Stencil Archive News

- Over 275 Pics in Aug. 3 Upload

Photos from around the world, but mostly from my recent travels (NC, Los Angeles, Chicago)

Thanks again to all of the folks who submitted pics and work. Keep them coming!

Music during the upload: Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Grateful Dead

a1one (IR)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=7225

Banksy (UK)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=4284

M-City (PL, but pics from Los Angeles)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=60803

Poland (thanks again Gary)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=5836

UK
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=5898

Canada (thanks Tino)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=2002

Boruchow (Philly)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=65277

*NEW* Cali Killa (LA, CA)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=70426

*NEW* hearts (Chicago)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=70444

*NEW* Nautilus (Chicago)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=70466

Mathew Curran (NC)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=13243

*NEW* nobody (Chicago)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=70494

*NEW* Ray Noland aka CRO (IL, NC)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=70506

Peat (MO)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=13061

North California
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=17110

Los Angeles
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=16864

North Carolina
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=16321

Chicago
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=16589

Nebraska
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=60649

Ohio
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=18015

Wisconsin
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=17659

In Media (vid still from Doors doc…. 1960s pro-segregation sign)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=18143

…. Meanwhile, in San Francisco …

CAB
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=65307

Eclair (Haight St. cluster)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=11823

Valencia St
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=9775

Haight St.
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=7970

Mission District
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=8411

Clarion Alley
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=38666

Western Addition (single)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=12659

Financial District
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=9477

Duboce Park (single)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=9276

Castro (single)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=7826

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- Stencil Archive Uploads: 275 from B to U

Just got a tiny Archive issue fixed so here are the freshest uploads from the past month.
hippie music provided by last.fm :: tea is peppermint :: browser is Chrome

Banksy in North America + Cut Outs (tnx Tino, et al)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=4284

Bolivia (single :: tnx Mona)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68580

boruchow (PA)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=65277

Cali - Oakland and beyond

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- New Archive, Old Photos

I may only upload photos to the site about once a month, but I also spend a lot of time on the site changing photo information, moving them around, updating better photos, etc. Almost five years ago, I found some great Day of the Dead stencils on Valencia St. The skeletons had whimsy, and the flying dog made me laugh (many stencils make me laugh, which is one reason I keep searching them out). So I snapped them and one of the photos ended up in "Stencil Nation." I never knew who the artist was, and only recently did the artist find out that she was in the book. So she found me on Flickr and I have now created a new archive for Lisbeth. I hope that she has more stencils to submit. After five years, who wouldn't?!

http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=69388 (Lisbeth's new artist archive)

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- Mini-Upload :: BLEK and ABOVE in SF, CA

White Walls had a show opening for the Blek and Above exhibit on Saturday. Got to meet Blek, share an old 1986 French book titled "Pochoir a la Une" which he enjoyed seeing. He was busy the whole week hanging the show so really didn't get out into the streets much. Hopefully that will not be the case the next time he comes back to the City. As for Above, he was not at the show on Sat. when I was there. White Walls director Justin said that he might show up. Would've been nice to meet him after seeing his work begin here in SF around 2002. Above gave away a screen-printed/autographed folder with a screen-printed flyer inside. I saw a guy at the door turn a box over while holding one of the take aways, so I happened to get the last one! Haven't seen any arrows hanging around the City either......

Blek and Above's art wil hang on White Walls until early June.

Blek's Archive: http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=50620

Above's Archive:  http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=10302

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- 15,000th photo uploaded tonight

Congrats to SF local CAB for being the 15,000th upload to the Stencil Archive. Since 2002, the good ole' Stencil Archive has been sharing stencil art of all kinds from around the world! This site doesn't work in a vacuum, so everyone that makes the art, takes the photos, and sends them over is much much appreciated!

