The VARC Online Archive
Celebrating twenty-five years of supporting creativity, connection, and artistic exploration in rural Northumberland.
About VARC
Visual Arts in Rural Communities (VARC) was based at Highgreen, Tarset. VARC funded and managed a programme of residencies for artists.
Through its activities, VARC aimed to offer opportunities to artists to develop their work in response to the rural landscape and its community. It sought to foster, promote and advance the appreciation and understanding of contemporary art and enjoyment of creativity through exhibitions, events and participatory activities in the community and with local schools, regional SEN and SEND schools and visiting groups.
Explore the Archive
The VARC Online Archive documents curated highlights of the artist residencies, films, programmes, projects and publications that were produced between 2000 – 2025.
Browse the Legacy Website
As part of the VARC archive, the charity’s outgoing website was preserved as a historical snapshot at the end of November 2025.