Stencil Archive News

Over 100 New Uploads for Stencil Archive

Submitted by russell on Sun, 08/16/2015 - 16:16

<<<< Yoda on paper in Paris; photo by Anna

France (thanks Anna)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/France

Stephane Moscato (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/European_Artist…

Chicago (just one; thanks Brent)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Illinois

>NEW< Mig Kokinda (TX)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/Mig…

Famous poster spot to get a parklet (SF, CA)

Submitted by russell on Sat, 05/23/2015 - 10:34

Bruce Tomb has been a long-time supporter of street art, mostly via postering, along the ever-changing Valencia Street corridor. On the wall of a former police station, the (de)Appropriation Project has been a vibrant source of stencils, posters, and political and personal expression. I have heavily documented it over the years, putting some photos in Stencil Nation and labelling my photos with "dap" when I put them here on the Stencil Archive. Tomb's wall is a special wall: legal, unedited (unless you don't like the commercials ads that sometimes get put up on there), encouraged, and community-supported. As waves of change hit the Mission District,…

Final TXMX Uploads: Hamburg Calling

Submitted by russell on Sun, 05/03/2015 - 14:07

In Hamburg, from the TXMX archives

Hamburg’s finest
http://stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/Hamburg

Alias
http://stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/European_Artists/Al…

>NEW< CSP
http://stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/European_Artists/CSP

>NEW< Liebsein
http://stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/…

Pics from TXMX, AWSM, and May Day SF

Submitted by russell on Sat, 05/02/2015 - 19:16

Barcelona photos from the archives of TXMX (Hamburg)
http://stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/Spain

>NEW< Rice
http://stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/European_Artists/Ri…

>NEW< SM172
http://stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/European_Artists/SM…

C215
http://stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Europe/European_Artists/c2…

A few from AWSM in Mexico
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Part II: Photo Uploads from San Francisco

Submitted by russell on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 21:57

Fresh from San Francisco
<<< Black Lives Matter (artist currently unknown)

>NEW< Alex Rupert
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/San_Francisco/Artists_…

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

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

Clarion Alley
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Part I: New Photos on Stencil Archive

Submitted by russell on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 21:11

These uploads will come in several parts. Right now, Part I:
<< MLK by RC, Montgomery, AL

Argentina (thanks Paul)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/The_Americas/Argentina

Columbia (just one)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/The_Americas/Columbia

Morocco (just one; thanks Monica)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Middle_East

>NEW< Siqueiros (MX; 1930s)
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Saving Murals from the SF Condo Boom

Submitted by russell on Fri, 03/20/2015 - 08:17

Various Works: 2050 Bryant, CELLspace
Know Your Street Art, SF Weekly by Jonathan Curiel
<< Photo: Icy & Sot with HA-HA (CELLspace, SF, CA)

On a wall just inside the building formerly known as CELLspace, an artwork delivers a defiant message: "NOT for Sale!" But the message is a lie — the building, whose exterior walls once featured some of the best street art in San Francisco, was sold and is slated for development. Last summer, two volunteers — artist Russell Howze and art editor Annice Jacoby — took down much of the outside art…