Thanks to this month's bulk submitters: Gary Atkinson, Mon Graff, TXMX

EUROPE ::::

12 Inch Team (DE)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=57660

Banksy (mostly here in San Francisco and USA)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=4284

C215
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=60827

code
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=5296

funk25
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=3450

NEW :: Hogre (IT)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68497

NEW :: KBS (Hamburg)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68587

Ocioso
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=54926

Piratos
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=54935

Quasikunst
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=54944

NEW :: Sten
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68494

tona
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=56002

xooox (DE)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=60502

Germany
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=2603

Hamburg DE
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=2746

Denmark (just one)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=3069

Italy (dozens of new pics!)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=5638

UK
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=5898

ASIA AND AMERICAS ::::

NEW: Farhansigarlaki (ID)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68604

Argentina
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=173

NEW :: Bolivia (BO) … thanks Mona
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68580

Mexico (just one, thanks Larry)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=120

USA ::::

Boruchow (PA)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=65277

Larry Cyr (WA)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=55879

NIKD (OR)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=55634

Carlos Pinto (NYC)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68329

X-Sacto
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=50272

No. California (thanks Larry)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=17110

SAN FRANCISCO ::::

CAB
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=65307

Eclaire
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=11823

Sasquatch
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=65556

Scott Williams
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=10581

No Sit Lie Protest Stencils
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=12219

Haight St./Duboce Park
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=7970

the Mission
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=8411

the Castro
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=7826

Valencia St.
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=9775

SoMa
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=9477

Civic Center (thanks Larry)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=39134

Other hoods (thanks Angel and Ruby)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=9276

In Media (thanks X-Sacto)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=18143

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- Up on the Roof with Banksy's Haight St. Rat

Last Sunday, I walked over to Haight St. to see and photograph Banksy's rat up above Villain's Vault. I grabbed a chai and tried to figure out how he got up there. While I watched people snap photos, I realized that The Booksmith had a great angle for framing the rat. They were setting up a stencil window already, so I contacted the Booksmith's owner to make sure "Stencil Nation" was going to be in the window and see if she could help me get on the roof. Christin said that the stencil window was in the works two weeks prior to Banksy's apearance, and she gave me the contact info for the two property owners across the street. Gary got in touch quickly and wanted to go up there with me some time later this week. Sami, who owns the Red Vic building where the rat lives, contacted me and wanted to somehow include http://www.350.org/ as part of the Banksy frenzy. Sami planned to meet me today (Thursday) to look at some books and talk about http://www.350.org/ , and Gary finally had to cut the lock to his rooftop hatch and replace it before we met today to go up there. Sami doesn't like graffiti, taking care of her beautiful Victorian and displaying messages of peace and love are her main focus, so she wasn't completely thrilled about Banksy's rat. What she was thrilled about was trying to get her own meme going via the Banksy photos from all the tourists that visit the Upper Haight. She started out by getting her manager Troy to tack on a handmade 350.org sign, which may have blown away by now. I told her that painting a logo up there might be the best idea, and live longer among the elements. I went up there with Troy to snap some photos of the rat with the sign (Sami has a vision and we all are partners!), walking out a door that leads straight to the neighboring wall. Troy is convinced that Banksy stayed at the Red Vic B&B. Two Englishmen were registered there at the time of the crime, and they needed a key to get into the building the night the stencil went up. Troy watched videos and feels that a person who said he was Banksy on one of the vids (with a mask on) looked and sounded like the same person registered at the Red Vic. It seems that if the rat stays on the wall, Sami will have a 350.org logo by it. That is her vision and wish to turn an illegal piece of graffiti into a positive message that will help save the planet. I couldn't disagree with that and told her "It's your building, so you can put whatever you want on the wall!"

(photo without the 350.org sign, note that the line does not get drawn to the punchline.)

