CULTURETECHLENSJoy Joshua
VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)
Combined Graph record U-07509 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6323.
Joy Joshua is the founder of Journey & Thingz, the Chicago mobile arts business she launched in 2022 offering jewelry-making, art and STEM workshops for schools, community programming, private events and corporate team-building; WVON's roster credits her as Founder & Creative Director. She also works as a Food Education Program Assistant for the 61st Street Farmers Market at Experimental Station, the Woodlawn nonprofit whose profile of the market recounts her business's launch. She was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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Joy Joshua is the founder of Journey & Thingz, the Chicago mobile arts business she launched in 2022 offering jewelry-making, art and STEM workshops for schools, community programming, private events and corporate team-building; WVON's roster credits her as Founder & Creative Director. She also works as a Food Education Program Assistant for the 61st Street Farmers Market at Experimental Station, the Woodlawn nonprofit whose profile of the market recounts her business's launch.
Notes
TITLE NOTE: 'Founder' is independently confirmed; the roster's second title, 'Creative Director,' was not independently located and is carried as rostered. Organization edge: Journey & Thingz is not homed; edges BLOCKED until homed. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21.
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- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Founder & Creative Director, Journey & Thingz.
Sources
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Joy Joshua as Founder & Creative Director, Journey & Thingz, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
- Experimental Station (accessed 2026-10-21): 'In 2022, she… launch[ed] Journey and Thingz, a mobile arts business offering jewelry-making and creative workshops across Chicago'; identifies Joshua as its Food Education Program Assistant. (primary source · build store)
- Journey & Thingz, official site (accessed 2026-10-21): the mobile arts business's jewelry-making, art and STEM workshop offerings. (primary source · build store)
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