CCA is happy to congratulate Claudia Bernardi (Community Arts faculty) for winning the International Beliefs and Values Institute (IBAVI) 2009-10 Sustainable Visions and Values Award. This annual award recognizes an individual or organization who exemplifies IBAVI's mission through extraordinary research, education, and service.

Bernardi also recently received a grant of seeds from the Trees of the World organization, and she is reforesting the El Salvador countryside this summer, together with local community members, in conjunction with her School of Art and Open Studio of Perquin. Read more about her many wonderful projects at www.wallsofhope.org.