Education and outreach

At the core of Ruth’s work is a belief in the power of art as an instrument of social change.

Her work as a designer is based on collaborative practice, creating work both with and for a diverse range of professional and non-professional artists and participants.

Regular Collaborators

Karen Gillingham, Freya Wynn Jones, Hazel Gould, Tim Yealland, David Stevenson, John Barber, James Redwood, Pete Le Tenka, Natasha Khamjani, Rob Guildon, Hannah Conway, Jessie Maryon Davies.

Guest teaching

Brighton Metropolitan University
Central School Speech and Drama
University of the Creative Arts
University of the Arts Bournemouth
Durham University

Outreach

Lead Practitioner for English National Opera Baylis, Garsington Opera, The Grange Festival, Glyndebourne Opera, Royal Opera House, Opera North, English Touring Opera, National Saturday Art Club and Battersea Arts Centre. Ruth has been the lead artist and judge for the Royal Opera House Design Challenge since its inception in 2010

Speaking engagements

Author and speaker – Royal Opera House, film series for the Design Challenge 2017-2019
Speaker – Theatrecraft Careers Fair ROH, 2019
Industry Speaker – Creative and Cultural Skills / National Skills Academy 2016 and 2019
Ruth about to take a group of children in to see her installation at BAC

ENO workshops

ROH workshops

ROH workshops

Project documentaries:
Spitalfields Festival Take over
Millions of Years – ENO
ENO Baylis – Jenufa project
ENO Baylis Aida project
ENO Baylis – V and A project