The Hawakan Collective, a network of 21 artists, is holding a virtual art auction until July 19 to raise funds for learning tools for Filipino children in need.
The sale of selected artworks will also benefit Save the Children, an independent children's organization.
Click on this link to view the artworks and participate in the auction. Use the password: hawak.
The artists who form part of Hawakan are Filipinos studying in art schools in different parts of the world:
PAINTING
Ali Alejandro
Bambina Jacinto
Denise Heredia
Mica Tan
Paoi Tuason
Tara Soriano
ILLUSTRATION
Ali Cajetan
Gaby Tantuico
Inès Marmonier
Issay Rodriguez
Maia Panlilio
Maxine Duminy
Mica Araneta
Miguel Del Prado
Sophi Lilles
PHOTOGRAPHY
Basti Belmonte
Carmen Del Prado
Carolina Miñana
Gabe Ferrer
Rocio Solitaria
SCULPTURE
Austin Santiago
The Hawakan project began earlier this year when co-founders Jaime Jalandoni and Mikel Panlilio collaborated on a fundraiser for victims of the Taal volcano eruption.
One of the artists participating in the auction is Sophi Lilles, a fourth year architecture student at PRATT Institute in New York.
"My piece, Magkatabi, visualizes the density of Manila, compacting all types of buildings into a single view. I see Metro Manila as the sum of all Filipinos, where every individual is a vital part in making Manila run. Even though Covid-19 highlights the drastic disparities present in the Philippines, I wanted to represent Manila as a unified entity," Lilles says.
Many of the artworks included in the auction are in the P3,000-5,000 range but there are also pieces that are in the six-figure range.
Prints of the artworks are also being sold for P1,250 each.
For more information, visit the Hawakan website or Facebook page.
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