ENACT: The Abraham Feinberg Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation

Hosted by COMPACT and ENACT in Celebration of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life

Claudia Bernardi has been selected as the inaugural Justice Brandeis Practitioner-In-Residence. She will be on the Brandeis campus in November 2024. During her one-day residency, she will interact with students, faculty and staff through class visits, workshops, lectures, and other opportunities.

Claudia Bernardi is an installation artist, painter and printmaker whose artwork reflects the impact of war and its legacies. Bernardi designs and facilitates collaborative art projects with survivors of political violence, survivors of torture, survivors of sexual violence and with communities forced into exile. Born in Argentina, Bernardi was affected by the military junta (1976-1983) that caused 30,000 “desaparecidos.” 

In 2005, Bernardi founded Walls of Hope in a war zone in El Salvador, a community-based art, education, and human rights project that has been replicated in many countries around the world. Bernardi is Emerita Professor at the California College of the Arts.

“We are very excited to welcome Claudia Bernardi to Brandeis as the inaugural Justice Brandeis Practitioner in Residence,” says Melissa Stimell, Director of ENACT and former Director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life (the Ethics Center). “During these tumultuous times in the United States and internationally, Claudia Bernardi’s work as a peacebuilder is critical, and the opportunity for the Brandeis community to engage with her is invaluable."

Hosted by COMPACT and ENACT in celebration of  the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, the Justice Brandeis Practitioner-in-Residence Limited Series highlights the knowledge and experience developed by the Ethics Center and exposes the Brandeis campus community to spheres of activity that have only become more critical to our interconnected world over recent years.

Schedule:

Claudia Bernardi delivered her keynote lecture on "Striving to Strengthen Safe Spaces/Brave Spaces Through Collaborative Mural-Making" on Tuesday, October 11 fro, 2:20-3:40 in the Zinner Forum at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, followed by an intimate conversation with students interested in participating in creating the mural. Read about the keynote.

The Collaborative Mural-Making component took place Thursday, November 7-Sunday, November 11, 2024. Read about the mural-making process and view the completed mural "Temporal Liberation".

Read more about the Justice Brandeis Practioner-in-Residence Limited Series and submit nominations for the 2025 residency here.