This no budget labor of love is fast becoming a well-oiled semi-pro org! After two server breaks in a year, we're rethinking our strategy and hope to have improved service for you all, very soon, from here on out!

Thanks,

Russell

Young & Free : Final Sneak Peak

Submitted by russell on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 19:21

A few more photos of the Young & Free install. Dabs and Myla working away under their mural, and Ha Ha's stencils on wood hanging on the opposite side of 941 Geary. See you all there tomorrow night!

@#%*!! Another Server Migration Breaks the Archives

Submitted by russell on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 14:27

Well.... my host Open Guild has moved this site to another server (again), and effectively broken the Archives (Gallery) side links to all the photos.

Please be patient while the OG people rectify the situation.

I may not announce the fix until next week. Hopefully things will be repaired by then and most of you won't even know!

Sorry (again) for the inconvenience....

Essay Inside: Blek le Rat "30 Year Retrospective"

Submitted by russell on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 14:04

I have written an essay for this very special book.

http://www.artpublishingltd.com/new/blek/

Blek le Rat, the “godfather” of stencil graffiti commemorates 30 years creating art on the streets with the launch of new retrospective from Art Publishing, Ltd.

Xavier Prou a.k.a. Blek le Rat, the Parisian-born artist practicing stencil graffiti since the late 1970’s, will be celebrating his 30-year anniversary of creating art on the streets later this year with a highly anticipated book launch at Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 and gallery exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Blek le Rat is one of the most prolific stencil graffiti artists of his generation, applying his trademark rats and iconic imagery around the world since New Year’s Eve, 1981. His work has…

New USA and SF Uploads

Submitted by russell on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 13:06

About 250 Total Uploads after this USA/SF (Pt. 2 of 2) batch...

Music today by Theme Time Radio Hour and Wire

DRL in LA
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/Artists_USA/DRL

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

One in Hopland, CA
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/California/North_C…

A few down LA way
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/USA/California/Los_Ang…

Two from the backlog files (2004!)
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New Int'l Submissions Uploaded to the Archives [u]

Submitted by russell on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 00:10

Surf music by: the Trashmen, Mr. Bungle, Ozric Tentacles

Submissions and photos by: Suzee in the City, Gary Atkinson, Larry Jones, Nathan Frankel, Sean Leow (NeochaEDGE), Pod and artists like YOU!

Egypt
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Africa/Egypt

>NEW< Freeman (EC)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/The_Americas/Artists_o…

>NEW< Brother (Taibei)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/index.php/Asia/artists/Brother-T…

>NEW< A Niu Aerosol (CN)
http://www.stencilarchive.org/archives/…

Street Lightnin' Gang Revisited

Submitted by russell on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 12:27

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.