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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.

How to know if a country is serious about net zero: look at its plans for extracting fossil fuels! —

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Fergus Green, UCL Fresh emissions targets from Saudi Arabia and Australia – two of the world’s largest fossil-fuel producers – are due to arrive just in time for global climate talks in Glasgow. These would commit the two countries to … Continue reading →

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Nations are making new pledges to cut climate pollution. They aren’t enough! —

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Nations are making new pledges to cut climate pollution. They aren’t enough https://ift.tt/3pCQUN6 Nations are beginning pivotal talks to stop extreme climate change, but a new study shows even recent pledges to slow emissions aren’t enough. (Image credit: HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP … Continue reading →

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COP26 – Call to Action! We all must revise our relationship with nature and reorient our association with consumerism!  

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« I do not see a delegation for the Four Footed. I see no seat for the Eagles.  We forget & we consider ourselves superior. But we are after all a mere part of Creation.  We stand somewhere between the … Continue reading →

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5 claves para entender qué es la COP 15 de biodiversidad — Ecoamazônia

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Esta semana, gobiernos de 195 países se reunieron de forma virtual en la primera parte de la conferencia más importante sobre biodiversidad. ¿El objetivo? establecer nuevas metas para frenar la devastación de la naturaleza y asegurar el bienestar humano. 1. … Continue reading →

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Renvoyons nos enfants dans les arbres — JEREMIKARUS

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Ce devrait être une interro obligatoire dans les écoles. Combien d’œufs une poule pond-t-elle par jour ? Les vaches hibernent-t-elle ? À quel endroit le soleil se lève-t-il ? On serait surpris des résultats. Les poules prendrai deux, trois, ou … Continue reading →

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« Vogliono trovare l’ORO, è stata la loro avidità che ha ucciso la maggior parte dei nostri anziani molto tempo fa! Gli uomini *bianchi con soldi vogliono di più. Vogliono distruggere di più. È la loro tradizione: non hanno limiti! »

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/aa1-shabono-exterior-2.jpg Casa comunale Yanomami nella foresta, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – foto: Barbara Crane Navarro « In passato, non dovevamo parlare della foresta con rabbia perché non conoscevamo tutti questi bianchi mangiatori di terra…

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Our Actions are Our Future…EVERY DAY is #World Food Day! — Retired? No one told me!

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Today October 16th 2021 the UN is making a call for action to make healthy and sustainable diets available and affordable to everyone. For the second year running, the world marks #WorldFoodDay whilst continuing to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. This year, the … Continue reading →

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Comunidades indígenas changas rechazan la tramitación del proyecto Dominga — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

El Mostrador 21/10/2021 Cinco comunidades changas firmaron una declaración donde expresan que los antecedentes revelados en las últimas semanas sobre la compra-venta de Dominga que involucran a la familia Piñera-Morel constituyen un punto relevante en el rechazo del proyecto por … Continue reading →

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« Quieren encontrar ORO, ¡fue su codicia lo que mató a la mayoría de nuestros mayores hace mucho tiempo! Los hombres *blancos con dinero quieren más. Quieren destruir más. Es su tradición, ¡no tienen límites! »

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/aa-5-shabono-door.jpg Entrada a la casa comunal Yanomami con piezas de madera que se utilizan para cerrar el espacio por la noche – Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – foto: Barbara Crane Navarro « En el…

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We, the peoples of the Amazon, are full of fear. Soon you will be too! — SACRATOMATOVILLE POST

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Non-indigenous peoples have invaded our lands and are now burning even those small parts of the forests where we live, that you have left for us.’ Forest fires in Altamira, Pará state, Brazil. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images By: Raoni Metuktire/UK Guardian … Continue reading →

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