Arti has been Spare Tyre’s Artistic Director/CEO since 2006. She is a Winston Churchill Fellow 2013 researching spirituality, dementia and ageing, a Fellow of the RSA, and a Fellow at the Centre of Contemporary Theatre at Birkbeck University.
Under Arti’s leadership and vision, Spare Tyre has developed its inclusive creative practice championing diverse voices: women who have experienced violence, adults with learning disabilities and older people living with dementia. She has a strong commitment to collaborative participatory art, nurturing the creative impulse that leads to personal and political fulfilment.