Articles by Elsa María Meléndez Torres

\Elsa María has studied printmaking, drawing, painting, curation and museology at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Puerto Rico, in the Smithsonian Affiliations and the Smithsonian Center for Education Museum Studies, Washington, D.C., at the Museum and Center for Humanistic Studies at the University of Turabo and the Museum of History, Anthropology and Art at the University of Puerto Rico. Elsa María is the cofounder of espacio Metro: plataformaorganizada in Hato Rey , founded in 2011. Since 1998 she has worked at the Caguas Art Museum. Internationally, Elsa María\'s work has exhibited in collectives in the United States, Uruguay, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Romania and Portugal. Recent awards include the Puerto Rican Fund for the Financing of Cultural Affairs of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, 2011. In 2009 she was awarded the Lexus with the Arts Scholarship, a project she installed in 2010 at the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico. Elsa María\'s work is represented in the collection of the Ponce Art Museum, Museum of History, Anthropology and Art of the UPR; Caguas Art Museum, Puerto Rico; Collection of Arts, Library José M. Lazaro, UPR; International Experimental Print Biennale, Romania; Lolita Rubial Foundation, Minas, Uruguay and Haydee Santamaria Collection Art of the Americas, Havana, Cuba.\