Officials with Northern Kentucky University and Kentucky Performing Arts announced Friday that NKU has been named the future home of the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA), an annual three-week intensive summer arts residency program for Kentucky high school sophomores and juniors.

Beginning in 2026, NKU will host the program for 3 years.

Since 1987, more than 9,000 rising high school juniors and seniors have descended on a college campus setting to immerse themselves in a 3-week arts intensive environment, with cross-discipline learning, special guest artist performances and lectures, and the opportunity to access critical life-changing college scholarships. Instruction is offered in nine disciplines: Architecture & Design, Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Film+Photograp

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