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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.

Canada Urged to Amend Transgenerational Discriminatory Indian Act — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

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

Human Wrongs Watch (UN News)* — The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) called on Thursday [3 March 2022], for Canada to fully address long-standing gender-based discrimination in its Indian Act, which continues to affect tens … Continue reading →

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«Dimentichiamo e ci consideriamo superiori. Ma dopo tutto, siamo solo una parte della creazione.» – Abbiamo tutti bisogno di rivedere il nostro rapporto con la natura e rifocalizzare la nostra associazione con il consumismo! 

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Non vedo delega per tutte e quattro le gambe. Non vedo un posto per le aquile. Dimentichiamo e ci consideriamo superiori. Ma dopo tutto, siamo solo una parte della creazione. E dobbiamo tenerne conto per capire a che punto siamo. … Continue reading →

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Six Lifestyle Changes To Reduce Your Carbon Emissions — Mother Jones

Posted on March 17, 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. Research shows that people in wealthier, high-consuming countries can help avert climate breakdown by making six relatively straightforward lifestyle changes, creating a society of “less stuff … Continue reading →

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Indigenous leaders call for protection for 80 pct. of Amazon by 2025 — Stigmatis

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Indigenous leaders from the Amazon basin hold a press conference on March 14, 2022, in Quito, Ecuador. EFE/ Jose Jacome Quito | Mar 14 2022 Indigenous leaders and representatives from the nine countries that share the Amazon basin on Monday … Continue reading →

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«Nos olvidamos y nos consideramos superiores. Pero, después de todo, somos solo una parte de la creación»… – ¡Todos necesitamos revisar nuestra relación con la naturaleza y re-orientar nuestra asociación con el consumismo! 

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« No veo delegación de cuatro patas. No veo un asiento para las águilas. Nos olvidamos y nos consideramos superiores. Pero, después de todo, somos solo una parte de la creación. Y tenemos que considerar esto para entender dónde estamos. … Continue reading →

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Gigantes do agronegócio tentaram frustrar plano anti-desmatamento da UE após promessa feita na COP26 —

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

As empresas tentaram enfraquecer o projeto de lei da UE que proíbe a importação de alimentos ligada ao desmatamento oito dias depois de prometer acelerar a ação O objetivo do projeto de lei da UE é proibir as importações de … Continue reading →

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In Brazil, Indigenous Ka’apor take their territory’s defense into their own hands – Mongabay.com

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

In Brazil, Indigenous Ka’apor take their territory’s defense into their own hands – Mongabay.com https://ift.tt/Ek2yQ9V In Brazil, Indigenous Ka’apor take their territory’s defense into their own hands  Mongabay.com Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/WhNpV2b In Brazil, Indigenous Ka’apor take their territory’s … Continue reading →

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«Esquecemos e nos consideramos superiores. Mas, afinal, somos apenas parte da Criação.» – Todos nós precisamos rever nossa relação com a Natureza e reorientar nossa associação com o consumismo! 

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

«Não vejo delegação para quatro patas. Não vejo um assento para as águias. Esquecemos e nos consideramos superiores. Mas, afinal, somos apenas parte da criação. E temos que considerar isso para entender onde estamos. E estamos parados em algum lugar … Continue reading →

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How Brazil’s government is clearing the way for Amazon deforestation!

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

How Brazil’s government is clearing the way for Amazon deforestation – Fast Company https://ift.tt/rnXZ72H How Brazil’s government is clearing the way for Amazon deforestation  Fast Company Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/4IN8nUV How Brazil’s government is clearing the way for Amazon … Continue reading →

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Produção de soja causa destruição ambiental em massa!

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Foto: Charles Echer / Presenza CC0 Por Moritz Ettlinger para o nosso jornal Em um  novo relatório  , a organização ambientalista WWF chama a atenção para as consequências devastadoras da produção de soja para o meio ambiente, pede uma mudança em nossa dieta e … Continue reading →

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