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Gallery Exhibitions

Northwest Expressions: Potluck Banquet

A flavorful exhibition of art about food and drink

August 28 - October 13, 2025 at Jeanette Best Gallery, 701 Water Street, Port Townsend

Congratulations to the award winners: 

Jurors' Choice: Entree: Stuffed Whole Trout by Ali Whitmore of Seattle 

Merit Awards: Pineapple Upside Down Cake by Virginia Ashby of Port Townsend 

Sweet Sunday by Tracey Fox of Edmonds, Washington 

Goat Cheese with Dates by Jennifer Heerey of Oregon City, Oregon 

Potluck Banquet is generously sponsored by Chimacum Corner Farmstand, Finnriver Farm & Cidery, Bonnie Ludlow and Windermere Real Estate in Port Townsend. Thanks also to ArtsWA for supporting Northwind Art.

Pictured: Mint Chocolate Cupcake by Terri Wolf

Gallery hours: 12 noon to 5 PM daily; closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Join us also for first Saturday Art Walk:

5-8 PM Sept. 6 and Oct. 4 

peek at the current show

Showcase 2025

Round Two: May 15 - September 8, 2025 at Jeanette Best Gallery

701 Water Street, Port Townsend

Fourteen artists from across and beyond the Olympic Peninsula have filled our Showcase space with fresh work. Ceramics, sculpture, mixed media, paintings, even pinhole photography are together in this exhibit.

This ensemble includes:

Joanna Beachy, Tabitha Blackburn, John Bradshaw, Jen Cohen, Jani Freimann, Kathy Fridstein, Shelley Jaye, Peter Koronakos, Kelli MacConnell, Kira Mardikes, Roger Morris, Anne Pfeiffer, David Van Galen and Ariel Zimman.

Showcase 2025 is a year-long exhibit of three cohorts of artists into the gallery. Join us for Round Two of this dynamic show!

Pictured: Grove by Kelli MacConnell

Gallery hours: 12 noon to 5 PM daily; closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays

SHOWCASE 2025

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 education@northwindart.org

Jeanette Best Gallery hours: 12 to 5 PM Thursdays through Mondays