{"id":3306,"date":"2025-04-26T13:21:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T13:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/?page_id=3306"},"modified":"2025-04-26T13:21:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T13:21:39","slug":"sophie-cangelosi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/sophie-cangelosi\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Cangelosi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2025\/04\/image0-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2025\/04\/image0-788x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3307\" style=\"width:628px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2025\/04\/image0-788x1024.jpeg 788w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2025\/04\/image0-231x300.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2025\/04\/image0-768x998.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2025\/04\/image0-1182x1536.jpeg 1182w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2025\/04\/image0-1576x2048.jpeg 1576w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2025\/04\/image0-scaled.jpeg 1970w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sophie Cangelosi, <em>Priscilla in Scillato<\/em>, acrylic on birch panel, 18 x 24 in., 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Priscilla in Scillato<\/em> is a piece I hold close to my heart. It depicts one of my dearest friends picking and tasting grapes in the courtyard of a farm we stayed at together while visiting Sicily. Bordering this imagery are blocks of blues and yellows that were found around the farm property, as well as patterns found in the wrought iron gates at the entrance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We spent a lot of time in this courtyard; admiring the various grape varieties as they were ripening, laying in the grass with the farm dog, and walking through the rows of citrus trees around the property. We witnessed the hard work and patience that farming requires\u2014specifically during a drought and a summer that brought record heat\u2014along with the sensual splendor that is abundantly found in earthly flora and fauna. Recently, I read this quote by Lao Tzu: \u201cNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.\u201d To garden or to farm is to surrender to the natural paces of the earth and let it be your teacher season after season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophie Cangelosi, Priscilla in Scillato, acrylic on birch panel, 18 x 24 in., 2024. Priscilla in Scillato is a piece I hold close to my heart. It depicts one of my dearest friends picking and tasting grapes in the courtyard of a farm we stayed at together while visiting Sicily. Bordering this imagery are blocks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17463,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3306"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3720,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3306\/revisions\/3720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}