To recognize and promote excellence and effort in the fine arts community.

Community

Eligible School Districts

 

The Slaughter Family Arts Awards recognizes student artists from public, private, and homeschooled students in grades 9-12 from the following districts. Submissions for the 2026 awards will open December 1.


 
 

Fort Worth

Aledo

Benbrook

Burleson

Castlebery

Crowley

Eagle Mountain-Saginaw

Everman

Kennedale

Lake Worth

White Settlement

 
 
 

 
 
The arts are an essential element of education, just like reading, writing, and arithmetic…music, dance, painting, and theater are all keys that unlock profound human understanding and accomplishment.
— William Bennett, Former US Secretary of Education