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'''Ruth Howard''' is a Canadian artist who creates large-scale arts and theatre projects with urban communities<ref name="Claire Dimond-Gibson">{{cite news | author=Claire Dimond-Gibson | title=Building the power of community: Jumblies Theatre's Once a Shoreline community play | url=http://creativecity.ca/project-profiles/Toronto-Jumblies-Theatre.html | work=Creative City Network of Canada | date=2005–2006 | accessdate=2010-02-22 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706173932/http://creativecity.ca/project-profiles/Toronto-Jumblies-Theatre.html | archivedate=2011-07-06 }}</ref> and has been called "a key figure in the Canadian Community Play movement".<ref name=artsnetwork>[http://neighbourhoodartsnetwork.org/members/ruth-howard artsnetwork]</ref> She is currentlywas the founding [[Artistic Director]] of [[Jumblies Theatre]], afrom company2001 sheto founded in 20012022.

Ruth has also mentored and supported many artists, projects and organizations. Jumblies' residencies resulted in a series of independent "Offshoot" organizations: [https://www.arts4all.ca/ Arts4All] in Davenport West, [http://www.mabellearts.ca/ MABELLEarts] in Etobicoke, the [http://communityartsguild.ca/ Community Arts Guild] in Scarborough, and an "adopted" Offshoot: [https://making-room.org/ Making Room] in Parkdale. Other thriving community arts organizations outside of Toronto mentored by Ruth include [https://www.aanmitaagzi.net/ Aanmitaagzi], [http://www.thinkingrock.ca/ Thinking Rock] and [https://ov-caos.org/ OV-CAOS]. In 2016, Ruth initiated into the Jumblies Studio, a strand of the company dedicated to learning and mentorship in community-engaged arts, including workshops, courses, internships, mentorship, resources and special projects and partnerships.

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).

* "Grounds For Goodness", an interdisciplinary exploration of 'social goodness' (2019-2022).

* Associated Designers of Canada (Boardboard Membermember, 1990 to 1993)

* Common Weal (Foundingfounding Boardboard Membermember, 1992 to 1994)

* [[Jumblies Theatre]] (Founderfounder and Artisticartistic Directordirector, 2001 to present)

* Community Arts Ontario (Boardboard Membermember, 2003 to 2005)

* Shadowland Theatre (Boardboard Membermember, 2005 to present)

* Advisory Councilcouncil Membermember for [[York University]]’s [[community art|Community Art]] Program (2005 to present)

* Toronto Arts Council (Boardboard Membermember and Chairchair of Community Arts Committee, 2009-14 to 2014)

* FixtPoint (Boardboard Membermember, 2012 to 2019)

* Aanmitaagzi (Boardboard Membermember, 2019 to present)

[[Category:Canadian designerswomen theatre directors]]