# 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]

## What this stands on

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 Día, News)
2. The Mellon Foundation grant will run for two years, and is awarded under the foundation's Presidential Initiatives program. (El Nuevo Día, News)
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 -, News)
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 -, News)
5. Grant funds will be used to expand the Art History Seminar library collection and renovate the Francisco Oller Gallery exhibition space. (El Nuevo Día, News)

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