"Striving to Strengthen Safe Spaces/Brave Spaces Through Collaborative Mural-Making" The Justice Brandeis Practitioner-In-Residence keynote lecture
October 1, 2024

Join ENACT and COMPACT on Tuesday, Oct. 1, to welcome Claudia Bernardi, The Justice Brandeis Practitioner-in-Residence, as she delivers her keynote lecture, "Striving to Strengthen Safe Spaces/Brave Spaces Through Collaborative Mural-Making."
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.
Bernardi's lecture will take place from 2:20-3:40 pm on Oct. 1 in the Zinner Forum at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management.
The keynote will be followed by a conversation with students interested in participating in creating the mural. Collaborative Mural-Making will take place Thursday, November 7-Sunday, November 11, 2024.
Bernardi's residency at Brandeis is facilitated by COMPACT and ENACT in celebration of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life. She is the first of a series of individuals who will highlight the knowledge and experience developed by the Ethics Center and will expose the Brandeis campus community to spheres of activity that have only become more critical to our interconnected world over recent years.
Read more about inaugural Justice Brandeis Practitioner-In-Residence Claudia Bernardi.
Read more about Bernardi's work at Brandeis.