[3][4][5] A painting by Woodson is featured in the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit exhibition "Ground Up: Reflections on Black Abstraction" April 8-August 16, 2022.
and M.A., Woodson did graduate work at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1960) and pursued independent study in Rome, Paris, and Stockholm (1962).
[12] Woodson is also featured in The Art of Black American Women: Works of Twenty-Four Artists of the Twentieth Century (McFarland Publishing, 1993) and Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists (Midmarch Arts Press, 1995), among other books and publications.
[13] During her MacDowell Colony Fellowship (1966-1967), Woodson explored new ideas and techniques including collage, a medium that she continues to use as both a counterpoint and complement to her paintings.
She is recognized in her city as "having lived a life dedicated to uplifting the beauty of Black art and breaking barriers of exclusion along the way," per Nichole Christian in the Kresge Eminent Artist monograph.
Painter, College of Creative Studies professor, and inaugural Kresge Artist Fellow Gilda Snowden (1954-2014) is one of many who benefitted from her mentorship and advocacy.
[15] An exhibit that opened at Michigan State University in 2021, "Harold Neal and Detroit African American Artists: 1945 through the Black Arts Movement," featured Woodson's painting, "Martha’s Vandellas" (1969).
[20][21] Administered by the College for Creative Studies, this award honors one Detroit artist each year for professional achievements, cultural contributions, and commitment to the local arts community.