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COMERCIO DE ARTE
C OMER CIO DE AR TE

MM A 4 ’ S FIRST AR T A UC TION
MMA 4’S FIRST ART AUCTION

Words: Erika Mae General
“First of all, we had a hard time figuring
Traditionally, MMA 4 has always held out the bidding system through online means.
beautiful art displays for their Exhibit class. These We discussed it well and tried it. So we came up
exhibits are usually in malls, museums, etc. For with using the “raise hand” feature on Zoom for
this year’s batch, MMA 4 was tasked with holding bidders to use when they want to bid. Also we set
their exhibit through Zoom. On May 21, Comercio the rules and make sure the bidders understand
de Arte was held as an online art auction that also that before the event starts” said Arisa as she
served to promote the agricultural industry. The talked about the process they underwent prior to
auction also used its proceedings to give back to the event.
the farmers who have had difficulties with their
livelihood over the course of the pandemic. Comercio de Arte ended up being an
interactive and successful art auction. It had
Arisa Kakimi of MMA 4 was tasked with combined efforts from everyone in MMA 4,
creating a teaser for the auction. She also went which was an achievement considering people
the extra mile and developed a website for participating during the online setting.
Comercio de Arte. She did this with the simple
thought of hoping to sell all the artwork they had When asked, Arisa had this to say
made to possible participants. The participants concerning her own personal reflection towards
were also known as ‘bidders’, who are also the the event.
faculty, family, or friends that would’ve supported
MMA 4’s cause as they aimed to give farmers in “Overall result was good for me, because
the Philippines a helping hand. I didn’t expect that the bidders really bid higher
for the artworks and we could successfully sell
At first, MMA 4 had difficulties in working the artworks. I think we did our best even though
out the bidding system for the auction. But with a there was a limited time and platform that we had
little creativity and resourcefulness, they came up since it was an online event.”
with an easy solution that’s already part of their
chosen application.
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