Archive for the ‘Art’ Category

Gift Ideas: Graphic Novels, Manga, Art, Games

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

Let us be your personal shoppers!

ABC’s booksellers don’t just sell books: as well as being voracious readers, almost all ABC staff members are personally responsible for buying the books for one or more sections in the stores. That means you’ll always find someone who can put exactly the right book in your hands when you need it. We asked our buyers for their tips for the best gifts for the upcoming holiday season, and they came up with some great ones: new books, classic books, magazines, games, merchandise, and stationery.

Today you’ll find gift ideas for Graphic Novels & Comics, Manga, Art and Games as supplied by Ester, Martijn, Jitse and Jouke.

Even more gift ideas can be found here and here!

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An Hour With(out) Banksy

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

Two tickets for the price of one at FOAM Amsterdam

Friday, May 11th, 2012

The Amsterdam photography museum FOAM is holding an exhibition of photographs from Kathy Ryan’s The New York Times Magazine Photographs until May 30th.

Show an ABC receipt for €15 or more at the ticket desk at the museum and you’ll get two tickets to the exhibition for the price of one!

The New York Times Magazine Photographs by Kathy Ryan

The New York Times Magazine Photographs reflects upon and interrogates the very nature of both photography and print magazines at this pivotal moment in their history and evolution. This volume presents some of the finest commissioned photographs worldwide in four sections: reportage, portraiture, style and conceptual photography, including photo illustration.

The photographs are accompanied by reproduced tear sheets to allow for the examination of sequencing and the interplay between text and image, simultaneously presenting the work while illuminating its distillation to magazine form. This process is explored further through texts offering behind-the-scenes perspective and anecdotes by the many photographers, writers, editors and other collaborators whose voices have been a part of the magazine over the years. The New York Times Magazine Photographs serves as a springboard for a rigorous, necessary and revitalized examination of photography as presented within a modern journalistic context.

CANCELLED – Win tickets to Julia Cameron’s lecture on creativity!

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

Unfortunately Julia Cameron has cancelled the event, so there are no longer tickets to be won

In co-operation with Bliz Events, The American Book Center is giving away 5 pairs of tickets worth € 90 each for Julia Cameron’s lecture Creativity & Divinity”, taking place in Houten on Friday, May 11th, 2012.

Julia Cameron is a novelist, playwright, songwriter, poet, and the author of the ABC Evergreen The Artist’s Way. First published in 1992, The Artist’s Way is credited with helping millions find and express authentic creativity in their lives, in their work and in the world.

During her lecture Julia will remove every myth and monster that you hold dear that stops you from living your most creative life! Discover and recover your creative self. Stop telling yourself that “It’s too late”. Stop waiting until you make enough money before you do something you love. Stop thinking it’s just your ego whenever you yearn for a more creative life. Release the beliefs that dreams don’t matter, that your family and friends will think you’re crazy, or that creativity is a luxury you can’t afford. Julia will teach you how to do all this and much more! To find out how to enter the draw to win a pair of tickets, see our blog.

On May 12 and 13 Julia will also give a workshop on The Artist’s Way!

For a chance to win a pair of tickets to the lecture, just answer the following question:

Name an activity that Julia advises in The Artist’s Way to let your creativity flow.

Send your answer in an email to femke@abc.nl before May 6th. In the subject line, write “Julia Cameron Prize Draw”.

Date: Friday May 11th
Time: 19:00 – 21:30
Venue: Theater Aan de Slinger, Houten
Note: please bring a pen and a notebook
Normal Ticket Price: € 45; tickets at the door: € 50
More information: Bliz Events

Gift ideas for this Christmas: Art, Travel, (Big) Kids, and Psychology and Inspiration

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Let us be your personal shoppers!

ABC’s booksellers don’t just sell books: as well as being voracious readers, almost everyone you’ll meet at the cash desk at ABC is personally responsible for buying the books for one or more sections in the store. That means you’ll always find someone who can put exactly the right book in your hands when you need it. We asked our buyers for their tips for the best gifts for Christmas, and they came up with some crackers: a sackful of ideas to suit every taste and budget. There are new books, classic books, magazines, games, puzzles, and even cuddly toys. Here are just a few of their ideas. Follow the links to find more ideas on:

Art and Design
Travel
(Big) Kids
Psychology & Inspiration

Or, to see all of our gift ideas for 2011, see the other posts!

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