The Joy House blog by Joy Hopwood
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | writer / actor / artist / filmmaker / creative |
| Location | Sydney |
| Links | Audio Clip, Wishlist |
| Introduction | Joy Hopwood was a former presenter on A.B.C. T.V.'s Play School and is a contributing writer for Growing Up Asian in Australia published by Black Inc Books (Melbourne) and Chinese Australian Women's Stories and Reflecting on Life (Pearson Education). In 2012-13 she wrote and produced the successful theatre show The Wong Side of Life and founded the Joy House Film Festival- short films of joy and celebrating diversity and kindness. Joy is primarily an independent, award winning filmmaker. Her romantic comedy films include: The Gift that Gives, Get a Life Alright, Rhapsody of Love, The Gift that Gives. In 2014, Joy launched the "Kindness is for Free" initiative (anti-racism and anti-bullying workshops & video) into schools across Sydney. The Wong Side of Life's Kindness is for Free initiative (for schools) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbdkzBcwM8Y www.joy.net.au www.joy.net.au Joy's Blog includes themes - film & theatre reviews, creativity, diversity, food, culture, arts, books and much more. |
| Interests | Writing, illustrating, painting, acting, film making. |
| Favorite Music | 80's and 90's pop |
| Favorite Books | Michelle Obama's books |
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