Jeanette Best Gallery

701 Water Street
Downtown Port Townsend
Open 12 noon to 5 PM Thursdays through Mondays

Jeanette Best Gallery memorializes a well-loved local artist and arts organizer and features two large, light-filled exhibit spaces.


Exhibits

Northwest Expressions

a juried show celebrating artists of the region  

August 23 - September 29, 2024

Northwest Expressions brings together 42 works from artists across Washington and Oregon. Jurors Richard Jesse Watson and Jesse Joshua Watson made their selections from more than 600 entries, to create a show that covers many styles, moods and media.

The Watsons also named four award winners:

The Jurors' Choice Prize goes to Center of Attention by John Strohbehn of Sequim;

The Merit Award winners are Delusive Vortex by Jordan Carter of Port Townsend; Direct Line to Nature by Joshua Phelps of Edmonds; and What Lies Beyond by Aliza Sáraco-Polner of Port Hadlock.

People's Choice Award voting will continue throughout the exhibit's run. All visitors are invited to cast a ballot!      

Gallery hours: 12-5 PM daily

Pictured above: Mountains Revealed (detail), 18x24" soft pastel by Scott Pascoe

Coming Soon

Elemental, an exhibition of works by Port Townsend painter Jeanne Toal and Whidbey Island sculptor Jan Hoy

October 3 through November 18, 2024

Showcase 2024

Through December 31, 2024

Showcase 2024, Northwind Art's updated program celebrating local artists, presents fresh work in many media. The art ranges from mosaics and abstract oil paintings to Gyotaku prints, etchings, acrylics and photography.  
 

2024's mix of Showcase artists includes printmakers Cody Hagen and Kelli MacConnell; mosaicist Shelley Jaye; photographers Kathy Fridstein, Patrick Slattery and Jeff Sweet; painters Wendy Higgins, John Holm, Corinne Humphrey, Donna LaHue, Sandra Offutt, Elizabeth Reutlinger and Linda Tilley; mixed-media artist Egor Shokoladov; woodworker Evan Miller and sculptor Kim Simonelli.  

Open daily 12-5 PM 

First Saturday Art Walk: October 5, 5-8 PM

Pictured above: Homage to Paul Klee, 16x20" photograph by Patrick Slattery

Local artists: The call for art for Showcase 2025 is now open. For application details, see our For Artists page.