This Thursday, Oct. 5 from 5-6:30 p.m. catch two art openings at Edgewater’s two Middlebury galleries. “Nature’s Inner Light,” a two person exhibition featuring new work by Penny Billings and Holly Friesen, is on view now through Nov. 15 at the Gallery at the Falls (1 Mill Street). “Simple Matters,” a solo exhibition of new work by Kathryn Milillo, will be on view Oct. 3-Nov. 15, at the Gallery on the Green (6 Merchants Row.)

The newest exhibit by Milillo features Vermont’s rolling hills and interwoven fields and forests have a quiet rhythmic beauty. The architectural vernacular of our farm structures and dwellings is straightforward, simple, largely free of adornment, and speaks to functionality and durability. In “Simple Matters,” Milillo pays homage to Vermont’s landscape and architecture while exploring the play of light on objects, color relationships, and negative spaces in her compositions. Milillo is a quiet observer. She finds serenity in looking, recording and interpreting what she sees.

For more information about Edgewater’s exhibits visit edgewatergallery.com.