61st Long Island Artists Exhibition at the Art League of Long Island

The Art League of Long Island invites artists from Suffolk, Nassau, Brooklyn, and Queens to submit entries to the upcoming juried exhibit featuring works by artists who call the four counties of the Island home. The 61st Long Island Artists Exhibition is now a biennial exhibit and will be on view in the Art League’s spacious Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery March 4, 2023 through April 7, 2023. The deadline to submit applications is Tuesday, January 31, 2023. Entry for each artist is limited to five works not previously exhibited in the Art League of Long Island’s gallery, one of which may be chosen from among submissions by the exhibition juror. Two and three-dimensional original work in any medium may be submitted, including photography and fine craft, with the exception of videos. The Art League is honored to have Neill Slaughter serve as juror for the Long Island Artists Exhibition. Professor Slaughter has taught at the university level for four decades as well as exhibiting his art nationally and internationally. Awarded an MFA degree from Indiana University in 1978 his teaching career began in Philadelphia at Tyler School of Art. 1981-82 he inaugurated a study abroad program at Alnwick Castle in England. 1983-93 he taught for California State University and Loyola Marymount University, again teaching abroad at University of Kent in Canterbury, England in 1989. From 1993 to the present Professor Slaughter has lived in Southampton NY and taught for Long Island University until his retirement, being granted Professor Emeritus status in 2017. Among his awards and honors, Professor Slaughter has received a Ford Foundation Fellowship, a Scottish Arts Council Grant, an LMU Research Grant to Africa, a Fulbright Fellowship to India and a David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching. 2008 Slaughter mounted a thirty-year retrospective, which included a color catalogue and in 2022 a fifty-year retrospective with a webinar lecture. Additional information: www.neillslaughter.com Full details are available in the exhibition prospectus. To obtain prospectus email info@artleagueli.org or visit www.artleagueli.org/call-for-artists. Applications must be submitted online at www.client.smarterentry.com/alli. Established in 1955, the Art League of Long Island is not-for-profit visual arts center whose mission is to provide a forum and showcase for artists of all ages and ability levels, whether through art education in the studios or promoting their work through exhibitions and art fairs. The Art League is located at 107 East Deer Park Road, in Dix Hills NY 11746