Group: Literary

March 13, 2022 By PAC MoCA

ARTS ON TERRY 2022

Arts on Terry ( AOT) is a contemporary art fair for all ages highlighting 300+ artists from a variety of Long Island Arts organizations, each exhibiting a curated selection of works representing its respective community in 17+ different pop-up …

November 24, 2020 By PAC MoCA

2020 Annual Appeal | Matching Grant

Double Your Impact • Double The FundsPAC received a generous matching funds donor! Will you help us reach our goal of $30,000? Dear PAC Supporters,We’ve all spent this past year finding new ways to keep doing what we love: gathering with family …

April 18, 2020 By PAC MoCA

+|- International: Virtual Festival CALL FOR ARTISTS

Presented April – June 2020 from 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM each day across all PAC•MoCA Social Media platforms! April 18: LAUNCH featuring Special Co-Curators feature & Artist Spotlights April 24 – June 18 festival spot light …

March 4, 2020 By PAC MoCA

Exhibit: Consummate Plush

PATCHOGUE ARTS COUNCIL • MOCA L.I. Consummate Plush Curated by …

May 29, 2019 By PAC MoCA

Event: Arts on Terry; Festival Details Released!

Arts on Terry ( AOT) is a contemporary art fair for all ages highlighting 200+ artists from a variety of Long Island Arts organizations, each exhibiting a curated selection of works representing its respective community in 15+ different pop-up …

March 11, 2019 By PAC MoCA

Festival: “Artful Antics” Kickoff 2019

APRIL 27 • ARTFUL ANTICS KICK OFF EVENT • FREE Art | Music | Poetry | Costumed New Orleans Style Promenade1:30 – 3:00 PM | Join us at the Patchogue Theatre for music, poetry, and performance. Special performances by Alexa Dexa, …

November 23, 2018 By PAC MoCA

Event: Keep the Arts Poppin’ In Patchogue – Support the Arts!

Dear Friends of the Arts, Once upon a time, not too long ago, you had to go to New York City to view current and contemporary art. The trip was long and costly. Then, one day, you realized- Hey, wait a minute! I don’t need to go to the city anymore …

Learning to Look | 2026

Learning to Look 2026

January 22, 2026
Learning to Look | Pre-Columbian Mexico
From the Olmec to the Aztecs, Mexico holds nearly 3,000 years of rich cultural history. From the rainforests of the south to the central highlands, civilizations rose, built monumental works, and eventually faded—each with its own story, yet connected through shared themes and enduring traditions. Explore the art and architecture of Mesoamerica through sculpture, painting, and sacred sites, and consider this vast timeline alongside Europe’s—from the ancient Minoans through the High Renaissance.

Guest Lecturer: Thomas Germano, Professor of Art History at Farmingdale State College, and two-time NEA grant recipient for the study of Mesoamerican art history and culture.

Register at the link below:
https://form.jotform.com/253525425951156

*ZOOM link for each talk is the same.

February 19, 2026
Learning to Look | Mexico: 1526–2026 | Post-Contact to Present
After three centuries of Spanish rule, Mexico gained independence in 1821. From the arrival of Cortés through the modern era, Mexican art and culture have evolved through cycles of westernization, hybridization, and revival. This session will explore early codices, Baroque architecture, the rise of modernism, Mexican Muralism, and contemporary developments that continue to shape Mexico’s visual culture today.

Guest Lecturer: Thomas Germano, Professor of Art History at Farmingdale State College, and two-time NEA grant recipient for the study of Mesoamerican art history.

Register at the link below:
https://form.jotform.com/253525425951156

*ZOOM link for each talk is the same.

March 12, 2026
Learning to Look | Georgia O’Keeffe and the Transcendental Painting Group
Georgia O’Keeffe first traveled to Taos, New Mexico, in 1929, where she encountered a circle of like-minded abstractionists who would become the Transcendental Painting Group. Among the artists associated with this movement were Raymond Jonson, Emil Bisttram, and Agnes Pelton. This presentation traces the parallel paths of O’Keeffe and her contemporaries, examining early modernist influences and the impact of the Southwest’s bright skies and stark landscapes on their work in the 1930s and ’40s.

Register at the link below:
https://form.jotform.com/253525425951156

*ZOOM link for each talk is the same.

