a workshop on sketching sculpting and wall painting was also conducted by leading artists from visual art gallery this festival will definately give a good platform to all kinds of artists to perform and learn at the festival said dnyaneshwar phadtare additional commissioner of police administration the kids specially enjoyed the glass paintings on ohp transparent sheets and origamyflower making by using tissue papers shyam sunder patil additional commissioner tmc who was present at the festival appreciated the efforts of the residents for conducting such a festival within limited span of time and also assured complete assistance for such carnivals in future dr lata conducted a workshop how to convert the wet waist into manure children were taught to make compost using wet waste material as part of the drive professionals from the field of art demonstrated how to recycle waste materials and to convert them into an work of art the residents of vedant recently organized a oneday kids art festival with an aim to promote art in various fields with waste material and make children and youths aware about the significance of the environment sharing the idea behind conducting the art festival kasber augustine president of maharashtra go green foundation said the aim to organize the art festival for kids and youths was to give them a chance to share a platform with professionals from different fields of art these days children hardly get time to spend on their hobbies and extracurricular activities its a good initiative to create awareness about the current environmental problems and the solutions to them and discover the hidden talents of the children tmc also provided saplings that were distributed at the event to promote green thane the concept of ecofriendly entertainment activity witnessed several art lovers and experts from different fields like sketching glass painting sculpture making and wall painting took part in the event the programme started with a pledge spearheaded by children to protect tree and to save the environment so we decided to bring together some professionals to hold workshops especially for themand teach them in this one day art festival so that the kids and youths get the best of all the thane municipal corporation too participated in the festival and promoted save the earth drive to celebrate world wetlands day on february 2 we often fail to realize that we are surrounded by art and it has always been a part of our daily life and even if they do they end up compromising on the quality thane