{"id":60437,"date":"2012-12-06T09:01:27","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T14:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=60437"},"modified":"2017-02-22T17:09:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T22:09:18","slug":"sunday-telegram-starstruck-kany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2012\/12\/06\/sunday-telegram-starstruck-kany\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Telegram continues glowing reception for ‘Starstruck’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Startrails,” a 2011 inkjet print by Yuichi Takasaka, is one of the astrophotographs on display in the Museum of Art exhibition “Starstruck” through Dec. 15.<\/p><\/div>\n

With a couple of weeks still left for the Bates College Museum of Art exhibition Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography<\/em><\/a>, Maine Sunday Telegram art critic Daniel Kany urged his readers not to miss it.<\/p>\n

“Whether you go for photography, art, science or spirituality, Starstruck is one of the most moving and intriguing exhibitions to alight here in, well, eons,” Kany wrote in a Dec. 2 review<\/a><\/strong> of the long-running show.<\/p>\n

“If you don’t know about astrophysics, you have all the more reason to go. All you have to do is look.”<\/p>\n

Organized by museum Education Curator Anthony Shostak, Starstruck was one of the first major exhibitions to treat astrophotography — the practice of photographing stars, planets, nebulae and other celestial presences — as an art form, in addition to its scientific value. Kany’s review was the latest in a strong of prominent and highly favorable reviews of the show, including spots on the local NBC affiliate, WCSH-TV, on Aug. 30<\/a><\/strong> and Nov. 2<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Kany’s review also looked at a thematically related show at Portland’s Space Gallery put together by Liz Sheehan, formerly of the Bates museum.<\/p>\n