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News & Coming Exhibitions

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Being with Kelp

The Art of Shawna Marie Franklin

Opening January 30, 2025 at Jeanette Best Gallery

Painter and printmaker Shawna Marie Franklin of Orcas Island invites her viewers into a place shimmering with light: a Pacific Ocean kelp forest.

Pictured: Counter-Current by Shawna Marie Franklin

JEANETTE BEST GALLERY

ALSO COMING SOON

Showcase 2025

January 30 - May 12, 2025 at Jeanette Best Gallery

Fifteen artists across the region, from Sequim to Port Townsend to Seattle, will unveil their fresh works for this diverse exhibition.

Showcase 2025 is a year-long exhibition bringing three distinct cohorts of artists into the gallery for three periods: January to mid-May, May into early September, and September through December. Join us for the first round of this dynamic show on January 30.

Pictured: John Strohbehn, Harvest Moon

SHOWCASE 2025

Winter reboot

Two shows open soon

Winter courses and workshops

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Our Mission

Cultivate creativity. Grow artists. Inspire community well-being through art.

Find us in our locations across the Port Townsend Creative District

Jeanette Best Gallery

701 Water Street
Downtown Port Townsend

On the main tourist thoroughfare, this space memorializes a well-loved local artist and features two spacious, light-filled galleries.

Northwind Art School

Buildings 306 and 324
in the Creative Corridor
Fort Worden State Park

Experiential learning in a retreat setting for artists of all levels, with classes and workshops in painting, mixed media, quilting and more, along with seasonal youth camps.

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We Acknowledge

We exist on the ancestral homelands of the S’Klallam, Suquamish, Makah, Chemakum, and Twana/Skokomish nations, as well as other nations who met, traded, and made art here. Native peoples have cared for these lands from time immemorial and continue to do so today. We express our deepest respect and gratitude.

Northwind Art

Port Townsend, Washington 98368

Jeanette Best Gallery &
Main Offices: 
701 Water Street

For exhibit-related questions, email exhibits@northwindart.org

Northwind Art School: Fort Worden, Buildings 306 and 324

For school-related questions, call 360.379.1086 ext. 1, or email registrar@northwindart.org

Jeanette Best Gallery hours: 12 to 5 Thursdays through Mondays