Workshops & Events

• 9-Week Master Class: The 7 Pivotal Scenes of Your Fiction, Memoir, or Poetry: Be part of a 16-person cohort that meets on nine Wednesday afternoons at Charlotte Lit to work directly with Dr. Lockhart on creating and refining new work. 

             More details are here.

• Individual Coaching Program: Each Resident will work one-on-one with selected writers on an extended basis during their term. Acceptance into this program is competitive, and does have an additional fee. One writer with demonstrated financial need and representing an underserved group will have the fee waived. Applications will be available soon.
• Live Events: Dr. Lockhart will read from and discuss her work at Charlotte Lit on September 2 at 6:00 p.m. Registration is free but limited, click here. Additional evening events will be announced shortly.

SPOTFIN Art and Nature Gathering at Cowee School of Arts & Heritage;
Register for the whole weekend which includes Dr. Lockhart's Saturday workshop & Keynote:
$25 registration includes Friday’s class or hike, evening art exhibit and light food and drink, Saturday free Class, boxed lunch and author book signings, vendors and Q&A Panel discussion.
Register at: https://www.coweeschool.org/spotfin 

Remembering In the Garden: Community Journaling in Nature

Sat. Oct. 3rd 9:30 - 11:30am

Duke Gardens

420 Anderson St

Durham, NC 27705

Fee: $28; 20% discount for Duke Gardens members with discount code.

Click Here to Register

In this community journaling in nature workshop, explore ways that gardens and stories can heal our minds and bodies. On a guided, meditative stroll amongst the grand and small sights, sounds and smells of Duke Gardens, you will be invited to notice, feel and remember. Dr. Zelda Lockhart, author, expressive arts therapist and Fulbright Specialist, will offer prompts to journal, draw and reconnect to each other and the natural ecology of the living and the dead. This workshop will offer activities that can be integrated as daily practice wherever you live and wherever you go, toward the goal of individual, ancestral and community healing.

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Parking: Parking fees apply.

Location: Meet at the Barnes Welcome Center.

Accessibility: This program takes place partially seated indoors and partially outdoors, traveling on a combination of paved and unpaved paths with some uneven surfaces and moderate inclines and outdoor seating on stone or grass surfaces. The indoor location is equipped with a hearing loop, which transmits sound directly to hearing aids and cochlear implants with a T-coil setting. Accessible restrooms are available onsite.