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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.

¡TODAS LAS MINAS DE ORO SON ESCENA DEL CRIMEN! ¡Tanto la minería de oro legal como la ilegal son destructivas!

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

¡ÚNASE A NOSOTROS POR 2 SEMANAS MÁS DE ACCIÓN GLOBAL CONTRA EL ORO DE BARRICK! ¡En solidaridad con las comunidades afectadas por la MINERIA DE ORO LEGAL de BARRICK GOLD! ¡En solidaridad con las comunidades impactadas por BARRICK GOLD Corporation! … Continue reading →

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Campanha de captura de onças-pintadas é iniciada em Reserva na Amazônia! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Monitoramento revela comportamento único para a espécie nas florestas alagáveis de várzea Com o aumento anual do nível da água do Rio Amazonas, que alaga toda a  Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá (RDSM), no Amazonas, pesquisadores encontram momento propício para … Continue reading →

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Native American history. California history. Indigenous peoples. Native culture and history — msamba

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project
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TODAS AS MINAS DE OURO SÃO CENA DE CRIME! Tanto a mineração de ouro legal quanto a ilegal são destrutivas!

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

JUNTE-SE A NÓS PARA MAIS 2 SEMANAS DE AÇÃO GLOBAL CONTRA O BARRICK GOLD! Em solidariedade às comunidades afetadas pela LEGAL GOLD MINING da BARRICK GOLD! Em solidariedade às comunidades impactadas pelas empresas canadenses de mineração de ouro! No Relatório … Continue reading →

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Las zonas naturales empiezan a estar tan contaminadas como las ciudades — Stigmatis News

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Sevilla, España | Fuente: CSIC Los suelos de las zonas naturales empiezan a estar tan contaminados como los de los espacios verdes urbanos, según un estudio del Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico (BioFunLab) del Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología … Continue reading →

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EU faces legal action after including gas and nuclear in ‘green’ investments guide! — Stigmatis News

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

European Commission accused of acting unlawfully in two separate cases bought by environment groups Jennifer Rankin in Brussels The European Commission is being sued by environmental campaigners over a decision to include gas and nuclear in an EU guide to “green” investments. Greenpeace … Continue reading →

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TOUTES LES MINES D’OR SONT UNE SCÈNE DE CRIME ! L’extraction légale et illégale d’OR sont à la fois destructrice !

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

VEUILLEZ NOUS REJOINDRE POUR 2 SEMAINES DE PLUS D’ACTION MONDIALE CONTRE BARRICK GOLD ! En solidarité avec les communautés touchées par L’EXPLOITATION LÉGALE de L’OR de BARRICK GOLD ! En solidarité avec les communautés touchées par BARRICK GOLD Corporation ! Dans le rapport … Continue reading →

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Mineradora britânica extrai ouro sem consentimento indígena! — SUMAÚMA

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Serabi Gold começou a explorar uma mina de ouro na Amazônia antes de concluir um processo de anuência das comunidades indígenas e sem a aprovação do Incra, que destinou o terreno para o assentamento sustentável Terra Nossa Mineradora britânica extrai ouro … Continue reading →

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2022 Was a Particularly Deadly Year for Land and Environmental Activists! — Mother Jones

Posted on April 19, 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 February of 2022, Colombian human rights activists Teófilo Acuña and Jorge Tafur  445 more words 2022 Was a Particularly Deadly Year for Land and Environmental … Continue reading →

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ALL GOLD MINES ARE A CRIME SCENE! Legal and Illegal GOLD Mining are both Destructive!

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

PLEASE JOIN US FOR 2 MORE WEEKS OF GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST BARRICK GOLD! In Solidarity with communities affected by BARRICK’s LEGAL GOLD MINING In Solidarity with communities affected by BARRICK GOLD Corporation! In Barrick Gold’s 2021 Human Rights Report, President … Continue reading →

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