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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.

Why join the #Boycott4Wildlife? — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

According to a 2021 survey by Nestle of 1001 people, 17% of millennial shoppers (25-45 years old) completely avoid palm oil in the supermarket. 25% said that they actively check to see if products contain palmoil. As a generation, we … Continue reading →

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« 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 September 20, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Il ministro della Corte suprema brasiliana Edson Fachin ha votato contro il « lasso di tempo » e favore dei diritti dei popoli indigeni. Fachin ha affermato: « Non c’è certezza giuridica più grande del rispetto della Costituzione », confutando l’argomento ruralista secondo cui … Continue reading →

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ONG Global Witness: Colombia es el país de Latinoamérica donde más asesinan a los ambientalistas — Unión Mundo — mimismo

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

La ONG Global Witness registró la cifra récord de 227 ambientalistas asesinados en 2020 a lo largo del mundo, 165 de ellos o el 73 por ciento del total, en América Latina. “Global Witness registró 227 asesinatos de defensores de … Continue reading →

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Funai prorroga por 6 meses proteção legal da terra dos piripkura, indígenas isolados em MT — Ecoamazônia

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

SÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) – Pakyî e Tamandua, os dois únicos habitantes conhecidos que vivem na terra indígena Piripkura, tiveram um respiro. A portaria de restrição de uso da terra em Mato Grosso, na qual eles vivem isolados, venceria neste … Continue reading →

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« La tierra para los indígenas no tiene valor comercial, como en el sentido privado de propiedad civil. Es una relación de identidad, que incluye espiritualidad y existencia, y se puede decir que no hay comunidad indígena sin tierra »

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

El ministro de la Suprema Corte Federal, Edson Fachin, votó a favor de rechazar el « marco temporal » ya favor de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas. Fachin dijo: « No hay mayor certeza jurídica que el respeto a la Constitución », refutando … Continue reading →

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Incredible photographs of Brazilian rainforest tribes in 2021 | Rainforest tribes, Brazilian rainforest, Tribes of the world — msamba

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

May 25, 2021 – Incredible images have captured the indigenous tribes of Brazil who act as guardians of the quickly diminishing Amazon rainforest and fight off outsiders intent on destroying it. Source: Incredible photographs of Brazilian rainforest tribes in 2021 … Continue reading →

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Defender as crianças indígenas e seus territórios é defender o patrimônio de toda a humanidade — Ecoamazônia

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O Supremo Tribunal Federal proibiu hoje o uso de mercúrio no garimpo em Roraima. O programa Criança e Natureza atuou no caso em defesa da vida e da saúde das crianças indígenas Terminou hoje, 15 de setembro, o julgamento da Ação … Continue reading →

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« A terra para os indígenas não tem valor comercial, como no sentido privado da posse civil. É uma relação de identidade, que inclui espiritualidade e existência, e é possível afirmar que não existe comunidade indígena sem terra »

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal, Edson Fachin, votou pela rejeição do « marco temporal » e a favor dos direitos dos povos indígenas. Fachin disse: « Não há maior segurança jurídica do que o respeito à Constituição », refutando o argumento ruralista de … Continue reading →

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Brazil’s top court shelves Indigenous land case, no new date set – Al Jazeera — Tiny Life

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Brazil’s top court shelves Indigenous land case, no new date set – Al Jazeera English https://ift.tt/2XhDeuS Brazil’s top court shelves Indigenous land case, no new date set  Al Jazeera English Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2tI2HiE Brazil’s top court shelves Indigenous … Continue reading →

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Indigenous people can lead the way in saving the Amazon’s rainforests – Sustainability Times

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Indigenous people can lead the way in saving the Amazon’s rainforests – Sustainability Times https://ift.tt/3nI4gH4 Indigenous people can lead the way in saving the Amazon’s rainforests  Sustainability Times Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2tI2HiE Indigenous people can lead the way in … Continue reading →

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