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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.

OAB SP manifesta preocupação com o “Pacote da Destruição”, que viola garantias e direitos humanos de povos indígenas —

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A Comissão de Direitos Humanos da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil seção São Paulo (OAB SP) e seu Núcleo de Direitos Indígenas e Quilombolas vêm a público manifestar sua preocupação com relação ao denominado “Pacote da Destruição”, conjunto de Projetos de Lei (PLs) em votação no … Continue reading →

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Almost 90% of the world’s animal species will lose some habitat to agriculture by 2050 — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

David Williams, University of Leeds and Michael Clark, University of Oxford Scientists know that biodiversity is declining across much of the world although less universally and dramatically than we feared. We also know that things are likely to get worse … Continue reading →

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POR FAVOR, OUÇA A MENSAGEM DO XAMÃ YANOMAMI – O APELO DA FLORESTA! E descubra como podemos ajudar os povos Indígenas!

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Ei – olhe para nós!Nós vemos vocêTentamos te mostrarVocê nunca se preocupou em aprender nossa línguaVocê estava sempre olhando para baixoAvisamos desde o inícioA terra está vivaEsta terra somos nósTodos nósVoce queria as pedrasOuroSuas coisas brilhantesTítulos – Bandeiras – LucrosVocê … Continue reading →

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Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People & How to Fix It — Active History

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

By Sean Graham During the election campaign this fall, the major political parties all included Reconciliation in their platforms. Yet in the past couple of weeks, the protests around the country in support of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have served as … Continue reading →

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Sertanista Sidney Possuelo devolve medalha do mérito indigenista após honraria ter sido dada a Jair Bolsonaro

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O ex-presidente da Funai, o sertanista Sidney Possuelo, devolvendo sua medalha do mérito indigenista após a honraria ter sido entregue também ao presidente Jair Bolsonaro A piada de mau gosto realizada pelo ministro da Justiça, o policial federal Anderson Torres, … Continue reading →

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S’IL VOUS PLAÎT,  ÉCOUTER LE MESSAGE DU CHAMAN YANOMAMI – LE PLAIDOYER DE LA FORÊT TROPICALE ! Et découvrez comment nous pouvons aider les peuples Indigènes !

Posted on March 19, 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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Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, report warns – Please STOP buying ALL products from deforestation!

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, report warns – Mongabay.com https://ift.tt/Z2lTg95 Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, report warns  Mongabay.com Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/qC5K7NB Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, … Continue reading →

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Fome através da conservação?

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Uma expansão maciça de áreas protegidas não apenas limita a produção de alimentos, mas também pode expulsar os povos indígenas Ao contrário da agricultura moderna, os povos indígenas também usam ecossistemas ricos em espécies sem transformá-los em monoculturas em grande … Continue reading →

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PLEASE LISTEN TO THE YANOMAMI SHAMAN’S MESSAGE – THE PLEA OF THE RAINFOREST! – And discover how we can help Indigenous peoples!

Posted on March 18, 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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SMA multa con $6.6 mil millones a Minera Escondida por daño ambiental irreparable desde el 2005 — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Equipo Digital 10/03/2022 Fotografía: Sindicatocmcc.c Durante esta jornada, la Minera Escondida Ltda. (MEL) fue multada con $6.6 mil millones por la Superintendencia del Medio Ambiente (SMA), la razón sería el “daño ambiental irreparable” en las aguas subterráneas de la zona … Continue reading →

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