Come by!
"Tomorrow night see new work by Woodside’s current artist’s-in-residence during an informal open studio. A diverse range of work will be on view including painting, sculpture, prints, drawing, and mixed media. Participating artists, including Denise DeSpirito, Caleb Nussear, Tess Catalano, Alexis Grabowski, Vikki Michalios and Audrey Collins will be present for questions and conversation."
Contemporary Artist Center at Woodside is located at 71 Mill St. in South Troy, New York.

thanks to my australian friend marisa for this nice write up!

I'm at Contemporary Artist Center at Woodside in Troy, New York for the next couple of weeks for a residency. The studios and bedrooms are full of 19th century stained glass, I rang the bells in the old church, and it's beautiful fall colors everywhere. Those three facts don't even touch on how amazing it is.

Grand Champions Forever was a great success, if you haven't seen it tomorrow is the last day to check it out. Or you can check out the blog right here:
http://www.grandchampionsforever.blogspot.com/

Grand Champs is officially a week away.

Friday October 23rd 7-10pm
@ Factory Fresh - 1053 Flushing Ave Brooklyn, NY
between Morgan and Knickerbocker, off the L train Morgan Stop
Runs til Nov. 7th

Featuring:
Maylis Atkins, James Blagden, John Breiner, Rich Browd, Andreis Costa, Denise DeSpirto, Brendan Donnelly, J.Elias, Eric Elms, Michael Farmer, Gary Fogelson, Sam friedman, Matt Holister, Psychotropic Horizons, Taras Hrabowsky, Stephen Key, Mr. Kiji, Jordan Kleinman, Cat Lauigan, Sakura Maku, Josh Matta, Louie Guy Metzner, Soner On, Peter Paquin, John Francis Peters, Patrick Rocha, Graham Shimberg, Jessica Smith, Joe Whiteley, Mickey Duzyj, Ellis Gallagher

Louie made this awsome flyer for the upcoming Grand Champs Show I am in, it's going to be a great reunion of old friends and artists. See the flashback video preview John made below.

Making some thank you postcards for people i stayed with recently in New Mexico. My digital camera broke, so photo booth pics and disposable camera pics are where it's at right now.

Random projects happening - movies, books, and got into the Vermont Studio Center Residency Program, but still not sure if I am going to accept....

I haven't been out to Long Island in a bit and miss those beaches! Come spend the day at the beach on Friday then head to this show in the small beach town.

Gallerie 5 in Point Lookout is excited to announce Mescolare, a new group show featuring 10 fabulous artists:
Michael Friberg, Tim Brown, Jamie Cohen, Sebastien Aurillio, Shingo Francis, Yael Degany, Vivien Lewit, Michael Krasnowitz, Denise Despirito, and Jonathan Willard.

Please join us for the opening party:
Friday July 24th,
beginning 7:30PM
(til the cases of Red Stripe run out.....)

Gallerie 5 is located at 5 Lido Blvd.
Point Lookout, New York 11569

The show will be up through August
For more information, please call 516.382.8691 or 516.319.5255

(you can take the LIRR from Manhattan to Long Beach - easy directions at hopstop.com)

Feedback
Working Space 09

Wonjung Choi, Christopher Clary, Denise DeSpirito, Mike Estabrook,
Jen Mazza, Min Oh, Harumi Ori, Oraib Toukan

Curated by Thomas J. Lax

Opening Reception: June 27, 4-6 pm
Exhibition Dates: June 20 - August 1, 2009
Open Hours: Monday to Saturday: 12:00 to 5:30 pm

Feedback: Working Space 09 is AAI's annual exhibition featuring works selected by guest curator Thomas J. Lax from artists participating on the Lower East Side-Rotating Studio Program, in Fall 08 and Spring 09. AAI sponsors the Lower East Side Rotating Studio artist residency Program with artists chosen by a panel of outside artists, curators, and arts professionals in order to reaffirm our commitment to this vibrant and historically significant multicultural neighborhood. The artists selected are presented here in Working Space 09.


