The School of Arts and Open Studios of Perquin
An interview with muralist Claudia Bernardi
By Fernanda Senatori
Claudia Bernardi is an Argentinean painter. She began working in El Salvador with Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (AFAT) to exhume mass graves and uncover human rights violations. She explained that When you start an exhumation, you start to exhume yourself. Her experiences with the AFAT helped form her visions as an artist and community worker. She founded the School of the Arts and Open Studios in Perquin to encourage community healing through the arts. This is one of two perspectives of Claudia Bernardi’s story, as told by a fellow South American.