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Finding balance in and out of the saddle By AlySSA R. GRIFFIN agriffin@liherald.com
Courtesy Shea Kastringer
The New York Equestrian Center in West Hempstead has opened their new Stable Studios, combining wellness and equestrian training.
A new wellness experience is taking shape at the New York Equestrian Center in West Hempstead, where horseback riding and yoga are coming together with the opening of Stable Studio. Founded by Lynbrook resident Lauren Barroso, the facility opened in April, offering yoga and wellness classes that complement equestrian training and welcoming riders, families and members of the surrounding community. For Barroso, 34, the studio represents the realization of a longtime dream. A lifelong horse lover, she has ridden at the equestrian center for nearly two decades and taught yoga for over 10 years. When the center’s president, Alex Jacobson, approached her with the idea of introducing yoga to the facility, she immediately saw an opportunity to unite her two passions. “As soon as that idea came about, I realized it was a CoNTiNuEd oN pagE 12
There’s more than meets the eye at Lakeview library By AlySSA R. GRIFFIN agriffin@liherald.com
A closer look at the “America 250” art exhibit on display inside the Lakeview Public Library this month may reveal more than visitors would come to expect at first glance. Hidden images, carefully arranged objects and layers of American and Caribbean history fill the monthlong exhibition featuring Queens artist David G. Wilson, 72, of the Long Island Black Artists Association, or LIBAA. The exhibition continues the library’s longstanding partnership with the LIBAA, which
has helped transfor m the library into a rotating community gallery. Each month, a different LIBAA artist is featured in the lobby and adult reference area. “To have such brightly painted or sculpted pictures of their artwork, it draws the eye in,” Camina Raphael-Lubin, the library’s director, said, “and people are always complimenting the artists.” For “America 250,” Wilson draws on moments in American history, the legacy of slavery and his native Commonwealth of Dominica to create layered visual narratives. His dozen of paintings blend histo-
ry, personal experience and cultural influences, exploring connections among America’s past, the African diaspora and Caribbean heritage. “I inject references to my country to indicate where I was born,” Wilson said. “I came here at the age of 22, and I’ve been in this country for 50 years.” Born in Roseau, Dominica, in 1953, Wilson immigrated to the United States in 1976 and earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from York College while studying Spanish and French. Although he never received formal artistic training, he has spent decades devel-
oping his distinctive approach to visual storytelling. Wilson traces his artistic vision to an unexpected childhood lesson in Dominica. While teaching him and his brother to read, his mother asked them to identify Italy on a map after realizing they had skipped a reading assignment. She told them to picture “Italy kicking
Sicily,” a simple description that changed the way he viewed the world. He soon began seeing other recognizable forms in maps, including his native Dominica, which resembled a penguin, sparking a lifelong fascination with hidden images. “The style has several influCoNTiNuEd oN pagE 9