Austin Arts Center

THE AUSTIN ARTS CENTER IS THE HUB OF CULTURAL LIFE AT TRINITY COLLEGE.

Since the building’s dedication in 1965, AAC has hosted many our most significant local, regional, and national artists. AAC continues to foster dynamic engagement with arts and ideas across and beyond Trinity’s campus communities and the Greater Hartford area. Named for Arthur Everett “Chick” Austin, Jr. (founder of the Trinity Department of Fine Arts and the nationally recognized former director of Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum from 1927-1945), AAC serves as an artistic home to Trinity’s Theater and Dance, Music, and Studio Arts Departments and houses key campus venues: Goodwin Theater, Garmany Hall, Widener Gallery, and Gruss Music Center.  AAC also supports and programs arts events in the Trinity Chapel, Performance Lab (Trinity Commons), the Media and Performance Lab (Crescent Center for Arts and Neuroscience), and other sites across the campus.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As a community at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, we acknowledge that we are on the unceded land called Suckiaug, or Black Earth, central to the lives of certain Indigenous peoples. The Connecticut River Valley has been home to Native people for millennia. Trinity College acknowledges the impact of marginalization on the Wangunk, Mahican, Nehantic, Nipmuck, Pequonock, Podunk, Tunxis, and Wappinger peoples, as well as other impacted groups. The Trinity community also honors the sovereignty of our neighbors, the Mashantucket Pequot, Mohegan, Eastern Pequot, Golden Hill Paugussett, and Schaghticoke nations. We commit to continue partnering with the Indigenous communities of Hartford and from across the state.

SPRING 2025 EVENTS

SCROLL OUR FALL 2025 CALENDARS BELOW.
CLICK A CALENDAR FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MONTH’S EVENTS,
OR CLICK HERE FOR REGULARLY UPDATED DETAILS ABOUT THE YEAR’S EVENTS.

Events in black feature guest or faculty artists;
Events in red feature or include Trinity College
students with faculty or guest artist direction.

BE IN THE KNOW

• Click on one of the calendars above for more information about the events scheduled for that month.
• CLICK HERE for regularly updated reservation links, event details, and any programming changes or additions as they become available.
• Connect with the Austin Arts Center on Instagram and Facebook to keep up with performing arts and fine arts events at Trinity College.
• Click here for a complete list of events at Trinity College.
• While AAC-sponsored events are currently free of charge, reservations are required for many AAC events, and donations are welcome.
• Trinity remains a mask-friendly campus, and the community will respect any person’s decision to wear a mask.

BOX OFFICE

• Austin Arts Center Box Office
  Trinity College
  300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106
  (860) 297-2199, [email protected]
  See directions to navigate to our building
• The AAC Box Office will open for the F25 semester on Monday, September 15, and will be available Monday through Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. until Friday, December 5.

WIDENER GALLERY HOURS

• Monday – Friday, 10:00 am – 5:00 p.m., and by appointment.

NAVIGATING TRINITY COLLEGE CAMPUS

• Click here for directions to AAC and click here to access a campus map.
• For a recording of directions to the campus, please call the Trinity College Information Line at (860) 297-2001.
• Direct general questions to [email protected]. This email is for inquiries only; direct ticket inquiries to the box office (see above).