Speedwell contemporary

05/01/2026

A must see exhibition curated by the great painter Barbara Sullivan opens TONIGHT. The work in this show, titled PAINTED FICTIONS, is brilliant and includes and others. This show is worth the drive. We promise. Not to be missed.

04/14/2026

04/07/2026

Friends and fellow artists, an important piece by Josh Kline published in October Magazine but reviewed in many places including ARTnews. Just google it and you will find it. So many relevant insights. If you are struggling to have your work seen, supported, published, this is really worth a read. You will feel less alone. Our struggle is pervasive and real.

Our only disagreement is Kline prioritizes the challenges faced for artists born after 1975. While blue chip galleries may be maxed out with rosters full of “older artists” these artists are rarely if ever brave new faces (showing brave new work).

Thank you

SWIPE 👉🏽for quotes from the piece

03/13/2026

Friends do not miss this screening of “Salt Marsh” about the work of artist Mitchell Rasor. Sunday, March 29, 2026, 4:00PM - 5:00PM at The Portland Museum of Art.

Directed by Tom Bell. 15 minutes (followed by artist talk and discussion with Mitchell Rasor and Tom Bell).

With a haunting, original score by Lee Ranaldo, Salt Marsh explores art, climate, and solitude through the reflections of Maine artist and landscape architect Mitchell Rasor.

02/22/2026

Sincere thanks to and for the wonderful review of The Haunted—Contemporary Photography Conjured in New England. We are very grateful!

Books are selling fast‼️ Please order through the link in our bio or at our website if interested.

From

“There is also a sustained focus on women’s interior worlds. Mirroring SPEEDWELL Contemporary’s commitment to women and q***r artists, the so-called feminine shapes the anthology. Hidden figures dissolve into foliage or are swallowed by the landscape. Female madness appears as a descent that carries agency rather than stigma. When Anne Sexton’s words appear, I am pulled back to my teenage years, obsessively reading her poems, underlining passages, carrying them like private scripture. Her articulation of breakdown as a form of clarity shaped me early. That intensity flickers here. The book gestures toward dancing under a full moon, but also toward acknowledging those who were pushed to the margins before us.”

12/09/2025

An extremely special aspect of our book The Haunted lies in the last few pages. While editing the selected images, we asked each artist to write about their process— what their compulsions were for making the included work. Titled ‘Conjuring Revealed’ this section gives a glimpse into the minds and eyes of the photographers, and the intense, decisive effort that goes into making each image. Every statement is different, with the artists own logic, cadence and tone, yet all allow a decisive, lyrical illumination into these illusive pictures. The goal of the book was to make something that would last, and by fostering conversation and transparency we hope to deepen your relationship to the pages before you. Copies available through the link in bio, shipping in time for the holidays.

11/22/2025

Friends! Last days to see “The Haunted” and Light Manufacturing .

One week! Don’t miss it!

Please note Light Manufacturing is only open tomorrow and next Saturday. 🖤💫

10/31/2025

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate The Haunted and

What a wonderful show of support. We love you 🤍

10/29/2025

Friends…please join us to celebrate the remarkable work of 21 photographers currently working in New England—all contained in our new book The Haunted.

Thursday, October 30th from 4-11pm at Light Manufacturing, 121 Cassidy Point, Portland.

Available for purchase at Light Manufacturing or at www.speedwellprojects.com

10/23/2025

We have been working hard installing the second show for The Haunted at Light Manufacturing in Portland and we are so excited to have work by (image 1) (image 2) and Peter Shellenberger on display.

Due to unforeseen circumstances we are pushing the grand opening until the night of the book launch, October 30! The exhibition will open at 4pm for those wanting to see the show before our sold out panel discussion at at 6pm featuring artists and Peter Shellenberger in conversation with .

After October 30 the show will be on view Thurs-Sat 1-6pm until Dec 1st at Light Manufacturing in Portland, Maine.