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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.

Gold used in Italian wedding rings linked to Amazon deforestation – Gold used in EVERYTHING is linked to Amazon deforestation and the degradation of Indigenous lives!

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Gold used in Italian wedding rings linked to Amazon deforestation – TDPel Media https://ift.tt/oqz2jt9 Gold used in Italian wedding rings linked to Amazon deforestation TDPel Media Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/qC5K7NB Gold used in Italian wedding rings linked to Amazon … Continue reading →

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« The Earth does not belong to Man, Man belongs to the Earth. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. »

Posted on October 3, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth. This we know – the earth does not belong to man, man … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 3, 2024 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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«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 October 2, 2024 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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Luxury wood market driving extinction of rare ipê trees, report warns – Please STOP buying ALL products from deforestation!

Posted on October 2, 2024 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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«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 October 1, 2024 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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Six Lifestyle Changes To Reduce Your Carbon Emissions — Mother Jones

Posted on October 1, 2024 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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«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 September 30, 2024 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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Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People & How to Fix It — Active History

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

By Sean Graham Still happening now… 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 … Continue reading →

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«Nous oublions et nous nous considérons supérieurs… Mais nous ne sommes après tout qu’une partie de la création.» – Nous devons tous revoir notre rapport à la Nature et réorienter notre association avec le consumérisme !

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

«Je ne vois pas de délégation pour les quatre pattes. Je ne vois pas de siège pour les aigles. Nous oublions et nous nous considérons supérieurs. Mais nous ne sommes après tout qu’une partie de la création. Et nous devons … Continue reading →

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