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The Purpose of Anthropology. Acrylic paint, postage stamp, butterfly wings on cedar shake, 7.25 x 5.75 inches

Created for "Little Pieces – 4th Annual Exhibit of the Nashville Collage Collective"
Turnip Green Creative Reuse 945 Woodland Street, Nashville, TN
Opening Reception, Wednesday, July 14, 6-9 PM
Show runs thru August. Be there or be square.

On the back, it reads: 
"The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences."
- Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist, 1887-1948
The Purpose of Anthropology
Acrylic paint, postage stamp, butterfly wings on cedar
7.25 x 5.75 inches
Red-spotted purple admiral butterfly


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All of Us
What an incredible honor to be commissioned to celebrate the national launch of the All of Us program for the NIH (National Institutes of Health).  
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All of Us is a participant-based, data-driven mission that supports basic research at the intersection of human biology, behavior, genetics, environment, data science, computation and much more to produce new knowledge with the goal of preventing disease and developing more effective ways to treat disease. All of Us is a precision-based medical research with 1,000,000 or more participants that will 
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A Shaman Knew Ms. Storm with Shana Kohnstamm
Tibbott Center Gallery at University School of Nashville, TN
1.31.18 - 3.15.18 | Reception March 8, 4:30 - 6:30 PM


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          11 Emerging Artists from Nashville to Know
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          Thank you Leena Kollar and Culture Trip

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"My Recent Travels" a Flying Solo exhibition with Arts at the Airport
12.05.2016 – 02.26.2017
Reception: December 6, 4-6 PM. Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN
Juried. Funded by Tennessee Arts Commission and Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority

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Thisbe and Noah Scott Foundation 
08.26.2017
Music & Masterpieces art fundraiser for TNSF
For tickets or to bid on my painting "How does your garden grow?"
​  contact lballew@thisbeandnoah.org
Event at new Aertson Hotel Midtown 
​Nashville, TN



Video Field Trip 
Interview by Cassie Stephens, for Nashville Arts magazine, May 2017 issue


"Touchstone" 
03.03.2017 – 03.30.2017
Reception: Wednesday, March 8, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Sig Held Gallery at the Gordon Jewish Community Center
Nashville, TN

 

Harpeth Hall Faculty Art Exhibition
11.3 – 12.16.2016
Reception: November 20, 3-5 PM. The Harpeth Hall School, Nashville, TN
Triennial exhibition
 

Invited Speaker
09.21.2016
Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Hosted by Belmont University & Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville
Presented my winning "Pitch Perfect" talk to the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
 

2016 Joseph J. Connolly Annual Memorial Exhibition
2nd Place. Juror: Kyoko Miyabe Ph. D., University of Cambridge
​07.01.2016 – 06.25.2017
Public Finance Management, USA. Pittsburgh, Philadelphia
 

Solo Exhibition, invited
05.04 – 05.24.2016
Reception: Wednesday, May 4, 4-6 PM
Marnie Sheridan Gallery, Harpeth Hall School, Nashville, TN
 

​Psalms Beyond Boundaries, international, traveling, juried
04.2016 – 05.2017
Hadera, Israel; Charlotte, NC; Charleston, SC; Chattanooga, TN; Volusia Country, FL; Pinellas County, FL; Jacksonville, FL; Knoxville, TN; Nashville, TN; Richmond, VA.
 

Solo Exhibition, juried
03.03 – 03.31.2016 
Green Hills Branch of Metro Davidson Public Library, Nashville, TN
 

Nashville Arts Magazine, March 2016
Thanks for the coverage, Nashville Arts. You're so kind to me!
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Women of Abstraction, invited
11.14.2015 – 01.09.2016
Arts Council at Monthaven, Hendersonville, Tennesee
Beth Boquel, Jane Braddock, Carol Mode, Sue Mulcahy, Eva Sochorova, Doris Wasserman

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​"Trisha's Southern Kitchen"   •   Trisha Yearwood's Food Network Show
10.01 – 11.01.2015
How exciting to have my work hung on the walls of Trisha Yearwood's home for the taping of her Food Network show and to support the launch of her new line of home furnishings! Watch for my work on "Trisha's Southern Kitchen"!



