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. Artists are invited to submit works that explore the evolution of traditional materials and their translation into digital media. Methods such as stop motion, claymation, hand-drawn animation, rotoscoping, collage animation, experimental film, and mixed-media video are encouraged, though submissions are not limited to these forms.