<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/1204-miranda-fellows.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>The art of belonging</title><author>Angela Valden</author><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>12/09/2025 09:50:30 AM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>The Miranda Family Fellowship at Skidmore is more than a launchpad for arts careers — it's a lasting community of mentors, collaborators, and changemakers.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2025/images/1202-miranda-thumbnail.jpg" alt="The first five Miranda Fellows at Skidmore pose in a theater studio with a black curtain as a backdrop"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2025/images/1202-miranda-featured.jpg" alt="The inaugural class of Miranda Fellows at Skidmore"/></image><caption>Clockwise from top left: Skidmore's inaugural cohort of Miranda Fellows, Sophie Kelly '25, Chiara Garcia-Ugarte '25, Javier Soto '25, Darren Jackson-Wilkins '25, and Reyn Ricafort '25.</caption></item>