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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.

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

Posted on March 16, 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. 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 !

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“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

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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!

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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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Garimpeiros de Roraima migram para a TI Yanomami no lado do Amazonas — Ecoamazônia

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Manaus (AM) – Indígenas Yanomami da região de Maturacá, no norte do estado do Amazonas, cobram do governo de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a inclusão desta área nas ações de enfrentamento contra o garimpo ilegal. Garimpeiros de Roraima migram para … Continue reading →

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Excessive Wealth Is a “Disorder” That Some 1 Percenters Want to Cure — Mother Jones

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Joe. Friggin. Manchin. The odds weren’t good for Congress to make the mega-wealthy pay more taxes, but the Democratic senator from West Virginia killed off any chance of it, declaring that he wouldn’t support any tax increases to fund Democratic … Continue reading →

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Cosa sta vendendo quest’uomo? – Cartier ha comprato un po’ – anche tu?

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Perez Miranda, detto anche “Pietro Ferrari” Chiunque pensi di acquistare o utilizzare oro dovrebbe dare un’occhiata all’episodio “Dirty Gold” della straordinaria serie antologica di documentari di Netflix, “Dirty Money”! È una vera versione di “Narcos”! Ferrari è stato uno … Continue reading →

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Levantamento mostra que Carrefour distribui carne oriunda de regiões desmatadas ilegalmente na Amazônia!

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Levantamento da Repórter Brasil aponta que cortes bovinos fabricados em áreas de de alto risco de desmatamento e queimadas estão indo parar nas prateleiras do supermercado, que pode estar vendendo também carne produzida irregularmente em terras indígenas Por Isabel Harari … Continue reading →

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Alaska Natives Beg Biden to Halt Massive Oil Project! — Mother Jones

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Environmental and Indigenous activists rallied outside the White House last Friday, calling on President Joe Biden to reject a major Arctic oil project that has … Continue reading →

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