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Daniel Dutton
Born 1959, Somerset, Kentucky.
Traditional teachers: Joe and Cebah Dutton, Jean Ritchie, Minnie Mayfield,
Chapel Wallin, Willenna Broyles, Chisato Ejiri, Oya Fumilayo, Kakuho
Ohashi, Walker Calhoun, Oe Nobuyuki
Career Highlights:
1980:
Kentucky Arts Council Artist in Residency: Pulaski County School
System
1982:
Studies with Jean Ritchie begin
1983:
Studies with Minnie Mayfield and Chapel Wallin begin
1984:
Retrospective: Doris Ullman Galleries; Berea College; Berea, Kentucky
Kentucky Artists Painting in a Southern Tradition: J.B. Speed Art Museum; Louisville, Kentucky
Individual Show: Wooden Folk Tales; J.B. Speed Art Museum; Louisville, Kentucky
1985:
Individual Show: New Work; J.B. Speed Art Museum; Louisville,
Kentucky
Retrospective: Rotunda of the Congressional Office Building; Washington,
DC
1987:
Individual Show: New Work; Closson's Art Gallery; Cincinnati,
Ohio
Video — One Day (in the Life of the Artist) Commissioned by the J.B. Speed Art Museum; (used for art education in the San Antonio Texas School System)
Installed Environment — Water; (multiple video projections, ambient soundscape and music, participatory sculpture, live plants and animals; commissioned by the J.B. Speed Art Museum
1989:
Permission granted by the French Ministry of Culture to film Michelangelo's
Esclave Mourant for video projection in The Stone Man; Louvre; Paris,
France Permission granted by the Vatican City to film in the Vatican
Museum for video projection in The Stone Man: Vatican City; Rome, Italy.
Workshop Performance of The Stone Man; an opera with dance and video projection. Choreography by Martha Connerton. Development Grants provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, private, and corporate patrons; J.B. Speed Art Museum
1990:
World Premiere and Kentucky tour of The Stone Man. Commissioned
by Kentucky Opera with assistance from the National Endowment for the
Arts; Premiere and six performances at the Kentucky Center for the
Arts; Louisville, tour performances in Somerset, Frankfort, Owensboro,
and Paducah, Kentucky
Work begins on The Secret Commonwealth; a dance opera in four parts
Work begins on The Ballad Paintings
Little Concert for Clarinet and Piano composed and performed.
1992:
Research trip to Makah reservation, Olympic National Park, Washington.
1993:
"Highlights" from the Brown Forman Corporate Art Collection;
group show; Actor's Theater; Louisville, Kentucky
Research for The Secret Commonwealth in Ireland
1994:
Research trip for The Road into Utah Canyonlands/ Taos and Zia
Pueblo.
Artist in Residence; "Controversy in 20th Century Art," "American Music History," "Folklore and Children's Literature" ; Wheaton College, Norton, MA.
Workshop Performance of Part I of The Secret
Commonwealth; The
Changeling & the Bear; Wheaton College, Norton, MA.
Workshop Performances
of The Changeling & the Bear; Pulaski and Wayne
County Public School Systems, Kentucky
1995:
Research trip in Utah Canyonlands/ Taos and Zia Pueblo.
Artist in Residence; "Elemental Archetypes and Theater Direction," "Kentucky Traditional Music" ; Wheaton College, Norton, MA.
Workshop Performance of Part II of The Secret Commonwealth; The Road; Wheaton College, Norton, MA.
Concert Performance Tour of The Road; University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky; Somerset Community College; Somerset, Kentucky., University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Workshop; "Acts of Violence; the Imagination of Aggression"; funded by the Kentucky Humanities Council, presented by Somerset Community College; Somerset, Kentucky
Concert; "Southern Mountain Music"; presented by Stone Soup Folk Music Association; Providence, RI
Concert; "Master Musician's Festival"; with Jean Ritchie and Cari Norris, filmed and broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television; Somerset, Kentucky
1996:
World Premiere; Part I of The Secret Commonwealth; The Changeling & the
Bear; choreography by Kelly Gottesman; filmed and broadcast by Kentucky
Educational Television (KET), Center Theater, Somerset, Kentucky
Publication of Teacher's Guide for The Changeling & the Bear, used in Kentucky and North Carolina systems.
