Author Archives: Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Unknown's avatar

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.

How agriculture hastens species extinction — Stigmatis

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

BY BRIT MCCANDLESS FARMER JANUARY 1, 2023 on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley reported on something scientists are calling the sixth mass extinction. There have been five great die-offs in the history of our planet, when at least 75 percent of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

UN Launches 10-Year Survival Plan for Endangered Indigenous Languages — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Human Wrongs Watch (UN News)* — From Arctic communities desiring to receive public services in their own languages, to the Arhuaco people in Colombia who still speak Ika, indigenous people across the world are determined to keep their mother tongues … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

S’IL VOUS PLAÎT,  ÉCOUTER LE MESSAGE DU CHAMAN YANOMAMI – LE PLAIDOYER DE LA FORÊT TROPICALE ! Et découvrez comment nous pouvons aider les peuples Indigènes !

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

photo: Renato Soares « Hey – Regardez nous Nous vous voyons Nous avons essayé de vous montrer Vous n’avez jamais pris la peine d’apprendre notre langue Vous regardiez toujours vers le bas Nous vous prévenons depuis le début a terre … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Ibama combate garimpo ilegal de ouro na Terra Indígena Sararé, no MT — Ecoamazônia

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Prejuízos causados pelas ações de fiscalização ao esquema ilegal já ultrapassam R$5 milhões Brasília (22/12/2022) – Operação de fiscalização em garimpo ilegal de ouro realizada pelo Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama) em dezembro na … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Micro-Season: “The Bear Retreats To Its Den” — Naturalist Weekly

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

We have entered the micro-season of “The Bear Retreats To Its Den”. This is the first micro-season of the mini-season Major Snow. To celebrate this season, we will learn about a bear’s winter survival strategies and then read some seasonal … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE YANOMAMI SHAMAN’S MESSAGE – THE PLEA OF THE RAINFOREST! – And discover how we can help Indigenous peoples!

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

photo: Renato Soares « Hey – Look at me We see you We tried to show you You never bothered to learn our language You were always looking down We’ve been warning you since the beginning The land is alive … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Here are 13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People! — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Hunger for Gold in the Global North is fueling a living hell in the Global South. Here are 20 reasons why you should #BoycottGold4Yanomami 13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

British place names resonate with the song of missing birds | Aeon Essays — msamba

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Photo by Owen Humphreys/Getty In the dark, sylvan villages of medieval England, people named places after the birds that filled the night with music In one of the oldest poems in English literature, there is a beautiful moment when a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Todos los vivos son interdependientes: una entrevista con la artista Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Barbara Crane Navarro es una artista, autora y activista francesa que actualmente vive cerca de París. Durante 12 años, pasó los meses de invierno con el pueblo Yanomami en Venezuela y Brasil, una experiencia que inspiró su práctica artística y … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

“All That Breathes” — Screen Zealots

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A touching documentary that celebrates the very best of humanity, and is an encouraging picture of two men who are working tirelessly to make this world a better place. “All That Breathes” — Screen Zealots

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments