Five best Sculptors were honored during the closing ceremony of Sculpture Making Workshop at Shilpgram on Sunday. The 20 day long workshop was organized by West Zone Cultural Center in association with Central Zone Cultural Center Nagpur and Lalit Kala Academy.

Artists from 14 different states of country took part in the workshop and created their artwork on marble stones. The artists who got honored were Chandan Kumar Samal from Odisha, Hemant Joshi from Udaipur, Hriday Prakash from Panchkula, Nemaram Jangid from Ahmedabad and Pankaj Gehlot from Sirohi.

K.K Mittal, additional secretary Cultural Minister, Government of India was present as the chief guest of the event. He said that the workshop proved as a very effective platform for artists, while admiring all participants Mr. Mittal said that their work could be showcased on the website of Academy.

WZCC Director Furqan Khan and Nagpur’s Director Piyush Kumar also shared their views. The best works were selected by selection committee consisting of Prof Suresh Sharma, Dr Vishnu Mali and Mahendra Kadia.