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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.

Oro legal y oro ilegal: si Barrick Gold Corporation o los buscadores estuvieran buscando oro en su patio trasero y contaminaran su única fuente de agua con cianuro o mercurio, ¿seguiría ataviado con joyas, relojes y accesorios de oro?

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

¡Derecho a la vida en lugar de ganancias de oro legal! ¡Cuanto más sabes, menos oro brilla! Nada dice “Te amo” como… ¡¿20 toneladas de desechos mineros?! ¡Esa es la cantidad de desechos de roca extraídos y descartados para producir … Continue reading →

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Leis frágeis ajudam expansão de garimpo ilegal na Amazônia, diz dossiê — Ecoamazônia

Posted on April 6, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Um dossiê divulgado nesta semana aponta que o avanço do garimpo ilegal em terras indígenas na Amazônia está relacionado à falta de fiscalização, omissão das autoridades, leis frágeis e vulnerabilidade das áreas exploradas. 36 more words Leis frágeis ajudam expansão de … Continue reading →

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Mining Giant Is One Court Ruling Away From Destroying an Apache Holy Site! — Mother Jones

Posted on April 6, 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. For nearly a decade, tribal leaders in Arizona have fought to save Oak Flat—a sacred site central to the religious practices of the San Carlos Apache … Continue reading →

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Ouro Legal e Ouro Ilegal – Se a Barrick Gold Corporation ou os garimpeiros estivessem garimpando ouro em seu quintal e contaminando sua única fonte de água com cianeto ou mercúrio, você ainda estaria enfeitado com joias, relógios e acessórios de ouro?

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Local legal de mineração de ouro contamina terras Indígenas com cianeto! Direito à vida em vez de lucros legais de ouro! Local illegal de mineração de ouro contamina terras Indígenas com mercúrio! Nada diz “eu te amo” como… 20 toneladas … Continue reading →

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Estrategia de sostenibilidad financiera de los gobiernos Indígenas del macroterritorio de los jaguares del Yuruparí — Ecoamazônia

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

En los departamentos colombianos de Amazonas, Vaupés y Guainía se ubican las denominadas Áreas No Municipalizadas (ANM), territorios que han sido históricamente habitados por pueblos indígenas y hacen parte del extenso bosque tropical amazónico. 39 more words Estrategia de sostenibilidad financiera … Continue reading →

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The ‘Vampiric’ Draining and Poisoning of Lifeblood: Water! — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Human Wrongs Watch By Baher Kamal MADRID, Mar 21 2023 (IPS)* – Shockingly, the human suicidal war on Nature not only continues unabated but is also set to become even more virulent. Just to start with, please be reminded that … Continue reading →

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Or légal et or illégal – Si Barrick Gold Corporation ou des orpailleurs cherchaient de l’or dans votre arrière-cour et contaminaient votre seule source d’eau avec du cyanure ou du mercure, vous décoreriez-vous toujours avec des bijoux, des montres et des accessoires en or ?

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Un site d’extraction d’or légale contamine les terres autochtones avec du cyanure Droit à la Vie sur les bénéfices légaux de l’or ! Plus vous en savez, moins l’or brille ! Rien ne dit « je t’aime » comme… 20 … Continue reading →

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Ibama relata ações contra garimpo em terra Yanomami! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Com o novo governo, o Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente (Ibama) já passou a ter uma atuação permanente e efetiva, cumprindo decisões judiciais de se combater o garimpo ilegal nas terras indígenas (TIs), tanto a dos ianomami e quanto as … Continue reading →

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Coal Knew, Too! — Stigmatis News

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

ILLUSTRATION: REBECCA ZISSER; PHOTOS: GETTY “Exxon knew.” A newly unearthed journal from 1966 shows the coal industry, like the oil industry, was long aware of the threat of climate change. By Élan Young Thanks to the work of activists and … Continue reading →

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Legal Gold and Illegal Gold – If Barrick Gold Corporation or wildcat prospectors were digging for gold in your back yard and contaminating your only source of water with cyanure or mercury, would you still decorate yourself with gold jewelry, watches and accessories?

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

Right to Life over legal gold profits ! Right to Life over illegal gold profits ! Nothing says “I love you” like… 20 tonnes of mining waste?! That’s how much waste rock is dug up and discarded to produce the amount of … Continue reading →

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