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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.

Extinction On Our Plates! The contents of your fridge and dining table directly impacts the future of rare rainforest and ocean animals! – Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project
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Ei, Survival, de que lado você está? – Do lado dos povos indígenas ou da indústria do ouro? – Gostaria de salientar que o nº 5 do seu “plano de seis pontos” APENAS ajuda a indústria do ouro!

Posted on October 13, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Empresa canadense Guiana Goldfields Inc. – A mineração legal de ouro está destruindo florestas e contaminando fontes de água em todo o mundo! Guiana Goldfields vem desenvolvendo a mina Aurora na Guiana desde 1996. É uma das principais minas de … Continue reading →

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Tropical forests matter to each and every one of us! 300,000 Trees Tracked: Are Losing Their Power to Help Us! – Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on October 13, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Forest along the river in Yanomami Indigenous territory, the Alto Orinoco region of Amazonas state, Venezuela. This area is threatened by gold miners. If gold prospectors get there, all this will be excavated for gold and the rivers, wildlife and … Continue reading →

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Hé, Survival, de quel côté es-tu ? – Du côté des peuples autochtones ou de l’industrie de l’or ? – J’aimerais souligner que le n° 5 de votre “plan en six points” aide UNIQUEMENT l’industrie de l’or !

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Barrick Gold Corporation : L’extraction légale de l’or détruit les forêts et contamine les sources d’eau dans le monde ! Une fosse à ciel ouvert à la mine d’or Veladero de Barrick Gold Corp. dans la province argentine de San Juan. La … Continue reading →

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Shocked? Surprised? No. – Lara Trace Hentz

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

ANCIENT Petrogylphs | Land Theft Boy Stumbles Across Weird Cave Markings – Archaeologists Investigate And Can’t Believe Their Eyes It’s easy to forget that the world didn’t begin with books, museums and the Internet. Instead we spoke to each other … Continue reading →

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Hey, Survival, Which side are you on? – The side of Indigenous Peoples or the Gold Industry? – I’d like to point out that #5 of your “Six Point Plan” helps ONLY the Gold Industry!

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Barrick Gold Corporation: Legal gold mining destroys forests and contaminates water sources globally! An open pit at Barrick Gold Corp.’s Veladero gold mine in Argentina’s San Juan province. The mine has estimated reserves of 10 million oz of gold. – … Continue reading →

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Nearly 1,500 Jaguars Killed or Displaced in Brazilian Amazon – Treehugger!

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Nearly 1,500 Jaguars Killed or Displaced in Brazilian Amazon – Treehugger https://ift.tt/3aGtIF3 Nearly 1,500 Jaguars Killed or Displaced in Brazilian Amazon  Treehugger Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2tI2HiE Nearly 1,500 Jaguars Killed or Displaced in Brazilian Amazon – Treehugger —

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Did you know that gold kills Indigenous people and rare animals? Gold mining kills Indigenous peoples throughout the world like the Yanomami people of Brazil and Venezuela! – Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project
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Here are 13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami and ALL Indigenous People! — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Hunger for Gold in the Global North is fueling a living hell in the Global South. Here are 20 reasons why you should #BoycottGold4Yanomami 13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People — Palm Oil Detectives

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Barbara Crane Navarro: Artist & Activist In Her Own Words — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Barbara Crane Navarro: In Her Own Words Artist, Writer, Environmental & Indigenous Rights Activist Link Link Amazon Twitter Facebook Bio: Barbara Crane Navarro Barbara Crane Navarro is a French artist, writer, Indigenous and animal activist who lives near Paris. From … Continue reading →

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