Corporate Partnerships

Japanese Craft. National Reach. Lasting Museum Legacy.

KOGEI USA offers companies an opportunity to support a distinctive cultural platform advancing Japanese kogei across North American museums. Corporate partnerships help make possible exhibitions, artist engagement, public programs, scholarship, museum relationships, cultural exchange, and opportunities for works of Japanese kogei to enter permanent museum collections.

At the same time, partnerships can create meaningful opportunities for client cultivation, employee engagement, executive hospitality, cultural diplomacy, and alignment with values of excellence, craftsmanship, heritage, innovation, and international exchange.

Become a corporate partner

Why Partner with KOGEI USA?

A partnership with KOGEI USA reaches beyond a single exhibition or institution. KOGEI USA works across museums, cities, artists, curators, collectors, and cultural communities, creating opportunities for corporate partners to participate in a growing national platform for Japanese craft. Corporate support creates impact at multiple levels:

For Artists

International visibility, recognition, and connection with new audiences.

For Museums

Stronger collections, richer programming, and greater capacity to present Japanese kogei with depth and authority.

For Audiences

Access to exceptional works, artists, material traditions, and opportunities for cultural understanding.

For Corporate Partners

Association with artistic excellence, international exchange, lasting public good, and a network of museum and cultural leaders.

A Distinctive Cultural Network

KOGEI USA’s community includes museum directors and curators, collectors and philanthropists, artists and Living National Treasures, Japanese and U.S. cultural leaders, diplomats, corporate leaders, and audiences with a deep interest in Japanese art, design, heritage, and craftsmanship.

Partnerships can be shaped around a company’s priorities, including:

  • Client cultivation
  • Employee engagement
  • Executive hospitality
  • Japanese cultural heritage initiatives
  • Corporate social responsibility and community investment
  • Cultural diplomacy
  • Brand alignment with excellence and craftsmanship
  • Connections with museum, philanthropic, collector, and cultural networks
Discuss a partnership

Build a Partnership Around Your Priorities

Every company is different. KOGEI USA works with corporate partners to shape engagement around the company’s goals while remaining true to KOGEI USA’s nonprofit mission. To discuss a partnership, contact:

To discuss a partnership, contact:Nana Onishinana@kogeiusa.org

Benefits are subject to program schedules, availability, capacity, and participating museum guidelines. Museum acquisitions and any related recognition remain subject to the policies and approval of the receiving institution. Travel, accommodations, and related expenses associated with trips and tours are not included unless otherwise stated. Fund-designation benefits reflect each Circle’s specific use of gift funds and are not automatically inherited by higher Circle levels. KOGEI USA is an independent, unendowed U.S. 501(c)(3). Contributions are tax-deductible less the fair market value of any goods or services received.