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10 Sep :: Young and Free (SF, CA)



http://www.youngandfreeart.com/

September 10, 2011- October 22, 2011

Anthony Lister, Kid Zoom, Dabs & Myla, Dmote, New2, Megs, Ben Frost, Ha-Ha, Reke, Rona, Sofles, Vexta
About Young & Free

“I like renegades – there’s something so attractive about their natural instinct to defy convention.” Anon.

Some call Australia the ‘lucky country’, but we’ve always made our own fate. From a rebellious past we’ve forged an identity steeped in cunning ingenuity, creative discontent and unorthodox flair. We’ve staged rebellions over rum, gained notoriety and won Nobels. We invented cask wine and Wi-Fi and we’ve won countless world titles. There may not be a lot of us, but we’ve always packed a punch.

Street Lightnin' Gang Revisited

In 1976, David Willis got busted for spraying a stencil. The recent Stencil Archive transition killed the links on the images for the illustrated story version.

I just fixed the links, and the story is worth reposting for newer visitors to check out.

http://www.stencilarchive.org/node/870

If you find broken links anywhere on Stencil Archive, please contact me.

If you have stencil history of your own to share (1999 or earlier), please send me stories, links, photos, etc.

Fresh Photos for Stencil Archive, pt. 2

270 total uploads for Pt. 1 and Pt. 2

Tunage provided by WWOZ, New Orleans

you have the following choices for dessert:

USA :::

Boruchow
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/jboruc…

Faile (just one, thanks Jeremy)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/Faile

Swoon (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/swoon

East Bay, North California
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/California/North_C…

Louisiana (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Louisiana

New Jersey (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/New-Jersey

NYC (just one, thanks Kimilee)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/New_York

Washington (just one, thanks Jo3)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Washington

Wisconsin (just one, thanks Kevin)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Wisconsin

SF (thanks Larry, Josiah) :::

CAB
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

eclair
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

*NEW* Gavin Worth
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

Get Up
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

Michael Roman
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

*NEW* Robin MacLean
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

Sasquatch 23 (who keeps stealing these paste ups off the walls?)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

*NEW* Todd Hanson
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

XAVI (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

….

Clarion Alley
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/ClarionA…

Upper Haight
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Haight_D…

The Mission
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/The_Miss…

Valencia St.
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Valencia…

Western Addition
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Western_…

Elsewhere in SF
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Other_SF…