As part of Florida Archaeology Month, New College and Time Sifters Archaeology Society present Archaeology Fest, a fun-filled day of tours, lectures, demonstrations and hands-on learning, films and more. A variety of children's activities will be offered. Hotdogs and lemonade will be served. For more information, call 941-487-4888. 

As part of a series of lectures on Contemporary Artists and Women Artists, New College students Rachel Weisman and Emily Meyer will talk about artists Imogen Cunningham and Florine Stettheimer, respectively. Cunningham's strength as a photographer is founded on her ability to capture the essence of a person, while paying the utmost attention to form, detail and clarity. Through a small selection of works, the presentation will showcase the over-arching aesthetic that Cunningham wove through her 70-year-long career as a photographer. Stettheimer, a female artist of the early 20th century, is commonly overlooked by predominant art historical discourse. This is due in large part to her refusal to conform to the popular stylistic genres at the time, and to those who have written off her work as decoratively feminine. This lecture will explore the ways in which Stettheimer's unconventional stylistic treatments of time and space effect her construction of social dynamics and how this relates to her later fascination with transparent mediums.   

Writer and theorist bell hooks will talk about race and gender focusing on the critically acclaimed book The Help by Kathryn Stockett and the Oscar-nominated film adaptation on Monday, March 19 at 6 pm in the Mildred Sainer Pavilion. The event, which is free and open to the public, is presented by the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost.