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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.

Un voyage vraiment magique ! – « La Magie de l’Amazonie Les aventures de Meromi, une fille Yanomami » – Pour les 8 à 12 à 100 ans! – écrit et illustré par Barbara Crane Navarro 

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Le deuxième volume de la série Amazon Rainforest Magic raconte le voyage surprenant de Meromi, une fille Yanomami qui est entraînée dans une aventure inattendue dans les rivières et les jungles de l’Amazonie. C’est un voyage vraiment magique pour Meromi … Continue reading →

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The Book Of Leaves, a stop-motion exploration of leaf shapes | The Kid Should See This — msamba

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Watch as leaves transition from green to yellow to red, from species to species. This observant animated sequence was created by Oakland, California-based engineer and stop-motion animator Brett Foxwell, a side project inspired during the production of another leaf-themed film. … Continue reading →

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Seis meses após os assassinatos de Dom Phillips e Bruno Pereira, a Amazônia continua insegura para ativistas — MARY CALVO

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A Amazônia, que abriga a Terra Indígena do Vale do Javari, continua sendo uma região perigosa. Fotografia: Sebastien Lecocq/Alamy Por Tom Phillips, na Amazônia, para o “The Guardian” Ativistas estão cautelosamente esperançosos de que o novo presidente traga alívio para o … Continue reading →

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A truly magical journey! – « Amazon Rainforest Magic The adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami girl » – For ages 8 to 12 to 100!  – written and illustrated by Barbara Crane Navarro 

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« The second volume of the Amazon Rainforest Magic series recounts the surprising voyage of Meromi, a Yanomami girl who is swept into an unexpected adventure in the rivers and jungles of the Amazon.  It is a truly magical journey for Meromi as … Continue reading →

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L’ethnologue à propos de la sagesse autochtone — Peuples autochtones d’Abya Yala

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Par Catlin, George (1796-1872): — Catlin, George (1796-1872): O-kee-pa: A Religious Ceremony; and other Customs of the Mandans. Philadelphia, 1867., Domaine public, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115394741 Claude Lévi-Strauss dans la magistrale (et structurale) série Les mythologiques nous offre l’étude des mythes des peuples … Continue reading →

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For Indigenous defenders of Brazil’s rainforests, ‘Lula is our only hope’ – Los Angeles Times — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Source: For Indigenous defenders of Brazil’s rainforests, ‘Lula is our only hope’ – Los Angeles Times For Indigenous defenders of Brazil’s rainforests, ‘Lula is our only hope’ – Los Angeles Times — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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¡En el corazón de la selva tropicale! – « 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 6, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Un regalo de Navidad este año, leemos partes de este cuento en voz alta durante varias noches. Nuestro hijo de 8 años estaba ansioso por escuchar lo que vendría. Este tema era nuevo para él y le fascinaba conocer los … Continue reading →

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Brasil: El pueblo Iny Karajá — Peuples autochtones d’Abya Yala

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Publicado el 14 de junio de 2020 Habitantes centenarios de las riberas del río Araguaia en los estados de Goiás, Mato Grosso y Tocantins, los Karajá tienen una larga historia de convivencia con la sociedad nacional, lo que, sin acritud, … Continue reading →

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Stop burning trees to make energy, say 650 scientists before Cop15 biodiversity summit — Stigmatis

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Letter says bioenergy is wrongly deemed ‘carbon neutral’ and contributes to wildlife loss The age of extinction | Cop15 | Phoebe Weston | 5 Dec. 2022 More than 650 scientists are urging world leaders to stop burning trees to make … Continue reading →

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Au coeur de la forêt tropicale ! – « La Magie de l’Amazonie Les aventures de Meromi, une fille Yanomami » – Pour les 8 à 12 à 100 ans! – écrit et illustré par Barbara Crane Navarro

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Un cadeau de Noël cette année, nous avons lu des parties de ce conte à haute voix pendant plusieurs soirées. Notre fils de 8 ans était impatient d’entendre ce qui allait suivre. Ce sujet était nouveau pour lui et il … Continue reading →

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