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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.

Bangka Slow Loris Nycticebus bancanus — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This species was last reported from the wild in 1937. If the Bangka Slow Loris is still alive then the burning of their habitat and conversion to agriculture (especially to palm oil plantations) is their greatest threat. Bangka slow lorises … Continue reading →

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C’était une lecture amusante à lire à haute voix pour mon fils ! – « La Magie de l’Amazonie Les aventures de Namowë, un garçon Yanomami » – Pour les 8 à 12 à 100 ans! – écrit et illustré par Barbara Crane Navarro

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« J’ai lu ce livre à haute voix à mon fils pour ses études alors que nous découvrons différentes cultures à travers le monde.Il est assez pointilleux sur les livres et aime qu’ils maintiennent en haleine dès le début.C’était génial pour … Continue reading →

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O que é o InfoAmazonia? — MARY CALVO

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Infoamazonia. https://earthjournalism.net/projects/infoamazonia InfoAmazonia — MARY CALVO

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A UN biodiversity convention aims to slow humanity’s ‘war with nature’! — Stigmatis

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Delegates from around the world are gathering in Montreal this week to address what United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has described as “humanity’s senseless and suicidal war with nature.” Deforestation is a major threat to the survival of orangutan. … Continue reading →

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This book was a fun read aloud for my son! – « Amazon Rainforest Magic The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy » – For ages 8 to 12 to 100!  – written and illustrated by Barbara Crane Navarro 

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« I read this aloud to my third grader for social studies as we’ve been learning about different cultures around the world.He is pretty picky about books and likes them to get interesting right at the start. This book was great … Continue reading →

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Earthshot prize: Five winners that will help solve major environmental problems — Geography Directions

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

By Mark Maslin, UCL This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Climate change is one of the greatest threats ever to face humanity. With mounting storms, fires, floods and droughts and … Continue reading →

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António Guterres: “La humanidad se ha convertido en un arma de extinción masiva” — Stigmatis

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

El secretario general de la ONU insta a los líderes políticos a adoptar planes ambiciosos para un futuro verde António Guterres en su discurso de apertura de la COP15 PAUL CHIASSON/THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP Redacción El HuffPost | Europa Press … Continue reading →

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¡Un viaje verdaderamente mágico! – « La Magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Meromi, una niña Yanomami » – ¡Para edades de 8 a 12 a 100 años! – escrito e ilustrado por Barbara Crane Navarro

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« El segundo volumen de la serie Amazon Rainforest Magic narra el sorprendente viaje de Meromi, una niña Yanomami que se ve envuelta en una aventura inesperada en los ríos y selvas del Amazonas. Es un viaje verdaderamente mágico para Meromi … Continue reading →

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Brasil: El pueblo Javaé — Peuples autochtones d’Abya Yala

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Publicado el 1 de julio de 2020 Pueblo indígena de Brasil que vive en el estado de Tocantins. Los Javaé, al igual que los Karajá y los Xambioá, son de los pocos pueblos indígenas de la antigua capitanía de Goias … Continue reading →

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The Invention of Green Colonialism, by Guillaume Blanc — The Earthbound Report — Tiny Life

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A few years ago we visited the Lake District as a family. We walked in the hills and visited Ambleside and Keswick, two small towns located within the National Park and UNESCO world heritage site. This is not uncommon in … Continue reading →

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