CUCHIFRITOS: an art gallery/project space at Essex Street Market, and a Program of the Artists Alliance Inc. Its focus is on contemporary art as it relates to community, social issues, and public space.
ESSEX ST.MARKET
Essex Street near Delancy NYC

Eastern District Presents:
"Plenty of Room on the Couch"
Curated by Jesse Lee Denning

Opening reception - Friday June 26th. 7 - 10pm
Special Guest DJ Todd Weinstock a.k.a. Toddlerone (Cubic Zirconia)
Sponsored by Asahi Beer

Featured artists:
-JK6- -Trevor Bittinger- -Colin Stinson- -Spaze Craft 1- -Denise DeSpirito- -John Breiner- -Dan Taylor- -Jesse Jones- -Kyoko Heshiimu- -Becca Roach- -Kelly Vetter- -Steve Smith- -New Colony- -Downer- -Chad Koeplinger- -AKO- -Michelle Tarantelli- -Gillian Goldstein- -Patrick Conlon- -Chip7- -Todd Noble- -Mister Mark- -Eyeball- -Chris O'Donnell- -Andreis Costa- -Zoe Sonenberg- -Carlyle Micklus- -Josh Taylor- -Jay Flanell- -Joshua Abram Howard- -Jeremiah Maddock- -Amandalynn- -Sweety- -Nikki Balls- -Subtexture- -Dosa Kim- -Amy Finkbeiner- -Aunia Kahn- -RROBOTS- -Dennis McNett- -Michael Alan- -Damion Silver- -JesseHectic- -JoKa- -Kristen Ferrell- -Douajee Vang- -Matt Vancura- -Grime- -Evan Cairo- -Parskid- -Justin Lipuma- -Regino Gonzales- -Lyndsey Lesh- -Tim Diet- -Dick Chicken- -Laura Meyers--Fernando Lions- -Sacha Jenkins- -James O'Brian- -John Reardon- -Myles Karr- -Dan Trocchio- -Andre Malcolm- -Leif Parsons- -Duane Bruton- -Bishop203- -Diego Mannino- -Civ-

jesse@eastern-district.com
Hours: 2-8pm Thursday-Sunday


EASTERN DISTRICT
43 BOGART STREET - L TRAIN TO MORGAN AVENUE.

www.Eastern-District.com

Things have been a bit slow over in studio world, I'd attribute it to the fact that the rest of my life seems like it's in some crazy warp speed zone, but new exciting things always seem to come with spring, right....

A view of the benefit exhibition at Fountain this weekend for a nautical art project, Swimming Cities of Serenissima, pioneered by the artist Swoon. She talks abut it in my friend's new issue of Sadie Magazine amongst other cool articles and interviews.

I'm participating in the Fountain Art Fair with Glowlab to benefit Swoon's Swimming Cities of Serenissima at Pier 66 26th St Hudson River Park March 5-8, 2009. And, come visit my new studio on N.10th and Berry in Brooklyn sometime soon!

I'm still alive! I just haven't updated this in super long, been researching and looking for inspiration, posting over on my my tumbler blog.

A shot from AAI Open Studios, the work is still up if you want to come by...

a few more photos on my flickr.

OPEN STUDIOS!
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2008
107 SUFFOLK STREET
My residency at AAI is almost over so please come check it out while you can. I'm on the fourth floor but there will be plenty to see in the whole building.
More info is on their website.
DIRECTIONS: f, j, m, z, train to Delancey/Essex St. Walk two blocks east to Suffolk Street. Building is located between Rivington and Delancey with entrance on Suffolk.

from a new series of drawings that I like this definition for:
vor·tex (vôrtks)
n. pl. vor·tex·es or vor·ti·ces (-t-sz)
A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it: a state of affairs likened to a whirlpool for violent activity, irresistible force, etc., a rapid rotatory movement of cosmic matter about a center

this is so deeply ingrained in my mind from sesame street as a kid, that i just recently realized how much some of my newer drawings remind me of it. I will put them up soon, but in the meantime - philip glass for sesame street, on repeat....

puzzling, or not so puzzling, pieces

I updated my resume on the Irving Sandler Artist File Online.

