Murray, Ky., April 17, 2024------The Murray High School Guidance office announced the 2024 Governor's School for the Arts recipients (from left): Leo D’Ambrosio, Leah Jenkins, Mohamed Khatib, Noble Kieffer, and Kerry Vu.
The Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) is an arts education program of The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts. The GSA three-week summer program is for rising juniors and seniors in Kentucky.
Each spring over 1700 students audition for spots in the program. Located at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, the ($3,800 per student) program is free for students to attend (full tuition, room and board), and is funded by the state and private fundraising.
Every summer, a faculty of professional artists and educators’ mentor over 200 of Kentucky’s finest young creative artists. Students are immersed in a rigorous schedule of daily seminars, master classes, lectures, hands-on workshops, field trips and performing/exhibiting at the finale Student Festival. While each student specializes in one art form, all students participate in structured, interdisciplinary arts experiences designed to familiarize them with the joys and challenges of specialties other than their own.
GSA historically takes place the last two weeks of June and has served all 120 counties in the Commonwealth through the summer program and its outreach workshops. GSA is a statewide program and encourages geographical and ethnic diversity.
Ambrosio is the son of Michael and Christina D’Ambrosio, Jenkins is the daughter of Jaynie Krueger and Thomas Jenkins, Mohammed Khatib is the son of Ihsan and Maysoon Khatib, Kieffer is the son of Elsie and Owen Keifer, and Vu is the son of Ngoc Bui and Bin Vu.