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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.

Five things we’ve learned from UN climate report — Stigmatis News

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

By Matt McGrath | Environment correspondent The scientific body that advises the UN on rising temperatures has just released a new report. It’s an important summary of six key pieces of research completed over the past five years. Our environment … 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 March 30, 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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Ameaça à Amazônia — Ecoamazônia

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

Ameaça à Amazônia, um cenário fantasioso e polêmico. Seria verossímil? (Uma opinião para ser discutida). Pinto Silva Carlos Alberto[1]  O Estado brasileiro está sendo alvo de um ataque indireto de nações estrangeiras que, em suas concepções, utilizam o discurso pela … Continue reading →

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UN warns against ‘vampiric’ global water use! — Stigmatis News

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

By Marita Moloney | BBC News A United Nations report has warned of a looming global water crisis and an “imminent risk” of shortages due to overconsumption and climate change. A man washing his face at a tap in Ivory … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 29, 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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Un 7,1 % de los bosques de montaña se han perdido desde comienzos de siglo — Stigmatis News

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Redacción Ciencia.- Los bosques de montaña están desapareciendo “a un ritmo acelerado” y desde el año 2000 se han perdido 78,1 millones de hectáreas (7,1 %), gran parte de ellas en zonas de gran diversidad tropical, lo que supone una … Continue reading →

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Informativo do Governo Federal reúne detalhes sobre a realidade dos povos Indígenas Yanomami e Ye’kwana! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Um informativo elaborado pelo Governo Federal, com apoio da Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas (Funai), reúne detalhes sobre a realidade dos povos indígenas Yanomami e Ye’kwana, as causas da atual calamidade de saúde e as ações emergenciais que vem sendo … Continue reading →

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Ciao Survival, tu da che parte stai? – Dalla parte delle popolazioni indigene o dell’industria dell’oro? – Vorrei sottolineare che il numero 5 del tuo “piano in sei punti”aiuta SOLO l’industria dell’oro!

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Società canadese Guyana Goldfields Inc. – L’estrazione legale dell’oro sta distruggendo le foreste e inquinando le fonti d’acqua in tutto il mondo! Guyana Goldfields ha sviluppato la miniera Aurora in Guyana dal 1996. È una delle principali miniere d’oro della … Continue reading →

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Minería de oro amenaza a nueve países amazónicos — Ecoamazônia

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Servindi, 11 de marzo, 2023.- El nuevo reporte del Proyecto de Monitoreo de la Amazonía Andina (MAAP #178), presenta por primera vez el panorama a gran escala de los principales focos de deforestación causados por la minería aurífera en todo el bioma amazónico. … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Hears Navajo Nation Demands in Colorado River Case! — Mother Jones

Posted on March 28, 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. In 1849 and 1868, the Navajo Nation signed two treaties with the United States. 1,178 more words Supreme Court Hears Navajo Nation Demands in Colorado River Case … Continue reading →

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