Where Land Meets Water: A Writing Workshop with Lynn Auld Schwartz

Where Land Meets Water: A Writing Workshop
Inspired by David Rathbone's BIG WATER Exhibition
with Instructor Lynn Auld Schwartz
Writers and nonwriters of all levels are welcome!

Time & Location
Nov 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Zach Gallery, 17 S Washington St, Easton, MD 21601, USA

About the event
FIND YOUR STORY. FOLLOW THE FLOW.

Spend time with David Rathbone’s Big Water palladium photographs and discover how visual art can inspire fresh perspectives, unexpected stories, and new creative possibilities. Through the art of ekphrasis—writing in response to visual art—we’ll explore how writers transform images into poems, novels, and stories. Using guided observation, word lists, mind mapping, and imaginative prompts, you’ll look beyond the visible to uncover hidden meanings, memories, emotions, and stories waiting to be told.

Together, we’ll explore the power of place and its influence on character, memory, and personal history. We’ll consider the tensions between land and water, beauty and imperfection, the visible and hidden, and the constant and changing—and how these contrasts can reveal deeper truths and inspire compelling narratives. Whether you write fiction, memoir, poetry, or simply want to spark your creativity, you’ll leave with fresh ideas and the beginnings of a new piece of writing.

Writers and nonwriters of all levels and interests are welcome!

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Lynn Auld Schwartz is a story development editor and ghostwriter with more than 20 years of experience guiding writers in fiction, memoir, short-form narrative, and playwriting. Her clients have found success through traditional publishing, hybrid houses, and independent routes.

Her plays and staged readings have been presented in Atlanta and New York City, including at Lincoln Center. A recipient of two Individual Artist Awards in Fiction from the Maryland State Arts Council, Schwartz has taught writing at St. John’s College, The Writer’s Center, Maryland Hall, and other institutions.

Come curious. Leave inspired. Let the writing flow.

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