who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Matilde Mollá Giner
Complutense University of Madrid,
Didactics of Plastic Expression,
Faculty of Education, Office 1609, c/
Rector Royo Vilanova s/n, Madrid,
28040, Spain
Keywords art therapy, gender equity,
social change and inclusion, education
Sybil Goldfiner
CEO of Comme il faut, Comme il
faut, Tel Aviv, Israel
Keywords
Catherine Gombe
Kyambogo University, Art &
Industrial Design, P. O. Box 84,
Kyambogo, Kyambogo, Uganda
Keywords design, development
education, plaited mats, barkcloth,
natural dyes, printmaking, Uganda
The research group ‘Aplicaciones del arte para la inclusión social: arte,
terapia y educación para la diversidad’ (Applications of art for social
inclusion: art, therapy and education for diversity) is a part of a larger
team of teaching staff at the Complutense University of Madrid, which
has promoted studies on art, social inclusion and art therapy, to a
European MA and Ph.D. The group, composed of Primary and
Secondary Schools teachers, professors at the Faculty of Education and
researchers on Art Education and Art Therapy, has published a variety
of books on art therapy and social inclusion.
› Social functions of art: Educational, clinical, social and cultural settings.
Trying a new methodology, International Journal of Education through Art,
6.3, 397-412.
Sybil Goldfiner, co founder and owner and CEO of the high-end
fashion house comme il faut. The brand was founded and launched in
1988 together with Carol Godin and has always embodied an ethical
agenda of feminist values. The comme il faut group shares a CSR
agenda of environmental responsibility, and social responsibility
towards its employees, clients and local community as well as
commitment to feminist ideals.
› Comme il faut – where ethics is not just a brand image but a brand essence.
Reflections of the CEO, Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, 2.1-2, 83-116.
Dr. Catherine Gombe is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of
Art and Industrial Design at Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda,
where she teaches printmaking, drawing and supervises student
research for both graduate and undergraduate. Dr. Gombe has a strong
belief in education through art and a deep interest in nature and
indigenous crafts, understanding them as containing knowledge and
skills that contribute significantly to diversifying learning and to the
development of art design and technology nationally and
internationally. She uses nature as inspiration for her own artistic
creations. She is presently involved in research on ‘Lubugo’
(barkcloth), mat-making, and natural dyes in Uganda.
› Indigenous plaited patterns on Ugandan mats, International Journal of
Education through Art, 3.2, 123-132.