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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.

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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The Legend of The Crabe Phare — Um canceriano sem lar.

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

Curta de animação em Computação Gráfica 3D premiado: “A Lenda do Caranguejo Farol“, por Crabe Phare – TheCGBros. 13 de mar. de 2018 TheCGBros apresenta “A Lenda do Caranguejo Farol”- um filme de curso de graduação criado pelo talentoso time … Continue reading →

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What Is Missing from the Climate Debate — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

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

Human Wrongs Watch By Dr. Vandana Shiva | Navdanya International – TRANSCEND Media Service* Photo credit: Narender9 – CC BY-SA 3.0 7 Nov 2022 – “The destabilisation of the Earth’s climate systems is the consequence of violating the ecological processes … Continue reading →

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In the heart of the tropical forest! – «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 4, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« A Christmas present this year, we spread the telling of this story over several evenings, reading it out loud. Our 8-year-old son couldn’t wait to hear what would come next.  This subject matter was new for him, and he was … Continue reading →

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Novo ataque a tiros no Javari evidencia que investigações do caso Bruno e Dom não estão concluídas e há risco de novas mortes — Observatório dos Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas Isolados e de Recente Contato

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Nota do OPI – Urgente Pescadores ilegais atiraram contra barcos e ameaçaram liderança do povo Kanamari afirmando que iriam matá-la como mataram Bruno e Dom Mapa da Terra Indígena Vale do Javari, que enfrenta invasões constantes de criminosos Indígenas da … Continue reading →

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‘The ghost that haunts Monteverde’: how the climate crisis killed the golden toad — Repeating Islands

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Mattha Busby (The Guardian) writes about the irreparable loss of Costa Rica’s golden toad due to climate change: “The loss of the amphibian from Costa Rica’s cloud forest was one of the first linked to global heating, say scientists.” Deep … Continue reading →

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¡Aventuras chamánicas! – « 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 3, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Este segundo volumen de la serie La Magia de la Amazonia es tan encantador y atractivo como el primero. La historia continúa el hilo del libro anterior y los personajes parecen ser viejos amigos. Meromi, una niña Yanomami que ahora tiene 9 … Continue reading →

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Expedição revela a surpreendente fauna noturna da Floresta Amazônica — Ecoamazônia

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Expedição do Projeto Mantis ao Delta do Amazonas registra a fauna que se revela quando a noite cai sobre a maior floresta do mundo. Os pesquisadores focaram nos insetos e outros animais de pequeno porte, com destaque para espécies de … Continue reading →

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