The letterpress studio of Lead Graffiti was voted Newark’s favorite artist of 2024 in a recent citizen poll by the Newark Post. That inspired the Newark Arts Alliance to dedicate its January exhibition to an overview of Lead Graffiti’s work over the past two decades and its dedication to “printing slowly & patiently via letterpress in Newark, Delaware.”
The solo exhibition, “Lead Graffiti: An Exhibition of Letterpress and Book Arts” runs through Jan. 17 at the Newark Arts Alliance Gallery, located in the Shoppes at Louviers on Paper Mill Road. A public reception will be held on Jan. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. The gallery is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. daily and noon to 8 p.m. on Fridays.
Lead Graffiti was formed in 2008 by Ray Nichols and Jill Cypher as an experimental letterpress laboratory. The husband-and-wife team of artists/designers focused on public causes, a love of words and typography, passing historical and technical information forward, and a playful disregard for the usual design rules…