Author Archives: Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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.

Deforestación exportada: ¿por qué y cómo frenar la expansión de la ganadería y la soya? — Systemic Alternatives

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Por Marielle Cauthin Productos sudamericanos altamente cotizados en los mercados internacionales, como la carne bovina, la soya (soja), el maíz o el aceite de palma, están provocando un gran avance de la deforestación sobre los bosques de la región con … Continue reading →

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« Ça suffit ! Le gouvernement de Jair Bolsonaro a tenu sa promesse : il n’a pas délimité un millimètre de terres indigènes, il veut détruire la forêt et légaliser l’extraction de l’or et l’accaparement des terres sur les territoires Indigènes. Nous sommes mobilisés : notre COMBAT est pour la VIE ! »

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Les droits territoriaux des peuples autochtones sont originaux, existaient avant les lois non autochtones et sont réaffirmés dans la Constitution fédérale. C’est le rôle du gouvernement brésilien de les reconnaître en délimitant et en protégeant les Terres Indigènes ! » … Continue reading →

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Australian Election Results: Revenge of the Barbecued Koalas — Mother Jones

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

It was a koala massacre. Two years ago, Australia’s worst wildfire crisis left an unprecedented number of the country’s cherished wildlife charred or dead, among them tens of thousands of koalas. 655 more words Australian Election Results: Revenge of the Barbecued … Continue reading →

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I M O R T A L — Existe Guarani em São Paulo

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Eleito para Academia Mineira de Letras, o ativista e ambientalista indígena Ailton Krenak vai ocupar a cadeira 24. Nascido em Itabirinha, na região do Médio Rio Doce, ele é autor de importantes obras. Krenak é figura fundamental entre os pensadores … Continue reading →

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« ENOUGH! The Jair Bolsonaro government has kept its promise: it did not demarcate a millimeter of Indigenous land, it wants to destroy the forest and legalize gold mining and land grabbing on Indigenous lands. We are mobilized: our FIGHT is for LIFE! »

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« The territorial rights of Indigenous peoples are original, existed before non-Indigenous laws, and are reaffirmed in the Federal Constitution. It is the role of the Brazilian government to recognize them by demarcating and protecting Indigenous Lands! » Once again, the Supreme … Continue reading →

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Após mortes, ONU faz apelo ao Brasil para prevenir ações ilegais em territórios indígenas — Ecoamazônia

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Escritório de Direitos Humanos lamenta profundamente assassinatos do indigenista Bruno Pereira e do jornalista Dom Phillips; porta-voz Ravina Shamdasani pede garantias de investigações imparciais e transparentes. 48 more words Após mortes, ONU faz apelo ao Brasil para prevenir ações ilegais em territórios indígenas … Continue reading →

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Lewis + Clark were real chiefs, Settlers are “but tilikum” — Chinook Jargon

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A fine little master class in the traditional distinction between táyí & tílixam… Portrait by Paul Kane (image credit: Discover Lewis & Clark) …And the overtones of meaning in both words: The spot on which Lewis and Clarke’s winter encampment was … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous Forest Peoples in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 10 – « YANOMAMI children and their community in the Amazon Rainforest » 13:16

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A film of instants of daily life of a Yanomami community in the Amazon Rainforest of Venezuela made to accompany the children’s book series: “Amazon Rainforest Magic” “La Magie de l’Amazonie” and “La Magia de la Amazonia” for ages 8 … Continue reading →

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Assista a “CHICO MENDES PARA NUNCA ESQUECER” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Resistência e ativismo? Temos sim. Chico Mendes Vive! Meteoro Brasil aqui! imagens do WordPress Assista a “CHICO MENDES PARA NUNCA ESQUECER” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

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Journal des peuples originaires au 19 juin 2022 — Peuples autochtones d’Abya Yala

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Publié le 19 Juin 2022 Brésil : Le journaliste Dom Philipps et l’indigéniste Bruno Pereira ont été assassinés alors qu’ils tentaient de mettre en lumière la situation catastrophique pour les peuples autochtones (y compris les isolés) dans la Valle do … Continue reading →

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