This collection began long before we ever named it.

It began with my grand-uncle, Héctor Silva — an art lover, a supporter of Puerto Rican artists, and a friend to many of the printmakers who defined our island’s visual history. He believed in art deeply, and he believed in me. He was the first person who looked at my early sketches and was always excited about the future of my art career.

When he passed, he left me art books and part of his personal collection of Puerto Rican prints — pieces he had purchased directly from the artists he supported. Some of these works were the very same ones I grew up seeing on the walls of my childhood home in Barrio Carraízo.
Owning them now feels like coming full circle.

My husband and I spent months organizing the collection, documenting every piece, building a database, and expanding it through trades, purchases, and community leads. What started as a family inheritance became a cultural preservation mission.

After years building my creative life in Michigan and Chicago, I made the decision to return home to Puerto Rico — to my land, my culture, and the artwork that raised me. This collection is not just paper and ink. It is history. It is memory. It is identity.