{"id":5185,"date":"2021-03-30T18:16:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/?page_id=5185"},"modified":"2021-04-01T19:25:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T19:25:39","slug":"kathleen-spezzano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/gallery\/exhibitions\/2021-mfa-thesis-exhibition\/kathleen-spezzano\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen Spezzano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-5185\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-5185-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5185-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5185-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a title=\"Kathleen Spezzano\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wcsu_art\/albums\/72157718756739568\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51066232207_24687c1f70.jpg\" alt=\"Kathleen Spezzano\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-5185-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5185-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">2021 MFA Thesis<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>Artist Statement<\/h3>\n<p>My work represents what I believe to be the essence of nature and its beauty. As a Wiccan practitioner, I believe that everything surrounding us has an aura and emits both positive and negative energies into the universe. In my work, the mythical meets the physical in fantastical worlds and characters representing the elements, the gods, and magic.<\/p>\n<h3>Artist Bio<\/h3>\n<p>Kathleen Spezzano lives in Woodbury, CT. She studied illustration and creative writing at Montserrat College of Art and completed a BS in Equine Studies at Post University. Her MFA thesis work in illustration focuses on the creation of her own oracle card deck, \u201cThe Oracle of Shadows.\u201d Her card series depict different elements, holidays, Gods and Goddesses worshipped under Pagan\/Wiccan belief, the legends of mythical creatures found through this culture. She works in a variety of materials including acrylics, inks, pencil and iridescent mediums on paper, canvas and board.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kalenyadesigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kalenyadesigns\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Statement My work represents what I believe to be the essence of nature and its beauty. As a Wiccan practitioner, I believe that everything surrounding us has an aura and emits both positive and negative energies into the universe. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"parent":5133,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5185\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}