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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.

Brazil’s battle to reclaim Yanomami lands from illegal gold miners turns deadly! – The Guardian — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on May 3, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

An illegal gold mine on Yanomami territory. Photograph: Tom Phillips/The Guardian Fatalities underline dangers in government efforts to evict thousands of miners who have devastated Indigenous territory Source: Brazil’s battle to reclaim Yanomami lands from illegal miners turns deadly | Brazil … Continue reading →

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Oggi! –– Unisciti a noi mentre portiamo la voce dei leader della comunità che resistono all’estrazione dell’oro di Barrick Gold direttamente al dirigente e agli azionisti dell’azienda durante la loro AGM! – Sostieni le comunità colpite dall’estrazione dell’oro “legale” in tutto il mondo!

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Il 2 maggio, incontraci alle 9:00 in punto al Berczy Park nel centro di Toronto. Portiamo la colazione! Se non puoi essere a Toronto, PUOI PUBBLICARE UNA FOTO DEL TUO PANNELLO DI PROTESTA! #ProtestBarrickGold Barrick Gold Corporation Vai a uccidere … Continue reading →

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PF desmobiliza garimpos em Canaã dos Carajás/PA! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Belém/PA – Neste sábado, (18/03), a Polícia Federal e o Ibama deflagraram as Operações Vila Nova Jerusalém e Serra Dourada do Cobre, ambas em Canaã dos Carajás/PA. 38 more words PF desmobiliza garimpos em Canaã dos Carajás/PA — Ecoamazônia

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Karuk traditional ecological knowledge enhances elk habitat in Northern California — The Applied Ecologist

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

In their new article, Connor et al. discuss how prescribed forest burning that uses Karuk traditional ecological knowledge can have significant benefits for elk habitat. In a Northern California landscape increasingly plagued by severe wildfire, cultural burning, prescribed fire and … Continue reading →

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¡Mañana! –– ¡Únase a nosotros mientras llevamos la voz de los líderes de la comunidad que resisten la extracción de oro de Barrick Gold directamente al ejecutivo y los accionistas de la compañía en su AGM! – ¡Apoye a las comunidades afectadas por la minería de oro “legal” en todo el mundo!

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

El 2 de mayo, reúnase con nosotros a las 9 a. m. en punto en Berczy Park en el centro de Toronto. ¡Traeremos el desayuno! Si no puede estar en Toronto, ¡PUBLIQUE UNA FOTO DE SU PROPIO PANEL DE PROTESTA! … Continue reading →

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Combate ao desmatamento é prioridade para mitigar mudanças climáticas! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Secretária do Ministério do Meio Ambiente comentou relatório da ONU O combate ao desmatamento deve ser a prioridade do Brasil para a mitigação das mudanças climáticas. 41 more words Combate ao desmatamento é prioridade para mitigar mudanças climáticas — Ecoamazônia

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To Ditch Fossil Fuels, We’ll Need to Raise an Army of Electricians! — Mother Jones

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

The United States is on the brink of its most consequential transformation since the New Deal. Read more about what it takes to decarbonize the economy, and what stands in the way, … 3,890 more words To Ditch Fossil Fuels, We’ll … Continue reading →

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Dois dias a partir de hoje! –– Junte-se a nós enquanto levamos a voz dos líderes comunitários que resistem à mineração de ouro da Barrick Gold diretamente ao executivo e acionistas da empresa em sua AGM! – Apoie as comunidades afetadas pela mineração de ouro “legal” em todo o mundo!

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Em 2 de maio, encontre-nos às 9h em ponto no Berczy Park, no centro de Toronto. Traremos café da manhã! Se você não puder estar em Toronto, POR FAVOR POSTE UMA FOTO DO SEU PAINEL DE PROTESTO! #ProtestBarrickGold foto: Barrick … Continue reading →

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ONG ecologistas se alían contra la deforestación, preocupadas por UE-Mercosur — Stigmatis News

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Las principales ONG ecologistas y de consumidores han lanzado una alianza para asegurar la aplicación efectiva del reglamento contra la deforestación importada que la Unión Europea (UE) aprobará esta primavera, preocupados por que la renegociación en marcha de un acuerdo … Continue reading →

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Menindee: Australia’s mass fish death clean-up! — Stigmatis News

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

By Tom Housden | BBC News, Sydney A major clean-up effort is under way in Australia after millions of fish died in a river in western New South Wales (NSW). Fish will be cleared from “high density areas”, but it … Continue reading →

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