sPEEDWELL IS GOING VIRTUAL

After 9 wonderful years, we have decided to close our physical space at 630 Forest Avenue.

A heartfelt thank you for making SPEEDWELL possible. Whatever success SPEEDWELL has achieved is the fruit of many people’s creative vision, ceaseless hard work and dedication Please enjoy this celebratory video tour through the past 9 years, and we hope you continue to follow us into the next chapter of our journey.

Dearest SPEEDWELL community members,

Please know this was not an easy decision to make. We have loved our time on Forest Avenue and know there is no substitute for the intimacy of an exhibition. It has been one of our greatest honors to see so many exceptional artists transform the SPEEDWELL gallery over and over again with their work. The exhibitions produced for SPEEDWELL will never be forgotten and live on in the archive in the form of catalogs and documentaries.

SPEEDWELL Contemporary at 630 Forest has been an artist-driven labor of love to bring great art into the consciousness of the wider world. Whatever success SPEEDWELL has achieved is the fruit of many people’s creative vision, ceaseless hard work and dedication: talented artists and curators, our devoted staff (most of whom are artists), our beloved volunteer board members (many of whom are artists), our patrons and community.

We know we could not have done any of this without YOU

Please know that SPEEDWELL will continue its mission of elevating the work of mid-to-late career women and queer artists, but we will now pursue this by launching pop-up exhibitions nationwide and producing documentaries and book projects. We’ve come to the conclusion that if our goal is to magnify the attention our artists receive, they will be better served by focusing our resources in a new way, outside the walls of a single brick-and-mortar space.

Rest assured that SPEEDWELL remains dedicated to its mission but will now work as a wind at your back, helping artists gain wide national attention in a variety of creative ways.

With love and gratitude for each of you and all you do,

Jocelyn Lee and Brian Urquhart (Founders)