MoCA L.I.ghts 2026

MoCA L.I.ghts returns October 22 – 26, 2026! 

This year, we will all see the 250th anniversary of the USA’s independence, a quarter millennium of cultural evolution, technological innovation, scientific discovery, and so much more. As this time has marched on, the arts, too, have welcomed a progression of human expression from pigment and chisel to printing press and camera to electricity, projection, and immersive light, which has guided our collective consciousness. In celebration of where our work has come from and where it will go next, MoCA L.I.ghts 2026 Antiquity to Innovation will highlight the technologies that are ushering artists into this new quarter millennium that we’re embarking on, while honoring the history of advancements from which they were created.

As the days get shorter and darker, the Village of Patchogue will begin to glow again as the Patchogue Arts Council presents MOCA L.I.ghts 2026. A series of compelling, site-specific artist-designed works that include projection, video, animation, and GIFs. Works will be exhibited in multiple locations throughout the downtown from October – December 2026, transforming the Village into an immersive open-air museum. MoCA L.I.ghts® is a free program open to the community at large.

🎨 Artist Calls are now OPEN! From Art on the Marquee to Night Visions and Lights on MoCA L.I., we’re looking for artists ready to illuminate the Village.