{"id":1472,"date":"2015-12-06T19:36:48","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T19:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2015-12-06T19:36:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T19:36:48","slug":"rosario-dawson-and-russell-simmons-hosts-6th-annual-bombay-sapphire-artisan-series-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/rosario-dawson-and-russell-simmons-hosts-6th-annual-bombay-sapphire-artisan-series-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosario Dawson and Russell Simmons Hosts 6th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The week of rain didn\u2019t stop the Miami beachside celebration. Russell and Danny Simmons, along with Rosario Dawson announced New Orleans\u2019 Aron Belka as the Grand Finale Winner of the 6th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series competition. An annual collaboration between Bombay Sapphire and Russell and Danny Simmons\u2019 Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, the nationwide search for the next big name in visual arts involved thousands of online submissions and a series of regional gallery events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1476\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/499995458.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1476\" src=\"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/499995458.jpg\" alt=\"MIAMI BEACH, FL - DECEMBER 04: Rosario Dawson and The 12 finalists of the 6th annual Bombay Sapphire Aritsian Series Grand Finale attend The 6th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Grand Finale Cohosted By Russell Simmons And Rosario Dawson During Art Basel at Nautilus Hotel on December 4, 2015 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Mike Coppola\/Getty Images for Bombay)\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/499995458.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/499995458-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/499995458-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/499995458-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Rosario Dawson and The 12 finalists of the 6th annual Bombay Sapphire Aritsian Series Grand Finale attend The 6th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Grand Finale Cohosted By Russell Simmons And Rosario Dawson During Art Basel at Nautilus Hotel (Photo by Mike Coppola\/Getty Images for Bombay)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the first time this year, actress and Studio 189 founder Rosario Dawson served as honorary host and Creative Mentor of the program and will personally collaborate with the national winner to develop a public mural installation in his hometown or NYC; set to be unveiled in Spring 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1475\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/499994960.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1475\" src=\"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/499994960.jpg\" alt=\"MIAMI BEACH, FL - DECEMBER 04: A general view of atmosphere at The 6th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Grand Finale Cohosted By Russell Simmons And Rosario Dawson During Art Basel at Nautilus Hotel on December 4, 2015 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Mike Coppola\/Getty Images for Bombay)\" width=\"590\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/499994960.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/499994960-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/499994960-1024x729.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Atmosphere at The 6th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Grand Finale (Photo by Mike Coppola\/Getty Images for Bombay)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos \/\/ GETTY Jamie McCarthy and Mike Coppola<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}