Elizabeth Guest
Qualifications:
 M.A Cantab (History)
 P.G.C.E London University
 TESOL Cardonald College
Professional Experience:
 Secondary School Teacher (in London, Shropshire and India), Head of
History and Senior Sixth Form Tutor, Starcross School, London (1968-
1978)
 Further Education College lecturer
 Community Education Worker (Central Regional Council)
 Arts Consultant and Facilitator of Minority Ethnic Arts Projects in
Scotland
Chronology:
2003-4: Initiator and Project Manager of the ‘‘Rabita’’ Arts Project for the
Glasgow Muslim Community and Asylum Seekers (ongoing).
2003: Consultant for ‘‘The Making of a Durga’’ - a collaboration between the Scottish Indian Arts Forum and Education Department of the National
Museums of Scotland Education Department- involving the creation of a six foot image of the goddess Durga by two master sculptors from India.
2002-3: Concept Creator and Consultant for ’’The Paradise Garden
Carpet’’ Textile Project for the National Museums of Scotland in collaboration with Glasgow Museums involving 500 participants from Glasgow and
Edinburgh.
2001: Consultant for ’’Brilliant Bengal’’ a project involving five visiting master craftsmen from Bengal as participants in the Edinburgh Dusshera
Festival.
2000: Initiator and administrator of the University of Stirling and the National
Museums of Scotland’s Conference, ‘‘Subcontinental Scatterings’’ examining the art forms produced by the Subcontinental diaspora.
1999-2000: Consultant for the National Museums of Scotland’s
‘‘Iqbalnammeh’’ Project and the exhibition ‘‘From Lahore to
Lesmahagow’’; consultant for the accompanying award winning education programme.
1998: Initiator of the Hindu Dusshera Festival in Edinburgh and subsequent joint coordinator of this now established annual Edinburgh event.
1997-99: Joint initiator of the ‘‘Uncut Cloth Project’’ and member of the steering committee for this major exhibition of the textiles of the

Subcontinent in Paisley Museum and Art Gallery; coordinator of the extensive accompanying Education Programme.
1998: Consultant to Project Ability for the ‘‘Designed to Wear’’ Project in
Glasgow involving Glasgow schools and community groups.
1997-98: Project Manager for the Zannah Stephen Memorial sculpture involving management of the competition to select the artist, negotiating the site planning permission in a world heritage centre and supervising the installation of the sculpture.
1997: Initiator and consultant for the ‘‘Map Shawl’’ Textile Project in
Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow involving five hundred participants and based on an Royal Indian shawl borrowed from the collection.
1996-98: Initiator and Coordinator of the Ethnic Folk Tales Project for
Central Regional Council culminating in the book ‘‘A World of Family Tales’’ edited by Sue Stewart, illustrated by Jila Peacock and published by the
Scottish Cultural Press.
1995: Tutor to the Falkirk Muslim Women’s Group participating in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s textile Project ‘‘The Moghul Tent’’.
1994-95: Member of the Steering Committee for the Stirling Smith Museum’s
Exhibition ‘‘Transition of Riches’’ and Coordinator for Central Regional
Council’s multicultural Community Arts Programme based around the exhibition.
1990-96: Teacher of English as a second language to minority ethnic adults
Clackmannan College, Falkirk College and Central Regional Council.
1980: Successful completion of Part One of Cambridge University’s language
Tripos in Hindi.
1978: Teacher Fellowship at Clare College, Cambridge, to research an aspect of Moghul painting.
1968-78: Teacher of History, Head of Department and Senior Sixth Form
Tutor at Starcross School, London (an inner London education authority
Comprehensive School).
1966-68: Teacher of English and History in Hyderbad School, Andrah
Pradesh, India.
1962-66: Assistant History Teacher St Martins High School, Tulse Hill,
Brixton.

Board Membership:
Scottish Arts Council Craft Committee 2002-2003
School Board (Kippen Primary School) 1992-1995
Community Council (Kippen) 1994-1998
Trustee of Paintings in Hospitals Scotland 1993-2004
Trustee of the Helensfield Charitable Trust 1986-1998
Board Member of The Scottish Indian Arts Forum 1995-2004
Committee Membership:
Member of Scotland’s National Art Collections Fund Committee for
Central Scotland 1992-1996
Member of the Film Programming Committee of the MacRobert Arts
Centre 1992-1996
Chair of Kippen Primary School P.T.A.1989-1992
Other Activities:
Freelance lecturer on the Arts and Crafts of the Subcontinent
Leader of many architectural study tours to India
Publication of articles in the Architectural Review on the temples of the
Western Himalayas
Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society
Buyer for Paintings in Hospitals Scotland’s collection of over one thousand contemporary Scottish artists