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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.

The Earth and Indigenous peoples are dying for our Gold obsession! Please Choose the Right to Life over gold profits and Vanity!

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

photo: Barrick Gold Corporation Gold is a colonial relic that we urgently need to recognize as essentially worthless – the deforestation, pollution and catastrophic impacts on water, wildlife and Indigenous communities is mainly for futile and superficial jewelry and financial … Continue reading →

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Spotlight Writing Challenge – Haiku or Senryū – Micro-Season: “The Elk Sheds Its Antlers” – Prompt Reference ‘Deer, elk, or any other member of the Cervidae family.’ – Hosted by Mark S. @ Naturalist Weekly — Art, Music, Photography, Poetry and Quotations

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Naturalist Weekly: We have entered the micro-season of “The Elk Sheds its Antlers”.? This is the second micro-season of the mini-season Winter Solstice.? All the micro-seasons within Winter Solstice are: The Common Self-Heal Sprouts (Dec 22 – … Continue reading →

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Il vero costo dei tuoi gioielli: i cartelli riciclano il denaro della droga vendendo oro insanguinato a Cartier e ad altri nel settore del lusso, nonché ai negozi di oro scontato, e lo Yanomami e altri popoli Indigeni sta pagando il prezzo!

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

L’oro illegale è il modo più redditizio per i cartelli della droga, i gruppi terroristici, i trafficanti di armi, la mafia, i banchieri senza scrupoli e i commercianti e mediatori di oro internazionali per riciclare denaro perché a differenza della … Continue reading →

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Entidades Yanomami denunciam entrada de garimpeiros no Pico da Neblina — Ecoamazônia

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Lugar é sagrado para indígenas, que pedem proteção da área Com a mobilização de forças de segurança na Terra Indígena (TI) Yanomami, parte dos garimpeiros tem se deslocado de áreas onde há mais repressão para outros pontos. 31 more words Entidades … Continue reading →

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El verdadero costo de sus joyas: los cárteles lavan el dinero de las drogas vendiendo ORO DE SANGRE a Cartier y otros en la industria del lujo, así como también a tiendas de descuento en oro, ¡y los Yanomami y otros comunidades Indígenas están pagando el precio!

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

El oro ilegal es la forma más lucrativa para que los carteles de la droga, los grupos terroristas, los traficantes de armas, la mafia, los banqueros sin escrúpulos y los comerciantes y corredores internacionales de oro puedan lavar dinero. porque … Continue reading →

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Brigadas comunitárias: uma solução eficaz contra o fogo no Brasil!

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Projetos em parceria com o WWF-Brasil treinaram mais de 450 voluntários, formando 30 grupos de combate no Pantanal, 30 na Amazônia e 10 no Cerrado Por Maíra Teixeira, do WWF-Brasil “Tem muita gente tentando invadir nossas terras. Derrubam árvores, tocam … Continue reading →

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O verdadeiro custo de suas joias: Cartéis lavam dinheiro de drogas vendendo OURO de SANGUE para Cartier e outros na indústria de luxo, bem como para lojas de ouro com desconto e os Yanomami e outros povos Indígenas estão pagando o preço!

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O ouro ilegal é a maneira mais lucrativa para cartéis de drogas, grupos terroristas, traficantes de armas, a máfia, banqueiros inescrupulosos e comerciantes e corretores internacionais de ouro para lavar dinheiro porque, diferentemente da cocaína, o ouro “legal” se parece … Continue reading →

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Polar Bears See Sharp Decline In Numbers Near ‘Bear Capital of the World’! — Stigmatis

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“The actual decline is a lot larger than I would have expected,” said Andrew Derocher, a biology professor at the University of Alberta. Suman Naishadham | Dec 23, 2022 Polar bears in Canada’s Western Hudson Bay — on the southern … Continue reading →

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Le véritable coût de vos bijoux : les cartels blanchissent l’argent de la drogue en vendant de l’OR de SANG à Cartier et à d’autres de l’industrie du luxe, ainsi qu’à des magasins d’or à prix réduits et les Yanomami et autres peuples Indigènes en paient le prix !

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

L’or illégal est le moyen le plus lucratif pour les cartels de la drogue, les groupes terroristes, les trafiquants d’armes, la mafia, les banquiers sans scrupules ainsi que les négociants et les courtiers internationaux en or de blanchir de l’argent … Continue reading →

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Climate Crisis Is Destroying Oregon’s Conifer Forests! — Mother Jones

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scientists have discovered a record number of dead fir trees in Oregon, in a foreboding sign of how drought and the climate crisis are ravaging the … Continue reading →

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