Governor’s School for the Arts

LEXINGTON, Ky.—The Governor’s School for the Arts 2009 summer session comes to a close Saturday at Transylvania, highlighted by final student performances and graduation ceremonies. The final week will also feature an appearance by First Lady Jane Beshear on Tuesday. She will be on campus for a showcase performance at 1 p.m. Tuesday will also be College and Career Planning Day, with over a dozen colleges and universities on hand to meet with the GSA students. Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Marcheta Sparrow is also scheduled to be on hand. The GSA will wrap up its 10th year on the Transy campus on Saturday, with final day-long performances in all disciplines preceding graduation ceremonies at 5:15 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium. Final performances, including those in instrumental and vocal music, musical theater, visual arts, drama, new media, and architecture, will begin at various campus locations at noon. All final day events are open to GSA parents, friends, and relatives as well as the public and media. Previous final day performances have attracted over 1,200 people to the Transy campus. Refreshments will be available at various campus locations near Old Morrison. Final performances will be held at the Mitchell Fine Arts Center, the Little Theater, the Shearer Art Building, the Haupt Humanities Building, Old Morrison and the Cowgill Center. A total of 225 high school students from 51 counties and about 85 high schools have been on the Transylvania campus since

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Due to the inclement weather, school cancelations and power outages across Kentucky, we have extended our February 1 regular admission deadline to Monday, February 9. This new deadline is also the deadline for application for academic scholarships. Governor’s Scholars and Governor’s School for the Arts participants should submit their applications by February 9 in order to be eligible for GSP or GSA scholarships. This deadline also applies to students interested in music or studio art scholarships. To submit your application, go to our on-line application or visit the Common Application Web site.  If you have any questions about the deadline extension or the application process, please call the Transylvania University admissions office at (800) 872-6798 or (859) 233-8242 or contact your admissions counselor.

LEXINGTON, Ky.—The Governor’s School for the Arts 2008 summer session came to a close Saturday at Transylvania, highlighted by final student performances and graduation ceremonies.  The GSA wrapped up its ninth year on the Transy campus with final day-long performances in all disciplines preceding graduation ceremonies in Haggin Auditorium. Final performances, including those in instrumental and vocal music, musical theater, visual arts, drama, new media and architecture, were held at various campus locations at 12:30. All final day events were open to GSA parents, friends and relatives as well as the public and media. Previous final day performances have attracted over 1,000 people to the Transy campus.   Final performances were held at the Mitchell Fine Arts Center, the Little Theater, the Shearer Art Building, the Haupt Humanities Building, Old Morrison and the Cowgill Center.   A total of 241 high school students from nearly 50 counties and about 85 high schools were on the Transylvania campus beginning June 22, immersed in a rigorous schedule of daily seminars, master classes, lectures, hands-on workshops and field trips to local arts attractions. Highlights of the 2008 GSA program can be found at this link: http://www.kentuckygsa.org/students/highlights/2008-highlights/index/index.html