Announcing the Inaugural Justice Brandeis Practitioner-In-Residence: Claudia Bernardi
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. Bernar
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.