...And My Heart Beats For You presents new work by Connecticut-born artist Traé Brooks, whose multidisciplinary practice explores identity, memory, spirituality, and the ways we carry personal and collective grief. Through paintings, sculptural objects, writings, and video installations. Brooks reflects on how loss transforms us, reshaping the stories we hold, the bonds we form, and the ways we move through the world. 

This show is funded by the Roberts Foundation for the Arts and Suzanne Hopgood in memory of Frank Lord.

when you walk into a gallery, an exhibition space, or the halls of a museum, you are witness to a spectrum of art. sculptures, photographs, prints, drawings, paintings, immersive audio visual installations; all of this is physically manifested by the hard work of museum laborers, whom are often overlooked, underpaid, and exploited. the hanging hardware, lighting, spacing, the intricate arrangements of casework, vinyl lettering, signage, combine to create an experience for visitors. art is work (a lot of work,) and work is art, now value it like so, and pay more than respect and attention. it’s the labor of love, not the love of labor. come see the individual artistic practices of those who were creating experiences before punching the clock at your arts spaces.

This show is funded by the Roberts Foundation for the Arts and Suzanne Hopgood in memory of Frank Lord.