Artist Fred DiGiovanni is an Alum from Murray State University ('71) Exhibition of black and white photographs using traditional b&w chemical processing. On view in The Mary Ed Mecoy Hall Gallery August 20 - October 17, 2024 Bio: Fred DiGiovanni Graduated from Murray State University with a double major in Art and in Art Education in the class of 1971. He was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Elmont, Long Island, New York. After graduating from Murray State, he taught Middle School art in the Louisville City School system and then in the Jefferson County Public School System.

He taught for 27 ½ years before retiring in 1999. While at Murray he studied photography as part of his art education. In graduate school at the University of Louisville he continued to pursue photography. After college he studied at the Maine Photographic Workshop, Rocky Mountain School of Photography, and with John Sexton and Bruce Barnbaum at their respective workshops. Fred has traveled to 48 states, Europe, China, New Zealand, Tahiti, Scandinavia, Africa, Canada and Mexico. Fred has exhibited his work in Kentucky and Indiana and has his work in several collections including The World Trade Center 9/11 Memorial & Museum at Ground Zero.