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(a work in progress)<\/em><\/p>\n \n1952<\/em><\/strong> \n1958<\/em><\/strong> \n1963<\/em><\/strong> \n1964<\/em><\/strong> \n1965<\/em><\/strong> \n1969<\/em><\/strong> \n1970<\/em><\/strong> \n1971<\/em><\/strong> \n1972<\/em><\/strong> \n1973<\/em><\/strong> \n1974<\/em><\/strong> \n1975<\/em><\/strong> \n1976<\/em><\/strong> \n1977<\/em><\/strong> \n1978<\/em><\/strong> \n1979<\/em><\/strong> \n1980<\/em><\/strong> \n1981<\/em><\/strong> \n1982<\/em><\/strong> \n1983<\/em><\/strong> \n1984<\/em><\/strong> \n1985<\/em><\/strong> \n1986<\/em><\/strong> \n1987<\/em><\/strong> \n1988<\/em><\/strong> 1989<\/em><\/strong> \n1990<\/em><\/strong> \n1991<\/em><\/strong> \n1992<\/em><\/strong> \n1993<\/em><\/strong> \n1994<\/em><\/strong> \n1995<\/em><\/strong> \n1996<\/em><\/strong> \n1997<\/em><\/strong> \n1998<\/em><\/strong> \n1999<\/em><\/strong> \n2000<\/em><\/strong> \n2001<\/em><\/strong> \n2002<\/em><\/strong> \n2003<\/em><\/strong> \n2004<\/em><\/strong> \n2005<\/em><\/strong> \n2006<\/em><\/strong> \n2007<\/em><\/strong> \n2008<\/em><\/strong> \n2009<\/em><\/strong> \n2010<\/em><\/strong> \n2011<\/em><\/strong> \n2012<\/em><\/strong> \n2013<\/em><\/strong> \n2014<\/em><\/strong> \n2015<\/em><\/strong> \n2016<\/em><\/strong> \n2017<\/em><\/strong> \n2018<\/em><\/strong> Noteworthy developments since 1952: (a work in progress) 1952 \u2022 Born on April 29th at 10:23 am. 1958 \u2022 Entered first grade at McKinley School, Milton-Union system. 1963 \u2022 Joined band as a sixth grader and played the saxophone. 1964 \u2022 Family moved to new house on Shoop Road near Tipp City. \u2022 Entered seventh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2361,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/975\/revisions\/2361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Born on April 29th at 10:23 am.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Entered first grade at McKinley School, Milton-Union system.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Joined band as a sixth grader and played the saxophone.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Family moved to new house on Shoop Road near Tipp City.
\n\u2022 Entered seventh grade at Broadway Junior High School.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Debut of Mission: Impossible,<\/em> all-time favorite television series.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Completed Famous Artists School\u2019s prescribed home-study Course for Talented Young People.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Lead role in Junior class play, On Monday Next.<\/em>
\n\u2022 One mile PR time of 5:45 in SWBL cross country meet, Tipp City.
\n\u2022 Participated in \u201cVote 19\u201d effort to lower the voting age in Ohio.
\n\u2022 Elected president of Thespians and National Honor Society.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Performed on stage in Lost Horizon<\/em> and Finian\u2019s Rainbow.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Diploma from Tippecanoe High School.
\n\u2022 Summer job as lifeguard for Len Hellyer in Trotwood.
\n\u2022 Entered School of Design on scholarship as a graphic design major at the University of Cincinnati.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Civil service position as summer lifeguard for USAF at WPAFB.
\n\u2022 Created Pirate Waters<\/em> on family vacation to Lake Cumberland.
\n\u2022 Pledged Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
\n\u2022 Started keeping a written journal of thoughts and personal anecdotes.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Began multi-section cooperative education relationship with Cato Johnson Associates.
\n\u2022 Volunteered for Senator George McGovern\u2019s presidential campaign.
\n\u2022 Saw Ira F Grubman on stage in Abelard and Heloise.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Portfolio competition scholarship from Art Directors Club of Cincinnati.
\n\u2022 Designer\/illustrator for Clifton<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Spent seven months of professional practice in Brussels, Belgium.
\n\u2022 Traveled in France, England, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and The Netherlands.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Began personal correspondence with consumer advocate Ida Honorof.
\n\u2022 Met with Melissa Manchester backstage after a club performance.
