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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.

Venezuela liberó casi 25.000 especies de animales en sus hábitats en 2022! — Stigmatis

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Fotografía de archivo en la que se registró un par de guacamayas azul y amarillo (ara ararana), en el Parque Miranda, en Caracas (Venezuela). EFE/Alfredo Aycart Caracas | 28 Dic. 2022 Venezuela liberó un total de 24.531 especies de animales en … Continue reading →

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Big Brands’ Rainforest Offsets Are Often Worthless, Analysis Finds — Mother Jones

Posted on January 25, 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. The forest carbon offsets approved by the world’s leading provider and used by Disney, Shell,  2,156 more words Big Brands’ Rainforest Offsets Are Often Worthless, Analysis Finds … Continue reading →

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«Les orpailleurs détruisent nos rivières, notre forêt et nos enfants. Notre air n’est plus pur, notre gibier disparaît et notre peuple pleure et crie pour avoir de l’eau propre. Nous voulons vivre en paix. Nous voulons retrouver notre territoire Yanomami»  – Veuillez boycotter l’or !

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Est-ce toi ? «Mes grands-parents pêchaient dans cette rivière pour nourrir la communauté. Maintenant, il ne s’agit que de contamination par les boues, l’essence, le diesel et le mercure. Les poissons meurent et notre terre Yanomami se meurt. Nous Yanomami … Continue reading →

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As agendas ambientais da Amèrica Latina em 2023. — MARY CALVO

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

openDemocracy https://www.opendemocracy.net/pt/agendas-ambientais-america-latina-2023/ As agendas ambientais da Amèrica Latina em 2023. — MARY CALVO

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Más de un millón de especies están en peligro y sin protección — Stigmatis

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Visitantes con sus mascotas en el Zoo Mondopark en Guillena, Sevilla por el Día de San Antón. EFE/David Arjona BIODIVERSIDAD ESPECIES | 17 ene. 20223 Cada 17 de enero se celebra el Día de San Antón, patrón de los animales … Continue reading →

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«The gold miners are destroying our rivers, our forest and our children. Our air is no longer pure, our game disappears and our people weep and cry out for clean water. We want to live in peace. We want our Yanomami Territory back.» Please Boycott Gold!

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Is this you? « My grandparents fished to feed the community in this river. Now it’s just sludge, gasoline, diesel and mercury contamination. Fish die and our Yanomami land is dying.  We Yanomami suffer, we don’t have peace. The gold miners … Continue reading →

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Que se passera-t-il si le monde dépasse 1,5°C de réchauffement climatique pour la première fois ? — Les Actualites — Tiny Life

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Limiter le réchauffement climatique à 1,5°C est devenu la mesure déterminante du succès dans la lutte contre le changement climatique, et nous devons réfléchir à la suite… 128 more words Que se passera-t-il si le monde dépasse 1,5°C de réchauffement climatique … Continue reading →

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Desmatamento no Cerrado quase dobrou em dezembro de 2022!

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Desenvolvido pelo IPAM, SAD Cerrado revela avanço na derrubada de vegetação nativa, sobretudo no Tocantins, que devastou cerca de oito vezes mais no mesmo período do ano passado O desmatamento no Cerrado quase dobrou em dezembro de 2022 em comparação … Continue reading →

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Essere il mio Valentino? – “Se stanno devastando l’Amazzonia in cerca di oro, c’è un mercato degli acquirenti. Chi compra questo oro? I grandi marchi e i marchi del mondo della moda?” Chi allora compra quest’oro come gingillo? Per favore assicurati che non sei tu!

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

PER FAVORE, ASCOLTA IL MESSAGGIO DELLO SCIAMANO YANOMAMI – L’APPELLO DELLA FORESTA PLUVIALE! « Ehi, guardaci! Ti vediamo Cerchiamo di mostrartelo Non ti sei mai preso la briga di imparare la nostra lingua Guardavi sempre in basso Ti avvertiamo dall’inizio La … Continue reading →

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Aeronave da FAB realiza Evacuação Aeromédica em terra Yanomami! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Esquadrão Harpia (7º/8º GAV) prestou socorro, com o H-60L Black Hawk, a uma mulher gestante com complicações no parto O Sétimo Esquadrão do Oitavo Grupo de Aviação (7º/8º GAV) – Esquadrão Hárpia, sediado na Base Aérea de Manaus (BAMN), realizou nessa … Continue reading →

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