2008 Governor’s School for the Arts 

The Governor’s School for the Arts is made possible through a unique partnership among the Commonwealth of Kentucky, corporations, foundations, and individuals, such as parents of current and former GSA students and other friends. 

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts initiated the program in 1987 and continues to administer and nurture it.  GSA would not be possible without the leadership and support of:

Governor Steve Beshear

The Kentucky General Assembly

Marcheta Sparrow, Secretary
Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet

Lindy Casebier, Deputy Secretary
Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet

The Kentucky Center Board of Directors
The Kentucky Center Endowment Fund Board of Directors

Ashland Inc.
The Kentucky Center Endowment
National City
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, KY, Inc.
Transylvania University

GSA would like to extend special thanks The GSA Advisory Council and Helen Carroll, Chair for their leadership and support.

In addition to state support, GSA relies on contributions from more than 300 corporations, parents, educators and friends of arts education, including the following 2008 leadership gifts:

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky
Surdna Foundation, Inc.
The Kentucky Center Endowment Fund, Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
Ashland Inc.
National City
Transylvania University

AEGON USA
AT&T
C.E. & S. Foundation
CSX Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hall
The Humana Foundation
The Keeneland Foundation
Kentucky Society of Architects
The B.J. Killian Foundation
The Mansbach Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Parkinson
Publishers Printing
Raymond Foundation Inc.
Dr. Marilyn Schorin and Dr. Richard Harvey
Mr. and Mrs. William Stone
The William T. Young Foundation, Inc.