Art Exhibit

Exhibit 4: My Heart Will Beat for You - New Work by Traé Brooks

My Heart Will Beat 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. What began as a tribute to his grandmother has grown into an expansive meditation on all the lives that leave an imprint - family, friends, brief encounters, and ancestors alike. In this exhibition, Brooks considers both intimate mourning and the larger currents of collective grief shaped by violence, injustice, and global upheaval. His works become vessels for remembrance, resilience, and the ongoing act of rebuilding the self. Visitors are invited to experience the gallery as a ritual space, with opportunities to contribute writings, names, or small offerings to a living, evolving memorial. Together, these gestures transform the ArtWalk into a shared site of reflection, honoring the ways memory endures and the many hearts that continue to shape us.