Love Art By The Sea is a perfectly formed artist led retail, workshop and community space on London Road, Bexhill-On-Sea.
We focus on work by local creatives or smaller companies and specialise in prints, ceramics and jewellery. Our creative workshops are for both children and adults and our community space is open to all. The owner is Gemma Lloyd who was also a co-founder of Love Art in Tooting Market. Gemma lives in Bexhill, has a son at a local primary school and a daughter away at university.
Gemma LlOYD
I’m a multidisplinary artist and educator, I’ve run literaly zillions of workshops for anyone from aged 2 up to currently working with an amazing 89 year old. Trained at Cheltenham and Camberwell Art Colleges, a foundation course and then a degree in metal work and silversmithing and then ceramics; an MA in film & television design at Kingston University and two years jewellery at John Cass.
Always a career in the arts, including producing in film & theatre, facilitating many workshops, five years as an actors agent and more recently co-owning Love Art, Tooting Market Enabling access to the arts, running workshops and supporting local artists by selling their work.
I am planning more work adventures and focus on my jewellery, drawing and print making as well as this lovely new shop. And the newest, newest venture Living Communities CIC which encompasses it all, any profits from the shop go to Living Communities.