Arts experiences are unique in their power to speak to human beings of diverse backgrounds and cultures and to expand the intellect.
At Trinity, we believe that serious study of the arts is crucial to a liberal arts education. We offer majors in art history and all the arts disciplines and minors in performing arts, music, and architectural studies. All students at Trinity are required to take at least one course in the arts before they graduate; many choose to take more. The College offers several Gateway programs suited for students in the arts and architectural studies, including the InterArts Program, which is designed to attract the best arts students in the country to the College. Our faculty is composed of active teacher-artists and scholars who are ideally suited to guide their undergraduates in a four-year exploration of one or more artistic disciplines.
The Arts at Trinity include many urban and global initiatives as part of our curriculum. Our students work in neighborhood schools, meet and study with Hartford-area artists, and intern with local arts organizations and museums. Guest artists and faculty performances, festivals, and outings to cultural sites in NYC and Boston occur regularly.
Off-campus opportunities for arts study include the Trinity/La MaMa Urban Arts Semester in New York City, as well as arts programs at global sites in Barcelona, Paris, Rome, and Trinidad. This rich range of offerings allows students in the arts at Trinity to explore their disciplines in a varied range of contexts that not only allow for personal expression, but celebrate cultural identity.
At Trinity, the arts lend vibrancy to our academic culture, enrich campus life, and connect us to the neighborhood, the Greater Hartford community and to urban and global sites beyond.