Venues
An assortment of arts facilities are located all across the Trinity campus. The principal hub of all arts activities is the AUSTIN ARTS CENTER (AAC), which includes two performance venues, a gallery, classrooms and studios, a music and media library, production support areas, Theater & Dance and Music Department faculty offices, and the AAC's central administrative offices.
The AAC was dedicated in 1964, and named after "Chick" Austin, founder of the Trinity College Department of Fine Arts. Austin was a visionary arts impresario who served as Museum Director for Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum during its golden years from 1927-1945.
Within the AAC, GOODWIN THEATER is a fully-equipped proscenium-style space seating 315. (technical specs available) . GARMANY HALL is a retro-fitted "black box" space adaptable to a variety of configurations and seating 50-85. Widener Gallery is the college's main formal exhibition space at approximately 1,200 square feet.
Nearby, HALLDEN HALL has been the primary site for the programs in Art History and Studio Arts of the Department of Fine Arts since 1991. It includes faculty offices and studios, classrooms, and the visual resources collection.
Not far from the AAC and Hallden stands WIGGINS GARAGE, an industrial-type space redesigned in the mid-1990s for use as the college's primary sculpture studio.
Recently, the Music Department has set up an electronic music lab about one block away in a college house at 30 CRESCENT STREET.
The new TRINITY COMMONS is the temporary home for Theater and Dance with four theater and dance studios and a performance lab equipped for small scale productions.
The BROAD STREET GALLERY is located on the northeast corner of the campus in a former restaurant. This redesigned space is dedicated to the exhibition of student art work of all kinds. An adjoining house will soon also be occupied by Studio Arts operations to offer more instructional and studio options.
And, finally, a new drawing and design instructional studio has been created in a renovated garage at 66 VERNON STREET (Rear). This space has also added to Studio Arts offerings.
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