JANM Volunteers Host Kokoro Craft Show on October 20, 2024

LOS ANGELES, CA (October 4, 2024)– Volunteers of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the 2024 Kokoro Craft Show with over sixty vendors at the Museum on Sunday, October 20, 2022 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Kokoro is a Japanese word meaning heart, mind, and spirit. The first craft show was a volunteer-led fundraising event for JANM during a national economic downturn in 2009. Now in its sixteenth year, this annual craft show is a free in-person event featuring fashion apparel and accessories, jewelry, ceramics, gifts, and more. It will also feature performances by Sunset Jive at 10:30 a.m. and Bombu Taiko at 12:30 p.m. Shoppers who spend $25 will receive a 10% discount to local restaurants. This event is sponsored by the Friends of JANM and proceeds will benefit JANM’s cultural, educational, and volunteer programs. In conjunction with the craft show, Museum admission will be free all day.

For more information about the 2024 Kokoro Craft Show, visit kokorocraftshow.com or email kokorocraftshow@gmail.com. Stay up to date with the craft show on Facebook and Instagram.

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About the Japanese American National Museum (JANM)

Established in 1985, JANM promotes understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. Located in the historic Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles, JANM is a center for civil rights, ensuring that the hard-fought lessons of the World War II incarceration are not forgotten. A Smithsonian Affiliate and one of America’s Cultural Treasures, JANM is a hybrid institution that straddles traditional museum categories. JANM is a center for the arts as well as history. It provides a voice for Japanese Americans and a forum that enables all people to explore their own heritage and culture. Since opening to the public in 1992, JANM has presented over 100 exhibitions onsite while traveling 40 exhibits to venues such as the Smithsonian Institution and the Ellis Island Museum in the United States, and to several leading cultural museums in Japan and South America. JANM is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday–Sunday from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and on Thursday from 12 p.m.–8 p.m. JANM is free every third Thursday of the month. On all other Thursdays, JANM is free from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. For more information, visit janm.org or follow us on social media @jamuseum.