The Programme
VAR offers programmes of up to six weeks to invited artists. Residents are encouraged to explore a new environment and culture and to take time for reflection and experimentation. Ensconced in natural beauty and quiet, artists are able to block out ’the noise’ and work freely, without distractions.
The programme provides accommodation, a studio, materials, a stipend and travel within Europe and the UK. Local services are also provided to ensure a comfortable stay.
More information will be provided upon application.
“This residency offered me an unprecedented opportunity to observe, engage with, and identify with non-human beings and things for an extended period of time, while at the same time taking me back to the innocent imagination of medieval art beyond morality, beyond the normative aesthetics of Renaissance art, to delve into a discussion of the metamorphosis of the constant-becoming body.”
Yaya Yajie Liang
