10/27/2026
We love seeing creativity and culture thrive in downtown Nanaimo! 🎨
Our neighbours at the Nanaimo Art Gallery are opening their newest exhibition, Haunting the Undermined Zone, this weekend.
Join them for a free opening reception this Friday, October 30, from 7–9 PM, and experience an incredible collection of works exploring the stories, landscapes, and history of our region.
Another great reason to spend an evening downtown and support Nanaimo’s vibrant arts community!
Our next exhibition, Haunting the Undermined Zone, opens this week!
Haunting the Undermined Zone is on from October 31, 2026 to January 10, 2027. The opening reception for this exhibition is this Friday, October 30th from 7-9pm — all are welcome, this is a free event!
Haunting the Undermined Zone is co-curated by bailey macabre bailey macabre • ᓅᑎᓂᑐᒫᑲᐣ & Jesse Birch.
Artists: Emily Carr, Caitlin Ffrench 🌙, ᒍᑌᗪE GᖇIEᗷEᒪ, Whess Harman, Gord Hill, Devon Knowles, 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗛𝗨𝗠
Ghosts and supernatural creatures play important roles in our stories, and our lives. They serve as forces of reflection, warning of dangers, and preparing us for difficult times. In Nanaimo, specters often show themselves through a different kind of haunting: collapsing mine shafts, massive clearcuts, and declining fish stocks. Through sculpture, drawing, painting, and video, artists featured in Haunting the Undermined Zone speak with phantoms, including those embedded in land, left behind by colonial resource extraction and environmental loss.
Image: Jude Griebel, ‘Coal Hole’, 2021. Pencil crayon and acrylic on paper. 14.5” x 11.5”. Photography by Carey Shaw. Courtesy of Massey Klein Gallery.
