Kickstarter Arts Team hosted a dinner the other night at the Standard Spa in Miami honoring Art Basel, Artist Glenn Kaino & Olympian Tommie Smith.
Actor and producer Jesse Williams was also in attendance and is executive producing an upcoming documentary about Smith and his iconic salute and silent protest at the 1968 Olympic Games. Glenn & Tommie recently collaborated and completed a very successful Kickstarter campaign for youth art workshops to produce animated, drawing projects of his iconic race & fist raise and salute protest (it will be 50th anniversary of that salute next year)
Artist Glenn Kaino & Olympic Gold Medalist (1968) Tommie Smith recreate Smith’s iconic salute at Kickstarter Art Basel Dinner on Fri, Dec 8, at the Standard Spa, Miami.
Actor and producer Jesse Williams attends Kickstarter Dinner in honor of Art Basel, artist Glenn Kaino and Olympian Tommie Smith on Fri, Dec 8, at the Standard Spa, Miami.
Artist Dread Scott attends Kickstarter Dinner in honor of Art Basel, artist Glenn Kaino and Olympian Tommie Smith on Fri, Dec 8, at the Standard Spa, Miami.
Artist Hank Willis Thomas and Curator (& wife) Rujeko Hockley attends Kickstarter Dinner in honor of Art Basel, artist Glenn Kaino and Olympian Tommie Smith on Fri, Dec 8, at the Standard Spa, Miami.
Kickstarter Arts team with artist Glenn Kaino & Olympian Tommie Smith
(From left: Arts Outreach Specialist Daniel Sharp, Smith, Kaino, Director of Arts Patton Hindle, Performance Lead Jessica Massart)
