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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.

O Descobrimento — Um canceriano sem lar. — Tiny Life

O Descobrimento Instagram: moahraguarani “Em 1492, os nativos descobriram que eram índios, descobriram que viviam na América, descobriram que estavam nus, descobriram que deviam obediência a um rei e a uma rainha de outro mundo e a um deus de outro … Continue reading

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Without tropical forests, global temperatures would be 1°c warmer — Palm Oil Detectives

Lausanne, Switzerland (24 March)—New research released today offers the most comprehensive and detailed evidence to date that forests are more important to the climate (globally and locally) than we think due to the way […] Without tropical forests, global temperatures would … Continue reading

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Una fábula con un mensaje – « La Magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Namowë, un niño Yanomami » – ¡Para edades de 8 a 12 a 100 años! – escrito e ilustrado por Barbara Crane Navarro

« La Magia de la Amazonia nos lleva a un mundo que podría parecer fantástico, donde humanos, animales y plantas hablan entre sí, bromean y conspiran entre sí. Lo obvio es que los humanos no están por encima de otras criaturas. … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Treat: Map of Indian Reservations over Time — Lara Trace Hentz

Originally posted on Turtle Talk: Here: Thanksgiving Treat: Map of Indian Reservations over Time — Lara Trace Hentz

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Never Underestimate Children’s Creativity — A Teacher’s Reflections

I am still learning.  After 39 years of teaching preschool, I still learn from children.  Thank goodness!  Today was one of those days, or I should say one of those ‘moments’. It happened like this… We’re learning about woodland animals.  … Continue reading

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Une fable avec un message: « 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

« La Magie de l’Amazonie nous fait pénétrer dans un monde qui pourrait sembler fantastique, où les êtres humains, les animaux et les plantes se parlent, plaisantent, conspirent entre eux. La chose évidente est que les humains ne sont pas au-dessus … Continue reading

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Ritual do Kuarup reforça laços familiares e culturais dos indígenas do Xingu — Ecoamazônia

O Kuarup é um ritual fúnebre sagrado que mantém viva a cultura e a tradição de diversas etnias do Parque do Xingu (MT). O evento ocorre sempre um ano após a morte dos parentes indígenas. 35 more words Ritual do Kuarup … Continue reading

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Jaguar Panthera onca — Palm Oil Detectives

Jaguar populations are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation for palm oil, soy and meat along with illegal murder for trophies/illegal trade in body parts. They are also the victims of pro-active or retaliatory killings associated with livestock depredation and … Continue reading

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A Fable with a Message –  « Amazon Rainforest Magic The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy » – For ages 8 to 12 to 100!  – written and illustrated by Barbara Crane Navarro 

« Amazon Rainforest Magic presents a world that at first might seem whimsical, where people, animals, and plants joke, conspire, and argue with each other. The serious point is that humans are no more important than any of the other creatures … Continue reading

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Légende de l’eau du peuple Tzotzil : Popchón et Xulubchón, les monstres du fleuve — Peuples autochtones d’Abya Yala

Photographie avec le paysage du Canyon du Sumidero au Chiapas. Où l’on peut voir le lit de la rivière Grijalva entre les parois rocheuses et la végétation de la falaise. (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_du_Sumidero#/media/Fichier:Canyon_sumidero_desde_arriba.jpg) Popchón et Xulubchón, les monstres des rivières Il y … Continue reading

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