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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.

Polícia Federal e Exército Brasileiro combatem garimpo ilegal na Terra Indígena SARARÉ — Ecoamazônia

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Objetivo é encerrar ações que degradam o meio ambiente e colocam em risco comunidades indígenas Cuiabá/MT. A PF deflagrou neste sábado (16/7) a Operação Alfeu VI, que visa dar cumprimento à decisão judicial que determina a desocupação da área atingida por … Continue reading →

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CENSORED NEWS: Oglala Lakota say ‘No’ to using Indigenous youths as poverty porn for church profit — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Source: CENSORED NEWS: Oglala Lakota say ‘No’ to using Indigenous youths as poverty porn for church profit CENSORED NEWS: Oglala Lakota say ‘No’ to using Indigenous youths as poverty porn for church profit — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the … Continue reading →

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« Nous ne voulons pas vivre dans un vestige de forêt ni devenir des restes d’êtres humains »

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Dans leur pays, les Blancs ont déjà défriché presque tous les arbres. Ils ne gardent que quelques parcelles de forêt, qu’ils ont clôturées avec des palissades … ils entendent désormais faire la même chose sur nos terres.Je ne veux pas … Continue reading →

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Bancos e supermercados do Reino Unido são acusados ​​de apoiar desmatamento na Amazônia!

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A investigação também alega que ao financiar e estocar produtos da gigante brasileira de carne JBS, as empresas também apoiaram a grilagem de terras  A Global Witness disse que suas descobertas vieram em meio a preocupações de que a Amazônia … Continue reading →

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1865: Settler superstitions about “Indian Superstitions” about earthquakes — Chinook Jargon

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This “our Indians” thing sounds real, real patronizing… “Thunderbird and Whale had a terrible fight.” Illustration by Jeffrey Veregge (image credit: “The Great Quake and the Great Drowning“, Hakai Magazine) …And I’m dubious whether these White folks “convinced” the Native … Continue reading →

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« We do not want to live in a leftover of the forest nor become leftovers of human beings… »

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

« In their land, the white people have already cleared nearly all of the trees. They only keep a few patches of forest, which they have enclosed in fences … they now intend to do the same thing in our land.I … Continue reading →

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Em caravana, mulheres Indígenas vão percorrer os seis biomas brasileiros! — Existe Guarani em São Paulo

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

A rede ANMIGA (Articulação Nacional das Mulheres Indígenas Guerreiras da Ancestralidade) lança oficialmente a “Caravana das Originárias da Terra 2022“, uma excursão que visa o protagonismo feminino e coletivo passando por todos os biomas do território nacional. A primeira excursão … Continue reading →

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(Until the Pope is willing to officially revoke the “Doctrine of Discovery” which justified the – ongoing – conquest and pillage of the Americas, his apology is worthless! – Understand: “why the apology fell short”) – EDITORIAL – Pope’s apology was an imperfect but momentous gesture (?) — ArmchairMayor.ca

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

In order to understand why the Pope’s apology “fell short”, please see: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/doctrine-of-discovery-how-the-centuries-old-catholic-decree-encouraged-colonization?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=twitter::cmp=editorial::add=tw20220722history-doctrineofdiscovery&linkId=174369199 An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. CRITICISM OF THE POPE’S APOLOGY began as soon as it was delivered yesterday. It “fell short,” as many said. I’m trying to … Continue reading →

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Parafrasando Davi Kopenawa, sciamano e portavoce degli Yanomami: « L’industria dei gioielli di lusso è una trappola per il popolo Yanomami. Cartier usa la sua ‘amicizia’ per ingannarci e manipolarci. Ciò che vogliono è estrarre la nostra ricchezza e inviarla ad altri paesi. La ricchezza della nostra terra. Yanomami, lo prenderanno e lo invieranno in Cina, Giappone, Germania e altri luoghi. È il loro modo di pensare. È la loro preoccupazione, guadagnare soldi, guadagnare soldi per diventare ricchi. »

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

La criminalità organizzata controlla la distribuzione illegale dell’oro e l’oro estratto illegalmente occupa una quota significativa del mercato globale dell’oro. Nel caso dell’America Latina, gli esperti stimano che metà dell’oro esportato dalla regione sia estratto illegalmente.I trafficanti di droga contribuiscono … Continue reading →

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The US Supreme Court intervenes to delay action on the climate crisis! — A greener life, a greener world

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

The highest court in the US intervenes in US government climate policy. The US Supreme Court intervenes to delay action on the climate crisis — A greener life, a greener world

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