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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.

Spotlight Virtual Issue – Global South — The Applied Ecologist

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

We’re thrilled to announce that our 2022 Spotlight Virtual Issue is now available to read! Starting in 2021, the Journal of Applied Ecology Senior Editors select a collection of articles from the previous publication volume to showcase important new research … Continue reading →

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« Cartier utiliza imágenes de la tribu amazónica devastada por la minería ilegal de oro. Los críticos lo llaman hipocresía » Los Yanomami dicen: “¿Cómo una empresa de joyería, a la que nos oponemos los Yanomami, puede usar la imagen de los Yanomami? & “¡Quien compre un anillo de oro es parte del crimen!”

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

¿Este Eres tu?? Niño Yanomami que sufre de desnutrición e intoxicación por mercurio directamente relacionado con la minería de oro Objetivamente, Alain Dominique Perrin fue presidente de la casa de joyas, relojes y accesorios de oro Cartier de 1975 a … Continue reading →

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A Broken Record on Repeat – Animal Extinction Likely if Palm Oil Expands in North East India — Palm Oil Detectives

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

As with the forest kingdoms of Borneo and the Amazon rainforest, the Indian forest kingdom of the Golden Langurs and Pygmy Hogs is under siege by palm oil in the north east of India. The region is home to some … Continue reading →

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O uso da tribo amazônica pelo comerciante de ouro Cartier leva os defensores Indígenas a alegar hipocrisia! Os Yanomami dizem: “Como pode uma empresa de ourivesaria, contra a qual nós Yanomami nos opomos, usar a imagem dos Yanomami? & !”Quem compra um anel de ouro faz parte do crime!”

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

É você? Crianças Yanomami sofrendo de desnutrição e intoxicação por mercúrio diretamente ligada à mineração de ouro. publicidade Cartier/Fundação Cartier “Os Yanomami estão pagando o preço com sua saúde e com suas próprias vidas pela implacável avidez por ouro de … Continue reading →

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Melting Ice May Bring Ships, Unwanted Visitors, to an Alaska Native Haven! — Mother Jones

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

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. King Island, Alaska, roughly 85 miles off the coast of Nome, is home to the now abandoned village of Ukivok. 1,123 more words Melting … Continue reading →

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La tribu amazonienne affichée sur le site Cartier se rebelle ! L’or continue de faire des ravages en Amazonie… Les Yanomami disent : “Comment une entreprise de bijoux en or, contre laquelle nous, les Yanomami, sommes opposés, peut-elle utiliser l’image des Yanomami ?” & “Quiconque achète une bague en or fait partie du crime !” 

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

Est-ce toi ? Enfants Yanomami souffrant de malnutrition et d’empoisonnement au mercure directement liés à l’extraction de l’or. L’utilisation sans autorisation d’images d’une tribu amazonienne sur le site web de Cartier n’a pas manqué de soulever de vives critiques La … Continue reading →

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Estudo aponta que pecuária, não coca, impulsiona o desmatamento da Amazônia na Colômbia!

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

As autoridades colombianas culparam o cultivo de coca – o ingrediente básico da cocaína – pelo corte raso, mas novo estudo  mostra o contrário Uma estrada ilegal feita durante o desmatamento em Caquetá, na Colômbia, em 2021. Foto: Luisa González/Reuters Por … Continue reading →

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Gold merchant Cartier’s use of Amazon tribe prompts Indigenous advocates to allege hypocrisy! Yanomami say: “How can a gold jewelry company, which we Yanomami people are against, use the image of the Yanomami?” & “Anyone who buys a gold ring is part of the crime!”

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

Is this you? Yanomami children suffering from malnutrition and mercury poisoning directly linked with gold mining. Cartier/Foundation Cartier publicity Fabiano Maisonnave’s article for AP is here: https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-gold-indigenous-yanomami-cartier-venezuela-6533687f2da0ea66a4bd72e8f211de69 In fact, Alain Dominique Perrin was President of the Cartier gold jewelry, watch … Continue reading →

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Operação desmonta esquema bilionário de ouro clandestino na Amazônia — Ecoamazônia

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

Atuação integra investigação conjunta do MPF, PF e Receita Federal Em uma ação conjunta com o Ministério Público Federal (MPF) e com a Receita Federal, a Polícia Federal  (PF) cumpre, nesta quarta-feira (15), três mandados de prisão e 27 mandados de … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 10 – « YANOMAMI children and their community in the Amazon Rainforest » 13:16

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

A film of instants of daily life of a Yanomami community in the Amazon Rainforest of Venezuela made to accompany the children’s book series: “Amazon Rainforest Magic” “La Magie de l’Amazonie” and “La Magia de la Amazonia” for ages 8 … Continue reading →

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