Astrophotography Talk with Tim Stone

The McLean County Arts Center presents a talk with astrophotographer Tim Stone on Tuesday, August 2 at 6 pm in conjunction with the art exhibition The View from Here in McLean County Arts Center’s Brandt Gallery.

Tim Stone has studied the night skies of McLean County since a child and picked up black and white photography in high school. Bringing these two lifelong passions together, he began an interest in astrophotography supported by the digitally advanced equipment of our local astronomy club, the Twin City Amateur Astronomers at the Sugar Grove Nature Center in Funks Grove. Stone presents startlingly detailed images of the stars, constellations, and galaxies light years away. Printed on large scale sheets of aluminum metal, the images glow and reflect light while drawing you into the darkness.

The View from Here features Stone's cosmic photographs on aluminum as well as photographs of three other McLean County residents in the Brandt Gallery through August 6, 2016. Marty Gerwick, Mabel Lux, Tim Stone, and Britten Traughber show distinct perspectives of McLean County through their camera lenses developing a series of photographs highlighting a significant facet of our community.

This exhibition was generously sponsored by Barbara & Bill Taft.

The McLean County Arts Center is located at 601 N. East Street in downtown Bloomington. Arts Center hours are Tuesday, 10am- 7pm; Wednesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; and Saturday, noon-4pm; Sunday and Monday, closed. For more information, please call 309/829-0011, like us on Facebook, or check on our website: www.mcac.org. MCAC is supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.