who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Julia Gaimster
London College of Fashion, 20 John
Prince's Street, London, W1G 0B,
United Kingdom
Keywords virtual worlds, art and
design, emotions, interactions,
learning
David Gall
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, Department of Art and Art
History, 9201 University City Blvd,
Charlotte, NC, 28223-0001, United
States of America
Keywords spirituality, intuition,
visual culture, art education,
aesthetics
Ray Gallon
Keywords social networking,
information, education, media,
behaviour
Julia Gaimster is the Head of eLearning at the London College of
Fashion. She has 20 years experience in fashion education and during
that time she has developed expertise in the use and development of
virtual learning environments (VLEs) and e-Learning resources. She
gained her Doctorate in Education at Surrey University in 2004. Her
research interests cover the pedagogy of eLearning in art and design,
work based learning and the use of Web2 technologies and virtual
worlds to support learning and teaching in art and design. She has
worked on a variety of e-Learning resources including Seeing-drawing
and the Textiles Online Resource Guide. She is currently developing an
online resource (Sketchbook) designed to facilitate cross-disciplinary
visual research in art and design. The Art, Design and Media Subject
Centre are sponsoring this project.
› Book Reviews, International Journal of Education through Art, 5.1, 93-96.
› Reflections on Interactions in virtual worlds and their implication for
learning art and design, Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education,
6.3, 187-199.
David Gall completed his BFA and MFA studies in India, and his
Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University. His writing includes
articles on Caribbean art, related critical and historical issues, as well
as on social theory in art education.
› Insight from another side: what art education can learn from Aurobindo,
International Journal of Education through Art, 4.2, 207-218.
Ray Gallon has been a social networker since 1985. He has consistently
pursued a split life, between art, the media and industry. He has been a
lighting and sound designer for the theatre and an independent media
and sound artist. Ray has enjoyed a long career as a radio journalist and
producer for CBC, NPR, WDR (Köln), Deutsche Welle, Radio
Netherlands International and France Culture. He is a former
programme manager of WNYC-FM (Public Radio in New York City),
where he won three Armstrong Awards. Ray is a frequent speaker for
the groups; Society for Technical Communications (STC), Rencontres
A.M.E. in Vallais, Switzerland, and other conferences and festivals.
› Media behaviour: towards the transformation society, Technoetic Arts: A