Rural Peace Hub

CONNECTION, CONVERSATION, CREATIVE ACTION

The Rural Peace Hub, a converted farmhouse in Northumberland, is Arts Lab’s home.

It is where art, peacebuilding, nature and hospitality connect people for collective action on issues around conflict, inequality, and the climate crisis. 

Through artist residencies, workshops, exhibitions, and nature-based gatherings, connections are fostered between artists, activists, and pioneering, forward-thinking individuals from a wide range of professions and organisations.

Built on a foundation of interdisciplinary thinking and doing, spaces are created for meaningful connection, courageous dialogue and constructive action. Visitors learn creative and practical approaches to relationship-building and social change, and take time to reflect, recharge, and renew their impact in these consistently challenging times.

THE HUB WELCOMES VISITORS:

• Committed to personal and professional development alongside social transformation
• Interested in arts-based methods for community cohesion / social change / conflict transformation
• Who are natural collaborators
• Excited by multidisciplinary approaches
• Curious, open to new ideas, and ready to experiment beyond comfort zones

ACADEMICS, ACTIVISTS, CHANGEMAKERS, LEADERS, PEACEBUILDERS – from the arts, climate action, community health and development, criminal justice, education, and fields of peace and conflict:

A place to meet, rest, and stay. Enquire here →
Join a workshop. Explore here →

CREATIVE PRACTITIONERS – visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, and writers whose work engages with social responsibility:

A place to create, reflect, and stay, with the potential of becoming an Arts Lab artist associate, contributing to our programme of workshops, exhibitions and events with/for Arts Lab, using the Rural Peace Hub as a base. Enquire here →

For day visits, events and residentials, the Hub brings together under one roof:

• Art studio for creative, ‘messy’ art-making workshops.
• Library of arts and peacebuilding books.
• Permanent display of original contemporary artwork (over 100 pieces).
• Outdoor space to create sculptures, installations, land art.
• Quarterly exhibitions by invited artists whose work aligns with the Arts Lab ethos.
• Comfortable spaces inside and out for up to 10 for dining, discussion, and study.
• Spacious kitchen for shared cooking for up to 10.
• Piano and log burner in main relaxing area.
• Overnight accommodation for up to 6 people.
• Scenic walks from the door, including Isaac’s Tea Trail.