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February 7 - April 30, 2026
Opening Reception: February 7, 3-5pm

6th National Juried Exhibition: In-Security

Each generation considers their challenges as unique, that this has never been seen before, but history tells a different story.

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We opened our doors in March 2004 and have, for over 18 years, serviced the community of Peekskill, the Hudson Valley, and the greater arts community, nationally and internationally, launching over 80 art exhibitions, six major art festivals, and a myriad of education programs.

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Open Call for Hudson Valley MOCA's 6th Annual Juried Exhibition
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CALL FOR ENTRIES IN-SECURITY National Juried Exhibition. We are calling on artists to use their creativity and art to examine who we are today as individuals and groups, in society and in private.

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Aphasia: A Play That Gives Voice to Silence
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Marc J. Straus brings a verse-driven tribute to his mother to Studio Theater in Exile at Hudson Valley MOCA Nov. 14–16.

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Writing The Walls: REFLECTIONS
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This year Writing the Walls: REFLECTIONS will be based on two exhibitions, “Psychological Portraits” (in Main Gallery) and the 2025 juried show, “So, You Think I’m too Old to…” (Upstairs Gallery) at HVMOCA. We invite poets, playwrights, writers, dancers, and other creators to submit 1–3 original works by March 15, 2025.

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5th Annual Juried Exhibition: 'So you think you’re too old to...'
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February 1–May 3, 2025. Now, for its 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, HVMOCA features works by 68 artists, ages 62-94, culled from an open RFP on CAFE, and placed within the context of art history. 

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Current & Ongoing Exhibitions

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6th Annual Juried Exhibition: In-Security
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6th Annual Juried Exhibition: In-Security
Exhibitions

February 7–May 7, 2026

When life’s rhythms are interrupted and off kilter, we feel the earth shifting, our life routines interrupted. Whether a personal loss, familial upheaval, societal conflict, shifting economics, new technology, human-made or natural disasters, our lives become flooded with images, volcanic upheaval – a tsunami of emotions that uproot and shift our perceptions and visions.

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Black Box Chronicles: Dramatic Disturbance
Exhibitions, Writing The Walls
Black Box Chronicles: Dramatic Disturbance
Exhibitions, Writing The Walls

February 27–March 15, 2026

Writing the Walls turns to short plays for 2026. February 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2026, Fridays at 7:00PM, Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00PM brings Black Box Chronicles: Dramatic Disturbance inspired by the Psychological Portrait show at Hudson Valley MOCA.

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Psychological Portraiture
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Psychological Portraiture
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Ongoing Exhibition

A look at how artists use photography and painting to capture the persona of an individual, whether in reactions of the moment, introspective explorations triggered by posed questions or in response to near events

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Enlighten Peekskill: The Five Elements Arches
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Enlighten Peekskill: The Five Elements Arches
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Ongoing Exhibition

The Five Arches: by Christine Knowlton and Candace Winter

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Rolling Exhibition

How We Live: Part II

 
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HOW WE LIVE

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