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About Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

I'm a French artist living near Paris. From 1968 to 1973 I studied at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, then at the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California, for my BFA. My work for many decades has been informed and inspired by time spent with indigenous communities. Various study trips devoted to the exploration of techniques and natural pigments took me originally to the Dogon of Mali, West Africa, and subsequently to Yanomami communities in Venezuela and Brazil. Over many years, during the winters, I studied the techniques of traditional Bogolan painting. Hand woven fabric is dyed with boiled bark from the Wolo tree or crushed leaves from other trees, then painted with mud from the Niger river which oxidizes in contact with the dye. Through the Dogon and the Yanomami, my interest in the multiplicity of techniques and supports for aesthetic expression influenced my artistic practice. The voyages to the Amazon Rainforest have informed several series of paintings created while living among the Yanomami. The support used is roughly woven canvas prepared with acrylic medium then textured with a mixture of sand from the river bank and lava. This supple canvas is then rolled and transported on expeditions into the forest. They are then painted using a mixture of acrylic colors and Achiote and Genipap, the vegetal pigments used by the Yanomami for their ritual body paintings and on practical and shamanic implements. My concern for the ongoing devastation of the Amazon Rainforest has inspired my films and installation projects. Since 2005, I've created a perfomance and film project - Fire Sculpture - to bring urgent attention to Rainforest issues. To protest against the continuing destruction, I've publicly set fire to my totemic sculptures. These burning sculptures symbolize the degradation of nature and the annihilation of indigenous cultures that depend on the forest for their survival.

Meu pequeno filme favorito! – Às vezes perdemos os melhores momentos – NÃO PERCA este filme mágico de 38 segundos: “O Amigo Surpresa do Menino Yanomami na Selva”!

Ajude a proteger florestas, rios, vida selvagem e a vida dos Yanomami e outros povos Indígenas boicotando TODOS os produtos do desmatamento; ouro, óleo de palma, madeiras exóticas, soja, carne bovina, etc. ! Aqui está o filme de 38 segundos … Continue reading

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Conté-Partagé — Explorer les voies de passage

La sagesse du colibri ou Comment chacun fait sa part Avec Marie Conté-Partagé / La sagesse du colibri Conté-Partagé — Explorer les voies de passage

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La India intenta salvar el ecosistema para proteger al leopardo de las nieves — MARY CALVO

Originally posted on Stigmatis: https://youtu.be/Jo_8ip0LzXA Sarwar Kashani | Nueva Delhi (EFE) 25 Dic. 2022 Los esfuerzos para salvar a los vulnerables leopardos de las nieves están en marcha en la gélida y accidentada cordillera del Himalaya de la India, con … Continue reading

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Mon petit film préféré ! – Parfois on rate les plus beaux moments – NE MANQUEZ PAS ce film magique de 38 secondes – “L’ami surprise du garçon Yanomami dans la jungle” !

Veuillez aider à protéger les forêts, les rivières, la faune et la vie des Yanomami et des autres peuples autochtones en boycottant TOUS les produits de la déforestation ; or, huile de palme, bois exotique, soja, boeuf, etc. ! Voici le … Continue reading

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Pesquisadores descobrem população de onças-pintadas na Serra do Mar no Paraná —

Com a descoberta, a região se torna a maior área prioritária para a conservação da onça-pintada na Mata Atlântica no Brasil. No bioma, a espécie perdeu 85% do habitat; A pesquisa gerou registros fotográficos e em vídeos inéditos do felino na … Continue reading

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The Third Shaking of the Earth – The Four Peoples — Sunny’s Journal

Unbelievable Predictions | HOPI Elders Saw It All Coming This recording is from the 1986 Continental Indigenous Council. Lee Brown sums up the Hopi prophecies and compares them to other tribes and predictions & the accuracy of major world events … Continue reading

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My Favorite Little Film! – Sometimes we miss the most beautiful moments – DON’T MISS THIS one! A magical 38-second film – “The Yanomami boy’s surprise friend in the jungle”!

Please help protect the forests, rivers, wildlife and the lives of the Yanomami and other Indigenous peoples by boycotting ALL products from deforestation; gold, palm oil, exotic wood, soy, beef, etc. Here’s the 38-second film of the Yanomami boy in … Continue reading

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2023 Children’s Book Reading Challenge…for Adults! — Book of Secrets

The 2023 Children’s Book Reading Challenge…for Adults! (#2023ChildrensBooksChallenge) is hosted by Belle’s Library, and runs from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. What books qualify for this challenge is up to you. Any title found in the children’s section … Continue reading

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Winter Birds — William Michaelian

Look at them. Some are so small, they seem only feathers and a heartbeat. And though we’re made differently, we’re made of the same things, and share the same breath. To me, this isn’t just poetry, religion, or science. It’s … Continue reading

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Season’s Greetings to All!

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