Venues
All NMNC venues are ramp accessible.
Mildred Sainer Pavilion
5313 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, Florida 34243
Just to the left of the Ringling Museum of Art, the Mildred Sainer Music and Arts Pavilion is the centerpiece of New College’s Caples Fine Arts Complex, a haven for student artists and performers.
Free parking is available in front of the building and along Caples Drive in the grass on the left hand side of the road. Patrons may be dropped off under the portico. Accessible parking spaces are to the right of the building.
PepsiCo Arcade
5313 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, Florida 34243
Behind the Mildred Sainer Pavilion is the PepsiCo Arcade and Forum.
Free parking is available in front of the Mildred Sainer Pavilion and along Caples Drive in the grass on the left hand side of the road. Accessible parking spaces are to the right of the Mildred Sainer Pavilion, and sidewalks connect to the Arcade itself.
College Hall
351 College Drive
Sarasota, Florida 34243
Built in 1926 by Charles Ringling of the Ringling Brothers Circus, College Hall is the signature building on the New College campus. The Music Room is to the left of the main Living Room, down some stairs. Ramp access is on the left side of the building. There is ramp access to the Living Room (via the Patio) by going around the building to the left and continuing to the back.
Free parking is available in front of College Hall. Accessible parking spaces are close the building on the left-hand side.
Harry Sudakoff Conference Center (“Club Sudakoff”)
5845 General Dougher Place
Sarasota, Florida 34243
The Harry Sudakoff Conference Center is just east of US41 off General Spaatz Blvd. The main parking lot is often filled with students’ cars, but there is overflow parking on the left of General Spaatz Blvd.—follow the sign that says, “Sudakoff North—Event Parking.” For concerts we usually have a tram staffed by friendly New College students to shuttle you to and from the entrance.
Accessible parking is in the main lot, on the right side, close to the Conference Center.
Black Box Theater
Hamilton Student Center
5850 General Dougher Place
Sarasota, Florida 34243
The Black Box Theater is inside Hamilton Center, to the left of the Sudakoff Conference Center and across the plaza. Parking is the same as for Sudakoff (see above).
Jane Bancroft Cook Library
5800 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, Florida 34243
New College’s Jane Bancroft Cook Library is on Bay Shore Road, just south of College Drive. There are a few accessible parking spaces on the other side of Bay Shore Road, in the first lot off College Drive; otherwise please park in the shell lot north of College Drive on the west side of the street.
Koski Plaza/ACE Building/ACE Lounge
5800 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, Florida 34243
Facing the Library on Bay Shore Road is the ACE (Academic Center) Building, with the Koski Plaza and its sculpted bell tower in between. There are a few accessible parking spaces on the other side of Bay Shore Road, in the first lot off College Drive; otherwise please park in the shell lots north of College Drive.
For Artist Conversations in the ACE Lounge, look for the ground-floor room with lots of windows at the right end of the ACE building.
