Visual Arts in Rural Communities

VARC (Visual Art In Rural Communities) is a yearly residency programme that was established by Leo Amery in 1999. Artists spend the year at Highgreen developing their own work and leading local community arts projects with groups that include local schoolchildren, adult community groups, and first year art students from Newcastle University.

VARC also sponsors other projects that take place alongside the residency. For more information please visit www.varc.org.uk