Waitukubuli Artist Association (WAA) and Prevo Cinemall to Enrich Creolé Season Calendar with Major Art Exhibition

“Paradise of Colours and Expressions”

According to Ms. Aileen Joseph, PRO of The Waitukubuli Artist Association (WAA), and Ms. Vanessa Prevost , General Manager of The Prevo Cinemall, WAA in collaboration with The Prevo Cinemall, is proud to add to Dominica’s Creolé Season calendar 2025, Paradise of Colours and Expressions, an art exhibition featuring several of Dominica’s Artists, and timed to coincide with Dominica’s Independence and Creolé Season.”

A Must Visit for Creolé Season Continued Ms. Joseph, “The Waitukubuli Artist Association (WAA) is a Dominica-based creative collective dedicated to elevating and showcasing local artistry in all its forms. Paradise of Colours and Expressions marks the collective’s first exhibition centered on the theme of Cultural Heritage and the celebration of Dominica’s rich history. Rhythm, language, and tradition take center stage, reimagined through contemporary art. Moreover, Creolé Season in Dominica is more than just paraphernalia—it is memory, music, delicacies, community, and so

much more. Hence our bringing this Paradise of Colours and Expressions Exhibition forward to be an addition to Dominica’s Creolé Season 2025 Calendar.”

The Art Exhibition will run from October 10 to November 14, 2025, and will be housed in The Middle Passage and Downtown Showroom at the historic Prevo Cinemall, formerly The Carib Cinema in Roseau, Dominica.

According to Ms. Joseph “This years exhibition follows the success of Echoes of Resilience (December 6, 2024 – January 10, 2025), the first collaborative exhibition between WAA and The Prevo Cinemall, which welcomed more than 700 visitors, so many of whom in their comments asked us to do it again.”. Ms. Joseph went on to assure its many visitors that “like its predecessor Echoes of Resilience, WAA promises once again to transform the familiar space of the Prevo Cinemall into a living canvas, where art and tradition merge to tell one of Dominica’s greatest stories ever told”.

Ms. Vanessa Prevost, General Manager of The Prevo Cinemall, commended the Artists of WAA very highly for their hard work and the high standard of the exhibition which they put on last Christmas Season and urged all Dominicans and visitors to support the Artists in whatever way they can; whether by buying their works or encouraging the young ones to see Art as a positive career. Said Ms. Prevost “The Echoes of Resilience Exhibition presented by WAA in collaboration with The Prevo Cinemall during the 2024 Christmas Season, was our first experience. Being a co- host, I had to be in, out, and around the exhibition countless times. From my own perspective and based on the many positive comments made verbally to me and those written in the visitors book, Echoes of Resilience was an exhibition of very high international standards. Our Artists really made Dominica proud.”

Honoring Our Artists

Continued Ms. Prevost, “At last year's Exhibition, Prevo Cinemall paid tribute to, and honored posthumously Earl Darius Ettiene, one of Dominica’s most outstanding Artists. Earl must have been smiling to see that his many years of hard work tutoring and mentoring did not go in vain, but was bearing abundant fruit. Putting on an Art Exhibition of this standard is hard work, plenty of creative talent is needed as well as hard physical work. And so, I wish to take this opportunity to salute the Artists of WAA for their tremendous efforts in putting on last year’s Exhibition and for having the courage to do it again. I also wish to invite every able-bodied Dominican and visitors to the island, to include a visit to The Paradise Of Colours and Expressions Art Exhibition at The Prevo Cinemall in your Creolé Season Calendar.”

A Paradise Rooted in Home – Work of 23 Artists

Going back to WAA’s PRO, Ms. Joseph spoke more deeply to the theme of Paradise. “The exhibition promises a seamless fusion of Creolé heritage and artistic expression—an explosion of color, vibrancy, and national pride. Paradise of Colours and Expressions will showcase a wide range of art forms, including painting, photography, poetry, and more” she expounded.

“The Exhibition is more than an Art Showcase” .Ms. Joseph explained, “Work of twenty-three (23) male and female Dominican artists will be featured. Paradise of Colours and expressions offers visitors an immersive experience of storytelling, placemaking, and remembrance, where color is more than pigment—it is identity, resilience, and celebration. It is a paradise not built on escape, but on the richness of who we are as a people and where we come from. It is a paradise rooted in home.

”As part of the exhibition, Lyrics Under the Stars will take place on the evening of October 11, 2025, at the Prevo Cinemall. Paradise of Colours and Expressions is free and open to the public, (contributions are welcome) with daily viewing hours from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m from Monday to Saturday and closed on Sundays. Visitors are warmly encouraged to make a special effort to attend and experience this celebration of Dominican creativity.”