In person at 20 Terry Street, Patchogue or on ZOOM Meeting ID: 880 1524 8901 | Passcode: 419010

April 23 @ 6:30 PM
Learning to Look | The Birth of Abstraction

In this three-part series, we will explore the development of modernism across a nearly thirty-year period beginning in 1886—tracing pivotal shifts from Post-Impressionism through Expressionism, and culminating in the explosion of Cubism in the years leading up to World War I.

Register at the link below:
https://form.jotform.com/260564121284149

*ZOOM link for each talk is the same.

In person at 20 Terry Street, Patchogue or on ZOOM Meeting ID: 880 1524 8901 | Passcode: 419010

May 21 @ 6:30 PM
Learning to Look | Post-Impressionism

At the height of the Impressionist movement, a number of artists began seeking new approaches, ushering in the next major development in European modernism: Post-Impressionism. The artists who came to be known as Post-Impressionists did not share a single collective style; rather, they pursued individual paths that extended—and challenged—the aims of Impressionism in service of their own artistic visions. Chief among these voices were Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh. Their innovations would profoundly shape the art of the 20th century.

Register at the link below:
https://form.jotform.com/260565008140145

*ZOOM link for each talk is the same.

In person at 20 Terry Street, Patchogue or on ZOOM Meeting ID: 880 1524 8901 | Passcode: 419010

June 11 @ 6:30 PM
Learning to Look | Expressionism

Born in the final years of the 19th century amid rapid industrialization, Expressionism became the first major art movement of the 20th century. Building on key Post-Impressionist innovations—Paul Gauguin’s liberated color, Vincent van Gogh’s energetic brushwork, and Paul Cézanne’s structural approach to composition—Expressionism embraced emotion and intensity as central artistic aims, helping to define a new century. Early pioneers included the French Fauves, led by Henri Matisse, and Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), associated with Wassily Kandinsky.

Register at the link below:
https://form.jotform.com/260564182076155

*ZOOM link for each talk is the same.

In person at 20 Terry Street, Patchogue or on ZOOM Meeting ID: 880 1524 8901 | Passcode: 419010

Learning to Look is presented in partnership with the Patchogue – Medford Library

Patchogue Blooms Day 2025

What’s that you may ask? A horticultural event?

No. It’s a celebration of Irish author James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses published in 1922 and celebrating its 101th birthday this year. Bloomsday has been celebrated in Dublin since 1954 and has been ever expanding to cities and towns around the world.

It occurs annually on June 16 because the entire 640-page novel takes place all on one day: June 16, 1904.

On June 16, 1954, poet Patrick Kavanaugh, and journalist-novelist Flan O’Brien with four other compatriots walked and rode in horse-drawn coaches on a pilgrimage through the streets of Dublin stopping at locations depicted in the book. As the day passed, a home movie captured their increasingly unsteady footing. Since then, it has become a more formal homage to the author and his book.

Bloomsdays now often center around individuals (often celebrities) reading excerpts from the famous (once infamous) book, and Irish musical interludes fill the space between the readings. In some locales, to mimic the original walk through Dublin, participants may travel from performance space to performance space which hardly by accident often are pubs, taverns, or bars. Some cities hold marathon readings in theaters.

This year PAC•MoCA L.I. in cooperation with Toast Coffeehouse will host the second annual Bloomsday celebration as a fundraiser on June 16 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Join us for recitations, musical moments, and good cheer. Be part of the local literati!

Tickets include 1 drink ticket and light bites by our host, Toast!

A very special Blooms Day Raffle basket will be up for grabs, you can purchase a ticket for both below.

pile of dusty old books on a wooden background with copy space

LOOKING FOR JOYCE’S VOICES

Be a Patchogue Bloomsday Reader….
PAC•MoCA L.I. is looking for 14 folks who are interested and bold enough to read one passage each from James Joyce’s Ulysses at the third annual celebration of Bloomsday (June 16, 2024) to be held at Toast Coffeehouse, Patchogue.

Join us at this local celebration of the world-wide event celebrating Joyce’s modernist masterpiece.

Readings will be separated with brief Irish musical interludes; food and libations will be available too.

Please note that volunteering is not a guarantee that you will be selected. Depending upon the number and nature of would-be participants, we may not be able to offer a slot to you. Fourteen is the maximum number. But in coming years there will be other opportunities to be among Joyce’s voices.

Readers tickets are 1/2 price.

If you are interested please email your contact information to us at PACBloomsday@gmail.com

See you on the 17th for “words so beautiful and sad, like music.”

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