Stencil Archive News

2025 Banksy, with a few other uploads

Submitted by russell on Fri, 05/30/2025 - 10:12

Banky 2025 Lighthouse shadow — Banksy's new one, assumed to be in France.

If we're going to join the clickbait chum that always surrounds Banksy's new ones, we might as well add a few other updates for…

SF Stencil Archives Update Complete

Submitted by russell on Sat, 05/24/2025 - 11:30

Heart 101 SF Mission tag box get busted — Snapped this one on Shotwell in early 2000s (by Heart 101).

The San Francisco Stencil Archive has been completely updated. Thoroughly enjoyed the S-Z…

South America Total

Submitted by russell on Fri, 05/23/2025 - 10:26

AR Buenos Aires whale and hunter ph Amanda — In the streets of Buenos Aires (ph Amanda)

Sometimes uploading new images to Stencil Archive is smooth and easy! Thanks…

New Image of the 2009 Stencilada Exhibit

Submitted by russell on Tue, 05/20/2025 - 13:40

2009 CELLspace Metal Mural Stencilada v2

Jane Verma, one of the metal artists that designed and fabricated the CELLspace Metal Mural back in 2009, just sent us a stitched photo of the whole work, along with the…

CELLspace Street Art Comes Alive this Fall!

Submitted by russell on Sat, 05/17/2025 - 16:08

This September, the Midway Gallery here in San Francisco, will celebrate the final install of the CELL Metal Mural (it took ten years, and two new fabricated sections, to finish the project) by showing some of the stencil panels that were originally installed under the Metal Mural in 2009. Other early 2000s murals, featuring Icy and Sot, Regan Ha Ha Tamanui, and Peat EYEZ, will also be on the walls, with new works from CELL alums and other CELLspace ephemera. More posts coming soon.

Some More SF Artist Archive Updates

Submitted by russell on Fri, 05/16/2025 - 10:50

Newsom's Girl SF Mission 02 — One in a series of "Newsom's Girl" stencils from around 2007.

We spent a little bit of time this week dusting off some more older corners of the Stencil Archive's SF Artists piles.…

For the Moms...

Submitted by russell on Sun, 05/11/2025 - 10:56

In Media David Lynch painting circles — David Lynch painting circle stencils and creating halftones.

Sunny Sunday here in SF. Before we walk to stencil search and enjoy the day, some…

San Francisco Flashbacks

Submitted by russell on Fri, 05/09/2025 - 07:35

Hole in the Head SF Mission banana punk — Hole in the Head

We took a long break from the Stencil Archive updating project. It is a bit too tedious, and hand-crampingly painful, to crank out in one go. The most…