1. Resume of:
ALAYNA WOOL
P.O. Box 6098
San Juan, Puerto Rico
787.222.2842
liminalayna@yahoo.com
Education
Bachelors in Fine Art 2005
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Major in General Sculptural Studies, Minor in Photography
-Dean’s List Recipient 2002-2005
-Maryland Institute College of Art Talent Grant
-Sallie Mae Scholarship
Experience
Sand and Sea Marine Interiors, Creative Director
San Juan, Puerto Rico 1998-2013
 Successfully perform managerial duties of the office using computer
programming skills via Microsoft Office, and graphic programs, Adobe Suite and
Macromedia.
 Responsible for all accounting, inventory and monthly reports via
QuickBooks.
 Customer service liaison, conducted professional presentations to
prospective clients.
 Train new employees
 Web Page design and marketing planning via brochures, constant
contact, and web based programs.
 Develop and fabricate product designs.
 Coordinated installation process of completed projects.
Living History Current
 Developed and founded LIVING HISTORY a community project to
comprehend reality. Working with the indigenous Maya Achi in Guatemala
Central America to rescue and photograph the photographic memory.
 Fundraised and wrote grants to successfully develop and oversee a $55,000
dollar project that has had beneficiary effects in on Guatemala and the
genocide case.
 Successfully rescued 2000 photographs of victims of the internal armed
conflict to construct a permanent public photographic installation 490 ft in
length.
 Created and designed DVD’s and brochures distributed internationally to
further the educational experience of LIVING HISTORY.
 Built a model project that is now being used in other post-conflict areas
around the world.

2. World Neighbors, Arts Program Coordinator and Educator
Baja Verapaz, Guatemala 2007-2011
 Implemented and trained employees to use art in their daily work for an
improved lifestyle.
 Instructed rural villages how to use natural resources to advance their
quality of life.
 Trained female scholarship students to be leaders in their communities
through creative art programs.
 Responsible for conducting classes from original lesson plans.
 Instructed students ages two through thirteen in the techniques of
painting, collage, sculpture, and drawing.
 Taught the philosophy of process and technique over the result.
 Website and promotional design work
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/CURITORIAL EXPERIENCE
- Collaborated with various artists to curate exhibits focusing on photography, on a local
and national level. These events have been successful in exhibiting the work of
emerging artists publicly.
 “Memoria Fotografica”, A Community Project to Comprehend Reality
Rabinal, Guatemala Current
 “Communidad”, Museo Communitario
Rabinal, Guatemala Spring 2012
 “Light Transformed”, Latte´ Da
Baltimore, Maryland Spring 2010
 “Emerging Artists Show”, Maryland Federation of Art, ¨Best in Show¨
Baltimore, Maryland Fall 2008
 “Cram Sessions 04’”, Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore, Maryland Spring 2008
 “Gray Light”, Pyramid Atlantic
Silver Spring, Maryland Spring 2007

3. GRANTS
2010-2013
-International Peace Research Association Foundation Grant for the work “Collective
Photographic Memory of the Surviving Achi’s “
-John and Dorothy Missionary Foundation Grant to commence the work “Collective
Photographic Memory of the Surviving Achi’s “
2007-2009
-Art Corps Artist in Residence Grant for 2 consecutive years in Guatemala, Central
America. An undertaking of incorporating various art forms with a nonprofit organization
enabled environmental and social messages to come to life and engaged the local
communities through bi-cultural activities.
SKILLS
Computer Proficiency- Adobe Suite, Macromedia Suite, QuickBooks, Microsoft Office,
Web Design, Internet marketing, typography, graphic design
Administrative- Accounting, Inventory, payroll, proposal writing, grant writing,
presentations, team player in collaborations, bilingual
Curatorial- Collaborating with artists, exhibit design, sales, promotional material and
gallery liaison
Artistic-Photography, Woodworking, Sculpture, story boards,, restoration of metal and
wood, community outreach, conceptual skills and the ability to quickly develop creative
solutions