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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.

¡El precio del oro!

Se lanzó una campaña creativa y original dirigida por Júnior Hekurari Yanomami para crear conciencia global sobre el verdadero costo del daño de la minería de oro para las comunidades indígenas Yanomami coincidiendo con los Premios de la Academia 2023 … Continue reading

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Garimpo ilegal cresceu até 970% em terras Indígenas do Pará — Ecoamazônia

A atividade tem se intensificado em territórios protegidos, o que acende alerta de pesquisadores e entidades que defendem o meio ambiente e os povos originários As atividades de garimpo ilegal em duas terras indígenas (TIs) do Pará tiveram uma alta surpreendente nas últimas décadas. … Continue reading

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Biden’s Approval of Alaska Oil Project Shows Inconsistency of Our First “Climate President”! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden continues to confound on the climate crisis. 1,056 more words Biden’s Approval of Alaska Oil Project Shows Inconsistency of Our First “Climate President” — Mother … Continue reading

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O preço do ouro!

Uma campanha criativa e original liderada por Júnior Hekurari Yanomami para aumentar a conscientização global sobre o verdadeiro custo dos danos causados ​​pela mineração de ouro às comunidades Indígenas Yanomami foi lançada para coincidir com o Oscar de 2023 em … Continue reading

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Las trementinaires, mujeres transmisoras de saberes ancestrales sobre plantas! — Stigmatis News

El conocimiento de las plantas y sus cualidades curativas o sanadoras es una ciencia de saberes ancestrales que “se transmitía entre mujeres de generación en generación”, unas “científicas” sin titulación académica a las que se les conoce como “las trementinaires” … Continue reading

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The Restorative Power of the Outdoors Is Undeniable! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In my mid-20s, I undertook the quintessentially Australian rite of passage of moving to London for a few years. 1,049 more words The Restorative Power … Continue reading

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Le prix de l’or !

Une campagne créative et originale menée par Júnior Hekurari Yanomami pour sensibiliser le monde au véritable coût des dommages causés par les mines d’or aux communautés autochtones Yanomami a été lancée afin de coïncider avec la cérémonie des Oscars 2023 … Continue reading

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Yanomami pedem água potável e dizem que garimpo ilegal contamina rios! — Ecoamazônia

“A água está doente em toda a Terra Indígena Yanomami”. Assim o líder indígena Júnior Hekurari Yanomami apresenta mais um drama de seu povo: a falta de água potável para consumo pelas comunidades locais, no oeste de Roraima e norte do Amazonas. … Continue reading

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The Richest 1% Pollute More than the Poorest 50%! — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Human Wrongs Watch By Baher Kamal MADRID, Jun 2 2022 (IPS)* – As an introduction to this year’s World Environment Day on 5 June, this report deals with how the excesses of the world’s population, mostly in the wealthiest countries, … Continue reading

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The Cost of Gold!

A creative and original campaign led by Júnior Hekurari Yanomami to bring global awareness of the true cost of gold mining damage to Yanomami Indigenous communities was launched in order to coincide with the 2023 Oscars ceremony in Hollywood. Below … Continue reading

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