To apply for GIA 2012, please click here:

http://www.giv.org/apply-now

ABILITY TO PAY IS NEVER A FACTOR IN THE SELECTION PROCESS. 

If you are home schooled, please send your applications by April 1st directly to:  The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont, 4049 Williston Road, #4,South Burlington, VT 05403.

GIA is a 2-week Arts Institute, started in 1983, and is available to VT high school students going into their sophomore, junior or senior years. It is held on the campus of Castleton State College with a community of other high school students from around the state, all taking classes from professional teaching artists.

Students must fill out the application and obtain two letters of recommendation. If a student is not funded by his/her school, financial aid is available. It is a need-blind application.

Tuition (which includes room & board) for 2012 is $1,125.

Scholarships and financial aid are available to those who qualify, and we also list several other ideas for raising funds below.

ON COMING TO GIA

• “What the world needs now is….” by GIA 2010
• Rachel Durante’s (‘10) letter in the Brattleboro Reformer
• A sampling of photos from GIA 2010
• To Heaven & Back Again by Timothy H. Carter
  
• Art is Not a Dying Art by Moya Cavanaugh
• A sampling of photos from GIA 2009
• Artfessional by the Media Blitz class, 2009
• Herald of Randolph article, 2008
  

THE GOVERNORS INSTITUTES OF VERMONT offers summer enrichment Institutes in Arts, Asian Cultures, Current Issues & Youth Activism, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics, and Environmental Science & Technology!  Click here to visit the GIV website

Winter Weekend 2012 was a huge success!  Check out some photos and perspectives from students who attended in 2011 here.

POSSIBLE LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES TO HELP YOU GET TO GIA:

• The Lion’s Club
• The American Legion
•  The Rotary Club
• Letter writing to friends and family for incremental donations
• Ask businesses in your area if they will ‘pledge’ you. Offer to report back or share a bit of your experience after the Institute if they will donate towards your tuition.

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIA ALUMS 

Savannah College of Art & Design Scholarship: A $1,500 per year scholarship is awarded by the college to a limited number of accepted students who have won first place in the Congressional Art Competition or have participated in The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont or other approved programs.

Mississippi University for Women: The Mississippi University for Women (host of the Mississippi Governor’s Schools) offers a $500 scholarship to any student from any state who attended a Governor’s School.