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Northwest Art Alliance is dedicated to connecting
the power of art, fine craft, and community.
The 36th annual Best of the Northwest Spring Show, held in the historic Hangar 30 at Magnuson Park in Seattle is April 12-13, 2025. The 2-day show offers handmade art in all mediums by over 100 talented artists. See a wide variety of handcrafted artwork at Seattle’s premier art and fine craft show. This is a great event to buy local, meet the artists, and find unique gifts for someone special or the perfect piece for you and your home.
Have fun experiencing “Artists in Action” as they create art at their booths. The Northwest Stone Sculptors Association will be featured in a special exhibit and is offering FREE Youth Soapstone Carving Workshops. You can also meet the Emerging Artist winners, vote for your Favorite Artist Booth, and enjoy a coffee or meal from Seattle food trucks. Free parking available.
Artist applications are open for the Best of the Northwest Fall show
2024 Juror’s choice award winner, Johanna Lindsey of Penguina Designs
ARTISTS - You are invited to apply to the 37th annual Best of the Northwest FALL Show, Seattle's Premier Art & Fine Craft show. This 3-day event will be held in-person at Hangar 30 in Warren G. Magnuson Park, Seattle, November 7th - 9th.
With a Special VIP Preview on Friday and general admission through the weekend. Be part of this exciting event!
“My latest body of work, “The Seattle I Remember,” remembers and celebrates some of the beloved places of Seattle, primarily on Capitol Hill, that have been replaced or displaced by high-end businesses in this time of rapid development. The paintings honor shared memories and highlight resilience.” - Janet Miller
“Drawn from my experience living as a neurodivergent, my work explores the instability of perception—how form dissolves and reassembles through the shifting lens of memory and experience. Reflections fragment, distort, and blur, revealing the limits of imagery as a system of meaning.” - Cathy Tran
Read more about Janet and Cathy’s inspirations and techniques
Patron of the Arts Program
Sign up today and use your passes to the Best of the NW Spring & Fall Shows in 2025
Shop year-round at Nwaa artline market
SHOP NOW! The new online shopping experience from Northwest Art Alliance, ARTLINE MARKET! Enjoy shopping from some of your favorite Best of the Northwest and NWAA virtual show artists. Now you can find beautiful handmade artwork, anywhere, anytime, easily. Click below to learn more.
Our newest partnership between Northwest Art Alliance (NWAA) and PCC Community Markets gives Best of the Northwest show artists an opportunity to display and sell their artwork at several local PCC locations. This is another way NWAA works to connect the power of art to the community. We invite you to visit these exhibits at participating PCC Community markets.
Preview the exhibits and locations
Artists - Apply for exhibit space at various PCC locations
Painting by Brenda North
Painting by Michele Smith
Small Community Focus
Northwest Art Alliance is a multi-reach organization that leverages its network of connections to foster the power of art within communities throughout the region. NWAA is reaching out to find “small towns” where ART is at the heart of the community, and to bring visibility to the art & artists.
Take a look at the newest Small Community artists from the Blue Mountains of WA
Josiane Faubert, “Pink Sovereignty”
Cultural Connections
Northwest Art Alliance’s mission is to give exposure to the artists of the Northwest and to be inclusive of our communities. We encourage you to view our Cultural Connections artists and support local diverse art communities.
Lisa and Sonney Moeckel, “Relentless”
Young Artists Showcase
Northwest Art Alliance congratulates the local young artists who were recognized in the 2022 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
Gold Key Winner, Grace Zhou - “Waiting for the Train”
Help Us Make a Difference
Our mission and goals are to expand outreach to all communities and artists to better serve artists’ needs and help sustain support for the arts as a vocation.
