MOCA L.I.GHTS VI | 2025 

New this year we welcome a cultural partnership with MTA Arts & Design. MoCA L.I.ghts will include the The Gilded Passage by artist Jonathan Monaghan, originally commissioned by MTA Art & Design for Grand Central Madison LIRR terminal in New York City. The work will travel to the Village of Patchogue and be projected on the Patchogue-Medford Library's front-facing facade on Main Street. MTA Arts & Design encourages the use of public transportation by providing visual and performing arts in the metropolitan New York area. The program creates meaningful connections between stations, neighborhoods, and their diverse ridership through a broad spectrum of artistic activity, including permanent art, posters, photography, digital art, live musical performances, and the Poetry in Motion program. Their permanent art program is one of the largest and most diverse collections of site-specific contemporary public art in the world, with more than 400 works by a diverse range of artists. This partnership with Patchogue Arts council comes at an exciting time as MTA Arts & Design is celebrating it's 40th anniversary. Patchogue Arts Council looks forward to 2025 and its future curatorial collaboration together.

Additionally, every year Patchogue Arts Council designates a MoCA L.I.ghts Glow Marshall to celebrate someone who has made a meaningful impact on its organization as well as the festival itself. This year, Patchogue Arts Council is extraordinarily proud to announce David Kennedy as MoCA L.I.ghts 2025 Glow Marshall. As the current Executive Director of the Patchogue Business Improvement Distract and the former Executive Director of the Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce, David has been a champion of MoCA L.I.ghts since its inception and has made great strides as a community leader to help this event become what it is today. A partner in planning, fundraising, and execution, David has always had a deep understanding of the vital role that the arts play in the community, people's lives, the local economy, and the overall revitalization of Patchogue Village. Patchogue Arts Council is forever indebted to such a staunch supporter as David.

“What an honor to be selected as this year's Glow Marshall for MoCA LIghts 2025! I am proud to have witnessed the creation of MoCA LIghts from the beginning, so to play this role with MoCA Lights now established as one of Patchogue’s premier attractions is truly heartwarming. The Patchogue Arts Council is an essential part of what makes Patchogue a special community, so to be recognized by them in this way is literally electric. I also want to shout out PAC Executive Director and MoCA Lights creator Beth Giacummo who provides so much beauty & positive energy to Patchogue. MoCA Lights is the perfect reflection of who she is and I am grateful I have had opportunities to partner with her in many events and activities. Please join me as we turn the power on and light up Patchogue with Art & Energy at this year’s MoCA LIghts,” says David Kennedy

Patchogue Arts Council is also thrilled to announce that this year, MoCA L.I.ghts has officially joined the selective list of prestigious events around the world that are featured in the International Light Festivals Organisation (ILO). This distinguished organization acts as a network for public light festivals, events, experts with the purpose of sharing expertise, inspiration, and information on an international level. The inclusion of MoCA L.I.ghts in this organizations opens the doors for participating artists to co-create, research, and communicate with others working in similar media around the globe.

Special media sponsors include:

Discover Long Island and Long Island Advance

Special Cultural Partnership: MTA Art & Design

Funded in part by: Suffolk County Department of Economic Development & Planning, New York State Council on the Arts, and the Village of Patchogue.

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Patchogue Arts Council acknowledges that the land on which our space stands, at 20 Terry Street, Patchogue, NY, is part of the traditional territory of the Unkechaug Nation. We honor and respect the enduring relationship that exists between Unkechaug people and their ancestral territories. We recognize the deep cultural and artistic contributions of the Indigenous peoples, past and present, who have shaped and continue to influence this land. We honor and respect the many diverse Indigenous peoples still connected to this land on which we gather, create, and celebrate the arts.