Aideen Howard is Director of The Ark Children’s Cultural Centre. She has worked in theatre and the arts as artistic director, producer, dramaturg and commissioner of new work. Her leadership of The Ark combines advocacy and art-making, including the establishment of a rights-based participation practice and the founding of the Right Here Right Now! festival of children’s rights.Aideen is a PhD student in Queen's University Belfast researching child and adult collaboration in performance and a deputy Chair of the Convention for Education. Prior to joining The Ark, Aideen was Literary Director of the Abbey Theatre, and she is editor of Irish Shorts: New Plays from The Abbey Theatre. She was founding Artistic Director of the multidisciplinary Mermaid Arts Centre and a member of the National Campaign for the Arts 2016–2022.

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Aideen Howard is Director of The Ark Children’s Cultural Centre. She has worked in theatre and the arts as artistic director, producer, dramaturg and commissioner of new work. Her leadership of The Ark combines advocacy and art-making, including the establishment of a rights-based participation practice and the founding of the Right Here Right Now! festival of children’s rights.Aideen is a PhD student in Queen's University Belfast researching child and adult collaboration in performance and a deputy Chair of the Convention for Education. Prior to joining The Ark, Aideen was Literary Director of the Abbey Theatre, and she is editor of Irish Shorts: New Plays from The Abbey Theatre. She was founding Artistic Director of the multidisciplinary Mermaid Arts Centre and a member of the National Campaign for the Arts 2016–2022.

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Aideen Howard is Director of The Ark Children’s Cultural Centre. She has worked in theatre and the arts as artistic director, producer, dramaturg and commissioner of new work. Her leadership of The Ark combines advocacy and art-making, including the establishment of a rights-based participation practice and the founding of the Right Here Right Now! festival of children’s rights.Aideen is a PhD student in Queen's University Belfast researching child and adult collaboration in performance and a deputy Chair of the Convention for Education. Prior to joining The Ark, Aideen was Literary Director of the Abbey Theatre, and she is editor of Irish Shorts: New Plays from The Abbey Theatre. She was founding Artistic Director of the multidisciplinary Mermaid Arts Centre and a member of the National Campaign for the Arts 2016–2022.

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