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The American Book Center presents an exhibition and workshop-program for the benefit of the international charity association Room to Read. 20 international and national artists are participating at the exhibition with a huge variety of paintings, sculptures, photos and more in versatile styles. Participating artists will work on the “Room to Read” theme, interpreting this as broadly as they like: children, books, any of the countries in which Room to Read operates, stories they may have read as a child, school… All artists have agreed to donate 10% of their sales during the exhibition to Room to Read, with some artists contributing even more. The exhibition will kick off with a festive opening on October 5th. At 2PM, Artists and Storytellers will use StoryPeople (www.storypeople.com) as inspiration to help children create works of art based on their very own stories. At 4PM, there’ll be a reception to celebrate the children and exhibition artists, and an Auction to raise awareness and funds for Room to Read. Curators: Donna DuCarme and Gunilla Andersson |
Participating Artists: Gunilla AnderssonMy greatest inspiration is other peoples enthusiasm. |
Katja BerkenboschMijn techniek laat zicht het best omschrijven als 'schilderen met papier'. Ik werk met diverse soorten papier als handgeschept Tibetaans en Nepalees papier, krantenpapier en industrieel papier. Ik scheur en snijd dit tot kleine stukjes waar ik mijn panelen uit opbouw, er ontstaan zo nieuwe structuren.Mijn werkwijze is meditatief. Ik wil de beschouwer als het ware meenemen op mijn 'spirituele zoektochten' een wereld gevuld met symbool, kleur en taal. De symbolen zijn soms persoonlijk maar vaak ook universeel. |
Jan Doensejan@filmevents.nl“Every house needs a room to read.” |
 Jo Holdawayjoholdaway@hotmail.comI am a multi-disciplined artist and designer from the south west of England. Creatively inspired by my own personal childhood memories and experiences, I choose to present my art on wooden blocks in colourful smile-inducing ways! I have always been intrigued by seeing things from a different perspective and capturing a particular moment. I use wood so that my paintings are free-standing and therefore viewable from different angles... like life itself! |
 Cobie Hounietwww.cobiehouniet.comIn 1994, I started my ‘creative Handicraft’ studies in Amsterdam. This is a two-year training. After having completed this, I did a one-year supplementary course, called ‘Designing and Modelling’. Through working with different materials and a variety of stone, I knew I wanted to continue making sculptures, and ever since 1998, I have thoroughly enjoyed this work. In 1990, I build a very tiny studio at the back of my garden. In 2000 I did another course in ‘The Meerse’, (nowadays called Pier K.) at Hoofddorp, in the Netherlands. |
 Mara Leibumwww.maralisa.exto.nl |
Laser 3.14www.laser314.com“Sometimes it helps to dream.” |
 Corinne Lászlówww.Laszlo.eu / corinne@laszlo.eu‘The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically ………..Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.’ (Martin Luther King Jr.) |
 Christina Mitrentsewww.christinamitrentse.com / mitrentse@yahoo.com“The series of blackboard drawings create the quasi-scientific and educational truth expressed in science and history books. In an incessant reference to metaphor, which defines the significations of natural occurrences within everyday life, my work proposes the deconstruction of our conceptual mechanisms. By re-contextualizing groups of objects and by recreating imagery from books, I disrupt conventional readings, suggesting poetic ensembles ranging from the personal to the universal (in terms of how data is circulated in a number of institutions such as school, library, church, gallery and museum).” |
 Tashi Norbuwww.tashinorbu.beTashi Norbu, a Tibetan born in Bhutan in 7th July 1974, started his training in thangka painting after High School. He chose to work with one of the most respected teachers of traditional Tibetan art, venerable Sangey Yeshi. Tashi has worked as a thangka painter for the Private Office of His Holiness The Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India. He has illustrated several books, one of them called "Tashi The Tibetan", based on his own childhood, published by Paljor Publications. In 2000 Tashi came to live, work and study in Ghent, Belgium where he has gained more knowledge of western art. Presently, Tashi is dividing his time between Ghent, and the Temple art studio in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He feels a strong interest in bringing the beauty of the Tibetan culture in this modern world. May the Tibetan Culture shed its light on the entire world! |
 Chantz Perkenswww.chantzperkins.comInternational artist based in Amsterdam, Chantz has had many solo and group exhibitions in America and Europe. She has donated her work to auction for AIDS organizations in Los Angeles, Amsterdam and London to raise funds for their charities. Her love of sculpture is expressed in bronze and stone. The bronze pieces for this show are contemporary views of classic mythological themes. "I look at the stone for what it is: a beautiful mixture of pure color that flows. I look at the form that I created from it: a human body that in itself is beautiful in its flow. I touch with my hands and feel the curve of the hips and waist and breasts. I move around it and see a different image and a different mood. The stone stands as what it is: a beautiful piece of nature. What humans are still in awe of. A reflection of the land it came from. The colors of the sky and mountains and plants which once surrounded it. The sculpture stands as what I have made from it: my own interpretation of the human body as a perfect creation." For this series, I was inspired by the goddesses in mythology. The main attraction of these women for me is the strength of them. They have been traditionally portrayed in art as passive, submissive even. I wanted to show their power, fierce independence, bravery and sensuality. |
 Jonas Ransonjonasranson@yahoo.co.ukWorks are derived from a series of observations and meticulous drawing of children's toys and primitive architectural sources. Hand drawn then manipulated and assembled with digital software, the final works take the form of utopian structures, a kind of panoptical architectural system. The practical utopia, compiled from successful architectural examples and abstracted inferences of appropriate urban proportions, they are an exemplar of these utopias. Works make specific reference to utopian architectural structures that might form the basis for an idealised library or school of learning. A place to learn and play. |
 Tia Renee Ryanabsentia83@gmail.com |
 Etta Säfvehttp://ettasafve.neoimages.com / ettasafve@yahoo.comThe work is situated at the intersection of nature and culture. It strives to in a poetic way give form to questions on our being and our relation to longings, memories, wishes and places. The human ability and disability to understand our existence and the relation we have to nature interests me. The drawings for this occasion where made in relation to myths and sayings that played a roll in my childhood. |
 Harald Seiwertwww.seiwert.nl / seiwert@xs4all.nl”3 Portraits of poet Finnegan as Hans Christian Anderson, with an all-male-version. "The Little Match-Seller", "The Prince and the Pea", "The Emperor's New Suit". Part of my photoset “Inspired by...”. |
 StoryPeople/Brian Andreaswww.storypeople.comBrian Andreas is an American painter, writer and sculptor with a quirky and unique style that captures the wonder, mystery and humor of everyday life. He is famous for his StoryPeople: colorful prints, and objects made out of salvaged wood. These are painted in bright and warm colors, always including a short story based on a memory, a moment or an observation. The stories can be sweet, biting or anything in between – but always warm, thought-provoking and wonderfully human. This is one of the reasons why they are now translated into ten languages and touch the hearts of collectors all over the world. |
 Peter Vlot |
 Nick Walkerwww.walkercity.nl / nickwalker@planet.nl"Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity." - Hermann Hesse |
 Rene Zuiderveldwww.renezuiderveld.comSometimes an old self has to die for another to emerge. Recovering from cancer René Zuiderveld picked up a camera and hasn't put it down since. In close collaboration with his models, he creates suggestive images that tickle and tease. |
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Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration
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