Northwind Art’s Exhibits and Classes

Travel and Urban Sketching by Anne Pfeiffer

May brings a pair of color-drenched exhibits to Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery. Seattle artists Ariana Heinzman and Sarah More transform flowers into exotic ceramic vessels and watercolor paintings in the Florabundance exhibit that runs May 7 – June 22. The Showcase 2026: Round 2 exhibit runs May 14 – September 7 and features ethereal oil paintings, local landscapes, silversmithing, and wildlife photography from an ensemble of 12 artists.

Northwind Art is located at 701 Water St., Port Townsend, and open Thursdays through Mondays, noon – 5 p.m., and noon – 8 p.m. during Art Walk between May 2 and June 6.

The current exhibits: New Work exhibit by Randy Sturgis and Peter Koronakos and Ars Poetica continue to be on view through May 4. Showcase 2026: Round 1 continues to be on view through May 11..

Northwind Art School at Fort Worden State Park offers 30 classes and workshops this month, including:

●      Watercolor Painting Level 1, Fridays, May 1 – June 5 

●      Acrylic Painting: Mediterranean Light, Mondays, May 4, 11, 18

●      Drawing Portraits: A Progressive Approach, Mondays, May 4 – June 8

●      Drawing Animals, Tuesday, May 5 

●      Painting Pets & More, Tuesday, May 5 

●      Dive into Drawing, Wednesdays, May 6 – June 10 

●      Woodcut Printmaking and Print Exchange, Saturday, May 9 

●      Pacific Northwest Abstract, Saturday, Sunday, May 9 – 10

●      Aging Creatively art workshops for people with memory loss and their care partners, Tuesdays, May 12 and May 26

●      Watercolor: Lighthouses, Thursday, May 14

●      Acrylic Painting 102, Thursdays May 14 – June 4

●      Watercolor: Composition 101, Tuesday, May 19

●      Watercolor: Complementary Colors, Tuesday, May 19

●      Exploring Hand Lettering, Wednesday, Thursday, May 20 – 21

●      Color Mixing and the Color Wheel, Saturday, May 23

●      Weave a Cattail Bottle Cover, Saturday, Sunday, May 23 – 24

●      Beginning Watercolor at the Bunkers, Sunday, May 24

●      Guided Play in Pastel & Mixed Media, Tuesday, May 26

●      Watercolor: Northwest Sky, Thursday, May 28

●      Weave a Cattail Hat, Saturday, Sunday, May 30 – 31

●      Travel and Urban Sketching in Ink & Watercolor, Saturday, Sunday, May 30 – 31

For more information about Northwind Art School’s classes, please visit NorthwindArt.org. Fort Worden State Park is located at 200 Battery Way in Port Townsend.