Concert; "Traditional Sound"; Kakegawa, Japan; hosted by the Asahi Tech Oversea Cultural Research Group, and the City of Kakegawa, supported by the Kikugawa Board of Education, and the Kikugawa International Exchange Association.
Traditional Arts Research in Southern Japan; Tea Ceremony Performances with Tea Master Chisato Ejiri; Boar Hunting traditions at Symphony Lodge, Shizoku Prefecture; Zen Purification Ceremony, Kakegawa Zen Temple; Dragon Gate and Keseiki, Kyoto, Japan Concert and Workshops;
"Southern Mountain Music"; with Jean Ritchie and Cari Norris, sponsored by The Stone Soup Folk Music Association, Providence, RI
1997:
Workshops for Part II of The Secret Commonwealth; The Road, conducted
at Somerset High School, Somerset, and McCreary County High School, Stearns,
Kentucky
Six Pieces for String Quartet; composed and recorded
Eight Pieces for Piano; premieres with dance piece "Changing"; choreography by Kelly Gottesman; Arnoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
"Arts to the Core" KET Professional Development video based on The Changeling & the Bear, broadcast on KET Star Channel for Kentucky Schools, pilot program at Roundstone Elementary, Laurel County Kentucky, leads USA in arts and culture test scores.
Part II of the Secret Commonwealth; The Road, choreography by Kelly Gottesman, premieres at the Center Theater, Somerset, Kentucky; filmed and broadcast by KET
Work begins on Part III of The Secret Commonwealth; Love & Time
1998 Kentucky Educational Television's video of The Changeling & the Bear is nominated for an Emmy award Research trip to Utah Canyonlands, Zia and Taos Pueblos
1999:
Part III of The Secret Commonwealth; Love & Time,
premieres at the Center Theater; filmed and broadcast by KET
Different Friends, a diversity program, tour and website commissioned for elementary grade school children by the Pulaski County School System. The award winning website was featured in Print Magazine in 2002.
2000:
Work begins on Part IV of The Secret Commonwealth; The Approach
of the Mystery\
Research trip to Utah Canyonland, Zia and Taos Pueblos, Hopi Mesas
2001:
Research trip to Utah Canyonlands, Zia and Taos Pueblos
Research trips to Cherokee, NC, traditional music and myth study with National Heritage Award Winner and Cherokee Elder, Walker Calhoun
2002:
Research trip to Utah Canyonlands, Zia and Taos Pueblos
Individual Show; The Approach of the Mystery, Freidman Gallery, Louisville
Workshops for The Approach of the Mystery; Freidman Gallery, Louisville, Mecca Gallery, Lexington, and Berea College, Berea Kentucky
2003:
Research trip to Utah Canyonlands, Zia and Taos Pueblos
Part IV of The Secret Commonwealth; The Approach, premieres at the Center Theater, Somerset, Kentucky, filmed by The Secret Commonwealth Ensemble
Work resumes on The Ballad Project; commission by 21C Foundation, 21C Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
2004:
36 Ballads digitally recorded for The Ballad Project completed
Research and recording trip to Yucatan / Mayapan; Mexico
Concert; Lily May Ledford Tribute; Red River Gorge, Kentucky
2005:
Research trip to Quiluite Reservation; Olympic National Park,
Washington
Work on Torch Songs begins
Research trip into the prehistoric painted caves of the Dordogne; Les Ezies,France
2006:
Ballad Paintings completed for 21C Foundation commission
Twelve Ballads for The Ballads of the Barefoot Mind digitally recorded
Book: The Ballads
of the Barefoot Mind, printed with assistance from
21C Foundation, and private sponsors.
2007:
Work begins on The Faun
Noh Theater training from Oe Nobuyuki
2008:
The Faun; installations and 5 performances at Morlan Gallery,
Transylvania University, Lexington, and 21C Museum, Louisville,
Kentucky, January/February 2008