BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Indianapolis Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Indianapolis Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d5d8d2a9-70e8-460e-a804-21040491a3ff SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260722T014852Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250112T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20250112T160000 SUMMARY:Indiana Association of Chinese Americans LOCATION:Central Library\nCentral Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Central Library;X-APPLE-RA DIUS=10;X-TITLE=Central Library:geo:39.7793029,-86.1568697 GEO:39.7793029;-86.1568697 DESCRIPTION:For a chance to connect with Gonz Chua and Shaomin Qian\, join us for a reception accompanied with a Chinese calligraphy demonstration o n January 12th\, 2025 in the Central Library Atrium. .\nhttps://indianapol is.libnet.info/event/12501568 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Gonz Chua and Shaomin Qian are members of the Indiana Association of Chinese Americans and talented artists. The exh ibit will be shared with the public at Central Library from January 7- Jan uary 26\, 2025.  \;

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Artist Bio:

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Gonzalo (Gonz) Chua \;was born and raised in the Philippin es with a long career in medicine serving the community. He graduated from the UP College of Medicine in 1964. He finished his post graduate trainin g at IUMC in Radiology in 1969 and is Board Certified in Radiology and Nuc lear Medicine. In 1972 he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for meri torious service during the Vietnam conflict. He retired in 2000 as Chair o f CT and Ultrasound and Director Emeritus of Radiology Education at Method ist Hospital. Dr. Chua was recruited out of retirement in 2005 as Clarian North Medical Center's first Director of Imaging Services. He finally reti red in 2009 as Clinical Professor of Radiology IU School of Medicine.  \;

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Dr. Chua has earned many accolades throughout his career. In 19 98\, he was named "Best Doctor of Indianapolis". In 2004\, he earned "Amer ica's Best Physician". In 2007\, he was awarded "Outstanding Teacher by Me thodist Alumni". Then "Outstanding Overseas Educator by UP Medical Alumni Association in 2009. He was also a gold medalist of the Indiana Radiology Society and Fellow of the American College Radiology. \;

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Gonz has been awarded He is also a member of St. Monica Catholic Church of Indi anapolis and is a third-degree Knights of Columbus St. Monica Chapter. Gon z is a practitioner of the art of Chinese brush painting and has conducted classes in the arts at the Carmel Library. He founded the Carmel Ink-and- Water Club in 2009. \;

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Shaomin Qian

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Qian Shaomin\, Zi Chun. Born in Hangzhou in 1962. At the age of eight\, he began to learn calligraphy\, and at the age of ten\, he entered the calli graphy class of Hangzhou Children's Palace. Under the guidance of famous c alligraphers such as Mr. Sha Menghai and Mr. Zhu Guantian\, he learned cal ligraphy from Liu Gongquan and Yan Zhenqing\, then Su Dongpo\, and studied ancient inscriptions\, laying a certain foundation for calligraphy. In 19 73\, he participated in the first calligraphy exchange performance between China and Japan after the normalization of diplomatic relations between C hina and Japan. In 1978\, for primary school students to learn calligraphy \, Chinese Painting\, they created regular script stickers\, which were fi rst printed in 1.2 million copies. Calligraphy works are included in the c ompilation of Selected Calligraphy in Zhejiang. In 1980s\, he participated in the main work of establishing Zhejiang Young Calligraphers Association and served as the first deputy secretary-general. After going to college and joining the work\, I still insist on staying in the pool\, which is re garded as the greatest pleasure outside my work. In calligraphy aesthetics \, it tends to be natural and quiet in calligraphy\, Chinese painting art style and pursues the calligraphy art\, Chinese painting realm of "Arts ar e the expression of the heart".

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