My name is Angela Joy Houk.

I am a perpetually curious person who loves to wonder, wander, read, ask questions & make things. I delight in exploring the beauty & mystery of everyday life through the joy of creating & sharing what I discover along the way. This site is a portal to my journey.

I share this journey of discovery with Kevin, my husband & friend. We met in college over a series of great books in our freshman literature class.  Ever since then, we have been learning & exploring life together.  With each passing year, I am learning new depths to the joy of a life shared.

We have been given the gift of raising four distinctly unique children. Through these pages I am sure you will get to know them. They have been my constant companions & my foils for two decades. They continually teach me about myself & facets of joy that I never knew existed. I love them more than I ever thought possible.

My whole life, for as long as I can remember, has been a journey to understand the depth, the height & the breadth of joy in this life. It is in the name that I bear. As a dedicated life long learner, I consider no means too great or too small to teach me, no medium unworthy to explore life’s complexity, no effort too feeble to make a difference in this life I share with others.  

May this journal be a catalog of my discovery & an invitation for you to join me in the journey.

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Angela Houk is the Founder/Director of New Joy Arts, a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to cultivating creativity in communities & individuals lives. She works as an Instructor, writer & creative consultant. Through New Joy Arts she offers fine arts classes, integrated arts programs, professional development training & creativity workshops in partnership with a wide array of community organizations for people of all ages. 

In addition to her community work, Angela has studied art as a passionate pursuit for more than 30 years. Through her personal artistic journey, she is constantly finding inspiration & opportunities for creativity in the daily rhythms of life. Beauty, joy & renewal are perpetual themes that shape her life & work.