Joy Bronsveld

My name is Joy and I am a storyteller, theater director, photographer and course creator. My creative courses guide you to your authentic magic in a soulful way. 

I graduated from the University of the Arts as a theatre director and have since loved expanding my creative practice with photography, animation, graphic design, film, music and writing.

I love designing arts education for both children and adults because I believe it enriches your life profoundly to express yourself creatively. In my courses I like to create bridges between the visual arts, theatre, film and nature. I specialize in teaching storytelling, puppetry, photography and collage-art.

Stories always know how to find me. Maybe they have an internal compass to navigate towards the curious and courageous. Those who dare to venture into worlds unknown Because creating art is just that: a transformational journey.

As an artist and highly sensitive person, I intimately understand the challenges of living a creative life. Creating art can feel extremely vulnerable and challenging. I’ve faced my own battles with creative blocks like perfectionism and imposter syndrome, which can easily steal the joy from the creative process.

But fear not, after an extensive journey of research and creative self-(re)discovery I crafted a set of tools and techniques to playfully overcome creative blocks and reignite your creative flow and passion. You can learn all about this in the Academy!

I want to encourage you to tell the stories that stir within your soul. I  love empowering artists, creatives and highly sensitive people to share their stories and art with the world. Your creative magic, your unique voice and vision is needed in the world right now. 

I believe our stories are what makes life meaningful. Storytelling helps me to recognize the beauty and magic in everything around me. I believe stories can move inner mountains. They lift your spirit and fuel hope. Broaden or challenge your worldview. Make you grow and shift while the plot unfolds. 

That is why you will always find me with my nose pressed into a book, creating paper-cut-outs for shadowtheatre or daydreaming creating stories in my mind.