Reclaiming Our Heritage Project

Elisabeth

Elisabeth has 30 years’ experience within her role as Creative Director at Project Ability, a visual arts organisation based in Glasgow. 

Name: Elisabeth Gibson  

Years: 1990s – Present  

Elisabeth has 30 years’ experience within her role as Creative Director at Project Ability, a visual arts organisation based in Glasgow. 

She shares the successes and challenges of working for an arts charity across four decades, from funding to ever-changing local politics.  

Excerpts: 

“Different voices add to the richness of our society, different expressions contributes not just to the sort of the vibrancy of the contemporary visual arts sector, but to society in a whole.” 

“I can’t even remember when it started, mid-90s, you know, started with maybe six people and then became 10 people and then became 30 people and today it’s now 80 people”.