\n\u2022 Inducted into Phi Eta Sigma honor fraternity.
\n\u2022 Earned Bachelor of Science in Design from U.C.\u2019s College of Design, Architecture, and Art.
\n\u2022 Hired by Bruce Beck Design Associates, a member of The Design Partnership, Evanston.
\n\u2022 Relocated to Chicago (Rogers Park).<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Purchased Motobecane 10-speed road bicycle.
\n\u2022 Hitchhiked from San Francisco to Humboldt County on holiday.
\n\u2022 Completed multi-day training in aikido with Sensei Koichi Tohei
\n\u2022 Met Gene Siskel at Society of Typographic Arts conference.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Relocated to Vandalia, Ohio to reside at J\u2019s Inn.
\n\u2022 Hired as senior graphic designer for University Publications at Wright State University.
\n\u2022 Worked closely with Dana Willoughby (Dana Lynn Breidenbach) in office of Design Services.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Left Wright State for freelance assignments.
\n\u2022 Created Railroad Carryout locomotive mural in Tipp City.
\n\u2022 Hired as art director for Health Street Journal,<\/em> Medway.
\n\u2022 Met Dick Gregory, Russell Means, Jane Fonda, Ann Wigmore, and John Yiamouyiannis.
\n\u2022 Joined The Longest Walk<\/em> in Washington, DC to protest anti-Indian legislation.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Dixon Clan purchased The Blue Bank Farm in Casey County, Kentucky.
\n\u2022 Returned to University Publications at WSU as senior designer.
\n\u2022 Resigned with supervisor Dana Breidenbach to establish new business partnership.
\n\u2022 Co-founded Graphic Design Works.<\/em> in Mad River Township near Dayton, Ohio (dba Dixon Design).<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 First trip to the campus of The Summit Lighthouse, Malibu.
\n\u2022 Created the original OHIOANS<\/em> artwork for WSU.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Portrait of Dick Gregory brought $700 at auction.
\n\u2022 Created logo design for The Blue Bank Farm.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 12-week spiritual retreat at Summit University, Malibu.
\n\u2022 Married Dana Lynn Breidenbach on September 11th at Dixonwood.
\n\u2022 Hired as Adjunct Assistant Professor at WSU.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Birth of my Godson, Nicholas James Dixon.
\n\u2022 Created primary graphics for the Dayton International Airshow.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Considered closing studio and moving with Dana to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
\n\u2022 Relocated studio to Yellow Springs, Ohio as a member of DAATA.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Death of mother-in-law, Evelyn Maria Rowland Breidenbach.
\n\u2022 One-year hiatus from WSU faculty.
\n\u2022 Purchased one of the last Toyota Camry sedans imported from Japan.
\n\u2022 Vacation to Charleston, South Carolina and Smokey Mountains.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Returned to Kitridge Road studio and adopted the name Dixon Design.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Began second three-year stint in WSU Department of Art.
\n\u2022 Remodeled house on Beatrice Drive, Dayton.
\n\u2022 Vacation to Toronto and Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Vacation to Montana, Yellowstone, Devil\u2019s Tower, Dakota Badlands, and Mount Rushmore.
\n\u2022 Selected to develop new branding for Upper Valley Medical Centers.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Developed identity graphics for BCD Technology.
\n\u2022 Taped Pirate Isle<\/em> on family vacation at Dale Hollow Lake.
\n\u2022 Purchased 324 West Broadway at auction in Danville, Kentucky.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Commenced restoring Danville \u201cTown House,\u201d room by room.
\n\u2022 Presented business image seminar for Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Selected to design newspaper ad campaign for Centre College.
\n\u2022 Bartered design for art with Sheldon Tapley.
\n\u2022 Relocated studio and home to Danville, Kentucky.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Developed new branding for AdMart International (formerly Ad-Mart Attractions).
\n\u2022 Produced video for Ephraim McDowell Foundation with narration by Charlie McDowell.
\n\u2022 Created first poster design for The Great American Brass Band Festival.
\n\u2022 Birth of my grandson, John Marty Strock, Jr.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Created community viewbook\u2014 Danville Boyle County USA.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Bartered design for art with Stephen Rolfe Powell.
\n\u2022 Designed inaugural practice materials for Jerome A Dixon, D.O.
