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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.

¡Neocolonialismo! – ¡Minería de oro legal e ilegal y otras industrias mineras contra los pueblos Indígenas, la vida silvestre y el agua!

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

Mina de oro legal – foto: Barrick Gold Corporation “Todos los días me despierto y todo lo que veo a mi alrededor es dolor y tristeza porque Barrick Gold mató todo aquí. Todo está muerto”. dice Torres, cuya familia ha … Continue reading →

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Ibama, PRF, Funai, PF, Força Nacional e Comando Operacional Conjunto da Amazônia desmobilizam 116 acampamentos clandestinos na Terra Indígena Yanomami! — Ecoamazônia

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

Operação tem como objetivo interromper linhas de suprimento do garimpo ilegal para forçar a saída dos invasores Boa Vista (11/03/2023) – Operação de retirada pacífica de invasores e combate ao garimpo ilegal na Terra Indígena Yanomami realizada pelo Ibama, em … Continue reading →

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Forget geoengineering. We need to stop burning fossil fuels. Right now! — Stigmatis News

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

Pie-in-the-sky fantasies of carbon capture and geoengineering are a way for decision-makers to delay taking real action By Rebecca Solnit The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, one of which dropped yesterday, are formidably researched and profoundly important, but … Continue reading →

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Neocolonialismo – Mineração de ouro legal e ilegal e outras indústrias de mineração contra povos Indígenas, animais selvagens e água!

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

Mina de ouro de uma mineradora legal – foto: Barrick Gold Corporation “Todo dia eu acordo e tudo que vejo ao meu redor é dor e tristeza porque Barrick Gold matou tudo aqui. Tudo está morto.” diz Torres, cuja família … Continue reading →

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El CO2 y su influencia en el aumento de la temperatura global deterioran el clima! — Stigmatis News

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

Sofía Henales.- Madrid.- El clima, el “conjunto de circunstancias del tiempo atmosférico”, está deteriorado principalmente por “la acumulación de gases de efecto invernadero, sobre todo CO2, y eso tiene una correlación estadística con el aumento de la temperatura media global”, según ha dicho el portavoz … Continue reading →

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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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