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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.

MPF reforça necessidade de cooperação transnacional para enfrentar crimes ambientais na Amazônia! — Ecoamazônia

Em evento realizado em Manaus, coordenador da Câmara Ambiental do MPF defendeu fortalecimento da parceria entre Brasil, Colômbia e Peru Fomentar a cooperação transnacional por meio de debates e painéis sobre segurança na Bacia Amazônica. 35 more words MPF reforça necessidade … Continue reading

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Life in the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’ could disappear due to the climate crisis! — Stigmatis News

One of Earth’s largest habitats could see its rich diversity of life reduced by the end of the century due to the climate crisis. By Ashley Strickland, CNN The ocean’s mesopelagic zone, also called the “twilight zone,” is located between 656 … Continue reading

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A determinação de uma mulher Indígena empurra uma mega-corporação de mineração legal para fora do território de seu povo – Alessandra Korap Munduruku venceu sua campanha contra a empresa Anglo American!

“Ele [Anglo American] pode ser poderoso para você, mas para mim o mais poderoso é o rio, a força da nossa terra e do nosso povo; a formiga fazendo o seu trabalho e a resistência do nosso povo há mais … Continue reading

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Bosques del Amazonas meridional y occidental, en riesgo de morir por sequía — Stigmatis News

Barcelona, (EFE).- Los bosques del Amazonas meridional y occidental están en riesgo de sufrir embolias y mortalidad por sequía, según un artículo publicado en la revista Nature en el que ha participado el Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales (Creaf) de … Continue reading

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Ned Blackhawk Wants to Unmake the US Origin Story! — Mother Jones

In recent years, there has been greater awareness of the need to recast American history by including the stories of this nation’s original inhabitants. Museums have… 1,290 more words Ned Blackhawk Wants to Unmake the US Origin Story — Mother Jones

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La détermination d’une femme autochtone pousse une méga-société minière légale hors du territoire de son peuple – Alessandra Korap Munduruku a remporté sa campagne contre la société Anglo-American !

“Il [Anglo American] est peut-être puissant pour vous, mais pour moi, les plus puissants sont le fleuve, la force de notre territoire et de notre peuple ; la fourmi qui fait son travail et la résistance de notre peuple depuis plus … Continue reading

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PF inutiliza balsas de garimpo ilegal! — Ecoamazônia

Trabalho policial contou com apoio do IBAMA e ocorreu no Vale do Javari/AM Manaus/AM. A Polícia Federal no Amazonas realizou nesta quinta-feira (23/3) a Operação Tucandeira, que tem por objetivo a identificação, abordagem e inutilização de balsas/dragas que operam a atividade … Continue reading

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Look at the Tipping Point of the Earth — Stigmatis News

As the powers of destruction fight over a piece of land to generate more destruction, the planet is reaching, if not already reached, its “point of no return”. Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all. The Batagaika crater … Continue reading

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Indigenous woman’s determination pushes legal mega-mining corporation out of her people’s territory – Alessandra Korap Munduruku won her campaign against Anglo American corporation!

“It [Anglo American] may be powerful to you, but to me, the powerful ones are the river, the strength of our territory and our people; the ant doing its work and the resistance of our people for more than 500 … Continue reading

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Associação Yanomami aciona STF contra audiência pública no Senado! — Ecoamazônia

Comissão quer ouvir garimpeiros e mineradores A Associação Urihi, que representa mais de 150 comunidades Yanomami em Roraima, recorreu ao Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) para suspender a audiência pública que pretende ouvir representantes de cooperativas de mineração e de associação … Continue reading

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