Succession of Indigo and Cyan-— Joint Exhibition of Works by Cao Jun and His Students Opened at Jinan Campus

Autumn brings refreshing breezes, and the fragrance of brush and ink fills the air. On October 22, the opening ceremony of Succession of Indigo and Cyan — Joint Exhibition of Works by Cao Jun and his Doctoral Students (Return to Alma Mater · Jinan Stop) was held on the second floor of the Arts and Sports Building at Jinan Campus. Professor Cao Jun, a distinguished overseas artist based in the United States and an alumnus of the 1985 Mining Engineering intake of our university; Wang Bin, Party Secretary of the School of Art; Yang Mei, Dean of the School of Art; and members of the Party Committee of Jinan Campus attended the ceremony. Young exhibiting artists, representatives of functional departments of the campus, faculty, students and fellow alumni also took part in the event. The ceremony was presided over by Zhao Changqing, Member of the Campus Party Committee and Party Secretary of the General Party Branch of the Department of Finance and Economics.

In his address, Liang Saijiang, Party Secretary of Jinan Campus, remarked that as an outstanding alumnus from the Department of Mining Engineering of our university, Professor Cao Jun has always rooted his creation in fine traditional Chinese culture and integrated the strengths of Eastern and Western art. Through persistent exploration in ink painting, he has forged a path for the contemporary interpretation of traditional art. Over the years, Professor Cao Jun has devoted himself to advancing aesthetic education at his alma mater, building platforms for artistic exchange and supporting the growth of students. He repays the nurturing of his alma mater with sincere devotion, empowers the university’s development through the power of art, and embodies the alumni’s deep affection for and commitment to giving back to his alma mater with concrete actions. He encouraged faculty and students to seize this valuable opportunity for aesthetic education, refine their aesthetic attainment and nurture humanistic sentiments amid ink and brush works. He called on young students to follow the example set by alumnus Cao Jun, build solid professional capabilities, cultivate humanistic grounding, paint a brilliant picture of youth, translate artistic insights into motivation for diligent study and dedicated work, strive to elevate all undertakings of Jinan Campus to new heights, and contribute to the high-quality development of the university.

Professor Cao Jun shared his artistic insights and affection for his alma mater with deep emotion, expressing his original aspiration to return to his alma mater with young students for artistic exchanges and the inheritance of cultural heritage.

Liang Saijiang, Liu Guodong, Wang Bin, Yang Mei and Liu Hu jointly opened the exhibition Succession of Indigo and Cyan— Joint Exhibition of Works by Cao Jun and his Doctoral Students (Return to Alma Mater · Jinan Stop).