Author Archives: Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Unknown's avatar

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.

Mulheres nativas, mulheres originais: « Reflorestar espíritos para a cura da Terra! » — Mágica Mistura✨

Por enquanto, há um voto contra o « Marco Temporal » e a favor dos povos indígenas do Ministro Edson Fachin que disse: « Não há maior segurança jurídica do que cumprir a Constituição. » Os direitos indígenas são FUNDAMENTAIS! O Ministro Nunes Marques … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Na luta por direitos, as mulheres se defrontam com inúmeras desigualdades — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Originally posted on Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!: ” Na luta pela igualdade de direitos, as mulheres se defrontam com inúmeras desigualdades” que precisam ser vistas e interpretadas de forma que, toque as pessoas, as mobilizem, gerando assim, um sentimento de ( culpa, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Assista a “PARA ENTENDER O MARCO TEMPORAL” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

Em meio a manifestações dos povos originários pelos seus direitos , talvez fiquem algumas dúvidas sobre o que estes irmãos já passaram e continuam passando. 85 more words Assista a “PARA ENTENDER O MARCO TEMPORAL” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Mulheres nativas, mulheres originais: « Reflorestar espíritos para a cura da Terra! » — Barbara Crane Navarro

Pour l’instant, il y a un vote contre le « cadre temporel » et en faveur des peuples autochtones par le ministre Edson Fachin qui a déclaré : « Il n’y a pas de plus grande sécurité juridique que de se conformer à … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments

La lucha continúa: Mujeres indígenas de Brasil acampan ante el Supremo Tribunal Federal — Unión Mundo — mimismo

Miles de mujeres indígenas acamparon este jueves frente al Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) a la espera de que este órgano rechace la tesis ruralista que acaba con la demarcación de sus tierras. Integrada por representantes de 150 pueblos originarios brasileños, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Brasil: mujeres indígenas marchan en defensa de sus tierras ancestrales — El Independiente

Brasilia. Miles de mujeres de pueblos originarios protestaron ayer en esta capital contra la “agenda antindígena” del presidente Jair Bolsonaro Brasil: mujeres indígenas marchan en defensa de sus tierras ancestrales — El Independiente

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Indigenous Women, Original Women: « Reforesting Minds for the Healing of the Earth! » — Barbara Crane Navarro

For now, there’s one vote against the « Time Frame » and in favor of Indigenous Peoples by Minister Edson Fachin who stated: « There is no greater legal certainty than complying with the Constitution. » Indigenous rights are FUNDAMENTAL! Minister Nunes Marques began … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments

MPF reitera posicionamento contra PL que pretende incorporar marco temporal — Ecoamazônia

Em audiência pública na Câmara dos Deputados, representante da Câmara Indígena do MPF (6CCR) apontou motivos pelos quais o projeto de lei é considerado inconstitucional A principal ameaça aos direitos indígenas em curso hoje no país é o Projeto de … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Indigenous warrior women take fight to save ancestral lands to Brazilian capital | Brazil | The Guardian — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Jair Bolsonaro is backing a legal move to open up large tracts of indigenous territory to commercial exploitation – denounced as an ‘extermination effort’ Source: Indigenous warrior women take fight to save ancestral lands to Brazilian capital | Brazil | … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Donne indigene, Donne originali: « riforestare le menti per la guarigione della Terra » 

Dal 7 all’11 settembre diverse migliaia di donne di 150 nazioni indigene si sono radunate per marciare insieme a Brasilia in favore dei diritti garantiti loro dalla Costituzione del Brasile e contro il limite del « lasso di tempo » e altre … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments