Bexhill Artist’s Workspace is a group of artists, designers and craftspeople from Bexhill on Sea and the surrounding area.
We endeavour to provide opportunities for members to work together in friendly and mutually supportive settings, where they can share their skills and knowledge and encourage each other in further development.
We run winter workshops, regular portrait and life drawing groups, summer events including outdoor painting, open studios at Bexhill Museum, social events and regular exhibitions.

Bexhill Artists’ Workspace was formed in 1998 by two people – Margaret Carpenter and her friend and fellow painter Peter Lee – and to date the group comprises over 80 members.

Recent Events

Craft Fair – Friday 25 July 2025

Steve Hall welcomes the Bexhill Town Council Mayor, Cllr. Paul Wilson, to the club’s July 2025 Craft Fair at the Bexhill Sailing Club.

The Craft Fair at the Sailing Club on 25th July was a great success. We weren’t counting, however a reasonable estimate is that about 400 people came in to see the locally-produced art- and craft-works. Everyone made sales and enjoyed the day.

The event was opened by Bexhill Town Council Mayor, Cllr. Paul Wilson. He was greeted by Steve Hall, who organised the event and was exhibiting his restored wood artefacts, including numerous Japanese wooden items.

Our thanks to the Sailing Club for their invaluable assistance in setting up beforehand and clearing up afterwards, as well as making their facilities available for the event.

Art Exhibition : 24 – 26 May 2025

Our Annual Art Exhibition was held in the Studio of the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, from Saturday 24th May until Monday 26th May. Over the three-day period we welcomed around 600 visitors, and received numerous supportive and appreciative comments.

Around 100 pictures were on the walls, and another fifty-plus in browsers, all original works by local artists, to view and for sale, and also there were numerous cards produced by the artists. 27 pictures were sold during the three days of the exhibition, as well as many cards.

The exhibition was opened at 10.00 am on Saturday 24th May by the Bexhill Town Council Mayor, Cllr. Paul Wilson. After a guided tour of the exhibition, Cllr. Wilson declared the exhibition formally open.

In recent years the De La Warr Head of Exhibitions, Mr. Constable, has awarded a prize of a year’s free membership of the DLWP, to the artist who he considers to have produced the best picture in the exhibition. This year we were delighted that a founder member of BAW won the prize – Michael Irish with his picture ‘Winter Sunshine’. Mr. Constable said that the picture showed a quiet, peaceful place – the open area at the far end of the middle floor – with subtle tones contrasted by the red of the two chairs.

De La Warr ‘Best Picture’ Prize Winner:

‘Quiet Place’ by Michael Irish.

Margaret Carpenter accepted the prize on behalf of Michael, and gave a short speech outlining Michael’ long-term contribution to the club.

This year we had a ‘best picture’ competition for visitors to the exhibition. Many people took part thanks to the encouragement of our stewards who were standing by the entrance. Lots of people voted and the winning picture was ‘Silver Birches’ by Kerry Bennett. The prize for Kerry was a year’s free membership of BAW.

A raffle was held, which was drawn at the end of the exhibition. Altogether we had around 600 visitors – our thanks to all who came and enjoyed the artworks on display. Also our thanks to all of the club members who donated their time and effort to ensure the smooth running of the event.

Bexhill Town Council, Western Road

Bexhill-On-Sea Town Council kindly hosted a display of artwork in their shop window in Western Road.

The display is now closed, however it included previews of some of the pictures that were entered in our exhibition in the Studio of the De La Warr Pavillion over the Bank Holiday 24 – 26 May, 2025.

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2025 Programme

The 2025 activities will re-start in October. Principal activities will be:

Portrait Group – St. Peter’s Community Centre, Church Street, Bexhill Old Town,
TN40 2HE.

Mondays 10 am ’till 12 mid-day.

Tuesday Workshops – St. Stephen’s Church, Newlands Ave, Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 4HA.

Tuesday afternoons 2 ’till 4 pm.

Sunday Open Studio at the Museum – Bexhill Museum, Egerton Road, TN393HL

Every second Sunday of the month – Autumn sessions are: August 10th, September 14th, October 12th, November 9th – £5 per session, booking necessary.

Life Group – St. Peter’s Community Centre, Church Street, Bexhill Old Town,
TN40 2HE (in the Bell Room). Thursday afternoons 2 ’till 4 pm.