\n\u2022 First September fishing trip to Barefoot\u2019s Resort.
\n\u2022 Catalog for AdMart International won Addy Award from Lexington Ad Club.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Death of my brother-in-law, Ivan Wayne Adkins.
\n\u2022 Dozed off and destroyed Toyota 4-Runner in crash on KY-151.
\n\u2022 Designed logo for Broadwing Farm.
\n\u2022 Taped Pirate Revenge<\/em> on family vacation to Lake Cumberland.
\n\u2022 Brochure for CIP International won two Addy Awards from Lexington Ad Club
\n\u2022 Death of my father, John Edward Dixon.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 First project for Burkmann Industries.
\n\u2022 Inducted as a member in the Rotary Club of Danville.
\n\u2022 Community viewbook won Blue Pencil Award from Kentucky Association of Government Communicators.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 First project for Kentucky Trust Company.
\n\u2022 Created CD graphics for New Columbian Brass Band.
\n\u2022 Sara Pearson became our first and best intern from Centre College.
\n\u2022 Community viewbook won Superior Rating from American Economic Development Council.
\n\u2022 Completed first 45-miler on Motobecane 10-speed road bike.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Created Eagle Nest logo.
\n\u2022 First project for ACUTA.
\n\u2022 Completed first 100-mile \u201cCentury Ride\u201d on Peugeot 16-speed road bike.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Created logo for TLA.
\n\u2022 Designed graphics for local Brass Band Festival Wagon.
\n\u2022 Selected to develop new branding for Clinch Valley College.
\n\u2022 Met Charlton Heston in Lexington.
\n\u2022 Brochure for Boyle County Tourism won Traverse Award from Kentucky Tourism Council.
\n\u2022 Launched Website for Dixon Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Completed 25th Anniversary Kentucky Derby Festival Mini-Marathon in 2:07:45.
\n\u2022 One mile adult PR time of 6:26 in the 12th Moonlight Mile run, Danville.
\n\u2022 5,000 meter PR time of 22:54 in the Railroad Days 5k Run, Junction City.
\n\u2022 Completed first individual tri-sport event, McDowell Challenge for the Cure Triathlon, Danville.
\n\u2022 First project for Jackson of Danville.
\n\u2022 First project for Mathews Conveyor.
\n\u2022 Bartered design for art with Brook Forest White.
\n\u2022 Created brand graphics for Red Crow Hot Sauce.
\n\u2022 Vacationed at Anse Marcel on the island of Saint Martin.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Selected to develop new branding for UVA-Wise (formerly Clinch Valley College).
\n\u2022 First project for Tim and Jo Ann Rice.
\n\u2022 Began serving a ten-year term on the Salvation Army Advisory Board
\n\u2022 Passed Rokyu-level requirements in Aikido.
\n\u2022 Provided cycling leg for 1st-place team, McDowell Challenge for the Cure Triathlon, Danville.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Created identity program for Symbiotix.
\n\u2022 Attended landmark Norman Rockwell exhibition in Chicago.
\n\u2022 Escorted Donald H Rumsfeld to Centre College for 2000 Vice Presidential Debate.
\n\u2022 Brochure for Boyle County Tourism won Traverse Award from Kentucky Tourism Council.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Vacationed at the Cooney Abode in Hayward, Wisconsin.
\n\u2022 Caught PR king salmon on Lake Huron after September 11 attacks that same day.
\n\u2022 Official start of nephew Brendan\u2019s Xorph.com<\/a>.
\n\u2022 Vacationed in California and rode the Coast Starlight to Davis.
\n\u2022 Observed 30 years of journal-keeping.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 \u201cHAUS OF CARDS: A Retrospective\u201d 50th-year exhibition of miniatures, Historic Grayson\u2019s Tavern, Danville.
\n\u2022 Completed \u201c50 on 50th\u201d birthday challenge (31-mile\/50k run + 19-mile walk).
\n\u2022 Made \u201cpilgrimage” to Simon Kenton grave site with best buddy Mike Menke after 25 years of postponement.
\n\u2022 Completed 25th Anniversary Chicago Marathon in 4:53:27 (11:12 per mile average pace).
\n\u2022 Designed identity graphics for the 10th Planet.
\n\u2022 Death of a favorite aunt, Rosetta Dixon Cooney.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Developed Website for Barefoot\u2019s Resort.
