Elsa Maria Melendez Exhibit Opening & Talk Friday, September 30th, the Alabama Contemporary Art Center welcomes Elsa Maria Melendez for her first solo exhibition in the United States entitled Vengo de una Isla de confusion. (I come from an island of confusion). She is a resident of Puerto Rico and has been a career artist for twenty-five years. She will be on hand to answer questions about her work. She is a champion of doubt and her art can be both playful and political. I s