Morningside Lights celebrates 15 years this fall, illuminating the night in a procession of awe-inspiring handmade lanterns floating through Morningside Park to Columbia's campus. This year's theme is A Common Thread—an exploration of the visual patterns and motifs that surround us, in textiles, domestic adornments, architecture, and engineered spaces. Workshop participants will create and combine luminous patterned panels into lanterns inspired by the geometry of American quilts. A winding red line will form a visual line that links each design throughout the final procession—a common thread that connects the human fabric across our rich and varied differences.

Concept and direction by PROCESSIONAL ARTS WORKSHOP
Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles, artistic directors

Morningside Lights is produced by the Arts Initiative and Miller Theatre at Columbia University

Morningside Lights is one of the "best NYC events in September."

—TimeOut New York

Discover Past Processions