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Artist News
Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt’s Impact on 1960s New York’s Streets
Stencil Archive is always looking for stories and photographs to fill in the many gaps of lost/forgotten/unnoticed history relating to stencils in the streets. Brooklyn…
Read moreDaily Banksy Stencils In London [u]
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One goat, two elephants, three monkeys, and now a lone wolf... Banksy (his…
Read moreScott Williams, 'greatest of all stencil artists'...
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Scott Williams, ‘greatest of all stencil artists,’ dies at 67 (…
Read moreScott Williams: Inside Out Exhibit (2012)
Inside Out: Steven Wolf Fine Arts Recreates Scott Williams' Apartment Studio
Often considered a predecessor of "Mission School" street artists, Williams is most widely known for densely layered spray paint stencil murals.
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Scott Williams - 1956-2024
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In the amazing book "Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo", Aaron Noble was tasked with writing a feature about "The Stencil Godfather of the Mission" Scott Williams. In Noble's words, two parts stand out: Scott's art…
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Stefan Winterle says goodbye to Colab Gallery
After 14 successful years: Stefan Winterle says goodbye to Colab Gallery
Stefan Winterle (his Stencil Archive, and his website) says goodbye after 14 years as curator of the Colab Gallery in Weil am Rhein. During this time he curated 25 exhibitions with over 250 artists from Europe, the USA and Latin America.
Nach 14 erfolgreichen Jahren:
Stefan Winterle verabschiedet sich von der Colab Gallery
Stefan Winterle verabschiedet sich nach 14 Jahren als Kurator der Colab Gallery in Weil am Rhein. Während dieser Zeit…
Read moreRest In Paint - Russell Short - aka Klutch
Just hearing the sad news via Instagram, that artist and all-around lovable gruff, Klutch, has passed on to larger walls and bluer skies.
Read more10/08/61 to 06/08/23 03:47am. Rest in Power. It is with the greatest sadness, relief, and honor that I share with the world that our friend Klutch has passed. He joined the energy that surrounds us incredibly peacefully this morning. Thank you to every single person who…
Chris Stain Giving Away Stencil Printmaking Book
Just got word that Chris Stain (his Stencil Archive), long-time supporter of this project, has posted up his helpful and informative book "Stencil Printmaking: History / Info / How To" as a free pdf download.
This caused us to revisit the 2002 conversation we had with him, where we discussed stencils, screen printing, other bits and pieces. That old post has gone through more than one website upgrade, so we just refreshed and revised it to add on to this post about his free book download.
Here is the Justseeds page with a few photos of the book, and the link for the download.
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Read moreC215 Reminds Us to Fall in Love With Stencils All Over Again
Keeping up with street art and stencil books gets a bit overwhelming, especially when a search on Amazon for "stencil graffiti books" gets a few direct hits, along with books about tattoos, comic art, and yet another book trying to make money off of Banksy.
Today, an upcoming book by C215 (here is his Stencil Archive) caught our eye on social media, mostly because it is a how-to book that appears to be made with love and full of tips, encouragement, artist stories, and all that other funs stuff Stencil Archive loves to share and spread around.
We did it with our own book "Stencil Nation", and we have had a "Make Stencils" category on this site since 2004. Searching around the web today, we saw that Tristan Manco…
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