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 ====== Austin Arts Center ======
-[{{:austinarts.jpg?400 |Facade of Austin Arts Center, ca. 2020. Photo credit: [[https://www.ctmq.org/339-widener-gallery/|CTMQ]]}}]
-The Austin Arts Center was built in 1964 and houses many of Trinity's performance-based departments and spaces, namely the Music Department, the Theater and Dance departments, Goodwin Theater, Garmany Hall (a blackbox theater), and the [[widener_gallery|Widener Gallery]] (a space for rotating exhibits and art performances). The Center also houses recording studios, classrooms, studio arts rooms, music labs, and a costume shop.
+[{{::austin_arts_20230808_131203_v.2.jpg?400 |Facade of Austin Arts Center, August 2023. Photo credit: Barbara Sternal}}]
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+The Austin Arts Center houses many of Trinity's performance-based departments and spaces, namely the Music Department, the Theater and Dance departments, Goodwin Theater, Garmany Hall (a blackbox theater), and the [[widener_gallery|Widener Gallery]] (a space for rotating exhibits and art performances). The Center also houses recording studios, classrooms, studio arts rooms, music labs, and a costume shop. It is located adjacent to the College [[library|Library]] (the 1997 Master Plans show the buildings conjoined by a sky bridge).
-The theater was named in honor of A. Everett Austin Jr. (1900-1957), the founder of Trinity's Fine Arts Department and the director of the Wadsworth Atheneum in [[hartford|Hartford]] from 1927 until 1945. In 1930, Trinity awarded Austin an [[honorary_degrees|honorary Master of Arts degree]]. Thirty-five years later, President [[jacobs_albert_c|Albert C. Jacobs]] felt Austin's contributions to art, music, and drama in the Hartford area deserved recognition.
+Built in 1964, Austin Arts Center was designed by architects O'Connor and Kilham of New York. The center was named in honor of A. Everett (Chick) Austin, Jr. (1900-1957), the founder of Trinity's Fine Arts Department and the director of the Wadsworth Atheneum in [[hartford|Hartford]] from 1927 until 1945. In 1930, Trinity awarded Austin an [[honorary_degrees|honorary Master of Arts degree]]. Thirty-five years later, [[presidents|President]] [[jacobs_albert_c|Albert C. Jacobs]] felt Austin's contributions to art, music, and drama in the Hartford area deserved recognition.
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 ===== Sources =====
 [[https://www.trincoll.edu/austin-arts-center/arts-venues-at-trinity/|Arts Venues at Trinity]]
+[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/192/|Trinity College Alumni Magazine]], May 1965.
 [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/6/|Trinity College Alumni Magazine]], November 1964.