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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.

Still Happening: Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin – Nature.com

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

Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin – Nature.com https://ift.tt/3kICSW9 Policy, drought and fires combine to affect biodiversity in the Amazon basin  Nature.com Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2tI2HiE Policy, drought and fires combine to affect … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 1 – « The Way of the Shaman » 2:40

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

« The Way of the Shaman » alternates scenes from an art installation of my paintings and totemic sculptures at the Eyedrum Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with scenes of Yanomami shamanic initiation and daily life in the forest and the village. … Continue reading →

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Na Amazônia, estradas associadas à mineração causam grandes danos ambientais! — Ecoamazônia

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

O impacto provocado pelas rodovias abertas para acessar minas pode ser 60 vezes maior que as próprias minas    Se implantada, a exploração de 242 depósitos minerais na Reserva Nacional de Cobre e Associados (Renca), que abrange partes de nove … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Little Film! – Sometimes we miss the most beautiful moments – DON’T MISS THIS one! A magical 38-second film – “The Yanomami boy’s surprise friend in the jungle”!

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

Please help protect the forests, rivers, wildlife and the lives of the Yanomami and other Indigenous peoples by boycotting ALL products from deforestation; gold, palm oil, exotic wood, soy, beef, etc. Here’s the 38-second film of the Yanomami boy in … Continue reading →

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A principal infraestrutura da Amazônia é a floresta em pé!

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

A Carta de Alter, documento final do maior encontro de organizações ambientais, associações locais e institutos de pesquisa da Amazônia, defende um desenvolvimento para as pessoas e com o meio ambiente Paisagem interior de uma floresta amazônica intacta Após três … Continue reading →

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«Dimentichiamo e ci consideriamo superiori. Ma dopo tutto, siamo solo una parte della creazione.» – Abbiamo tutti bisogno di rivedere il nostro rapporto con la natura e rifocalizzare la nostra associazione con il consumismo!

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

« Non vedo delega per tutte e quattro le gambe. Non vedo un posto per le aquile. Dimentichiamo e ci consideriamo superiori. Ma dopo tutto, siamo solo una parte della creazione. E dobbiamo tenerne conto per capire a che punto siamo. … Continue reading →

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From Wall Street to the Amazon Rainforest: Big capital funds gold mining driven deforestation! — Mongabay.com

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

From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds mining-driven deforestation – Mongabay.com https://ift.tt/iv9L3gq From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds mining-driven deforestation  Mongabay.com Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2ZwMaEd From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds … Continue reading →

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«Nos olvidamos y nos consideramos superiores. Pero, después de todo, somos solo una parte de la creación» – ¡Todos necesitamos revisar nuestra relación con la naturaleza y re-orientar nuestra asociación con el consumismo! 

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« No veo delegación de cuatro patas. No veo un asiento para las águilas. Nos olvidamos y nos consideramos superiores. Pero, después de todo, somos solo una parte de la creación. Y tenemos que considerar esto para entender dónde estamos. … Continue reading →

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Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, report warns – Please STOP buying ALL products from deforestation!

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, report warns – Mongabay.com https://ift.tt/Z2lTg95 Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, report warns  Mongabay.com Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/qC5K7NB Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, … Continue reading →

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«Esquecemos e nos consideramos superiores. Mas, afinal, somos apenas parte da Criação.» – Todos nós precisamos rever nossa relação com a Natureza e reorientar nossa associação com o consumismo! 

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

«Não vejo delegação para quatro patas. Não vejo um assento para as águias. Esquecemos e nos consideramos superiores. Mas, afinal, somos apenas parte da criação. E temos que considerar isso para entender onde estamos. E estamos parados em algum lugar … Continue reading →

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