Posts Tagged ‘tour’

Jul

5

2009

Final Pics fm Stencil Nation Tour

Author: Russell
Some of the Da Vinci HS students who stopped by my presentation in Davis, CA. Most of them went to Mrs. Burke's class afterwards and cut some stencils.
Made some globes for Box Car Books after the great presentation there. The folks who hung out during the painting got to spray some stencils themselves.

After baking in the sun at the graffiti flood wall, I cooled down at the Arch while I waited for Peat to give me the grand tour of the city.
Me and Peat put on some amazing masks by Milwaukee artist Jeremy Wolf, and hang out in one of Mad Art's jail cells. St. Louis

Believe it or not, I found two stenciled stickers in the jet in this photo. But most of my time at City Museum was spent climbing, sliding, scooting, etc. FUN!
The SN spread and demo area in the foreground. I'm showing them A1one's recent Green Pencils in Iran. Mad Art, St. Louis.

Peat knocks out a Keith Haring stencil at my Mad Art presentation. He also showed videos of his works.
Giving a stencil demo at Mad Art, St. Louis. This time, the globe's going on a piece of vinyl Peat gave me to paint.

Got to paint stencils at Peat's St. Louis studio. This is the final globe piece on vinyl, which I gave to Peat in appreciation.

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Jun

29

2009

Stencil Nation Tour: the table

Author: Russell

Just posted this up in the HFt Productions page, and thought you all might like to see the final listing of all the tour dates from the past year. Every thing adds up to 60 stops, with only two cancellations. THANKS again to ALL the people who helped keep me on the road, in the air, and in the spaces with all these fun, stencil-related events. Things I did this year: digital slide presentations, skillshares, street art tours, stenciling demos, book signings, stencil VJ’ing, exhibits, interviews, window displays, budget stencil art sales, and much more!

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Jun

28

2009

FORA.tv Stencil Nation Video

Author: Russell

Back in April, FORA.tv recorded the Stencil Nation presentation at Booksmith up on Haight St. in San Francisco.  It has been posted on their site for a while (over 700 views, who knew?) but I decided not to spread the word until I finished the touring. With the Year of Stencil Nation finally complete, I present to you the presentation in all its guts and glory. Or should I say umms and uhs. This presentation changed over time (in Middle America, I opened up the presentation with pics of stencils and street art from Iran), and was always different. So here’s a unique slice of what was going down on tour a few months ago.

If you have Windows Player installed, you can see the Dec. 12, 2008 version of the presentation from A Cappella Books in Atlanta, GA (recorded by the Atlanta Forum Network).

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Jun

23

2009

B-Town, Paint Louis and Beyond

Author: Russell

The week has flown by. I drove over the Canadian/USA border at Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls almost a week ago. Got to see the falls from the bridge, and I didn’t need to stop to catch any other view. The border guard didn’t flinch at the big bike box in the back. If he had looked, he would’ve found a partial bike made from used parts. The back tire of the bike Martin Heath made for me began to squeak again. It started up after I pushed the coaster break. Martin said the back tire was shot and that I’d have to find another one in San Francisco.

Martin gave me a pass to see the opening of the Short Film Festival up on Bloor St. Then I went to CineCycle, helped pack the bike, and watched some amazing 1960s Serioscope jukebox music reels. They were dated, but extremely interesting to watch. I said final goodbyes to Janet and then Martin and I pushed the bike to my China Town flat on a dolly. Toronto was fun! Can’t wait to post the stencils from there when I get a chance.
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Jun

20

2009

Middle America Tour Pics pt 1

Author: Russell
Got caught in a storm with a Chicago angel, and a rainbow approved
Trumbull's green and tasty garden, with nice community sign (Detroit)

One of Trumbull's community members uses old freezers to run a sprout business in Detroit
Janet snaps a pic of me, the bike Martin Heath made for me, and Toronto (on the Humber River bridge)

The living roof at the Robertson Building, TO (they also have a bio wall that filters the building's air)

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Jun

16

2009

Toronto Street Art Bike Tour

Author: Russell



Up on my domino soap box (as Tino displays Stencil Nation), I explain how bikes and stencils taste as good together as peanut butter and chocolate. Last Saturday, forty people came along for Tino’s two-plus hour tour of the city’s cut-out wonders.

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