The mission of the Southern Vermont Arts Center is to serve the arts and the community by furthering art in all its aspects, with a foremost goal of education for artists, art students, and young people. To encourage community interest as a cultural center in the visual and performing arts through opportunities for participation, and by offering presentations and programs in all the arts. To provide facilities for artists by which their work may be represented and promoted, to develop interest and understanding in the visual and performing arts, and to assure all necessary support for the attainment of these objectives.