MoCA L.I.GHTS 2020 Info

MoCA L.I.ghts  has begun to transform the Village of Patchogue into Long Island’s first open-air museum and make it the arts destination of 2020!

From November 5 – 8, 2020, the facades of contemporary and historic buildings, the PTPA Marquee, and PAC’s pop-up inflatable gallery screen will illuminate the Village with projected artworks, animation, and innovative site-specific media works created by local, national, and international artists. Businesses in the downtown area will become a vibrant backdrop to this immersive arts experience, lighting and lifting up spirits of all ages in ways Long Island has never before seen.

MoCA L.I.ghts  programming includes a number of outdoor art experiences including Art on the Marquee, Artchitecture, Night Visions Pop-up Projected Gallery, New Visions exhibition at MoCA L.I. and on-site educational experiences offered in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Suffolk County & Marine Department.

The entire series of events is conceived for the public to enjoy safely on foot, by car, and online for free from October to December 2020.

It takes a Village and more…For MoCA L.I.ghts 2020 the Patchogue Arts Council is proud to partner with the Village of Patchogue, the Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce, Patchogue BID, the Pat-Med Library, and Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts.

Our on-site education programs are offered in collaboration with the Cornell Cooperative Suffolk County & Marine Department, and Eastern Suffolk BOCES Art in Education.

MoCA L.I.ghts is made possible with generous support from our lead sponsors: NYS Council for the Arts, Suffolk County, Long Island Community Foundation, Knapp Swezey Foundation, National Grid, and BNB Bank.

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MoCA L.I.GHTS 2020 SCHEDULE

ARTCHITECTURE | November 5 – 8, 2020 Site-specific projections will illuminate the facades of contemporary and historic architecture utilizing projection mapping and light. On view 6:30 PM – 11:30 PM each evening.

Curated by Beth Giacummo
Locations throughout the Village of Patchogue
Main Pat-Med Library • 54 – 60 East Main StreetARTIST | Jennie Thwing
Marine Supplies Building • 159 West Main Street ARTISTS | Kelley Bell & Corrie Parks
Historic Carnegie Library • 160 West Main Street ARTIST | Kelley Bell
Historic Industrial Coverage Corp. • 62 South Ocean Avenue and Church Street ARTIST | Marilyn Minter
PAC•MoCA L.I. • 20 Terry Street Fall into the Lights collaboration by PAC & Viper Studios
Roe Walkway | Between Terry Street & Main Street ARTIST | Micheal Zinn

NIGHT VISIONS POP-UP PROJECTED GALLERY | November 5 – 8, 2020   Outdoor pop-up inflatable gallery screen will be placed in various locations throughout the Village. Works included in this program were selected from an international open call to artists working in all media, and the invited curatorial team Wavelength.
See below for dates and locations

November 5 | #PandemicProjections 3.0 Curated by JeanneBrasile and Gianluca Bianchino • Wavelength ARTISTS|Gianluca Bianchino, Serena Bocchino, Teresa Braun, Alessandro Brighetti, Gregory Coates, Andrew Demirjian, Wolfgang Gil, Shalom Gorewitz, Alinta Krauth, Simona Prives, Really Large Numbers, Elizabeth Riley, Christine Romanell and Ross Turiano, Matt Sheridan, Travis LeRoy Southworth, Chad Stayrook, Yoshimi Suzuki, Kati Vilim and  Lauren Vroegindewey
On view 6:30 PM – 11:30 PM
Location:  Inflatable gallery screen will be located on Roe Walkway Piazza, between Main Street & Terry Street located next to Toast Coffee House.

