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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.

A Surprisingly Uplifting, and Effective, Way to Sequester Carbon! — Mother Jones

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the world increasingly turns toward natural climate solutions like reforestation and grassland restoration to sequester carbon, it may be overlooking a crucial ally: animals.  1,018 … Continue reading →

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¡Neocolonialismo! – ¡Minería de oro legal e ilegal y otras industrias mineras contra los pueblos Indígenas, la vida silvestre y el agua!

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Mina de oro legal – foto: Barrick Gold Corporation “Todos los días me despierto y todo lo que veo a mi alrededor es dolor y tristeza porque Barrick Gold mató todo aquí. Todo está muerto”. dice Torres, cuya familia ha … Continue reading →

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Estudo revela altos índices de mercúrio em pescados e aponta riscos para o consumo em RR — Ecoamazônia

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pesquisa, desenvolvida pela Fiocruz, pelo Instituto Socioambiental, Instituto Evandro Chagas e UFRR, analisou amostras coletadas em três de quatro pontos na Bacia do Rio Branco, que apresentaram concentração de mercúrio maior ou igual ao limite estabelecido pela FAO e OMS … Continue reading →

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Neocolonialismo! – Mineração de ouro legal e ilegal e outras indústrias de mineração contra povos Indígenas, animais selvagens e água!

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Mina de ouro de uma mineradora legal – foto: Barrick Gold Corporation “Todo dia eu acordo e tudo que vejo ao meu redor é dor e tristeza porque Barrick Gold matou tudo aqui. Tudo está morto.” diz Torres, cuja família … Continue reading →

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You (or your dog) could become a tree — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

The New York start up, Transcend, wants to turn your body (or Fluffy’s) into a tree, sequestering carbon, reducing costs, and reforesting degraded … You (or your dog) could become a tree You (or your dog) could become a tree — … Continue reading →

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Néo-colonialisme ! – Extraction d’or légale et illégale et autres industries minières contre les peuples autochtones, la faune et l’eau !

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Mine d’or légale – photo: Barrick Gold Corporation “Chaque jour, je me réveille et tout ce que je vois autour de moi, c’est de la douleur et de la tristesse parce que Barrick Gold a tout tué ici. Tout est … Continue reading →

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O governo Lula vai explorar petróleo na foz do Amazonas? — SUMAÚMA

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Entender esse projeto destruidor e mover-se para barrá-lo é também responsabilidade da comunidade SUMAÚMA O governo Lula vai explorar petróleo na foz do Amazonas? — SUMAÚMA

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Neo-Colonialism! – Legal and Illegal Gold Mining and other Extractive Industries vs Indigenous Peoples, Wildlife and Water!

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Legal gold mine – photo: Barrick Gold Corporation “Every day I wake up and all I see around me is pain and sadness because Barrick Gold killed everything here. Everything is dead.” says Torres, whose family has lived in Las … Continue reading →

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Hanging Out With the German Activists Who Glue Themselves to Things — Mother Jones

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It took only a split second after the climate activists strode into the busy Berlin intersection for drivers on their morning commute to realize what was … Continue reading →

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IL GENOCIDIO DEGLI YANOMAMI e la MORTE DELLA NATURA per la merce in oro e diamanti e L’ARTE DEL LAVAGGIO VERDE dei COMMERCIANTI D’ORO con le loro stesse parole… aggiornato luglio 2023

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Il negozio Cartier vendono gioielli, orologi e accessori di lusso esclusivi in ​​oro e diamanti dal 1847 – foto: Cartier “Le cose vanno male dal 2015, quando il prezzo dell’oro ha iniziato a salire. La vita degli Yanomami è legata … Continue reading →

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