Faculty/Instructor
Mary
Woodall,
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
University Attended, grad date and degree: Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV; May 1998 with Bachelors of Fine Art in Photography/Computer Digital Imaging
WSU Dept: Dept. of Fine Art
Class Topics I have taught: Beginning Photography; Alternative Processes
Research Teaching Area of Interest: I teach black and white photography, but have taught previously at another institution the course Color Photography through the “old” wet process. I am interested in teaching more alternative process courses, as well as History of Photography. Research in my area is considered my own artwork. Currently I am working on photographs, video and objects pertaining to memories, identity and repetition through masculine/feminine roles.
Plans before CQ begins: I am hoping to attend either the College Art Association conference in Los Angeles or the MUSE conference in Savannah, GA. Other than that, I will be continuing with the graduate program, enter my work in art exhibits and pushing my artwork further.
Interests and hobbies: With school and teaching, I really have not had time for hobbies or interests. When I taught high school, I was co-sponsor of the school step-squad and also was very engaged with helping my students graduate and explore their college options.
Favorite Summer Memory: I worked for a river rafting company in West Virginia for 2 summers. It was great to be out on the river at ten o’clock in the morning, sun shining, water running, and think, “Wow, I get paid for this.”
Life Goal: To wake up every morning and make art and teach art and to be able to be financially self-sufficient by doing both.
Link: www.marywoodall.com
Blurb About Me:
If you are not familiar with where Baltimore, MD is, just let me tell you I am a long way from home. I am from the east coast of the United States, in the middle. I am the 5th generation of my family to be born and raised in the Baltimore area. To give you a better idea of what life is like back there, I have attached part of a list from “You Know You’re from Baltimore When….”
1. You could pick steamed crabs before you could walk. (This is a Baltimore delicacy)
2. From snow to hurricanes to heat waves, you've seen every kind of weather imaginable.
4. You stress the "Oh" in the U.S. National Anthem. (It was written in Baltimore!)
5. It's "DC", not "Washington".
9. You put Old Bay seasoning on everything. (This seasoning makes steamed crabs)
10. You hate the Yankees, the Steelers, and especially the Colts. (The Colts used to be in Baltimore.)
13. You don't wash your clothes, you "warsh" them. (Yes, I really talk like that)
18. You remember when the Orioles were good. :(
19. You say "wuder", not "water".
21. You know where to get the best crabs, crab cakes, and crab soup. (Like your coffee out here!)
22. You eat snowballs, not throw them. (They are crushed ice with a flavored syrup)
23. Cal Ripken was your childhood hero.
24. You're considered a Southerner when visiting New England, and you're a Yankee when visiting the South.
29. Your Senator's website features a recipe for crabcakes.
30. You can spot a Baltimore accent immediately. (We talk funny)
31. You watch a John Waters or Barry Levinson movie and recognize someone.
34. Lacrosse isn’t a city in Wisconsin. (Lacrosse is a HUGE sport in Maryland)
35. School is out when there's an inch of snow, but when you can't get out of your driveway you somehow have to go. (I loved last winter out here!)
38. You think living 45 minutes from the nation's capital, 1.5 hours from Philadelphia, and 3.5 hours from New York City is the greatest thing in the world. (It kind of is)
41. The Washington Monument in your city is not a white obelisk. (Baltimore ahs their own Washington Monument and World Trade Center)
44. You leave the U.S. and people ask you where you're from, you reply "near Washington DC" to avoid confusion. (My confusion when I got here was people asking me if I was from the East Side and I kept saying yes, thinking they meant the east coast!)