November 6-8 | Survey of Contemporary Works Selected by Beth Giacummo & Eric Murphy
ARTISTS| Detlef Aderhold, Anu Annam, D’mon Borkel, Toby Buonagurio Albert Delamour, Krystle DiNicola, Clemente Ettrick, Pauline Galiana, Jen GilroyMateo Gutierrez, Sueey J. Gutierrez, C’naan Hamburger, Gerry Hirschstein Takafumi Ide, Amay Kataria, Drew Kane, Alise Loebelsohn, Cara Lynch, Melissa Maiello, Lizzie McCormick, Gala Mairissa, Kasmira Mohanty, Thais Osorio, Elilou Paints Grace Pentecoste – Anello, Lisa Petker-Mintz, Moriah Ray-Britt, Amanda ReillySilvia Maria Rey, Khurshid Saleem, Michael Sauer, Barbara Schaefer, Caroline Slovensky Robert Stenzel, Rasa Valiene, Sayo Watanabe and Cynthia Wells
On view 6:30 PM – 11:30 PM each evening
Location: Inflatable gallery screen will be located on Roe Walkway Piazza, between Main Street & Terry Street located next to Toast Coffee House.

November 14 | Survey of Contemporary Works Selected by PAC Curatorial ARTISTS| See above
On view 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Location: Inflatable gallery screen will be located at The Better Man Distilling Co. @ 161 River Avenue

ART ON THE MARQUEE | October 4 – December 31, 2020
In collaboration with the Patchogue Theatre of Performing Arts, a rotating series of artist-created videos, gifs, animation, and digitally created still works created for this event will be presented on the marquee of the theatre building.
On view 8:20 PM – Midnight every evening
Location: Historic Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts @ 71 East Main StreetARTISTS | Ryan Seslow, Béatrice Coron, JoAnne Dumas, Takafumi Ide, Drew Kane, Fred Lingen, Cynthia Wells, Colin MacDonagh, Kasmira Mohanty, Moriah Ray-Britt, Devlin Starr, Jennie Thwing, and Amanda Reilly | Curated by Beth Giacummo

NEW VISIONS EXHIBITION AT MoCA L.I. | On view November 7 – December 20
ARTISTS | Carla Gannis, Kate Clark, Lori Horowitz, and Mark Strodl Curated by John Cino

Location: MoCA L.I. located @ 20 Terry StreetIndoor/ Outdoor Reception | November 7 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

ON-SITE EDUCATIONAL FAMILY FRIENDLY PROGRAMS
November 5 – 8, 2020
Offered in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative and inspired by the Projected Aquaculture 2020 by Kelley Bell & Corrie ParksLocated near Historic Carnegie Library • 160 West Main Street

November 6 from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Turtles, lizards, and Snakes… Oh my! There are a few of our favorite marine reptiles featured in the artwork projected on the Marine Bilge building, can you find them? Come touch live reptiles that may include a ball python, corn snake, leopard gecko, and diamondback terrapin.
If “live” is not for you, a preserved sea turtle and other reptile artifacts will be there to see.

November 7 from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Sea Shore Safari Which species can you see spot in the art installation by Kelley Bell and Corrie Parks? View and touch Great South Bay marine life like sea stars, shellfish, hermit crabs, snails, and the amazing horseshoe crab! See if you can find them in the Projected Aquaculture installation!

November 7 from 6:30 PM – 11:00 PM
F.I.S.H. Initiative A great way to help our local economy and environment is to buy locally caught species of seafood! They’re Fresh. Indigenous, sustainable, and healthy for you. Can you find yummy, local species in the artwork?

November 7 from 6:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Striped Bass Education Take a look at the recreational fishing species in lights and go fish! Talk with CCE fisheries specialists and find out the proper equipment and techniques to catch and release striped bass and other species ensuring their best survival rate.

November 8 from 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Sharks! See any familiar shark friends in the art installation? While viewing, you will have the opportunity to touch shark jaws, eggs, teeth, and other artifacts as you learn some fun facts about these oceanic predators.

November 6 – 8 from 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Storm-water Superhero’s Demo Table Explore what you can do to help our local bays and watersheds. We will discover how various kinds of pollution make their way to the bay and ocean and how they affect our local marine life. Hey! Was that a healthy flush of water projected in the light installation?

November 7 from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Storm-water Education for Adults Stop by and explore how various pollutants in Storm-Water Runoff affect the flora and fauna of the Great South Bay and discover simple things you can do to reduce them! Which species in the light projection will you help to save? Visit our friends at Cornell Cooperative for more information about their programming.
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