Details of all of the above activities will be sent out in the newsletter, and published on the ‘Calendar’ page of this web site closer to the time.

2025 Events

The club’s AGM is booked for Tuesday 2nd September at St. Stephen’s Church in the large hall.

Autumn Craft Fair at the DLWP Saturday 1st November 2025

Additionally we have been able to secure the window in the Town Hall Shop in Western Road for a display from the 19th May – 27th.

Further Back..

Charity Donations

Thanks to the efforts of club members, a total of £675 was raised by the sale of mini (postcard-sized) art works created by the members. These were sold at each of our three exhibitions / craft fairs throughout 2024 and the the proceeds have now been donated to three local charities, £225 each to Warming Up the Homeless, Bexhill Foodbank and St. Michael’s Hospice.

Saturday November 2nd –
Craft Fair at the Studio of the De La Warr Pavilion

The club’s November Craft Fair was held in the Studio of the De La Warr Pavilion, on Saturday 2nd November.

There were fifteen tables all displaying work crafted by local artists.

The craft fair was a great success, with over 450 visitors, and brisk sales throughout the day.

As well as the craft products there was a selection of cards produced by local artists, for our ‘Charity Postcard-sized artwork sale’ in which all entries (all of which are original works of art by local artists) were for sale at a minimum price of £3 each. The proceeds of this sale will be added to the income received from our Spring and Summer Charity Postcard sales and divided between three local charities.

The Club’s AGM

Our 2024 Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday September 3rd, starting at 2.20 pm

at St Stephen’s Large Church Hall.

This was a well-attended meeting and a number of members volunteered to join the committee, thus helping to ensure the club’s future. Our thanks to all those who attended and special thanks to our new committee members.

Art and Craft Table Sale

At the Sailing Club, De La Warr Parade

Friday 3rd May, 10 am ’till 4 pm

Free Admission.

There were fifteen tables of locally-produced art works and crafts including jewellery, crochet, wooden items, and paintings.

Additionally there was a very successful ‘mini-exhibition’ of postcard-sized artworks, all priced at a minimum price of £3 and being sold in aid of local charities.

Art and Craft Fair

on the Seafront at Bexhill Sailing Club, Friday 7th July, 2023.

There were over a dozen tables with locally-produced art and craft works, all for sale. Items for sale included paintings, cards, woodcrafts, jewellery, knitted and fabric goods, jewellery.

Pictures and more information to follow.

The one-day Art and Crafts tabletop exhibition and sale in the spacious clubroom of the Sailing Club, De La Warr Parade, TN40 1LA, by kind permission of Bexhill Sailing Club, was very successful. We had a pleasant day which no doubt added to the volume of passers-by on the seafront, many of whom came in to enjoy the exhibition. There were fifteen tables covering a range of art- and craft-works.

A two-part workshop covering Abstract Landscapes using Acrylics was held in December 2021. Due to bad weather the second part of the workshop was postponed until January 2022.

The workshop was well attended and some of the work created can be seen by following the link below.

The club’s Autumn Craft Show was held on Saturday 6th November in the Studio of the De La Warr Pavilion.

The event was very well supported, with around 180 visitors, and we understand that all of the exhibitors made sales.

Some pictures of the work on show can be seen here:

Allowing for some unavoidable absences eight BAW members attended the museum on a closure day and had the run of the galleries, with everything from a crocodile skull to the DLWP architects’ model, and a magpie to the 1902 Steam car ‘Easter Egg’, committed to paper. The museum was kind enough to allow this for just £1 a head. Lucky it wasn’t the following day which was very busy with visitors due to a TV programme highlighting the fantastic model railway inspired by Eddie Izzard. Hopefully some of the resultant artwork will appear in the online gallery.                     Steve Hall.

Some pictures of exhibits from BAW members can be seen here:

The July 2021 Exhibition, from Friday 9th till Sunday 11th July, was a great success, with over 500 visitors over the three-day period. Many favourable comments regarding the standard of work on show were received.

Click on this link for a full report, with some pictures.

Spring 2021 Online Exhibition

The online Spring Exhibition and Sale is now officially over, however it can still be viewed by following the link here .

Exhibits include paintings, photographic artworks, cartoons, and crafts including greetings cards, ceramics, knitted goods and cuddly toys. Some items may still be available – please enquire using our contact form.