News & Current Exhibitions
Small Expressions
Open Thursdays through Mondays 12-5 PM
November 22, 2024 through January 6, 2025 at Jeanette Best Gallery
Our annual exhibition for the giving season
This juried show brings together 39 artists from across the Pacific Northwest, with more than 200 works featured
Artists from Port Townsend, Port Angeles, Sequim, Bainbridge Island, Oregon, Seattle and environs show what can be expressed inside 16 inches.
Their media ranges from handwoven fibers and block prints to pinhole photography and jewelry inspired by nature. There are papier-maché masks, stained glass and classical oil paintings — all fit inside the Small Expressions parameters.
Above: Winds of Samhain by Cyndy Salisbury
OPEN AT JEANETTE BEST GALLERY
Showcase 2024
Featuring the new Small Works show
November 15 - December 30, 2024
Showcase 2024 presents the annual Small Works exhibit, with compact — yet powerful — pieces from our local artists. Ideal for the giving season, the show gathers extraordinary photography, mosaics, sculpture, prints, jewelry, paintings in acrylics, oils and ink, and more.
The Showcase program's exhibits feature emerging artists as well as returning makers, all selected by Northwind curators.
Artists exhibiting in the Showcase space include:
Sarah Calautti | Vivian Chesterley | Isabel Esquivel | Kathy Fridstein | Elyse Garling | Cody Hagen | Joyce Hester | Wendy Higgins | John Holm | Corinne Humphrey | Shelley Jaye | Donna LaHue | Kelli MacConnell | Kira Mardikes | Evan Miller | Marian Morris | Roger Morris | Leslie Newman | Sandra Offutt | April Ottey | Elizabeth Reutlinger | Egor Shokoladov | Kim Simonelli | Jeff Sweet | Linda Tilley
Above: Leslie Newman, Shapemaking 2023, No. 100
Grow with us
We are a community of artists
At Northwind Art, we come together as artists to learn new techniques, engage with others, and grow our practices. We make valuable connections, discover inspiration, find support, and advance our artistic ambitions and careers. Here, artists of all ages and skill levels are welcome.
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.
Ways to connect