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Firefly, detail #1. Acrylic, graphite, papers on Venetian plaster on canvas. 48 x 36 inches.
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Firefly, detail #2. Acrylic, graphite, papers on Venetian plaster on canvas. 48 x 36 inches.




Trisha Yearwood's Food Network Show
What an honor to have my work hung on the walls of Trisha Yearwood's home for the taping of her Food Network show and to support the launch of her new line of home furnishings! Watch for my work on "Trisha's Southern Kitchen"!

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Soft Landing. Acrylic, graphite, charcoal on Venetian plaster on canvas. 48 x 24 inches
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Blue I, II and III. Acrylic, graphite, charcoal on Venetian plaster on canvas. 12 x 9 inches each.
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Blue Emmy II. Acrylic, graphite, charcoal on Venetian plaster on canvas. 48 x 24 inches



​Periscope Pitch Event
Pitch Perfect! 
Thanks to the judges and to the audience for voting my presentation "Pitch Perfect."  I am excited and deeply honored.

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​  What a thrill to win the Pitch Perfect award! Thanks so
  much to the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville
  and to all the generous volunteers and sponsors. Special
  thanks to  Casey Summar and Amber Buker of ABC-Nashville,
  my wonderful mentor, Deb Palmer-George, and the sponsor
  of the award, Tennessee  Brew Works.

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Image from my presentation. Photo courtesy of Leisa Hammett.
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Image from my presentation. Photo courtesy of Karen Renée Robb.



Solo Exhibition curated by Area 2 Trading Co. at POP ROCK
July 9 – September 18, 2015
1600 Division Street, Nashville, TN — in Roundabout Plaza
, next to Haynes Gallery


Sow We Grow

First Annual Nashville Collage Collective Show featuring works by 27 area collagist artists. 
Reception: May 21, 6-9 pm at the Green Gallery
Turnip Green Creative Reuse Center 
535 4th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37210
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Drift by Doris Wasserman. Acrylic, graphite, charcoal, paper on Venetian plaster on canvas. 20 x 20 inches




2015 Periscope: Artist Entrepreneur Training
The Arts & Business Council announces its 2015 Periscope: Artist Entrepreneur Training class.
​Designed to provide mentorship, perspective, and business tools to help artists organize, plan, and sustain their creative careers.
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Beauty of Science. Doris Wasserman. Acrylic, charcoal, graphite on Venetian plaster on canvas. 24 x 24 inches



Art on the West Side
50 local and regional artists present their work
painters, sculptors, jewelers, clay & fiber artists
wood turners & glass artists
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West Elm
at the Hill Center, Nashville, TN 37215

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Tennessee Craft – Midstate
December 2014

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PDI Nashville on Sidco Drive
Houzz

Open Monday – Friday, 9 am - 5 pm
Lit by chandeliers. Really.
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Installation view #1.



Giving Art a Home
Pilot Event

Sunday, October 12. Art & Soul Studio in the 12South District, Nashville

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Untitled 4. Doris Wasserman. Acrylic, graphite, charcoal on canvas. 12 x 12 inches


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Biennial of Tennessee Craft 2014

Nashville Arts magazine Spotlight featuring my painting, Philosopher's Tea Party.

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Art & Soul Open House

Sunday, September 7, 2014
www.eartandsoul.com
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The Girl Who Could Not Escape Blue. Acrylic, graphite, charcoal on canvas. 34 x 55 inches.


National Arts Program at Vanderbilt University

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The Key. Acrylic, graphite on canvas. 31x43 inches.
“The work named Best of Show was the abstract painting 'The Key' by Doris Wasserman. The exhibit features 110 works. Sponsored by the National Arts Program, which was funded in 1983 to encourage and identify artistic talent in the US."

Jurors
Jim Hoobler, Senior Curator of Art & Architecture at Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Deborah Walden, Writer for Nashville Arts magazine and Art History Professor at Belmont University, Nashville, TN
Vanessa Baker, Admissions Officer, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film, Nashville, TN
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