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12k upload marker passed! Artists special today

Just uploaded a large chunk of my photos from the past few weeks here in East Europe. And, along with a pile of submissions from artists and photographers, Stencil Archive has passed the 12,000 photo marker! Now that uploading photos online is super easy, I appreciate everyone's participation in this site even more. I am posting to other sites, but only give out 2 or 4. You do know that Flickr/Yahoo owns your photos don't you? Once you upload? Check the agreement you OK'd!

Many, many artists uploaded today. Not everything from Hamburg, Berlin, and Vienna is up yet. Will get to the rest this week or maybe next week back in the USA.

Thanks again for a great mini-tour of the EU. Appreciate the crowds, the interest, the conversations, and the love of spray paint art......

Icy in Iran sent over photos for a new archive

updated archives from

new pics also found in

and now for the European artist uploads

stencils = good x's

Cut Copy: A Stencil Show

T & P Fine Art Gallery
Opening Friday Feb 6th 2009 7pm
1143 South 9th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Featuring:
2 Cent, Ame72, Adam 5100, Bandit, Ben Slow, Buildmore, Crystal Shephard, DiRQuo, Dogbyte, Daan, Eelus, Funky Red Dog, Jef Aerosol, JRF, Kenji Nakayama, L.E.T. , Mark Carvalho, Mimi The Clown, Mr. Brainwash, Neverwork, Nick Gentry, NTEL, Papermonster, Pure Evil, Rene Gagnon, Skullphone, Soule.

Paris: Don't Stop the Movement (Video)

Paris' 2008 video, "Don't Stop the Movement" shows some serious protest going down in the streets of San Francisco. People are getting up in the background, and stencils, posters, tages, etc. are part of the uprising.

CSPG call for posters

MasterPeaces: High Art for Higher Purpose

June 6 - 27, 2009

Da Vinci Gallery
Los Angeles City College
855 N. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90029
323.953.4000

Bike Love: Janet Attard Open Studio

Bike Love - Janet Bike Girl Open Studio Show & Sale
401 Richmond St West,
Studio S-26 Basement
Toronto, Canada



Fri Feb13 2009...................noon to 8pm
Sat Feb 14 2009...............................................noon to 6pm
Sun Feb 15 2009............noon to 5pm
Mon Feb 16 2009...noon to 6pm

for info about the 401 Richmond, please visit www.401richmond.net

Stencil Nation vs. XLt: 22.1 Wien Infoz (in Austrian)

»STENCIL NATION« LIVE in der ZEITVERTRIEB Galerie,
Kirchengasse 36, 1070 Wien – am Donnerstag 22. Jänner, ab 19h!!!

Buchpräsentation und Dia Vortrag von Russell Howze

Im Rahmen der »Stencil Nation« Europa Tour mit dj/vj Podinski (XL terrestrials)
global graffiti vj remix (Motive aus dem 10,000 Bilder grossen stencilarchive.org)
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»Stencil Nation: Graffiti, Community and Art« von Russell Howze, erschienen bei Manic D Press zeigt auf über 500 Farbfotografien ausgewählte Werke von mehr als 350 Künstlern wie Banksy, Jef Aerosol, Logan Hicks, Adam5100, Arofish, M-City, SWOON, Hao, John Fekner, Peat Wollaeger, Klutch u.a. aus 28 Ländern z.B. Deutschland, Polen, Australien, Japan, Kanada, Spanien, Libanon, Israel und die USA.