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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.

Somos Amazônia: saberes, desafios e visão de futuro dos povos da floresta!

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

Jogos Mundiais dos Povos Indígenas Por André Baniwa, Gasodá Paiter Suruí, Beka Munduruku e Nadino Calapucha Para os povos originários da Amazônia existe uma relação indissociável entre a criação do mundo e da humanidade. Tal relação fundamenta toda explicação dos … Continue reading →

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Indigenous children suffer most from illegal gold miners’ Amazon invasion! — Stigmatis News

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

The influx of heavily armed gangs, now being tackled by President Lula, has had a catastrophic effect on infant health By Tom Phillips in Boa Vista The severely malnourished Yanomami baby girl is about eight months old but weighs just 2.75kg (6lbs) … Continue reading →

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Il prezzo dell’oro!

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

In concomitanza con gli Academy Awards 2023 a Hollywood, è stata lanciata una campagna creativa e originale guidata da Júnior Hekurari Yanomami per aumentare la consapevolezza globale del vero costo dei danni causati dall’estrazione dell’oro alle comunità indigene Yanomami. Di … Continue reading →

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O Porto do Açu como eterna miragem! —

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

O jornal Terceira Via traz hoje uma matéria assinada pelo competente Ocinei Trindade cujo mote é apresentar o Porto do Açu como uma espécie de Eldorado para empresas localizadas em Campos dos Goytacazes. Pelo que pude notar nas diferentes falas … Continue reading →

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Willow Project: US government approves Alaska oil and gas development — Stigmatis News

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

By Sam Cabral | BBC News, Washington US President Joe Biden has approved a major oil and gas drilling project in Alaska that faced strong opposition from environmental activists. Activists called for the Willow project to be halted over its … Continue reading →

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¡El precio del oro!

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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!

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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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