12 - Large Scale Collective Imagination Time Travel Community Process | Art of Invitation - [🧭 Collective Imagination & Possible Futures]

Ruth Ben-Tovim is a cross-disciplinary community artist, educator, activist and community facilitator. She specializes in participation and ‘The Art of Invitation’. She began work in London as Artistic Director of Louder than Words theatre, combining new writing and live art. From 2004 - 2020 based in Sheffield and now Totnes, Devon, she was the Creative Director of Encounters Arts, midwifing over 80 social and ecologically driven collaborative projects and public interventions across the UK, that brought people together across different backgrounds, sectors, ages and cultures to look to the past, acknowledge the present and vision for the future. Ruth held local and national roles in the early stages of Extinction Rebellion and she catalyzed the Culture Declares Emergency movement. She is currently one of the co directors of Walking Forest a ten year international project combining women, trees and activism and is also the co-cordinator and facilitator of Town Anywhere a large scale collective imagination time travel community visioning process. Town Anywhere Short Film Ruth's Instagram Walking Forest email: ruth@ruthben-tovim.com #TownAnywhere