Maine invites applicants for summer visiting artist program

Allagash sunset. Image courtesy of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

 

Left, Lock Dam Camp; Right, Allagash sunset. Both images courtesy of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Left, Lock Dam Camp; Right, Allagash sunset. Both images courtesy of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) has opened its 2023 Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) Visiting Artist Program application period. The program invites visual artists to the remote wilderness of Maine for two consecutive weeks of solitude. One artist and a guest will receive lodging at the AWW Lock Dam Camp for two weeks of the artist’s choosing during August and an orientation and regular visits from AWW Rangers. Visual artists may apply on the AWW webpage. The application period ends Monday, February 6.

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Maine seeks summer 2022 Visiting Artist applicants

Allagash sunset. Image courtesy of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Left, Lock Dam Camp (Lock Dam); Right, Allagash sunset. Both images courtesy of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
Left, Lock Dam Camp; Right, Allagash sunset. Both images courtesy of the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) Visiting Artist Program encourages artists to develop their art through experiencing the wilderness of the state’s most remote park, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW). The Visiting Artist Program application period runs through February 28, and artists are encouraged to learn more and apply now.

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