\n\u2022 Grandson Marty\u2019s first trip to Barefoot\u2019s Resort.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Created new branding for Danville Bike and Footwear.
\n\u2022 Designed logo for The Heritage Society of Centre College.
\n\u2022 First developed campaign materials for Mike Harmon, State Representative.
\n\u2022 Seminal wood engraving workshop with Wesley Bates.
\n\u2022 100-yard swim PR time of 1:27, Centre College pool.
\n\u2022 Death of my brother-in-law, Joseph B Wood.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Launched Uncle John\u2019s Log & Company<\/a>.
\n\u2022 Bruce Joel Willoughby survived grave illness.
\n\u2022 Developed Website for Danville \/ Boyle County Chamber of Commerce.
\n\u2022 Appointed by Governor Fletcher to the Kentucky Bicycle and Bikeway Commission
\n\u2022 50-yard swim PR time of 0:35, Centre College pool.
\n\u2022 150-yard swim PR time of 2:25, Centre College pool.
\n\u2022 Brochure for Great American Brass Band Festival won Traverse Award from Kentucky Tourism Council.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 \u201cCONNECTIONS: WE ARE ALL ONE\u201d juried exhibition of SLMM associate members, Lexington.
\n\u2022 500-yard swim PR time of 9:12, Centre College pool.
\n\u2022 1,000-yard swim PR time of 19:09, Centre College pool.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Featured artist for The Great American Brass Band Festival.
\n\u2022 Profiled in Arts Across Kentucky<\/em> magazine.
\n\u2022 \u201cCOMPASSION\u201d juried exhibition, merit award winner, EKU, Richmond.
\n\u2022 \u201cKOSMOS: Discovery and Disclosure\u201d solo exhibition, Community Arts Center, Danville.
\n\u2022 \u201cEXPLORING MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS\u201d SLMM national juried exhibition, The Albuquerque Museum.
\n\u2022 Joined Facebook<\/a> social network.
\n\u2022 Selected to develop new branding for Pike Valley Farm.
\n\u2022 First wood engraving commissioned by Larkspur Press for collection of Maurice Manning poems.
\n\u2022 Salvaged stone and brick from demolition of First Baptist Church on West Broadway.
\n\u2022 Named by Governor Fletcher to The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Celebrated 25th wedding anniversary on September 11th.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Death of my Godfather, Andrew Donald Dixon.
\n\u2022 Wedding of my Godson, Nicholas James Dixon.
\n\u2022 First competed in annual Martini .310 Australian Cadet Rifle match at Simpson Knob, Kentucky.
\n\u2022 Attended the Salvation Army\u2019s National Advisory Organization Conference in Dallas
\n\u2022 Fulfilled first major portrait commission for Mrs. James Brady.
\n\u2022 \u201cTHE MARK OF GREAT ART\u201d juried exhibition of selected Kentucky artists, Maker\u2019s Mark Distillery, Loretto.
\n\u2022 \u201cCARVED SURFACES\u201d joint exhibition of wood engravings to honor Wesley Bates, Elk Creek Vineyards, Owenton.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 \u201cFREEDOM\u201d juried exhibition, promotional card designate, EKU, Richmond.
\n\u2022 Provided creative direction for Jacob Tamme advertising campaign, Bluegrass Community Bank.
\n\u2022 Celebrated 30 years of self-employment with Dana, my \u201cpartner in all things.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Tippecanoe High School Class of 1970 reunion, 40 years.
\n\u2022 \u201cBLACK & WHITE\u201d exhibition, Kentucky Artisan Center, Berea.
\n\u2022 Provided album design for DUST,<\/em> first solo release by M. Lucas.
\n\u2022 Trade show exhibitor, World Equestrian Games, Lexington.
\n\u2022 First solitary whitetail deer harvest, The Blue Bank Farm.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Death of my stepson, Bruce Joel Willoughby.
\n\u2022 Grandson Marty enlisted in the U.S. Navy.
\n\u2022 Launched series of \u201cMISSION: MADNESS\u201d gatherings with my sister Joan<\/a>.
\n\u2022 Received David Bell Birney HOPE Award<\/em> from The Salvation Army
\n\u2022 Death of a favorite uncle, Clarence Gels.
