dreaming in times of chaos
Dreamseeds, an ongoing collaboration by Hannah Brancato and Sanahara Ama Chandra, is an art and community healing space that moves people from isolation to collective experiences.
In summer 2026, we are excited to be the inaugural artists-in-residence for the Baltimore Museum of Art’s new Practicing Place series. We are activating the heaviness and possibility of Lexington Market through performances and pop-up craft workshops that weave together embodied making, critical fabulation, and improvisational music within a collectively created sacred space.
Join us to:
make sculptures and baskets from foraged ivy
co-create experimental song circles
experience sound healing
receive energy work and card readings
write and speak about collective dreams
adopt plants to take home
view and read the growing collection of “dreamseeds.”
Join Hannah on Fridays and Ama on Saturdays, or come out for our special events on June 20, July 10 and July 25. Stay tuned for details!
creating possibility: a solstice celebration
Our opening workshop on Saturday, June 20, 2026 was solstice and Juneteenth celebration. We began by honoring Rosetta and Robert, two enslaved people who are known to have been sold and enslaved at Lexington Market; they are memorialized in Oletha Devane and Christopher Kojzar’s sculpture outside the market. After Ama led us in song as we walked through the market, passing out flowers to passersby, we gathered in the Baltimore room for more collective singing. Next was a grounding experience led by Aaron Hill, and experimental ivy weaving and conversation about transformation with Hannah, and in closing, Aaron and Ama facilitated sound healing.
Summer Solstice and Juneteenth Meditation
Resilience is as everyday as the sun rising. You are still here. You are the promise of freedom. You are the promise of summer. How might you make space for joy, growth, and celebration during this time of light? How might your practices today resource you during the inevitable return of darkness?
Photos by Faith McCorkle and Merrel Hambleton.
