husband, Dominican painter, actor and filmmaker, Angel Haché. They married in 1973. Núñez taught painting and drawing at the National School of Fine Arts, Colegio Dominicano de la Salle, la Universidad APEC. Along with her husband, Angel Haché, she directed the Children's Creativity Workshops at the Casa de Teatro, Museo de Arte Moderno y Muse de las Casas Reales. In 1979 she was awarded a scholarship with her husband by UNESCO to visit Children's Creativity Workshops throughout Spain and France, to study the methods of cultural activities that apply in those countries. "Her experiences during the 1970s were reflected in her work through the incorporation of the white color, a reduction of black tones, greater attention to landscapes, musical references, tropical flora and fauna, and painterly qualities reminiscent of the Romantics." During the 1980s, Elsa's work expanded "its chromatic richness with an emphasis on shades of blue and earth colors, as well as in the textures that shift between realism and abstraction." Her work appeared in 'Homenaje a Vivaldi' (1980), 'Paisajes y figuras' (1984), 'Canto a la primavera' (1984), 'Mi tierra desde su centro' (1985), and 'Exaltación de la mariposa' (1987). Núñez illustrated the novel Mutanville by Dominican author Arturo Rodríguez Fernández (1948–2010) in 1980 and the poetry volume Viacrucis by the esteemed Dominican bard Máximo Avilés Blonda (1931–1988) in 1983. During the 1990s, Núñez intensified "her scrutiny of the land as a nurturing mother, the expressive possibilities and meaning of matter and color, increasing the symbolism of her work." She was a contributor to 'Homenaje a las Hermanas Mirabal' (1997), a public art project that was painted on the obelisk located on the seafront road along the coastline of the city of Santo Domingo. From 1996-1998, Nunez served as president of the Colegio Dominican de Artistas Plásticos (CODAP). María Elena Ditrén, Director Museum of Modern Art, described Elsa Nuñez's work as a reflection of the turbulent '60s, which were characterized by fear, anxiety and terror of the Trujillo dictatorship and the Revolution of April 1965. Awards and recognition Medalla al Mérito del Ministerio de la Mujer, 1996 Núñez received the Premio a la Excelencia Profesional given by the president of the Dominican Republic, 2000 Best solo show at a museum or cultural center, Dominican Association of Art Critics (ADCA/AICA), 2012 In 2012, The Ministry of Culture and the Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo, honored Elsa Núñez with