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Northwest Art Alliance is dedicated to connecting
the power of art, fine craft, and community.
It was one of our highest attended Fall Shows! Thank you to all our artists, patrons, volunteers, service providers, staff, and Board members who made it all possible.
Congratulations to our Award Winners! Juror’s Choice Winner Johanna Lindsay with Penguina Designs, Honorable Mention John Harden Designs. People’s Choice Winner Jessie Chou with Chieh Furniture, Honorable Mention Larry Richmond Pottery
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
Sculpture by M.J. Anderson
Painting by Sherrie Wolf
NEW - 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 a the newest Small Community artists to be featured from Manzanita, OR HERE.
Josiane Faubert- “Pink Sovereignty”
Cultural Connections
As part of Northwest Art Alliance’s mission to give exposure to the artists of the Northwest and to be inclusive of our communities. See new artists on this page, including Lisa And Sonny Moeckel, 2024 Spring show Cultrual Connection artists.
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.
