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'''Ruth Howard''' is a Canadian artist who creates
==Early life and education==
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[[Jumblies Theatre|Jumblies]] has since undertaken residencies in a series of communities, leading to highly acclaimed productions, including "Once A Shoreline"in Davenport West (2004); "Bridge of One Hair" in Central Etobicoke (2007); "Oy Di Velt Vet Vern Yinger (Oh the world will grow younger)" at Camp Naivelt (2008) and the Mayworks Festival (2009); "Like An Old Tale", a Scarborough telling of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale (2011).
Ruth has
In 2014, Jumblies moved to a downtown Toronto Location (The Ground Floor). From here, Ruth and Jumblies undertook a multi-year exploration of Toronto's layered, Indigenous and colonial histories, leading to the 2017 "Touching Ground Festival" of new works, two national tours ("Train of Thought" and "Four Lands"), and "Talking Treaties", a project led by Associate Artistic Director, Ange Loft, including a spectacular performance at Toronto's Historic Fort York (2017 and 2018), and an interactive installation at the Inaugural Toronto Biennial of Art (2019), two films and an educational website (talkingtreaties.ca). Ruth and Jumblies have also produced two Canadian Tours: Train of Thought (2015) and Four Lands (2016 to 18).
Ruth has created and produced many other projects with and outside of [[Jumblies Theatre]], including:
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* "Being Margolia", a choral work commissioned and performed by the Toronto Children's Chorus, composed by Martin van de Ven, libretto by Ruth Howard, based on the Camp Naivelt Jewish commune re-enactment project (2010);
* Other newly commissioned musical works, including "Under The Concrete" (Composed by Martin van de Ven and Rosary Spence), "Voices Dangle Like Bells" and "Quarry" (composed respectively by Jason Doell and Juliet Palmer, in partnership with Continuum),"Round the Table" (with 7 composers - rounds to accompany a meal), "Endings" (composed by Lieke van de Voort), and "Odaabaanag" (composed by Melody and Beverley McKiver, in partnership with Soundstreams);
* "Grounds For Goodness", an interdisciplinary exploration of 'social goodness' (2019-2022).
In 2022, Ruth stepped aside her artistic director role with Jumblies, making room for new leadership (Artistic Director Sharada Eswar) and continuing to work as a consultant, mentor and independent artist.
==Publications==
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==Professional affiliations==
* Associated Designers of Canada (
* Common Weal (
* [[Jumblies Theatre]] (
* Community Arts Ontario (
* Shadowland Theatre (
* Advisory
* Consultant for [[Art Gallery of Ontario|AGO]] Arts Access/ Collection X Project (2005 to present)
* Toronto Arts Council (
* FixtPoint (
* Aanmitaagzi (
* Theatre Direct (board member, 2021 to present)
==Awards==
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[[Category:Canadian women artists]]▼
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