Our Team
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Abigail Lock
I am a Club Leader and the Founder of Love Art Studios and what makes our clubs and classes so popular, is our fantastic team, a brilliant collection of highly skilled, art loving creatives who have joined forces. We love what we do and sharing this with others gives us a real buzz! I have recently studied Dementia and the arts, adult counselling level 2, PDA and Autism. I believe in providing a safe and therapeutic space for people to connect and build confidence.
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Lizzie Layfield
Admin Assistant Lizzie has whipped the back office side of Love Art Studios into shape. Lizzie is extremely organised, friendly and will be supporting us with bookings, invoicing and social media so you may hear from her when you enquire. Lizzie has her own creative business Calico by Lizzie - beautiful hand sewn designs on to canvas. Lizzie has a background in animal care and was once an lead keeper at Chester zoo with the elephants and giraffes! Lizzie brings a wealth of admin experience and shares our passion to create a safe and supportive space for people to connect through art.
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Suzi Lowe
Adult Art Tutor Suzi, is full of positive energy, bringing any room to life with her passion and vibrancy. Suzi heads up our adult art expression courses in Hove, can deliver adult 1:1 sessions and leads at our Brighton Care Home and home ed/out of school sessions. Suzi spent many years as a fashion print designer working with top UK brands in swimwear, immersed in vibrant tropical and floral patterns, neon colours and bold prints. Suzi is an experienced Art educator working locally delivering classes and is an established mixed media artist who exhibits regularly.
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Georgina Moir (George)
Adult Art Tutor and Art Club Assistant George is a passionate and talented watercolour artist based in Lindfield. George brings a fun, spontaneous approach to everything she does and is a joy to have on our team. George graduated in Graphic Design and Illustration from John Moores University in Liverpool, before starting her career as a Graphic Designer in children’s book publishing, more recently as a freelancer designing and illustrating books, prints and cards, but has also developed a love for painting!
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Neena Findlay
Club Leader Neena is a calm influence on our sessions with a methodical mind which is regularly applied to crafting and building projects. Neena is an experienced TA that often headed up art sessions in a local primary school. Neena is passionate about the benefits of art and creative freedom.
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Ginny Baxter
Club Leader Ginny brings a huge amount of energy and positivity to our creative sessions. With a background in textile design with hand drawn patterns and artwork for products ranging from fashion to home wear. Ginny is a joy to work alongside!
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Saffron Wooten
Club Leader Saffron is a joyful team member and connects with our young artists with ease. Saffron is passionate about inspiring the next generation with engaging sessions and has a background working with children. Saffron graduated from Brighton Uni with a Fashion Communications and Business degree. Saffron has experience with web design, branding, hand-drawn signage across various mediums and graphic design.
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Michele Bell
Breakfast Club Leader Michele takes care of one of our most precious clubs, supporting children who struggle to attend school on a Monday morning at Ditchling Primary school. Michele, has a gentle and nurturing approach, and loves getting stuck into an art project! Michele has over 20yrs as a graphic designer and has worked on some really great briefs, including branding, social graphics, packaging, illustration and websites.
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Chris Judge
Art Club Assistant Chris has been to all of our sessions and proved he is a multi-talented artist able to turn his hand to many different projects. Chris has over 20 years experience working in the knitwear industry, producing designs for well-known national and international clients such as Donna Karan, Fendi and Missoni. In addition he designs and makes his own personal collection of knitted accessories under the name ‘Chris Judge Design’.
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Fiona Stokes-Payne (Fi)
Art Club Assistant Fi is predominantly working at our home ed/out of school sessions on a Monday in Hassocks, sharing her wealth of artistic expertise with our attendees. Fi is sensitive to others emotional needs and takes time to listen and work with our young creatives. Fi graduated as a textile designer from Winchester and spent many years freelancing as a designer. Fi is also a trend forecaster, parent and school worker in a local infants school.
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Rebecca Lennox
Club Assistant Rebecca is a qualified primary school teacher, who just loves art! Rebecca is a fibre artist, creating wonderful accessories with crochet. Rebecca builds connection with our young people with ease and is organised and fun. Rebecca is experienced in delivering art clubs and providing sessions for those without access to art materials at home. Rebecca has her own online shop with her brand Bea’s Studio.
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Beth Chaplin
Club Assistant Beth is calm and friendly and loves a creative project! Beth has her own jewellery making business Rose Honey, committed to making quality, meaningful and responsible jewellery in small editions. Beth is passionate about reusing, repurposing and recycling, we love that at Love Art Studios too! Beth hosts jewellery making classes locally, check out her website below for more info.
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Zlata Vaulina
Club Assistant Zlata loves art and supporting our creatives at our clubs. Zlata enjoys her art as a hobby and has recently completed an animal care course at Plumpton hoping to one day be a dog groomer - watch this space for a website link! Zlata has a calm approach to her work and loves to see what the children make.
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Ned Blackbird
Art Club Assistant Ned is fun and down to earth. Ned connects well with the young artists that come to our sessions and supports them through their projects. Ned is taking a year out before deciding his next steps and works in Lawrence's (art shop) in Hove - we love it in there!!