RED FAWN x KOKORONATION
In alignment with our mission to support artists and provide arts access where most needed, we've partnered with KokoroNation, a community-driven group spreading living, reciprocal creative culture worldwide through workshops, art, and collaborations. Like KokoroNation, we believe the future belongs to individuals who can lead with presence and care, ensuring that creativity remains a lifelong, relational way of sensing and moving through our world. That's why we partner with Kokoro in the US, Japan, and elsewhere on workshopping, fundraising, arts supply donations, and can't miss gallery shows with tea, art, and community building.
ABOUT KOKORONATION
Kokoronation is a living creative ecosystem and cultural parent body born from an international artist collective, dedicated to restoring creativity as a soulful, civilizational practice. We ground our work in the Japanese concept of Kokoro (心)—the inseparable unity of heart, mind, and spirit—treating creativity not as a specialized talent but as a fundamental human capacity. We aim to facilitate arts access and cultural connection through shared human experience. Our mission is to move beyond the fragmentation of modern learning by protecting curiosity and trusting autonomy, fostering a space where "inner literacy"—the cultivation of attention, ethics, and emotional intelligence—is the prerequisite for all making. This mission is consistent with all ages of artists we encounter.
OUR APPROACH
Rooted in Japanese-informed pedagogical traditions and Montessori sensibilities, we emphasize process over product, teaching deep respect for tools and materials through observation and guided practice. Our curriculum bridges the gap between the internal self and the wider world, utilizing tactile, embodied exploration—like the "Kitpas" techniques that transformed windows into public canvases in our early workshops—to ensure learning remains a shared, hands-on cultural practice.
WHO & WHERE WE ARE
We are made up of both emerging and well established artists and creative developers with a shared mission. From weekly art sessions by ColorIn ATL to interactive public gallery pieces at The Bakery Atlanta; from public school classrooms to grade school arts academies------by fostering a community of visible reasoning, we encourage every artist to vocalize their truths and ground their individual intent within a collective structure. We are committed to producing stewards rather than mere specialists, building an international bridge of cultural exchange that began between Numazu, Japan, and the US. At Kokoronation, we believe the future belongs to individuals who can lead with presence and care, ensuring that creativity remains a lifelong, relational way of sensing and relating to our world.
To learn more visit kokoronation.com.
To contact us about programming, collaboration, workshops, or anything else, email kokoronationintl@gmail.com, or fill out this form!