Stencil Archive News

Thanks, As Always - Tour Reviews - RIP Vayable

Submitted by russell on

Back in 2010, Banksy promoted his documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop" by painting walls across North America. He decided to visit San Francisco and started what I consider one of the first ever public Twitter frenzies: once a stencil went up, word got out, and the people amassed. I was in the middle of this fun frenzy, and made extra efforts to get up on roof tops for photos. A mutual friend, who had access to a bus, started giving tours of the Banksy pieces in the City. He contacted me after several people told him that I was the guy with the Stencil Archive site. On one of his last bus tours (the Banksy pieces eventually got destroyed; only two of about thirteen exist now), I was approached by a few people from a start up called Vayable. "Have you ever thought of giving a…

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A Quick Archive Upload

Submitted by russell on

Just 15 new images this round.
Submissions thanks to Brooklyn Street Art, Cool Tour Spain
Photo: Art by Por Favor in Madrid, snapped by Cool Tour Spain

Banksy

>NEW< SNIK (UK)

SM172

Spain

NYC

Oakland (just one)

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Fresh Uploads: Stencil Pics for Fall

Submitted by russell on

Thanks to: Stephen, Josiah, Esmeralda, Mark, SF Poster Syndicate, and Brooklyn Street Art
LPs Spinning: Dukes of Stratosphear, Tom Waits, and Queen
Photo: A Greta poster from the recent climate march in San Francisco

Mill Valley, CA

The Berkshires, MA (just one)

Asheville, NC (just one)

NYC

Wash., DC (just one)

On…

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Labor Day Photo Uploads - Artists ed.

Submitted by russell on

Thanks to: Stephen B., Chris C., Josiah S., Colab Gallery, and Brooklyn Street Art
LPs on the platter: James Brown, Jeff Tweedy
Photo: TrustyScribe near South Park, SF

>NEW< Lambros (NYC)

>NEW< Rene Gagnon (MA)

>NEW< Hellbent (NYC)

>NEW< TrustyScribe (SF)

>NEW< YON (SF)

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Yes, please. More... stencil photos

Submitted by russell on

Music by: Trey, Fish, Mike, and Page
Photo: art by MINTY, on Brick Lane, London

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Oakland, CA (just one)

Dozens from London, UK

C215 (just one)

Jaune (just one)

Stinkfish (just one)

Vox Romana (just one)

>NEW<

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Finally! New Photo Uploads - Mid-Summer ed.

Submitted by russell on

Thanks for the submissions: Francis Mariani, Alicia Benoit, TXMX, Eleni, Deborah, Kellan, and Brooklyn Street Art
On the turntable: Tame Impala, Robert Plant, Femi Kuti
Photo: Alicia Benoit (Siena, IT); artist unknown

>NEW< Morocco (just one)

France

Italy

Canada

UK (just one, for now)

East Bay, Cal

Los Angeles (just one)

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New Late-May Uploads for the Stencil Archives

Submitted by russell on

Submission thanks to: Kevin Caplicki (Just Seeds), Josiah, Brooklyn Street Art, and fnnch
Tunes while we work (brought to you by the letter "R"): Rush, Radiohead, Rolling Stones, and Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
Art/Photo: Vox Romana

blek (just one)

Cuba (finally! just one)

Eclair

fnnch

Los Angeles, CA, USA

NeSpoon (just one)

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(FIXED) ISSUE: Thumbnails down in the Archive pages

Submitted by russell on

Thanks to Mission Web Works for the fix!

Issue has been fixed.... refresh your browser to reload thumbnails.

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You may have noticed that the Stencil Archive albums are showing broken links for the thumbnails. Emails and job tickets have been put in motion to fix the broken links.

WORKAROUND: The linked text/titles still work. Clicking through will get you to the albums, where the stencil photos can still be viewed.

As always, thanks for visiting and being patient while we fix things.

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New Uploads for Pollen-filled Sunsets

Submitted by russell on

Submission thanks to: TXMX, Josiah, Brooklyn Street Art, Mission Local, and Jeremy Novy
Vinyl backup by: Pink Floyd, Animal Collective, and Tom Waits
Photo: color snap of Bear and Bob Thomas' original Grateful Dead logo stencil (1970, WI)

The rest of the CDMX stencils

akore (just one)

A few from C215

>NEW< leni (Hamburg)

liebsein

>NEW<…

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New Pics: CDMX especial

Submitted by russell on

Thanks for the extra set of eyes, Esmeralda.
Photo: Funky cook in Roma Norte

All styles en CDMX (Mexico City)

>NEW< Funky Cook

>NEW< Cartel del Arte