High School Awards Program

NSAL, Kentucky provides Certificates of Merit to outstanding students in the Arts, recognizing: Visual Art, Dance, Drama, Musical Theatre, Instrumental Music, Voice and Literature. The overall outstanding student receives an engraved Kentucky Julep Cup. There are currently twenty schools in Kentucky presenting NSAL Kentucky awardss

Ballet Under the Stars Apparel Award

An apparel scholarship awarded to a young dancer who is performing in the Pre-Show of "Ballet Under the Stars", an annual production by local and regional ballet dancers. This is in recognition of a developing artist's talent and hard work.

NSAL Kentucky Literature Award

NSAL, Kentucky sponsors a Writer’s Cubby for a year at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning to the winner of the Lexington Youth Poet Laureate young writers competition. Last year’s competition was in poetry. This year’s winner is Zola Abbas.

Katherine Caldwell Drama Award

This award honors the memory of Kentucky Chapter member Katherine "Kitty" Caldwell, who was a faithful and generous patron of the arts in Lexington. Kitty attanded as many performances of all the arts that she possibly could, and gave great encouragement and support to young artists. This award is given to young artists in the dramatic arts.

Outstanding Art Educator Award

This award was instituted in 1998 to recognize and reward the work of dedicated mentors and teachers of young artists. recipients are selected by an NSAL nominating committee.

Zola Abbas