I painted an Obama figure for a Obama For America campaign auction on October 17th 7-11pm at The Showroom NYC at Toy Tokyo 117 Second Ave 2nd Floor at 7th Street. Mine is called the "Captain Planet Obama, He's our hero bringing pollution down to zero," but he does look a little bit like a raver, or maybe i should have covered him entirely with flowers like Koon's Puppy....

the studio! my time there is almost up, i wish it could last longer....
I was in this group show that had an opening this past weekend. There are some pictures on the website.

Cherry Bomb – Sadie's launch party and exhibition
Opening: August 12, 2008 7:00-9:00 pm
The Exhibition will be on view from August 13th – August 31st
Sadie Magazine and Metro Color Collision are proud to present our inaugural group exhibition featuring art from Sadie contributors. The artists are: Dan Abbott, Denise DeSpirito, Timothy Herzog, Melissa Levin, Jonathan Ratcliff, Molly Schulman, Lizzy Sise, Jasen Slutzkin, Jennifer Sullivan, Vadis Turner, Emily Walkiewicz, Lizz Wasserman, and Justine Zwiebel.
D&H Gallery is located at: 155 Spring St. on the 4 th floor, between Wooster & West Broadway

I moved into a studio on Suffolk and Rivington in the LES. It is through the Artist Alliance Inc. LES Rotating Studio Program It's in an amazing old school, if you're in the neighborhood, come by....

Irregular Patterns
curated by Shinsuke Aso

TOBEY FINE ARTS
580 Broadway Suite 902
New York, NY 10012
Tel. 212 431 7878

July 11 – August 16, 2008
Opening reception: Friday, July 11th, 6-8pm
Gallery hours: Tue – Sat, 11am -6pm

TOBEY FINE ARTS is pleased to present Irregular Patterns, a group exhibition of works by Denise DeSpirito, Stosh Tokarski, Joseph Woolridge and Scosha Woolridge.

Bushwick Open Studios!
Since I have been using a studio in my apartment to take part in the open studios I will have a couple of pieces in a group show at Nutroasters Gallery 120 Ingraham Street between Knickerbocker and Porter (closer to the corner of Porter) near the L Morgan stop.
There is a picture of a squirrel out front.
The space is open Sat. and Sun. 12-7pm.

This weekend The Canal Chapter inaugurates its new location, The Stanton Chapter with a transitional show, A Cloudburst of Material Possessions: A Metaphor for the Myriad Considerations.I'm happy to show some work along with the many other great artists, about 25 I think, and I'm not actually too sure what I even have up in it..... It's an interesting show and you can read the whole press release on The Canal Chapter website. The opening is Sunday June 8th 4-10pm at 176 STANTON STREET and will be up until June 23rd.

I also have a drawing in the new issue of Sadie Magazine. It's the second issue with great reading from interviews to book reviews. In case you didn't know "Sadie Magazine has all the cool kinds of people and things we wish we had known about earlier ourselves . . . Rather than training women to consume, Sadie aims to empower girls with stories of risk-taking ladies" amazing.

Some new drawings happening and also an old one in the art show to accompany the LES FEST a free event of theater, music, dance, video, etc. the weekend of May 23rd. The opening of the show is Tuesday May 20th 6-8pm and will be up until June 20th.

Some "pocket art" to go with two medium sized pieces at nAscent Art's, Art on the Block Auction and Benefit for Chefs for Humanity. Preview Wednesday March 26th, champagne reception with tickets, Thursday March 27th at L Gallery Studio 104 Reade Street in Tribeca, NYC from 5:30-9pm.