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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.

With Bolsonaro’s Rule in Question, Eco-Thugs Plunder the Amazon! — Mother Jones

Posted on October 27, 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. Amazon deforestation has soared ahead of Brazil’s environmentally vital presidential election, with an area almost the size of Greater London lost last month alone. 532 … Continue reading →

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Resiliencia estatal: la poca voluntad política para proteger la Amazonía peruana — InterMedia Press

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Si bien hay algunos esfuerzos para generar resiliencia, lo que incluye la aprobación de nuevos marcos legislativos y otros signos de voluntad política para abordar el problema, todavía queda un largo camino por recorrer. La confluencia de la presencia de … Continue reading →

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JE SUIS LE CLIMAT – 2022 – NEMOURS

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

LA FORÊT BRÛLE ! Exposition du 30 octobre au 20 novembre 2022 J’ai organisé une exposition d’art sur le climat lors de la « Conférence des Parties sur le changement climatique des Nations Unies » chaque année depuis 2015. « Nous … Continue reading →

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PF cumpre 18 mandados contra comércio ilegal de ouro — Ecoamazônia

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Para manter a investigação de um esquema de comércio ilegal de ouro, a Polícia Federal cumpre, nesta quinta-feira, 18 mandados de busca e apreensão, em sete estados: Amapá, Amazonas, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima e São Paulo. 30 more words PF … Continue reading →

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Why Ambitious Tree Planting and Carbon Offset Projects Are Failing! — Mother Jones

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by YaleE360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was perhaps the most spectacular failed tree planting project ever. 2,171 more words Why Ambitious Tree Planting and Carbon Offset Projects Are Failing — Mother … Continue reading →

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I AM THE CLIMATE – 2022 – NEMOURS

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

THE FOREST IS BURNING! Exhibition during COP27 from 30 October – 20 November 2022 I’ve organized a climate-related art exhibition during the « UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties » every year since 2015. « We are losing our suicidal … Continue reading →

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The Mediterranean Sea Is So Hot, It’s Fizzing Carbon Dioxide! — Mother Jones

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you stand on the coast of Israel and gaze out across the Mediterranean Sea, you’ll spy deep-blue, calm waters that have sustained humans for … Continue reading →

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Viagem ao poço da devastação do Arco Mineiro de Orinoco! – Ecoamazônia

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Desmatamento acelerado, rios poluídos, explosão populacional, invasão de territórios indígenas, colapso dos serviços, aumento da pobreza e consolidação do controle das minas por grupos armados compõem o carimbo do megaprojeto de mineração promovido desde 2016 pelo governo de Nicolás Maduro … Continue reading →

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The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 10 – « YANOMAMI children and their community in the Amazon Rainforest » 13:16

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A film of instants of daily life of a Yanomami community in the Amazon Rainforest of Venezuela made to accompany the children’s book series: “Amazon Rainforest Magic” “La Magie de l’Amazonie” and “La Magia de la Amazonia” for ages 8 … Continue reading →

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Amazônia brasileira com escalada recorde de incêndios! —

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Por Washington Castilhos para a SciDev As queimadas na Amazônia brasileira aumentam a cada mês, e o acumulado anual segue a mesma tendência. Somente em setembro de 2022, às vésperas das eleições presidenciais brasileiras realizadas em 2 de outubro, foram detectados … Continue reading →

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