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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.

Terra Indígena Yanomami sofre com crescimento de garimpo e destruição! — Existe Guarani em São Paulo

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

As palavras “garimpo” e “destruição” voltaram a rondar com frequência a Terra Indígena Yanomami nos últimos anos. Desde sua demarcação, há 30 anos, o território passa por um de seus momentos de maior atenção em meio ao aumento de desmatamento, … Continue reading →

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This is a MUST READ! -The Ransom/The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers! – The lasting impacts of colonialism! — Repeating Islands

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

[Many thanks to Vanessa Lynn for bringing this item to our attention.] This article by Catherine Porter, Constant Méheut, Matt Apuzzo, and Selam Gebrekidan (The New York Times) brings to the general public the topics of many discussions and writings by historians, sociologists, literary and … Continue reading →

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« Sappiamo che – La Terra non appartiene all’uomo, l’uomo appartiene alla Terra. L’uomo non ha tessuto la trama della vita, è solo un filo. Qualunque cosa faccia alla rete della vita, la fa a se stesso. » 

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Stai insegnando ai tuoi figli quello che noi abbiamo insegnato ai nostri figli? Che la terra è nostra madre? Ciò che accade alla terra accade a tutti i figli della terra. Sappiamo che la terra non appartiene all’uomo, l’uomo appartiene … Continue reading →

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Assista a “JORNALISTA INGLÊS DESAPARECE NA AMAZÔNIA” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Atualidade e informação? Temos sim. O mundo de olho no que acontece nesse Brasil distópico. Meteoro Brasil aqui! imagens do WordPress Assista a “JORNALISTA INGLÊS DESAPARECE NA AMAZÔNIA” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

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What your T-shirt reveals about ‘carbon colonialism’ and the global economy’s vast hidden emissions — Geography Directions

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

By Laurie Parsons, Royal Holloway University of London This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Where does your T-shirt come from? It’s a question that apparently can be answered with an … Continue reading →

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« Sabemos que – La Tierra no es del hombre, el hombre pertenece a la Tierra. El hombre no ha tejido la telaraña de la vida, es solo un hilo. Todo lo que hace con la red de la vida, él se hace esto a sí mismo. »

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

«¿Les está enseñando a sus hijos lo que nosotros les enseñamos a nuestros hijos? ¿Que la Tierra es nuestra madre? Lo que le pasa a la Tierra le pasa a todos los hijos de la Tierra. Sabemos que la Tierra … Continue reading →

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Journal des peuples originaires au 5 juin 2022 — Peuples autochtones d’Abya Yala — Tiny Life

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Publié le 5 Juin 2022 Guyane dite française : Quand est-ce que ce pays : la France s’occupera du sort des autochtones de la Guyane ? De ces vagues de suicides de jeunes qui sont récurrentes et reflètent le mal-être … Continue reading →

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Key Roundup Ingredient Harms Wild Bee Colonies, New Study Shows — Mother Jones

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The critical ability of wild bumblebees to keep their colonies at the right temperature is seriously damaged by the weedkiller glyphosate, research has revealed. 788 more words … Continue reading →

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« Sabemos que – A Terra não é do homem, o homem é da Terra. O homem não teceu a teia da vida, ele é apenas um fio. O que quer que ele faça com a teia da vida, ele faz isso consigo mesmo. » 

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Você está ensinando a seus filhos o que ensinamos a nossos filhos? Que a Terra é nossa mãe? O que acontece com a terra acontece com todos os filhos da Terra. Sabemos que a Terra não pertence ao homem, o … Continue reading →

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‘We’re still here’: past and present collide at a Native American boarding school — Stigmatis

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Sherman Indian high school – previously called the Sherman Institute – in 1903. Photograph: Sepia Times/UIG/Getty Images Sherman Indian high school is among the last remnants of a brutal history that students and government are reckoning with With other students’ eyes … Continue reading →

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