Founded in September 2010 by Lucas Spivey, 17 Cox presented underrepresented ideas through visual experiments in its gallery, library and residence.  The mission was to improve artist careers, staff careers and encourage the local arts community.  The 17 Cox building was a former taxi dispatch headquarters in the Goat Hill district of Beverly MA.

The downstairs gallery exhibited over 200 artists, and the upstairs apartment hosted dozens of residents and compiled over 1300 titles in its library.

EXHIBITIONS

The 17 Cox Library was a resource for residents, exhibiting artists and staff members.  The library was named after the individuals and organizations that donated to its shelves. The full name is the Spivey Scott Bradbury Sams Seamans Bin Gordon St. Cyr Glover Seaberg Gunhouse Mason Roberts Archer Tobin Marquand Krizon Rusick Vera DeGree Benson Anastas Linville Olson Flynn Carreiro Della-Piana Matsumoto Martin Feinstein Sellars Colan Anonymous Zevitas Colantti Kaiser-Schatzlein Cardin McCrea Shay Schoerner Brown Fitch Memorial Library. 

During its 3.5 years, the library amassed more than 1300 books, periodicals, zines and catalogs.

Through 2010 - 2014, 17 Cox hosted a residency program for artists, writers, architects and scholars of visual media.  Residence was coupled with office or studio space for various projects.

RESIDENTS
Lucas Spivey, Anna Neff, Nick Jacobson, Chelsea Sams, Jacob Perkins, Aaron Colantti, Rob Kaiser-Schatzlein, Megan Schiller, Jacob Roberts, Lillian Harden, Kris Anderson, Aaron Berger, Will Kerr, Elizabeth Woodward, Zachary Goldstein, Shelton Walker, Damien McCaffery, Josiah Brandt

17 Cox was run by an all-volunteer staff with in-kind support from local businesses like Montserrat College of Art, Steez Magazine, Mingo Gallery, Porter Mill and others.  After three and a half years of operation, 17 Cox closed business in April 2014.  This website is maintained as an archive of the many projects and artists involved.