Stencil Archive News

23 April: Stencil Nation at Other Cinema

Submitted by russell on Wed, 03/23/2016 - 21:26

Four weeks can come quick. Prepare for a good time, with a presentation currently titled "Not Banksy".

Other Cinema on Facebook.
Craig Baldwin's OC HQ.

23 APR: Stencil Nation at Other Cinema (ATA, SF, CA)

Submitted by russell on Wed, 02/10/2016 - 19:35

New Uploads, Passing 21,000 photos

Submitted by russell on Sun, 01/17/2016 - 20:39

21,000 uploads to the Stencil Archive. Here's to 1,000s more.
Respect to all who have submitted, cut, painted, photographed.
Thanks to: Larry, Daryl, Mark, Mona, Pod

SJEL
Banksy
XLterrestrials
Paris (just one)
Mexico (just one)

FAILE
Colorado (just one)
East Bay, Cal
Kentucky
…

New Dec. Photo Upload on Stencil Archive

Submitted by russell on Sun, 12/06/2015 - 15:59

The TARDIS gets a stencil. More surprises in store for today's Stencil Archive uploads. Music support by WRAS, WREK, and KTRU. Rainy December day in San Francisco. Enjoy things indoors with more stencils.....

Mexico (thanks, Larry)
Istanbul (thanks, Jef)

In Media (Doctor Who)

East Bay, California
Los Angeles (just one)
North Cal (just one; thanks, Josiah and Celeste)
NYC (just…

15 Nov: Stencil Archive Presenting at Howard Zinn Book Fair

Submitted by russell on Sat, 11/07/2015 - 11:36

Have any plans Sunday, November 15? Come out to the Howard Zinn Book Fair and hear me give a 15 minute presentation on stencils and street art.

The presentation will be 1:45 in the Grace Lee Boggs room.

WHERE:
City College of SF Mission Campus
1125 Valencia St.

My presentation will support an hour long program by authors Rachel Cassandra and Lauren Gucik, who are releasing their book Women Street Artists of Latin America: Art Without Fear/ Grafiteras y Muralistas en América Latina: Arte Sin Miedo through my publisher Manic D Press.

This book shines light on female art and voices in the lesser explored Latin American street art scenes. I frequently hear people…

Site Down Overnight

Submitted by russell on Sat, 11/07/2015 - 11:18

If you tried to visit the Stencil Archive last night, you probably saw an error page. We aren't sure what happened and it appears to be all good and up again. Apologies if this interrupted your stencil enjoyment in any way. As always, this project is a bootstrap, grassroots one. Any support goes straight to the admin and upkeep of the Stencil Archive. Profit of any kind is hilarious in this age of hypercapitalism. As a great street artist once said, "art should be free to the public and not inside a stuffy old building."

New Photos on Stencil Archive

Submitted by russell on Sun, 10/11/2015 - 12:59

Three-day weekend and nothing to do? Time to click through some stencil pics!

Music by WRAS and KTRU ::: Efficient split-screen by El Capitan ::: Thanks for the submissions: Celeste, Josiah, Amanda, Paul, Terri)

ARTISTS:::::

Banksy
Blek in NYC (thanks, Paul Delano)
C215 in San Francisco and Istanbul (thanks, Amanda)
>NEW< JPS (UK)
>NEW< AINAC (Art is not a Crime)
…

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,…