\n\u2022 Nephew Brendan suspends regular contributions to Anacrusis<\/a> after nearly 8 years of ritual.
\n\u2022 Traveled round-trip with Dana to San Francisco bay area on Amtrak\u2019s California Zephyr.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Saw landmark exhibition, Kurt Schwitters: Color and Collage.<\/em>
\n\u2022 My mother diagnosed with early symptoms of Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Artworks accepted as part of major exhibition to celebrate centennial of collage (1912-2012).
\n\u2022 \u201cABOUT FACE\u201d exhibition, Kentucky Artisan Center, Berea.
\n\u2022 Helped organize first-ever \u201cCommunity Trails Summit\u201d in Danville \/ Boyle County.
\n\u2022 Completed \u201c60+60\u201d birthday challenge (60-lap swim + 60-mile ride).
\n\u2022 Created logo design for Last Adventure Farm & Orchard.
\n\u2022 Attended monthly \u201cTribal Monday\u201d meetings with Kathleen O\u2019Brien, artist.
\n\u2022 Launched The Collage Miniaturist<\/a>.
\n\u2022 Celebrated 30th wedding anniversary on September 11th.
\n\u2022 Fifth consecutive winning campaign as designer for Mike Harmon, State Representative.
\n\u2022 My daughter returned from South Carolina to live with us.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 \u201cNEW YEAR, NEW WORK\u201d exhibition, Community Arts Center, Danville.
\n\u2022 Invited to participate in annual \u201cARTTOUR\u201d in Central Kentucky.
\n\u2022 Created new logo designs for ACUTA and BELLS UP Winery.
\n\u2022 Artwork was selected in top five at the biennial \u201cArt-Full Raffle.\u201d
\n\u2022 Added online-purchase feature to The Collage Miniaturist<\/a>.
\n\u2022 Illustrated RF Tales: Tale of the Gumbog<\/em>
\n\u2022 Continued each-Thursday visits to Mombo<\/a> as part of a Clan care regimen.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 \u201cINGREDIENTS RECLAIMED\u201d solo exhibition, Mahan Gallery, Danville.
\n\u2022 Designed poster for 25th Great American Brass Band Festival.
\n\u2022 Collage artworks on display at four different Central Kentucky galleries simultaneously.
\n\u2022 Attended Phil Town\u2019s \u201cTransformational Investing\u201d workshop in Atlanta.
\n\u2022 Completed milestone portrait commission for Greg Barrett and Lynne Johnston.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Joint venture with R H Hunt displayed at \u201cIT TAKES TWO: Collaborations by Kentucky Artisans.\u201d
\n\u2022 Wood engraving and collage artwork appeared in two different Lexington exhibitions.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Essay published in exhibition catalog for \u201cDADA Centennial: Day of the Dead.\u201d
\n\u2022 Elected as coordinator for annual \u201cARTTOUR\u201d in Central Kentucky.
\n\u2022 Artwork selected for Governor\u2019s Derby Exhibit, Capitol Rotunda, Frankfort.
\n\u2022 Key participant in \u201cJUXTAPOSE: Collage and Assemblage,\u201d Danville.
\n\u2022 Artwork also displayed in Santa Fe, Cincinnati, and Berea.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Selected by Kentucky Arts Council jury for \u201cKentucky Crafted\u201d program.
\n\u2022 Three major collage artworks exhibited at the Headley-Whitney Museum of Art, Lexington
\n\u2022 Featured prominently in Berea at \u201c225: Kentucky Artists Celebrate Kentucky\u2019s History.\u201d
\n\u2022 Death of a favorite aunt, Carol Dixon.
\n\u2022 Joined Plein Air Artists of Central Kentucky.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Celebrated 40th anniversary of first date on March 10th.
\n\u2022 Played \u201cMr. Kraler\u201d in theater production of The Diary of Anne Frank.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Bicycled 80 trail miles in Ohio with Scott Vagedes and Mike Hoover.
\n\u2022 Participated for second time in \u201cThe Governor\u2019s Derby Exhibit,\u201d juried by the Kentucky Arts Council.
\n\u2022 Injured left knee in a backyard mishap while washing Joe Wood\u2019s truck.
\n\u2022 Supported Dana\u2019s public opposition to an inappropriate mural proposed for downtown Danville.
\n\u2022 Completed eighth collage miniature collaboration with Allan Bealy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"