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University of Puerto Rico Art Director Receives Mellon Foundation Grant

Mercedes Trelles Hernández awarded $400,000 Mellon grant for Latine art research.

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Mercedes Trelles Hernández, Director of the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Art History Program, was awarded a $400,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation as lead researcher for the "Arte de Puerto Rico y su Diáspora y Arte Latine" project. [1] The Mellon Foundation grant will run for two years, and is awarded under the foundation's Presidential Initiatives program. [2] During the 2026-27 academic year, the project will host public lectures by academics and curators plus student training events. [3] In the second grant year, a postdoctoral researcher position will be hosted at UPR Río Piedras and a Latine art university course will be offered. [4] Grant funds will be used to expand the Art History Seminar library collection and renovate the Francisco Oller Gallery exhibition space. [5]
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  1. Mercedes Trelles Hernández, Director of the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Art History Program, was awarded a $400,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation as lead researcher for the "Arte de Puerto Rico y su Diáspora y Arte Latine" project. · El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico
  2. The Mellon Foundation grant will run for two years, and is awarded under the foundation's Presidential Initiatives program. · El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico
  3. During the 2026-27 academic year, the project will host public lectures by academics and curators plus student training events. · NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -
  4. In the second grant year, a postdoctoral researcher position will be hosted at UPR Río Piedras and a Latine art university course will be offered. · NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -
  5. Grant funds will be used to expand the Art History Seminar library collection and renovate the Francisco Oller Gallery exhibition space. · El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico
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