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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.

Relatório Anual de Desmatamento mostra situação gravíssima na Amazônia e no Cerrado com papel central da pecuária na destruição das florestas!

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Acaba de ser liberado o terceiro “Relatório Anual de Desmatamento” produzido pelo projeto Mapbiomas, abrangendo todos os biomas brasileiros, com três objetivos manifestos: ◆ Apresentar um panorama consolidado sobre os alertas de desmatamento detectados em todos os biomas brasileiros ao … Continue reading →

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Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation: study – Phys.org —

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation: study – Phys.org https://ift.tt/cPz2hqW Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation: study  Phys.org Indigenous lands block deforestation in Brazil, new study finds  Al Jazeera English Deforestation at a Record High Level in Brazil: Indigenous Tribes at Risk  The Organization for … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 2 – « The Fire Sculpture » 2:26

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« The Fire Sculpture » alternates scenes of the « Fire Performance » burning of one of my totemic sculptures at Le Chaufferie in St. Maurice, France, with scenes of Yanomami daily life in their forest and village and the « Fire Performance » burning of … Continue reading →

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Conversão de florestas em pastagens devasta a Amazônia brasileira!

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Visão impressionante da magnitude do desmatamento da Amazônia no estado brasileiro do Maranhão Crédito da imagem: Felipe Werneck (Ibama)/Flickr , sob licença Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Por Roberto Gonzalez paraa a SciDev Embora o desmatamento para converter o solo em pastagem seja … Continue reading →

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Deforestation Is High, Despite COP26 Promises! – The New York Times

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Deforestation Is High, Despite COP26 Promises – The New York Times https://ift.tt/EhRJMGi Deforestation Is High, Despite COP26 Promises  The New York Times Global forest destruction continues despite COP26 deforestation pledge  New Scientist Destruction of pristine rainforest around globe ‘still at relentless rate’  The … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 1 – « The Way of the Shaman » 2:40

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« The Way of the Shaman » alternates scenes from an art installation of my paintings and totemic sculptures at the Eyedrum Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with scenes of Yanomami shamanic initiation and daily life in the forest and the village. … Continue reading →

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Indígenas vão à Justiça contra 60 demandas de garimpo que podem afetar 45 mil! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Organizações indígenas contestam na Justiça a existência de 60 processos ativos na ANM (Agência Nacional de Mineração) com intenção de exploração de ouro em terras do médio e alto rio Negro. 41 more words Indígenas vão à Justiça contra 60 demandas … Continue reading →

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Indigenous Communities Meet In Ecuador To Demand End To Extraction Industries – The Organization for World Peace —

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Indigenous Communities Meet In Ecuador To Demand End To Extraction Industries – The Organization for World Peace https://ift.tt/yZLjlPW Indigenous Communities Meet In Ecuador To Demand End To Extraction Industries  The Organization for World Peace Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/QuJibfl Indigenous … Continue reading →

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A volte ci perdiamo i momenti migliori! NON PERDERE questo magico film di 38 secondi: “L’amica a sorpresa del ragazzo Yanomami nella giungla”!

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Aiutare a proteggere foreste, fiumi, fauna selvatica e la vita degli Yanomami e di altri popoli Indigeni boicottando TUTTI i prodotti della deforestazione; oro, olio di palma, legni esotici, soia, manzo, ecc. ! Ecco il film di 38 secondi del … Continue reading →

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Setembro em chamas: focos de calor são 147% maior que o ano passado!

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Segundo dados do Inpe, o total de queimadas na Amazônia no mês é o maior dos últimos 12 anos Sobrevoo em Porto Velho, na região da Amacro (Amazonas, Acre e Rondônia), em uma área com cerca de 8.000 hectares de … Continue reading →

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