In January, Nelson, 65, retired from her dual role in art at UW-Madison, where she both taught in the art department and did outreach, partly as director of the Wisconsin Regional Art Program for nonprofessional artists. The mother of two adult daughters, Nelson also became chairwoman of the Madison Arts Commission this year. Her husband, UW-Madison Afro-American Studies department director Craig Werner, urged her to do a retrospective exhibit.
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