Sunrise on Umsaskis Lake on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. Steve Day photo

The Bureau of Parks and Lands Allagash Wilderness Waterway is continuing its Visiting Artist Program. The program’s goal is to immerse a visual artist in the AWW wilderness to interpret and share their experience through their art.

The selected artist will receive:

• Rustic cabin lodging on the Waterway for two weeks during August;
• an orientation to the Waterway by AWW rangers;
• ranger safety check-ins and coordination of AWW transportation, the open studio, and public program(s);
• opportunity to invite one guest to join them free of charge; and
• media coverage before, during, and after their Allagash stay, through the department’s press releases and social media posts, and the Bureau of Parks and Lands newsletter.

Online application is scheduled to open Thursday, Jan. 5, and close on Monday, Feb. 6. Read all the details, view previous AWW Visiting Artists’ work, and apply at the AWW Visiting Artist Program page at maine.gov.

The Allagash Wilderness Waterway has fueled the imagination of native Americans, rusticators, artisans, and the general public for centuries. Many visitors have attempted to capture the Allagash headwater lakes and lower river’s beauty and solitude through stories, drawings, photography and music, according to a news release from Mark Deroche, superintendent of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.

When Henry David Thoreau made his journey to Pillsbury Island on Eagle Lake in the mid-1800s, he was inspired to write about his adventure in “The Maine Woods.”

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