Showcase 2026 is open for applications!

We encourage artists to visit the CaFE proposal page for information about being part of the Showcase 2026 exhibition at Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend next year. The application deadline is October 19, 2025.

The Showcase 2026 program will feature 35 local and regional artists who will show across three separate periods: from January 26 - May 11, May 14 - September 7, and September 10 - January 4.

Showcase 2026 Artists will be chosen by a panel of Northwind Art curators. That panel will consist of three Northwind Art exhibits/gallery staff members and two local artists, Anne Schneider and Suzanne Lamon. They will be judging the quality, professionalism, and sales potential of the work. The selection panel will look for a cohesive body of work from each artist. Final artist selections will reflect a variety of media, techniques, and styles.

In our efforts to provide opportunities for local artists, and to show our visitors local art, the Showcase 2026 program is generally geared toward artists living in Jefferson, Clallam, Mason, Kitsap, and Island counties, but it is open to other regional artists outside those counties. All art must be hand-delivered and picked up from Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend.

NORTHWIND ART has three exhibition programs year round: the Jeanette Best Gallery program, the Artists Showcase, and the Community Art Program. The Jeanette Best program brings juried and invitational exhibits into the streetside space of the Jeanette Best Gallery in downtown Port Townsend. The Artists Showcase is an annual program presenting local artists in the adjacent Showcase space. The Community Art Program is an invitational program that places local artists' work on view at Jefferson Healthcare Hospital in Port Townsend.

 

For more information, contact our Executive Director, Martha Worthley, at director@northwindart.org, or our Exhibits Team at exhibits@northwindart.org.