605. Venice, an Oasis for Artists

Neill Slaughter, Artist and Professor Emeritus, graduated with a BFA degree in 1975 from the University of Georgia and received his MFA in 1978 from Indiana University, Bloomington. Professor Slaughter has taught fine arts courses at the university level as well as exhibiting his drawings and paintings nationally and internationally for more than forty years. Having also lived and taught abroad as well as traveling extensively throughout the world, Slaughter, in his art, often reflects the social conditions of his surroundings. Among his awards and honors, Professor Slaughter has received a Ford Foundation Fellowship, a Scottish Arts Council Grant, an LMU Research Grant to Africa and a Fulbright Fellowship to India. In 2003 Professor Slaughter was awarded the David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching granted by Long Island University. In 2008 he mounted a thirty-year retrospective, which included a full color catalogue funded by Long Island University. In 2022 Slaughter mounted a fifty-year retrospective with a webinar lecture available.