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- 7 May : Stencil Nation Meets Mission Muralismo

Cultural Encounters: Friday Nights at the de Young presents “Mission Muralismo” in partnership with Precita Eyes Muralists

Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo series presents “Directional Signals: Pranksters and Preachers, Paste and Stencil” featuring talks by Rigo, and John Jota Leaños. Also, Jack Napier, BLF co-founder, and Milton Rand, Kalman BLF chief scientist, will give a presentation titled “The Art and Science of Billboard Improvement,” plus stencil cutting demonstration by Russell Howze author of Stencil Nation: Graffiti, Community and Art.
Friday, May 7, 6–8:45 pm
Live music in Wilsey Court: Marcus Shelby Quartet featuring vocalist Faye Carol performing the MLK project, 6:30-8:30 pm
de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park
Programs are free of charge
www.deyoungmuseum.org and www.MISSIONMURALISMO.com
On Friday, May 7, the de Young Museum presents another dynamic program, luminous projections, and book signing in the ongoing series Mission Muralismo, in conjunction with the recently published book Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo, edited by Annice Jacoby for Precita Eyes Muralists, foreword by Carlos Santana (Abrams, 2009). The evening focuses on the talent and passionate work of major contributors to the book: Rigo, John Jota Leaños, Russell Howze, Jack Napier Billboard Liberation Front (BLF) co-founder, and Milton Rand Kalman BLF chief scientist.

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- Over 250 Pic Uploads from 4 Contintents

Thanks goes to the following people for submitting pics from their travels/wanderings:
Martin Reis, Tiago DeJerk, Gary Atkinson, Larry Jones, Karl Frost, and Danny G.

….Asia…..

A.R.I.E. (ID) >NEW<
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68120

Farid Steva (ID) >NEW<
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68145

…..Americas…..

Argentina (AR)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=173

….Middle East…..

Afghanistan (AF) (just one) >NEW<
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68269

….Canada…..

Janet Bike Girl (CA)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=2216

CA (Olympic Protest pic)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=2002

Urban Repair Squad (CA)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68275

…..Eruopa…..

12inchteam (DE)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=57660

C215 (FR)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=60827

Hellas (GR) >NEW<
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=67809

J. (FR)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=65006

jinks (FR) >NEW<
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=67836

LECKOmio (DE)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=58360

DE (just one)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=2603

PL
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=5836

ES
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=3086

RU (just one from Russia!) >NEW<
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68115

UK (several form 1981!)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=5898

…California…..

North Cal
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=17110

LA (just one)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=16864

March Fourth Education Budget Cut Protests >NEW<
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68311

….USA…..

Carlos Pinto (NYC) >NEW<
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68329

Boruchow
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=65277

Fidget (CA) >NEW<
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68353

Karl Frost (CA) >NEW<
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=68365

SOS (MI) (just one)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=64708

Xsacto (CA)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=50272

Denver, CO (just one)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=16819

….. San Francisco.....

Scott Williams
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=10581

Eclaire (just one)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=11823

USF, Western Addition
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=12659

Clarion Alley (just one)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=38666

Fillmore/Richmond Dist (just one)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=9703

Civic Center, Tenderloin (a few)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=39134

Other SF Locations
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=9276

the Mission (just one)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=8411

….In Media (tnx Xsacto)…..

http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=18143

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- Stencil Nation 3rd Print Out Now!

Jennifer at Manic D Press just contacted me to let me know that the 3rd print run of "Stencil Nation: Graffiti, Community, and Art" is out now and ready to hit your coffee tables and local (hopefully indy) book stores.
Keep an eye out on upcoming Stencil Nation appearances here and there throughout the spring and summer!

DISTRO INFO (for any interested shop/gallery owners):

  • USA
    • Consortium 800-283-3572
    • Last Gasp 415-824-6636 contact: Jon Longhi
    • Ingram 800-937-0995
    • Baker+Taylor 800-775-1800
    • Manic D Press 415-648-8288 contact: Jen Joseph
  • CANADA
    • Publishers Group Canada 1-800-747-8147
  • UK + EU
    • Turnaround PSL (London) 020 8829 3000
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