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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.

¡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 May 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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Raising Readers: How to Get Your Child to Love Reading! — Krista Brock, Author — Tiny Life

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

If you’re wondering how to get your child to love reading so that they develop a lifelong reading passion and habit, here are a few suggestions. Raising Readers: How to Get Your Child to Love Reading — Krista Brock, Author Raising Readers: … Continue reading →

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The Queen Conch’s Gambit! — Mother Jones

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

This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the blue-and-white skiff cuts across the bay to Naguabo on the eastern tip of Puerto Rico, fisherman Gabriel Ramos is the first to come … Continue reading →

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Aventures chamaniques ! – « 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 May 2, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Ce deuxième volume de la série Amazon Rainforest Magic est aussi charmant et engageant que le premier. L’histoire continue le fil du livre précédent et les personnages semblent être de vieux amis. Meromi, une fille Yanomami maintenant âgée de 9 … Continue reading →

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The mimics among us — birds pirate songs and sounds for personal profit! — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on May 2, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

From Roman classics to British tabloids, humans have long celebrated the curious and remarkable ability of birds to imitate the sounds of humans and […] The mimics among us — birds pirate songs for personal profit — Palm Oil Detectives

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Who Should Read Children’s Books? — Darlene Foster’s Blog

Posted on May 2, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Today I am a guest on Karen Sanderson’s blog where I talk about reading children’s books, at any age. https://karenrsanderson.wordpress.com/2022/05/01/are-childrens-books-just-for-children%ef%bf%bc/ Are Children’s Books Just for Children? by Darlene Foster I write children’s books. Actually, I should correct that. I write … Continue reading →

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Shamanic adventures! – « 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 May 1, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« This second volume of the Amazon Rainforest Magic series is a page-turner and as charming and delightful as the author’s first. The story line continues the thread from the previous book and the characters seem like old friends.  Meromi, a Yanomami girl … Continue reading →

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Opi participa do 21ª Fórum Permanente da ONU sobre Questões Indígenas — Observatório dos Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas Isolados e de Recente Contato

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

No ultimo dia 29 de abril,  o Observatório de Direitos dos Povos Indígenas Isolados e de Recente Contato participou do 21ª Fórum Permanente da ONU sobre Questões Indígenas.  O Coordenador Executivo do Opi,  denunciou ao relator as ações anti-indígenas do … Continue reading →

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“Happy” Earth Day – ??? Guess what? Earth is NOT happy, nor healthy, and neither are its inhabitants… Transforming the Food System Is Key! — Our Compass

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Source Metro I recently emailed an “environmentally-focused” organization in response to a newsletter I received from them regarding Earth Day and the “Top Three Things YOU Can Do Right Now to Stabilize the Climate!!!” including “cutting global methane production”, which … Continue reading →

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¡Un libro maravilloso, un tesoro verdaderamente imperdible! – « La Magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Namowë, un niño Yanomami » – ¡Para edades de 8 a 12 a 100 años! – escrito e ilustrado por Barbara Crane Navarro

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« ¡Un libro maravilloso (y con un volumen compañero)!Los libros «La Magia de la Amazonia» son dos tesoros sobre los Yanomami, una tribu de la selva tropical.“Las aventuras de Nanowë, un niño Yanomami” y “Las aventuras de Meromi, una niña Yanomami” … Continue reading →

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