Join us at The Bloomery Art Gallery & Meeting Place for a reception celebrating the opening of Lachlan Thompson’s The Dreamweavers exhibition on Friday, June 9th from 5-8pm during Arts Night Out.

About the Exhibition

Existing in the realm between folklore, myth, and our embodied realities The Dreamweavers is the culmination of 42 hours of interviews with queer, trans, and Two Spirit survivors of abuse, sexual violence, and relationship violence in our local community about their healing journeys and relationship to themselves. These stories were then collaboratively transformed into tarot cards using imagery and portraiture that is personally significant and emblematic of each survivors’ experience, identity, and insight.

The Dreamweavers exhibition invites you to explore how you can connect to your intuition, inner callings, and creative dreams through the stories of these survivors and use them to cultivate networks of community care and transform your relationships. During this opening reception, you can view the art, read tarot, build a community care altar, and help raise money for the Survivor Arts Collective QTBIPOC mutual aid fund (the exhibition itself is free to attend).

The Dreamweavers exhibition features the stories of several Hampshire College community members. The Dreamweavers Project, and by extension, this exhibition, has been made possible through the support & collaboration of: the Mass Cultural Council, the Northampton Arts Council, Community Engagement, and Survivor Arts Collective.

About Lachlan Thompson

Lachlan Thompson (they/them), a Hampshire College alumn, is an interdisciplinary artist, organizer, and immersive storyteller whose work explores creative nonfiction, archetype, memory, and multiplicity. Their art blends vibrant, fantastical dreamscapes with intuitive and somatic tools. Their passion is connecting people to their intuitions and authentic voices through the healing arts, and they seek to inspire people to be part of cultivating community care networks through political action and internal transformation.