SVAC exhibits kick off season

The Southern Vermont Arts Center took the wraps off its summer season on Saturday with free opening receptions for two exciting exhibitions, “Painting the Beautiful: American Impressionist Paintings from the Michener Art Museum,” and “The Southern Vermont Arts Center: Highlights from the Permanent Collection, both in the Wilson Museum.”

“Painting the Beautiful,” on loan from the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., features 25 works by 15 Bucks County School painters. Painting the Beautiful is in the Lucioni Gallery through Aug. 11.

Highlights from the Permanent Collection,” aims to represent the strengths and quality, as well as the growth of SVAC’s permanent collection. It is in the Hunter Gallery through May 4.

Visit www.svac.org to preview the Arts Center’s season of exhibitions, performances, workshops and more.

Gallery admission will be free for members and children younger than 13, $3 for students and $8 for nonmembers.