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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.

Nas imagens de Sebastião Salgado, a esperança de salvar a Amazônia — Ecoamazônia

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

A exposição no Sesc Pompeia atrai os paulistanos que buscam a floresta viva. Reúne 205 fotos e vídeos com depoimentos de representantes indígenas Acreditar que é possível salvar a Amazônia com os seus rios, florestas e, especialmente, com a preservação … Continue reading →

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Il y a plus d’un an, le chef de l’ONU a averti que « la destruction humaine de la nature est ‘insensée et suicidaire’ ! » – Que pouvons-nous faire maintenant?

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

« L’Humanité est en guerre contre la Nature. C’est insensé et suicidaire », a averti António Guterres à l’époque. « Les conséquences de notre imprudence sont déjà apparentes dans la souffrance humaine, les pertes économiques imposantes et l’accélération de l’érosion de la … Continue reading →

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“No Spend January” – (How about No Spend July, too?) — Make the Journey Fun

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

January is a special month for me and I have come to look forward to it. This is the start of a slower period and one where I intentionally keep things quiet. You see, I do a No Spend Challenge … Continue reading →

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O Oeste selvagem da Amazônia: onde drogas, peixes e extração de madeira valem muito dinheiro, mas a vida é barata!

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

Negócios ilegais formam uma teia interligada na região remota brasileira onde Dom Phillips e Bruno Pereira foram mortos, ameaçando comunidades indígenas e ecologia local Um pescador carrega um grande pirarucu – um peixe gigante da Amazônia que pode ser vendido … Continue reading →

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Over a year ago, the UN chief warned that « Human destruction of Nature is ‘senseless and suicidal’! » What can we do now?

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

« Humanity is waging war on Nature. This is senseless and suicidal, » António Guterres admonished at the time. « The consequences of our recklessness are already apparent in human suffering, towering economic losses, and the accelerating erosion of life on Earth. »« Making peace … Continue reading →

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The Real Target of the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision — Mother Jones

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

This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In yet another major blow to democratic constitutionalism, the Supreme Court ruled in  1,202 more words The Real Target of the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision — Mother … Continue reading →

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Vacas de dinheiro: estratégias clandestinas do comércio de gado explicam a devastação da Amazônia!

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

Como os vínculos da gigante da carne bovina JBS com o desmatamento da Amazônia e os abusos dos direitos humanos são auxiliados por financiadores, importadores e supermercados do Reino Unido, EUA e UE Por Chris Moyer para a “Global Witness” … Continue reading →

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RESTITUISCI LA TERRA ORA! « La terra per gli Indigeni non ha valore commerciale, come nel senso privato del possesso civile. È un rapporto di identità, che include spiritualità ed esistenza, ed è possibile affermare che non c’è comunità Indigena senza terra »

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

‘Ci hanno strappato le foglie ha rotto i nostri rami taglia i nostri tronchi Ma si sono dimenticati di strappare le nostre radici’ E oggi lottiamo per la vita. Ancora non lo capiscono. Ma è vero che i popoli Indigeni … Continue reading →

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Exclusion in Healthcare, Education, and Governance: Racializing and Positioning Indigenous Peoples at the Margins of Canadian Society — Thoughts and Insights

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

The assimilation project of the European settlers left a most excruciating legacy among Indigenous peoples in Canada. The afflictions brought by the residential schools reverberate from generation to generation of Indigenous peoples, exacerbated by discoveries of unmarked graves of children … Continue reading →

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Amazonía perdió dos millones de hectáreas de bosque primario en 2021! — Ecoamazônia

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

Servindi, 1 de junio, 2022.- Durante el 2021 se perdieron 2 millones de hectáreas de bosque primario en la Amazonía, principalmente producto de la deforestación mayormente concentrada en Brasil, Bolivia, Perú y Colombia; además de incendios forestales. 32 more words Amazonía … Continue reading →

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