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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.

From Wall Street to the Amazon Rainforest: Big capital funds gold mining driven deforestation! — Mongabay.com

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds mining-driven deforestation – Mongabay.com https://ift.tt/iv9L3gq From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds mining-driven deforestation  Mongabay.com Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2ZwMaEd From Wall Street to the Amazon: Big capital funds … Continue reading →

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Neocolonialismo – Estrazione dell’oro legale e illegale e altre industrie minerarie contro le popolazioni Indigene, la fauna selvatica e l’acqua!

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Miniera d’oro legale – image: Bloomberg “Ogni giorno mi sveglio e tutto ciò che vedo intorno a me è dolore e tristezza perché Barrick Gold ha ucciso tutto qui. Tutto è morto.” dice Torres, la cui famiglia vive a Las … Continue reading →

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One Gold Band = Twenty TONS of TOXIC Waste! Yes, to make just One Gold Band, there is Twenty TONS of Toxic Waste ! Please DO NOT BUY GOLD for any reason!

Posted on March 29, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

written by Mary K. Doyle and posted on “Midwest Mary”, Thursday, May 11 2023  Environment, Jewelry, Mining Pollution  We do love our luxuries and conveniences. Gold, silver, diamonds, and precious jewels make us feel sophisticated, elegant, and important. But how many of us … Continue reading →

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¡Neocolonialismo! – ¡Minería de oro legal y ilegal y otras industrias mineras contra los pueblos Indígenas, la vida silvestre y el agua!

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Mina de oro legal – foto: Barrick Gold Corporation “Todos los días me despierto y todo lo que veo a mi alrededor es dolor y tristeza porque Barrick Gold mató todo aquí. Todo está muerto”. dice Torres, cuya familia ha … Continue reading →

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All in A Day’s Work: Militarism, Climate Crisis, and Colonization ! — SM(Art) Bombs Comics

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project
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Neocolonialismo – Mineração de ouro legal e ilegal e outras indústrias de mineração contra povos Indígenas, animais selvagens e água!

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Mina de ouro de uma mineradora legal – foto: Barrick Gold Corporation “Todo dia eu acordo e tudo que vejo ao meu redor é dor e tristeza porque Barrick Gold matou tudo aqui. Tudo está morto.” diz Torres, cuja família … Continue reading →

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The Terrible Toll of Tar Sands Mining on Canada’s Native People! — Mother Jones

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published jointly by Undark, NBC, and Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fort McMurray, Canada — The first mine opened when Jean L’Hommecourt was a young girl, an open pit where an … Continue reading →

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Néo-colonialisme – Extraction d’or légale et illégale et autres industries minières contre les peuples autochtones, la faune et l’eau !

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Mine d’or légale – photo: Barrick Gold Corporation “Chaque jour, je me réveille et tout ce que je vois autour de moi, c’est de la douleur et de la tristesse parce que Barrick Gold a tout tué ici. Tout est … Continue reading →

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Campanha traz perspectiva histórica do desmatamento na Amazônia — Ecoamazônia

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Um anúncio de jornal veiculado em 1971 é o mote do mais recente vídeo lançado pela campanha Chega de financiar o desmatamento com dinheiro público!, que segue sensibilizando a audiência sobre a importância de restringir a concessão de recursos públicos apenas … Continue reading →

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Neo-Colonialism – Legal and Illegal Gold Mining and other Extractive Industries vs Indigenous Peoples, Wildlife and Water!

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Legal gold mine – photo: Barrick Gold Corporation “Every day I wake up and all I see around me is pain and sadness because Barrick Gold killed everything here. Everything is dead.” says Torres, whose family has lived in Las … Continue reading →

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