For a chance to connect with Gonz Chua and Shaomin Qian\, join us for a reception accompanied with a calligraphy dem onstration on January 12th\, 2025 in the Central Library Atrium. \;
\nArtist Bio:
\nGonzalo (Gonz) Chua was born and raised in the Philippines with a long career in medicin e serving the community. He graduated from the UP College of Medicine in 1 964. He finished his post graduate training at IUMC in Radiology in 1969 a nd is Board Certified in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. In 1972 he was aw arded the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service during the Vietn am conflict. He retired in 2000 as Chair of CT and Ultrasound and Director Emeritus of Radiology Education at Methodist Hospital. Dr. Chua was recru ited out of retirement in 2005 as Clarian North Medical Center's first Dir ector of Imaging Services. He finally retired in 2009 as Clinical Professo r of Radiology IU School of Medicine. \;
\nDr. Chua has earned m any accolades throughout his career. In 1998\, he was named "Best Doctor o f Indianapolis". In 2004\, he earned "America's Best Physician". In 2007\, he was awarded "Outstanding Teacher by Methodist Alumni". Then "Outstandi ng Overseas Educator by UP Medical Alumni Association in 2009. He was also a gold medalist of the Indiana Radiology Society and Fellow of the Americ an College Radiology. \;
\nHe is also a member of St. Monica Cat holic Church of Indianapolis and is a third-degree Knights of Columbus St. Monica Chapter. Gonz is a practitioner of the art of Chinese brush painti ng and has conducted classes in the arts at the Carmel Library. He founded the Carmel Ink-and-Water Club in 2009. \;
\nShaomin Qia n
\nQian Shaomin\, Zi Chun. Born in Hangzhou in 1962. At th e age of eight\, he began to learn calligraphy\, and at the age of ten\, h e entered the calligraphy class of Hangzhou Children's Palace. Under the g uidance of famous calligraphers such as Mr. Sha Menghai and Mr. Zhu Guanti an\, he learned calligraphy from Liu Gongquan and Yan Zhenqing\, then Su D ongpo\, and studied ancient inscriptions\, laying a certain foundation for calligraphy. In 1973\, he participated in the first calligraphy exchange performance between China and Japan after the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan. In 1978\, for primary school students t o learn calligraphy\, Chinese Painting\, they created regular script stick ers\, which were first printed in 1.2 million copies. Calligraphy works ar e included in the compilation of Selected Calligraphy in Zhejiang. In 1980 s\, he participated in the main work of establishing Zhejiang Young Callig raphers Association and served as the first deputy secretary-general. Afte r going to college and joining the work\, I still insist on staying in the pool\, which is regarded as the greatest pleasure outside my work. In cal ligraphy aesthetics\, it tends to be natural and quiet in calligraphy\, Ch inese painting art style and pursues the calligraphy art\, Chinese paintin g realm of "Arts are the expression of the heart".
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