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Line 11: Howard worked for many years as a professional [[Scenic design\|theatre designer]], as well as with various forms of popular and participatory arts and theatre. Her family is integral to the work she does for Jumblies. She lives on Wards Island with her partner of thirty years, Steve Cooper, with whom she has three children: Shifra, Helah, and Eli. In 1991, Ruth was invited by Dale Hamilton to be a designer for the ''Spirit of Shivaree'' in [[Rockwood, Ontario]]. This introduction to the [[Community ~~Theatre~~theatre\|community play]] form, which combines high-calibre art making on an epic scale with a philosophy of wholehearted social inclusion and an astonishing capacity for social change, was a life-changing experience that has inspired the course and nature of her work ever since. Ruth went on to design ~~[[Community Theatre\|~~community plays]] in Canada and the U.K., in locations such as [[Blyth, Ontario]]; [[Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan]]; [[Enderby, British Columbia]]; and [[Torbay, England]] and [[Manchester, England]] and to create interdisciplinary projects that adapted the form to reflect her evolving artistic interests and Toronto’s realities. At the same time Howard began to produce and create her own theatre events: initially in school communities, but growing in size and complexity. In 2000, she produced a multi-lingual performance piece in [[Riverdale, Toronto\|South Riverdale]]’s ''Twisted Metal and Mermaids Tears'', which had a strong impact on Canada’s community arts scene and prompted Ruth to found [[Jumblies Theatre]] in 2001. ==Jumblies Theatre== Following the success of these projects, Howard founded [[Jumblies Theatre]] in 2001 to support what had evolved as an approach of establishing multi-year residencies in urban communities leading to large-scale, participatory, performance pieces. These pieces were adapted from, but retaining many of the guiding principles of the [[Community ~~Theatre~~theatre\|Community Play]] model. [[Jumblies Theatre\|Jumblies]] has since undertaken residencies in five communities and created several highly acclaimed productions in including "Once A Shoreline:" in Davenport West (2004); "Bridge of One Hair" in Central Etobicoke (2007); the "Twelfth Jewish Children’s Work Commune Re-enactment" at [[Camp Naivelt]] (2008); and "Oy di velt vet vern yinger (Oh the world will grow younger)" at the Mayworks Festival in 2009. Jumblies’ most recent large-scale production, a Scarborough telling of Shakespeare's Winter's Tale, "Like An Old Tale", took take place in Scarborough in December 2011, with hundreds of community participants, and dozens of professional artists. Line 50: * 2007 participant in the New World Stage Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto == Awards == * 2000 Our Millennium Award for South Riverdale Lives and Legends * 2000 South Riverdale CHC, Citizen of the Year (Ruth Howard) * 2002 Community Arts Ontario, Best Practices for "More or the Magic Fish" * 2004 Toronto Urban Institute, Urban Leadership Award Nomination * 2005 Toronto Community Foundation, Vital People Award * 2005 Fresh Ground Commission, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto (Jumblies Theatre) * 2007 Great Grants Award, Ontario Trillium Foundation (Jumblies Theatre) Line 61: * 2008 Toronto Community Foundation, Vital Ideas Grant (Jumblies Theatre) * 2012 Ontario Trillium Foundation Provincial Great Grants Award (Jumblies Theatre) * 2012 Canadian Urban Institute City Soul, Urban Leadership Award * 2012 TAPA George Luscombe Award for Mentorship in Theatre

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