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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 true cost of your jewelry: Cartels launder drug money selling BLOOD GOLD to Cartier and others in the luxury industry and to discount gold shops. The Yanomami and other Indigenous people pay the price!

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Illegal gold is the most lucrative way for drug cartels, terrorist groups, arms traffickers, the mafia, unscrupulous bankers as well as international gold traders and brokers to launder money because, contrary to cocaine, gold that’s “legal” looks exactly like illegal … Continue reading →

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What’s up with the global plastics treaty? — Stigmatis

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

An update from WWF’s Erin Simon and OPLN’s Dave Ford, who attended INC-1 in Uruguay. Image via Shutterstock/Farantsa By Jon Smieja | Dec. 2022 According to Pew and SystemIQ, plastic flows into the ocean are expected to triple by 2040. Immediate action, … Continue reading →

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Cosa sta vendendo quest’uomo? – Cartier ha comprato un po’ – anche tu?

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Perez Miranda, detto anche “Pietro Ferrari” Chiunque pensi di acquistare o utilizzare oro dovrebbe dare un’occhiata all’episodio “Dirty Gold” della straordinaria serie antologica di documentari di Netflix, “Dirty Money”! È una vera versione di “Narcos”! Ferrari è stato uno … Continue reading →

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Lula pode salvar a Amazônia? Seu histórico mostra que ele pode conseguir…

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O novo presidente do Brasil está determinado a reverter a abordagem de terra arrasada de Bolsonaro  em relação ao meio ambiente ‘No primeiro dia de mandato de Lula, ele assinou uma medida do Fundo Amazônia, que permite que governos estrangeiros … Continue reading →

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¿Qué vende este hombre? – Cartier compró algunos, ¿tú también?

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Pérez Miranda, también conocido como “Peter Ferrari” ¡Cualquiera que esté pensando en comprar o usar oro debería ver el episodio “Dirty Gold” de la extraordinaria serie de antología documental de Netflix, “Dirty Money”! ¡Es una versión real de “Narcos”! … Continue reading →

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In Bolivia, Mercury Pollution Spreads Amid a Surge in Gold Mining – Yale E360 — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Source: In Bolivia, Mercury Pollution Spreads Amid a Surge in Gold Mining – Yale E360 In Bolivia, Mercury Pollution Spreads Amid a Surge in Gold Mining – Yale E360 — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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O que esse homem está vendendo? – Cartier comprou alguns, você também?

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Pérez Miranda, também conhecido como “Peter Ferrari” Qualquer pessoa que esteja pensando em comprar ou usar ouro deve assistir ao episódio “Dirty Gold” da extraordinária série antológica de documentários da Netflix, “Dirty Money”! É uma versão real de “Narcos”! … Continue reading →

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US Farmers Face Plagues of Pests as Soil Temperatures Rise — Mother Jones

Posted on August 9, 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. Agricultural pests that devour key food crops are advancing northwards in the US and becoming more widespread as the climate hots up, new research warns. 598 … Continue reading →

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Qu’est-ce que cet homme vend ? – Cartier en a acheté, vous aussi ?

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Pérez Miranda, alias “Peter Ferrari” Quiconque envisage d’acheter ou de porter de l’or devrait voir l’épisode “Dirty Gold” de l’extraordinaire série d’anthologies documentaires de Netflix, “Dirty Money” ! C’est une version réelle de “Narcos” ! Ferrari était l’un des principaux coupables … Continue reading →

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Motives at Lake Mohonk | Mahpíya Lúta Red Cloud — Lara Trace Hentz

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“The early leaders of the Indian Rights Association (IRA) had a twofold purpose: to protect the interests and general welfare for the Indians, and to initiate, support, or oppose government legislation and policies designed to ‘civilize’ the American Indian.  By … Continue reading →

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