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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.

Indigenous Knowledge Could be the Answer to Climate Change! — The St Andrews Economist

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

By Brynna Boyer Indigenous Knowledge Could be the Answer to Climate Change — The St Andrews Economist

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L’amico a sorpresa del ragazzo Yanomami nella giungla!

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Namowë A volte ci mancano i momenti migliori – NON PERDERE QUESTO! Un film di 38 secondi con Namowë, un ragazzo Yanomami della regione dell’Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela Un estratto da un film di Barbara Crane Navarro di momenti della … Continue reading →

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L’amico a sorpresa del ragazzo Yanomami nella giungla! 

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A volte ci mancano i momenti migliori – NON PERDERE QUESTO! Un film di 38 secondi con Namowë, un ragazzo Yanomami della regione dell’Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela Un estratto da un film di Barbara Crane Navarro di momenti della vita … Continue reading →

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Museu do Amanhã recebe exposição sobre a Amazônia — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Fazer o visitante se sentir parte da Floresta Amazônica é um dos objetivos da exposição Fruturos: Tempos Amazônicos, que abre nesta sexta (17) no Museu do Amanhã, no Rio de Janeiro. 207 more words Museu do Amanhã recebe exposição sobre a Amazônia … Continue reading →

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A propaganda no Natal: da criação do Papai Noel à universalização do marketing no feriado — Internacional da Amazônia

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Jade Germano de Brito Machado – Acadêmica do 6º semestre de Relações Internacionais da Unama A escola de Frankfurt é representada por diversos pensadores inspirados nas ideias de Karl Marx e responsáveis pela elaboração de teorias voltadas à emancipação social … Continue reading →

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Amigo surpresa do menino Yanomami na selva! 

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Às vezes perdemos os momentos mais lindos, NÃO PERCA ISSO! Filme de 38 segundos com Namowë, menino Yanomami do Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela Trecho de filme de Barbara Crane Navarro de momentos do cotidiano de uma comunidade Yanomami na floresta … Continue reading →

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Conscious Consumerism — Please Boycott Gold, Palm Oil, Exotic Wood, Gemstones, Leather, Soy, Meat and other products from Deforestation! — Environmentalish

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Shopping Smarter and Sustainably Shopping has always been a passion of mine, so learning how to slow down and shop smarter was definitely a challenge at first. I have been trying to embrace minimalism, while learning the stories behind companies … Continue reading →

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Yanomami revivem ameaça de extermínio com garimpo e omissão governamental — FOLHA DE SÃO PAULO — OBIND

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

RESUMO] No final da década de 1980, o povo yanomami teve seu território invadido por garimpeiros, o que causou epidemias, desnutrição infantil e a morte de pelo menos 15% da sua população. 1,818 more words FOLHA DE SÃO PAULO: Yanomamis revivem ameaça … Continue reading →

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Un viaje verdaderamente mágico – « La Magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Meromi, una niña Yanomami »

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« El segundo volumen de la serie Amazon Rainforest Magic narra el sorprendente viaje de Meromi, una niña Yanomami que se ve envuelta en una aventura inesperada en los ríos y selvas del Amazonas. Es un viaje verdaderamente mágico para Meromi … Continue reading →

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Un viaje verdaderamente mágico – « La Magia de la Amazonia Las aventuras de Meromi, una niña Yanomami »

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« El segundo volumen de la serie Amazon Rainforest Magic narra el sorprendente viaje de Meromi, una niña Yanomami que se ve envuelta en una aventura inesperada en los ríos y selvas del Amazonas. Es un viaje verdaderamente mágico para Meromi … Continue reading →

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