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14,200+ Pics After Today's Upload

Over 330 photos uploaded today and yesterday. Many thanks to all the people who submitted something. Every small submission contines to expand the documentation of the art form. DJ Podinski dropped the beats during this upload session.

Gary Atkinson submitted these pics

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

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

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

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Other Submits

a1one sent in some new work
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=7225

xoooox (thanks TXMX)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=60502

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

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

North Cali (thanks Larry)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=17110

Illinois (thanks Rachel)
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=16589

NYC
http://stencilarchive.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=15358

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Stencil Archive News

Germany Upload Special !

TXMX in Hamburg just sent over dozens of new flicks fm the streets of Hamburg (with a few other cities thrown in).

BBC also submitted some new work

And straight from Mitte, Berlin, DJ Podinski provided the beats during the uploading....

Just passed 14k pics! danke....

~~~ {uploading the rest tomorrow}

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Stencil Archive News

Digital Graff Wall, Now w. Stencils (Video)

Scott Williams sent me this video....

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Stencil Videos

Get Some Friends and Stencil Some Drains

Long-time Stencil Archive contributor Bryn threw a link my way from a Sacramento, CA government website, asking citizens to "Help educate your neighbors, Get a group together to stencil drainage inlets in your neighborhood with the 'don't dump here flows to creek' message." The PDF packet is about as legal as you can get for this stencil.

Here in San Francisco, the National Surfrider Foundation has begun to stencil drains around the City. Their site is looking for volunteers that will be "working with the local city governments on developing this program, designing stencils/plaques to be placed at storm drains, recruiting and coordinating volunteers to attach stencils/plaques to storm drains and map locations of storm drains/plaques. We need YOU for the project!"

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Make Stencils

Fascist Stencils in San Francisco

Anti-Fa DE

(thanks to Laura for this Antifa stencil pic from Dachau, Germany)

A month or so ago, I photographed a new stencil in Clarion Alley, the funky painted street by Community Thrift on Valencia St. I wasn't sure at first if I was going to post the image to Stencil Archive, because for the first time in San Francisco, I had captured a White Supremest logo as negative space. Huh? The "New Right"? Why the hell are they tagging a right wing stencil in Clarion Alley? [I posted the stencil, because people need to know what their icons are and deface them whenever they can.]

Before the Clarion Alley block party, a friend buffed the stencils. I don't blame him, especially since Clarion Alley is a lefty, Anarcho-Radical zone, with murals that make hate-free political statements as well as critique capitalist society. Before the Block Party, I got word that the SFPD were going to crack down on open alcohol containers during the event. I stopped by the alley early to look for stencils and double check that rumor. Sure enough, a volunteer was making a sign telling people to behave that day. (The SFPD harassed participants by riding motorcycles through the party and did issue open container citations.)