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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.

Legislative proposal approved threatens indigenous peoples and destroys the environment — CSP-Conlutas

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Movements and experts say that, in practice, it will lead to the deepening of indigenous genocide, land invasion and violence, in addition to deforestation and environmental destruction. Legislative proposal approved threatens indigenous peoples and destroys the environment — CSP-Conlutas

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ÉCOUTER LE MESSAGE DU CHAMAN YANOMAMI – LE PLAIDOYER DE LA FORÊT TROPICALE !

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Hey – Regardez nous Nous vous voyons Nous avons essayé de vous montrer Vous n’avez jamais pris la peine d’apprendre notre langue Vous regardiez toujours vers le bas Nous vous prévenons depuis le début a terre est vivante Cette … Continue reading →

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Mais ataques! Funai intimida Univaja, organização indígena do Vale do Javari — Observatório dos Direitos Humanos dos Povos Indígenas Isolados e de Recente Contato — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Foto: Roberto Stuckert Filho/ Arquivo O Globo Nas últimas semanas, o Presidente da Funai vem movendo inquéritos policiais contra lideranças e organizações indígenas, com o objetivo de intimidar e calar as vozes do movimento indígena. 50 more words Mais ataques! Funai … Continue reading →

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Why Brazil’s indigenous people fight for the Amazon rainforest | Nixiwaka Yawanawá | TEDxBedford — msamba

Posted on June 26, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Nixiwaka Yawanawá is a member of the Yawanawá tribe — a community of indigenous people who live within the Amazon rainforest — on the Acre River Headwaters Indigenous Land. Like many other Amazonian tribes, the Yawanawá rely on the rainforest … Continue reading →

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PLEASE LISTEN TO THE YANOMAMI SHAMAN’S MESSAGE – THE PLEA OF THE RAINFOREST!

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

« 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 This land can’t … Continue reading →

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Brazil’s environment minister resigns amid criticism, probes – Next: Bolsonaro?!

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

Brazil’s environment minister resigns amid criticism, probes – Federal News Network https://ift.tt/3vQoleI Brazil’s environment minister resigns amid criticism, probes  Federal News Network Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2Pik6Fi Brazil’s environment minister resigns amid criticism, probes – Federal News Network —

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Com apoio da Funai, operação combate atividade de garimpo na Terra Indígena Yanomami — Ecoamazônia

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

Uma ação conjunta da Fundação Nacional do Índio (Funai) e da Força Nacional de Segurança Pública (FNSP) resultou, no último dia 18, na apreensão de 100 galões de combustível escondidos às margens do rio Mucajaí, na Terra Indígena (TI) Yanomami, … Continue reading →

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Un mese di violenti attacchi di minatori d’oro contro le comunità Yanomami senza protezione da parte dello Stato brasiliano! – « Se i cercatori d’oro scavano ovunque, i fiumi della foresta saranno pieni di fango, olio per motori e spazzatura. Lavano la loro polvere d’oro nei ruscelli, mescolandola al mercurio, sporco e pericoloso… »

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

Un conflitto è scoppiato il 27 aprile, quando un gruppo di Yanomami ha intercettato minatori illegali che risalivano il fiume Uraricoera su un motoscafo carico di carburante per i loro aerei, elicotteri e gli escavatori industriali che usano per sradicare … Continue reading →

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World Rainforest Day 2021 — Educational News

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

‘Save trees save life’ is a well known proverb for everyone. It is our responsibility to save forests because it would save our life. This types of forests are gets more rainfall and it helps to maintain ecosystem. It is … Continue reading →

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World Rainforest Day …22nd June 2021… — Retired? No one told me!

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

Rainforests help to keep our climate stable by absorbing Carbon Dioxide and releasing oxygen. The Amazon Rainforest alone provides 20% of our oxygen…We need to raise awareness of the importance of our rainforests because as you all know we need … Continue reading →

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