Arting Outside the Canvas” & to the Walls and Ceilings of her 12 ft x 8 ft bedroom…Exhibition 11/19/10

Ever since the first brush stroke, it’s been a dream of mine to open this room to the public.
I had lived in this room for a year and each morning was filled with an explosion of color touched by the bright sun. This gave me the energy I needed to begin my day.
This room makes me feel alive!
Come share this special moment with me and this wonderful once in a lifetime event.
I am honored to be sharing the bill with such amazing artists.
We began hanging the pieces yesterday and I was blown awayyyy!

Join us and be a part of our community in great conversation, music and ART!!!!

Wonderland invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168736766483528
Yours,
Andriana Santiago

“Arting Outside The Canvas”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 17, 2010

ASTORIA, NY- November 17, 2010- On Friday November 19, 2010, from 6 PM to midnight the Wonderland Artist Collective will host a Multi Media Gallery Exhibition featuring 14 artists including Andriana Santiago.

In this exhibition, Andriana takes her artwork beyond the canvas and to the walls and ceilings of her 12 ft x 8 ft bedroom. The room was arted to enhance the perspective of movement through color and light, and transport the mind to a new and unique world of art. Moving beyond sight to stimulate all the senses, this exhibit is meant to be interacted with–and to be lived.

Andriana was an artist-in-residence at Wonderland Artist Collective during the creation of “Arting Outside The Canvas”. Now that the space is in transition, this is the last time Andriana’s room will be displayed for public viewing, and it will be painted back to white.

Admission to the Wonderland Gallery Event is a $5 donation to help fund Wonderland’s Art Jam, an open studio for artists every Wednesday night from 8-10PM. Wonderland Collective is located at 3801 23rd Ave, Queens, NY 11105.

Uptown N/Q to Last Stop Ditmars. For more info please visit http://wonderlandny.com/contact.html

About Andriana Santiago

Andriana Santiago is a musician with an unconventional take on art. Using the movement of music to create color and shape, she expands her work beyond traditional mediums. It’s her interpretation of music in concrete form. Much of her work revolves around the recycling and reviving of everyday objects to create both interactive and functional art.

An avid street artist, she can often be found drawing inspiration from her local community. Known for her collection of discarded vinyl records made into wearable art, these pieces are sculpted into little jems for custom pendants, broaches, rings, clothing, shoes, accessories, guitars, and more. View Andriana’s art throughout New York City, in Union Square and select boutiques galleries.

For more information about the Artist visit: http://AndrianaSantiago.com

Scheduled private interviews, photo/videoshoots are available with Andriana in her arted room before the event on Friday from 12PM- 6PM @ the Wonderland Artist Collective.

Contact to schedule a time:
AndrianaSantiago@gmail.com
Media:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNmvLhHhpmA
Photo gallery: http://picasaweb.google.com/andrianasantiago

About the Wonderland Artist Collective

Wonderland Collective is a creative community dedicated to excellence and innovation in music, art, performance, literature, social experiment, and arts activism. Divided into sixteen private studios and several large common studio spaces in their New York facility, Wonderland is available for creative projects and events. For more information about the Wonderland Collective visit http://wonderlandny.com.

If you are interested in attending the Wonderland Gallery Event email: AndrianaSantiago@gmail.com

FLORIDA ADVENTURES!

it began over a month ago.
i came to FL to get juried in Key west to sell me artwork.
i stayed with my friend and ex roomie kayti bunny (bunnyhoops.com).
i made it to the keys by 10am on a monday the day before my departure, made my artwork live in front of the committee, then by 3pm they called me to tell me the great news! i’d gotten chosen to sell my artwork at the Sunset Celebration in Mallory Square Key West!
so i had to come back within 30 days to solidify my spot for the future, so whenever i wanted to come to the keys.
so 3 weeks later i returned to key west. This time i chose to couch surf on a boat.
best decision ever! i stayed with dustin. he was welcoming and very sweet.
while living on a boat for a week, my love and passion for being on the water grew into a feeling of love and desire i’d never even knew existing.
Snorkeling for the 1st time in my life left me obsessed with the element of water. i’d often get distracted from watching the fish & coral to stare at small slow moving particles. when water is so still its move and looks like gel.
even riding the dingy fascinates me… how it rides on the surface as the water. oh! and riding a dingy at night is even more magical bc then the moonlight shines on the still water and i feel like i’m in a mistical fantasy land. Earth is soooooooo fascinating. we live in such a miracle to almost unreal.
Although Ive been traveling to FL to sell me artwork, I’ve been here with my heart filled with the most overwhelming insatiable desire to enjoy as much as i can of everything FL’s nature experience has to offer.
i am devistated by what’s happening in the GULF. i’ve never been so unsure and sad about the future of the planet as i am now. so many of us know that the worst is yet to come when you hear about Oil Rain. so many of us urban folks who live in NYC desire to be close to the earth and grow food with permaculture methods, sleep outside, make our already artistic communitiees in sustanible ones… but we do our best with our roofdeck or window pane herbs and veggatables. to read articles about how if oil rain got into our food supplies North America could have a famine is soooooo real.
mostly all people i’ve encountered while at sea or around in general are in denial or do not talk about it.
SO BACK TO MY STORY!
i got chosen to sell my artwork in Key west, so i went back within the 30 days then vending for 4 days during my 6 day stay in Key West.
I had such a beautiful experience selling my artwork in MAllory Square. the tourists where so sweet and the talent was so much fun to watch! I had a jewelry makers Daughter named Kayla keep me company and make me laugh. I sold the flat vinyl records that I art on both sides (to hang on your wall or ceiling with clear string) and fan chain pulls that i also arted from vinyl.
in these 6 days i lived on a boat docked at a Marina. We took the dingy past the deep bay area into this 3 foot area. i put on my snorkeling goggles and breathing tube and jumped off the dingy. i tried to avoid stepping on the ground and so i floated. i was like an airplane. i had an arial view of all these amazing sea vegetation and cute fish. it was like i was looking down on a mini earth. the huge sponges, house and the plants, trees. it was like earth above water, only with fish floating around. plants are beautiful purple & neon green. uniquely textured, with repeated patterns and layers of perfectly formed designs that dances around itself and the whole scenery as if forming the most satisfying eye song ever to be naturally born into existence by simply just being itself in it’s purest form.
we floated there for a lotta bit. and i love every seconds of it. dustin used these floating tubes we got at the dollar store and proclaimed his fondness for them often.
i came back to nyc on a saturday.
as i read more and more about the oil spill i knew it was tme for me to make another trip. i love FLORIDA. i love tropical places. we are so blessed as americans to have a piece of paradise fo closely connected to us… only a 2 hr $100 plane ride from nyc. perfect. but now that’s in jepordy.
This time on june 22 when i arrived at key west i couch surfed on a boat that was not docked.
this time a smaller boat. you had to take a dingy in and out of land and there wasnt really a bathroom on the boat or running water. but whatever. i dont carrre!!! im on a boat!!! i met up with Jon which is super awesome too! and he proceeded to warn me again about the boats not so perfect conditions. i got to the boat and it was perfect. i knew exactly where id be sleeping. outside on the bench!
that night i lied there bathed in beauty as the cool wind whispered and brushed up against my skin. staring up at the star filled sky the clouds were fast moving past an almost full moon. the rippling water glimmered like diamonds from the bright moonlight. seamless. there is no beginning or end to where the earth and i begin and end. seamless. a pure majestic beauty. life. everything was so alive and breathing. the boat moved with the small waves…. the sky breathes with the moving clouds. the night birds flew and the sunrise came. magic.

after spending 2 days on the boat i met some friends that were about to sail to miami! id been talking about how i wanted to sail and how exciting it would be so they offered to take me along for a short 1st time sailing trip. i thought and thought about it… then said, OK!
i grabbed a few things and 2 hours later i was out at sea surrounded by nothing but water!!!!!!!
eventually i got seasick! but i have tot ell you, i had THE BEST puking experience ever!!!! haha bc i had to puke on the back of the boat and as i held on and let it loose it was the most beautiful water id ever seeeeeeeen. bright BRIGHT blue ocean water. so i layed there enjoying the view and felt then felt amazing…. but ONLY is i didnt sit up! at least it ws comforting to know that i could feel great if i layed down. so that’s what i did! the WHOLE TRIP! and it turned out to be GREAT! i would sit up off and on throughout the day and change laying positions around the boat, so i got some pretty cool points of view.
Captain of this beautiful 45 foot sail boat is Alvaro. He’s from Argentina and has been sailing and living around the Caribbean for the past 1.5 yrs. He’s very fond of cuba and loves argentina and his mama’s home cookin, hates salt water in the boat (messes things up) and has a great bachata collection. we listened to john mayor and this amazing argentinean reggae band for hours as he sang along.
Excitment ensued he announced we were going at 9.7 knots, 10.1 knots! and eventually once we changed course and got into the gulf stream we hit a record 11knots!
we left thursday round 5pm. we arrived friday at 8pm. we were expecting to arrive sat morning, then friday later night, then 11pm, then boom, we were here!!!!
i was super happy to be able to sit up and get something in my stomach!!!! yummmmmm
my boat friends had a wedding to attend so i met up with my friend Amanda that i met through kayti bunny last time i was in hollywood fl!
we stayed at amy’s (amanda’s friends) in south beach then went to the beach the next day.
where am i now? at amy’s using the interwebsss for the 1st time in ages!
i’m heading back to key west tomorrow (tues) by bus. i’ll sell my art all week then head back to miami to enjoy some more wave beach action!!!!!
i want to do some more snorkeling around some other keys. and deffffffff try jet skiiing!!!
i have lots of photos i upload from my phone to facebook.
If we are not friends, let’s be!
Search Andriana Santiago or AndrianaSantiago@gmail.com D
LOVE LOVE!

