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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.

Une fable avec un message: « La Magie de l’Amazonie, Les aventures de Namowë, un garçon Yanomami » – Pour les 8 à 12 à 100 ans! – écrit et illustré par Barbara Crane Navarro

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

« La Magie de l’Amazonie nous fait pénétrer dans un monde qui pourrait sembler fantastique, où les êtres humains, les animaux et les plantes se parlent, plaisantent, conspirent entre eux. La chose évidente est que les humains ne sont pas au-dessus … Continue reading →

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This Earth Day, and every day, teach your child to protect the environment! – North Coast Courier

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

This Earth Day, teach your child to protect the environment – North Coast Courier https://ift.tt/4nS7guZ This Earth Day, teach your child to protect the environment  North Coast Courier Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2RWS4CQ This Earth Day, teach your child to … Continue reading →

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Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds – Mongabay.com

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

Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds – Mongabay.com https://ift.tt/X7abL56 Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution to climate crisis, study finds  Mongabay.com Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2RWS4CQ Beyond CO2, tropical forests a ‘cool’ solution … Continue reading →

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A Fable with a Message –  « Amazon Rainforest Magic The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy » – For ages 8 to 12 to 100!  – written and illustrated by Barbara Crane Navarro 

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Amazon Rainforest Magic presents a world that at first might seem whimsical, where people, animals, and plants joke, conspire, and argue with each other. The serious point is that humans are no more important than any of the other creatures … Continue reading →

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The Battle to Save the Buffy Tufted Marmoset of Brazil – EARTH.ORG

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

The Battle to Save the Buffy Tufted Marmoset of Brazil – EARTH.ORG https://ift.tt/VxXykP0 The Battle to Save the Buffy Tufted Marmoset of Brazil  EARTH.ORG Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/yB32D45 The Battle to Save the Buffy Tufted Marmoset of Brazil – … Continue reading →

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Fotógrafo viaja pelo mundo para registrar os hábitos alimentares das crianças — Existe Guarani em São Paulo — Tiny Life

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Kawakanih Yawalapiti, de 9 anos, do Mato Grosso Diante do aumento da obesidade global, o fotógrafo Gregg Segal viajou para diversos países para perguntar às crianças o que elas tinham comido durante aquela semana, para depois fotografá-las ao lado dos … Continue reading →

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Un cuento de iniciación: « 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 21, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Desde sus primeras páginas, La Magie de l’Amazonie, este libro encantador para niños describe un mundo casi inimaginable en el siglo XXI. Un mundo tropical, exuberante e agitado, desbordante de una vida en comunión con los espíritus de los animales … Continue reading →

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Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin Cebus malitiosus — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin Cebus malitiosus Endangered Colombia The Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin is threatened in Colombia by habitat loss and fragmentation due to cattle ranching and oil palm agro-industries. Pet trade may also pose imminent threats to wild populations … Continue reading →

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Les Amérindiens rassemblés à Brasilia pour la défense de leurs terres et de la Terre… — Tiradentes-géographie — Tiny Life

Posted on April 21, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A Brasilia, des milliers d’indigènes rassemblés pour défendre leurs terres et l’environnement https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2022/04/14/a-brasilia-des-milliers-d-indigenes-rassembles-pour-defendre-leurs-terres-et-l-environnement_6122212_3244.html via Le Monde Les Amérindiens rassemblés à Brasilia pour la défense de leurs terres et de la Terre… — Tiradentes-géographie Les Amérindiens rassemblés à Brasilia pour la défense de … Continue reading →

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Un conte initiatique: « La Magie de l’Amazonie – Les aventures de Namowë, un garçon Yanomami » – Pour les 8 à 12 à 100 ans! – écrit et illustré par Barbara Crane Navarro

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Dès ses premières pages La Magie de l’Amazonie, cet attachant livre pour enfants, décrit un monde presque inimaginable au XXIe siècle. Un monde tropical, luxuriant et agité, débordant d’une vie en communion avec les esprits des animaux et des plantes. … Continue reading →

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