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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.

“Naika tilicum” and Native ways of talking about your relatives — Chinook Jargon

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

One page after declaring the fur trade extinct on the coast, Geo. Gibbs (1877) tries to explain why nayka tilixam is such a common expression among Native people, and by extension among all Chinuk Wawa speakers. (Image credit: lewis-clark.org) His comments … Continue reading →

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¡A veces nos perdemos los mejores momentos – NO TE PIERDAS esta película mágica de 38 segundos: “El amigo sorpresa del niño Yanomami en la selva”!

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Ayude a proteger los bosques, los ríos, la vida silvestre y la vida de los Yanomami y otros pueblos indígenas boicoteando TODOS los productos de la deforestación; oro, aceite de palma, maderas exóticas, soja, carne vacuna, etc. ! Aquí está … Continue reading →

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Monitor do Fogo: Amazônia e Cerrado foram os biomas mais queimados em agosto!

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Amazônia teve 1,7 milhões de hectares atingidos pelo fogo no mês e Cerrado 1,2 milhões; o Monitor do Fogo faz o mapeamento mensal das cicatrizes de fogo no Brasil. Dados de agosto para todos os biomas foram lançados nesta terça … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock Protectors | Free Leonard Peltier! | Where is Media on #NoDAPL? — Lara Trace Hentz

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Native American Activist Winona LaDuke at Standing Rock: It’s Time to Move On from Fossil Fuels While Democracy Now! was covering the Standing Rock standoff earlier this month, we spoke to Winona LaDuke, longtime Native American activist and executive director … Continue reading →

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Às vezes perdemos os melhores momentos – NÃO PERCA este filme mágico de 38 segundos: “O Amigo Surpresa do Menino Yanomami na Selva”!

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

Ajude a proteger florestas, rios, vida selvagem e a vida dos Yanomami e outros povos Indígenas boicotando TODOS os produtos do desmatamento; ouro, óleo de palma, madeiras exóticas, soja, carne bovina, etc. ! Aqui está o filme de 38 segundos … Continue reading →

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 Vínculos da Cargill e da Bunge com fazenda contestada no Brasil por violações de direitos humanos contradizem as próximas regulamentações da UE!

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

Cargill e Bunge, as duas maiores comercializadoras de soja brasileira do mundo, foram recentemente vinculadas a uma fazenda contestada no Brasil, conectando as empresas a violações de direitos humanos de comunidades tradicionais. Earthsight e De Olho nos Ruralistas, duas organizações sem … Continue reading →

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The Food Industry Vs. Deforestation! – Reuters

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

The Food Industry Vs. Deforestation – Latest Tweet by Reuters – LatestLY https://ift.tt/9k2w4Ra The Food Industry Vs. Deforestation – Latest Tweet by Reuters  LatestLY Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/yUZeEt2 The Food Industry Vs. Deforestation – Latest Tweet by Reuters – … Continue reading →

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Parfois on rate les plus beaux moments – NE MANQUEZ PAS ce film magique de 38 secondes – “L’ami surprise du garçon Yanomami dans la jungle” !

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

Veuillez aider à protéger les forêts, les rivières, la faune et la vie des Yanomami et des autres peuples autochtones en boycottant TOUS les produits de la déforestation ; or, huile de palme, bois exotique, soja, boeuf, etc. ! Voici le … Continue reading →

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“Bolsonaro é um assassino e deveria ser preso”, diz líder sobre recordes de violência contra Indígenas!

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

Relatório do Cimi divulgado nesta quarta-feira (17) mostra que etnias tiveram 176 homicídios em 2021; número de invasões de aldeias triplicou; organizadores relacionam ataques a medidas do governo que favorecem a exploração e a apropriação privada de territórios Por Mariana … Continue reading →

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Māori Portraits Offer a Window into New Zealand’s Colonial History — Lara Trace Hentz

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

Māori Portraits Offer a Window into New Zealand’s Colonial History @Auckartgal https://t.co/LJqxuf0sEA — hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) February 13, 2017 Gottfried Lindauer’s portraits present a collective history of colonial New Zealand, capturing individual identities in a time of great social change and … Continue reading →

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