Photoshoot with Andrew Coppa!

check out the pic we chose in the “personalities” section.
www.andrewcoppa.com

FRIDAY! 11/18 6:45pm @ Public Assemby!

WOWOW!!!!! It’s almost time!!!! We are so psyched to play this Friday!!! I’ve been calling it the before sunset show, so come check it out!!!
Theres a new lineup in the band with Mike Alaska on drums and Rousseau Mannan on bass. Morgan Lever on key sand Brent Butler on guitar.
EVERY BAND ON THIS BILL IS AMAZING!!!!! We go on @ 6:45!!! I’ve arted a whole slewwwwwwww of new EP’s!!! AHHHH!!!!!
K SEE YA THERRRE!!! xoxooxoxox_dRi

LIVE @ MERCURY LOUNGE 7:30pm SEPT 3

I am soooo excited to announce that on Thursday, September 3rd @ 7:30pm, I’m playing LIVE @ the Mercury Lounge along side some of my best friends Fixer, Empire City Motorcade, Unisex Salon!!

Tickets are most likely going to sell out and I would hate for you to miss the show!!! So be sure to purchase them ahead of time!! CLICK HERE for ADVANCE TIX.

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Prepare for an evening of special treats!!!!

I will be accompanied by my Amazzzzing band Brent, Morgan, Josh & Jaime! There will also be special guests, miss prima ballerina Melissa DeLorenzo & a beautiful violinist. I’ve Compiled my arts into Projected visuals I discovered on my journey through Eyegasmland.

I also handmade some very special souvenirs such as Custom Arted Andriana Santiago EP Cds, handmade merch shirts, buttons, keychains, posters, pendants, stickers and love note boxes.

Thursday, September 3, 2009
Mercury Lounge 8pm
217 E Houston St
New York, NY 10002
MercuryLoungeNYC.com (I’m in the calendar!!!)
CLICK HERE for ADVANCE TIX.
Map IT! or take the F train to 2nd Ave

Smoothies in Astoria Park!

On June 25th from 12-9pm I aka LOVE GIRLLLL will be showing my LOVE by helping people get healthier with delicious yummy Fruit and Veggie drinks!

It’s going to be fun! There will be lots of yummy treats & great Live Music! My fruits are in the freezer getting super cold and I’ve perked my ears and fluffed my tutu. It’s going to be 85 degrees! Im so ready to feel the heat! I’ll be sure to bring my guitar to play in between smoothie time.

check out this shhhhweet flyer for the event

ANDRIANA Summer Tour!

HELLLO everyone! Its summer time and singing in the subway is starting to get a little toasty so I’m ready to hit the road!

We are funding this tour, so if u dig ANDRIANA please Feel free as a BIRD to make a donation of any amount through paypal clicking this button:

Donation packages are available on AndrianaArted.com

the 3109 CD Series.

For tonight’s subway expedition I made a FRESH NEW BATCH of Arted CDs i like to call the 3109 Series… since i made them on 3.1.09 LoL

You’ll all be happy to know I added 2 new songs to the MIX, “LETS ROCK” and “Take Control”… as well as an insert to inform you of all those song names of minezzz

Also i must say!!! I love getting emails from all of you Beautiful people i meet in the subways. It makes me so happy that you’d take out the time to email me. Keep in touch bc id LOVE to see you at a show when i play with my Band. i think you’d love it

For those of you who dont know, I custom design my CD’s that I sell in the subways and at shows with spray paints, swarovski diamonds, glitter, sequence and lots of other colorful sparkly things!

If you would like purchase a cd just email me! AndrianaSantiago [at] gmail [dot] com — They’re $10 at the subway and $15 plus shipping otherwise.

I’ll be at Union Square N train or L train stop from about 930 to 130 tonight 3.2.2009 and then again wednesday sometime in the evening, then thursday day, then friday day, not sat, then sunday i have a show at the stone pont, then again tuesday i’ll be there. haha

i always text my twitter account which then updates my facebook, as to when and where i’ll be playing in the subways… Sign up twitter.com/andriana, if u want to know so you can stop by for a free concert.

Thank you so muchhhh i LOVE YOU ALLL!!!!!
xoxo_dRi

p.s. Andriana Santiago Girl LOVE GIRL Smoothies Girl will be making smoothies again this thursday at the house of YES for the “NO PARKING ON THE DANCE FLOOR” party. and also this friday in brooklyn again at JUNGLE. these parties will be amazing with crazy circus acts happening and talented performances. ADD ME ON FACEBOOK TO check out more of LOVE Girl’s events! xoxoxox