"Traces: Witness & Trespass" by Bill Graustein

“Traces: Witness & Trespass,” an exhibition from Bill Graustein is open now through August 20 at the Mary C. Daly RSM Art Gallery. The gallery is fully accessible and conveniently located just inside the main entrance to the Center. 

"Traces" is a contemplative body of work that unfolds from Bill Graustein’s sustained practice of quiet exploration and reflective seeing. These photographs emerge from a personal process of walking, witnessing and asking questions about memory, whiteness and how we engage with the histories we were not taught.

"Traces" offers a space to reflect on the act of witnessing itself, and on the tension between reverence and intrusion, between witness and trespass. Traces is not a statement, but a question held in light and shadow. It offers no resolution, only the possibility of repair rooted in curiosity, humility and sustained attention.

Join photographer and storyteller Bill Graustein, along with artist Magalis Videaux, at one of these private, reflective gatherings inspired by “Traces: Witness and Trespass.” Drawing from photographs and stories gathered across five decades, Bill will share a small selection of images that have continued to shape his understanding of place, memory, history, grief and relationship.

Mercy by the Sea's Mary C. Daly RSM Art Gallery is open, 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please call 203-245-0401. Admission is free.