Leisa Hammett, 2014
“Tennessee’s Intellectually Disabled Wait Years For Help,” The Tennessean, WBIR.com, October 24, 2013
The Art of Autism, Shifting Perceptions, by Debra Hosseini, 2012; featured artist

“Growing with Grace, Young Artist and Grandparents Share the Idea,” Greer Now, July 2007
“12-Year-Old Goad to Appear on ‘The View’,” Robertson County Times, January 24, 2007
Beverly Keel: “Morsels,” The Tennessean, January 29, 2007
“Mysteries, Miracles. As Diagnoses Skyrocket, Researchers Pursue New Insights Into the Hidden World of Autism,” Vanderbilt Magazine,
Fall 2006
“VU’s Find offers Hope of Treating Autism Earlier, Genetic Marker May Help Scientists Screen for Disorder,”
Front page, The Tennessean, October 31, 2006
“Outsider Art from the Inside,” NashvilleArts Magazine, October, 2006
“Creating Opportunities for Artists,” Vanderbilt Discovery, Fall, 2006
“Celebrating the Talents of Those with Autism,” Autism Advocate, Third Edition, Autism Society of America, 2006
“Grace Goad Receives Recognition,” The Echo, Autism Society of Middle Tennessee, Spring 2006
“Autistic Child’s Gift on Display,” Gallatin News Examiner, August 30, 2006