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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.

Massive Global Pipeline Expansion Threatens Climate Goals! — Mother Jones

Posted on November 6, 2022 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. Some 15,000 miles of new oil pipelines are under development around the world, a distance equivalent to almost twice the Earth’s diameter, a report has … Continue reading →

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Uma pessoa é presa em flagrante na Operação Teia Dourada — Ecoamazônia

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Altamira/PA – A Polícia Federal prendeu uma pessoa com quase 1,5 quilo de ouro ilegal em Altamira, na manhã desta terça-feira (25/10). O flagrante foi durante a Operação Teia Dourada, contra o garimpo ilegal em terras indígenas. 31 more words Uma … Continue reading →

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S’IL VOUS PLAÎT,  ÉCOUTER LE MESSAGE DU CHAMAN YANOMAMI – LE PLAIDOYER DE LA FORÊT TROPICALE ! Et voyez comment nous pouvons aider les peuples autochtones du monde entier par les choix que nous faisons quotidiennement !

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Hey – Regardez nous Nous vous voyons Nous avons essayé de vous montrer Vous n’avez jamais pris la peine d’apprendre notre langue Vous regardiez toujours vers le bas Nous vous prévenons depuis le début a terre est vivante Cette … Continue reading →

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Operação da PF já explodiu 121 dragas usadas para garimpo ilegal no rio Madeira! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O número de balsas destruídas na operação da Polícia Federal (PF) para combater o garimpo ilegal subiu para 121. A operação foi iniciada na última quarta-feira (12), no rio Madeira, entre o estado de Rondônia e Amazonas e não tem prazo para ser finalizada. 35 more words Operação … Continue reading →

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Kaapori Capuchin Cebus kaapori — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

The Kaapori capuchin is on a knife-edge of survival – they are critically endangered. In 2017 their population had been decimated by 80% due to deforestation for agriculture including soy, cattle grazing and palm oil. Part of the gracile genus … Continue reading →

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PLEASE LISTEN TO THE YANOMAMI SHAMAN’S MESSAGE! – THE PLEA OF THE RAINFOREST! – And see how we can help Indigenous peoples all over the world by the choices we make daily!

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Hey – Look at me We see you We tried to show you You never bothered to learn our language You were always looking down We’ve been warning you since the beginning The land is alive This land can’t … Continue reading →

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‘Ilha flutuante’: mais de 100 balsas de garimpo ilegal são flagradas em região do Rio Madeira, no Amazonas! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

MANAUS – Mais de 100 balsas de garimpo ilegal voltaram a formar uma “ilha flutuante” no Rio Madeira, no interior do Amazonas. Imagens do satélite PLANETº, analisadas pelo Greenpeace Brasil na última segunda-feira, 26, e divulgadas na quarta-feira, 28, flagraram … Continue reading →

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Global wildlife populations have declined by 69% since 1970, WWF report finds — Stigmatis

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

The world’s wildlife populations plummeted by an average of 69% between 1970 and 2018, a dangerous decline resulting from climate change and other human activity, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) warned in a report Thursday. The Amazon pink … Continue reading →

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Un messaggio per i decisori della COP27: « La terra non appartiene all’uomo, l’uomo appartiene alla terra. L’uomo non ha tessuto la trama della vita, è solo un filo. Qualunque cosa faccia alla rete della vita, la fa a se stesso. » 

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Stai insegnando ai tuoi figli quello che noi abbiamo insegnato ai nostri figli? Che la terra è nostra madre? Ciò che accade alla terra accade a tutti i figli della terra. Sappiamo che la terra non appartiene all’uomo, l’uomo appartiene … Continue reading →

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Na França, Indígenas alertam sobre mudanças climáticas na Amazônia e as consequências do desmatamento! — Ecoamazônia

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

MANAUS – Uma delegação de ativistas e comunicadores indígenas brasileiros realiza uma série de manifestações, em Paris, na França, para alertar ao mundo sobre as mudanças climáticas na Amazônia e as consequências do desmatamento. 38 more words Na França, indígenas alertam … Continue reading →

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