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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.

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE YANOMAMI SHAMAN’S MESSAGE – THE PLEA OF THE RAINFOREST! – And discover how we can help Indigenous peoples!

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

photo: Renato Soares « Hey – Look at me We see you We tried to show you You never bothered to learn our language You were always looking down We’ve been warning you since the beginning The land is alive … Continue reading →

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«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 April 3, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Insegnerai ai tuoi figli quello che 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 alla terra. … Continue reading →

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With One Million Species Endangered, the Web of Life Is at Risk of Extinction! — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Human Wrongs Watch By Baher Kamal MADRID (IPS)* – These are not by any means just mere figures. It is about the risk of extinction of the whole life cycle. See what is at stake. Illegal wildlife trade continues to … Continue reading →

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« 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 April 2, 2025 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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Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say – BBC News — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Source: Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say – BBC News Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say – BBC News — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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«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 April 1, 2025 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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IPCC report: Effects of climate crisis will deepen in Latin America! – Diálogo Chino

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

IPCC report: Effects of climate crisis will deepen in Latin America – Diálogo Chino https://ift.tt/B3aGxjQ IPCC report: Effects of climate crisis will deepen in Latin America  Diálogo Chino Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/uexjyAX IPCC report: Effects of climate crisis will … Continue reading →

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«La Terre n’appartient pas à l’homme, l’homme appartient à la Terre. L’homme n’a pas tissé la toile de la vie, il n’en est qu’un fil. Quoi qu’il fasse à la toile de la vie, il le fait à lui-même.»

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Enseignez-vous à vos enfants ce que nous avons enseigné à nos enfants ? Que la terre est notre mère ? Ce qui arrive à la terre arrive à tous les fils de la terre. Nous le savons, la terre n’appartient pas … Continue reading →

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Gold used in Italian wedding rings linked to Amazon deforestation – Gold used in EVERYTHING is linked to Amazon deforestation and the degradation of Indigenous lives!

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Gold used in Italian wedding rings linked to Amazon deforestation – TDPel Media https://ift.tt/oqz2jt9 Gold used in Italian wedding rings linked to Amazon deforestation  TDPel Media Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/qC5K7NB Gold used in Italian wedding rings linked to Amazon … Continue reading →

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« The Earth does not belong to Man, Man belongs to the Earth. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. »

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

 « Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth. This we know – the earth does not belong to man, man … Continue reading →

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