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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.

Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin Cebus aequatorialis — Palm Oil Detectives

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

Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin Cebus aequatorialis Extant (resident) Ecuador; Peru Critically Endangered The Ecuardorian White-fronted Capuchin is affected by deforestation and hunting for bushmeat and the pet trade. Forests in the western lowlands of Ecuador have been severely reduced in the … Continue reading →

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Decades of Photos Reveal Amazon Cultures Under Threat – Scientific American

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

Decades of Photos Reveal Amazon Cultures Under Threat – Scientific American https://ift.tt/TsAdF2O Decades of Photos Reveal Amazon Cultures Under Threat  Scientific American Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/12oVtNL Decades of Photos Reveal Amazon Cultures Under Threat – Scientific American —

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A Classic Initiation Tale – The Amazon as Oz: « 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 19, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“From its opening pages, this engaging children’s book sets the scene of a world almost unimaginable in the 21st century, a lush, restive, tropical world alive with the spirits of animals and plants. It begins inside a Yanomami dwelling. A … Continue reading →

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Xeque Monte — Existe Guarani em São Paulo

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project
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Can the US Go Green Without Destroying Sacred Native Lands? — Mother Jones

Posted on April 19, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

The sun has already dipped behind southeast Arizona’s dusty blue Mescal Mountains, but for sisters Naelyn and Nizhoni Pike, huddled by a fire shooting sparks into the darkening desert, excitement lies ahead. 2,052 more words Can the US Go Green Without … Continue reading →

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« L’attacco ai popoli della Terra Indigena Yanomami è avvenuto già negli anni ’80, con l’invasione di oltre 40.000 minatori d’oro. Oggi, nel 2022, la storia si ripete.» 

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« La realtà in cui viviamo e le sue conseguenze sono di violenza e vulnerabilità. La mia gente sta soffrendo. Chiediamo il sostegno della popolazione mondiale che si unisca alla nostra richiesta di aiuto per il ritiro immediato dei minatori d’oro … Continue reading →

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Deforestation at a Record High Level in Brazil: Indigenous Tribes at Risk! – The Organization for World Peace

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Deforestation at a Record High Level in Brazil: Indigenous Tribes at Risk – The Organization for World Peace https://ift.tt/le8g5ZJ Deforestation at a Record High Level in Brazil: Indigenous Tribes at Risk  The Organization for World Peace Superforest via “deforestation” – Google … Continue reading →

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Especial Abril Indígena: IP mostra atuação do MPF na defesa dos direitos dos povos originários — Ecoamazônia

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Veja entrevista com a coordenadora da Câmara de Populações Indígenas e Povos Tradicionais, Eliana Torelly. Edição especial vai ao ar nesta sexta-feira (15), às 20h, na TV Justiça O mês de abril é marcado pela mobilização dos povos indígenas na … Continue reading →

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« El ataque a los pueblos de la Tierra Indígena Yanomami ya se dio en la década de 1980, con la invasión de más de 40.000 mineros de oro. Hoy, en 2022, la historia se repite. » 

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« La realidad que vivimos y sus consecuencias son de violencia y vulnerabilidad. Mi pueblo está sufriendo. ¡Pedimos el apoyo de la población mundial para sumarse a nuestro llamado de ayuda por el retiro inmediato de los mineros de oro de … Continue reading →

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They outlived the dinosaurs, but Brazil’s araucaria trees might not survive humans! – Mongabay.com

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

They outlived the dinosaurs, but Brazil’s araucaria trees might not survive humans – Mongabay.com https://ift.tt/kSOgjQW They outlived the dinosaurs, but Brazil’s araucaria trees might not survive humans  Mongabay.com Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/jsXFUA2 They outlived the dinosaurs, but Brazil’s araucaria … Continue reading →

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