www.dellaburford.com | Della Burford – Artist | |
| Della Burford is an award-winning painter and best selling author of 7 books, she is based on Vancouver Island, Canada. She studied the Mische Technique of painting in Vienna and showed in many of the Society of Art of Imagination shows in Montreal, Ottawa, New York, London, and Peru. She won a prize as the best Graphic Art in an Art Show in Moscow and spoke on Art and Dreams. Her artistic stories have been performed in New York at the Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Citycorp, in Washington at the Smithsonian Institute, Korea, Guatemala, and Bali. Her play, Magical Earth Secrets has been performed for seven years in Japan, and Miracle Galaxy is now being performed. Her book “Journey to Dodoland” was turned into an e-zine and a website that was sponsored by Swiftsure and has had more than 22 million views worldwide. | Coheart 3 of the Design Science Studio (100 Artists involved) October 2023 to May 2024 Buckminster Fuller Institute is a supporting partner “Star Galaxy for the World Bali” project – Ubud – Bali – 2023 -Design Science Studio Project Star Galaxy Paintings/Story used in Animation by Julian Ramirez 2020 Featured at I am Peace Film Festival New Art City Immersive Environment – “Star Galaxy for the World” 2021 Topia “Star Galaxy for the World” and Topia “Dodoland” Immersive Environments created 2021 |
- Painting Shows in the 1970s
- Our Own Studio – Markham St. in Toronto – “Journey to Dodoland”
- – One Woman Show 20 paintings 1975
- Humber College Group show – 1976
- Back Door Gallery – London , Ontario 1977
- Art of Living Space – Los Angles – 1977
- Symposium for Humanity – Los Angles 1979
- The Dodoland book was published in 1977
Won Printers Institute of America award 1978
- Paintings used at Sets in Productions 1980’s
- American Indian Community Centre – “Journey to Dodoland” New York City – 1980
- Children’s festival in Remini, Italy- 1981
- Museum of Natural History – New York City – “Journey to Dodoland” the way to Puerto Rico – 1983
- Organization of American States – “Magic in Me” Conference Museum of Natural History – New York City – “Journey to Dodoland” the way to Puerto Rico –in Guatemala – where 300 teachers from Central and South America attended. – 1984
- 3rd Street Music Settlement School – “ Journey to Dodoland” – 1984
- Brooklyn Academy of Music –“Journey to Dodoland” 1986
- St Peter’s Church adjacent to Citycorp. – “Journey to Dodoland” -New York City 1986
- Third Street Settlement Music School – “Magical Earth Secrets” – New York City – 1986
- “Dodoland” performed for seven years in New York for over 100,000 children. Graphic hats were given to each child. Della co- Directed and designed Costumes and Large Paintings as Sets
- Smithsonian Institute – Discovery Theatre – Pavilion of the old Post Office – Washington D.C. – 1984
More Shows 1990’s 2000’s
Ontario Science Centre –“Magical Earth Secrets” Mandala. Toronto 1990
Centennial Library – Art show of Della & Desiree Burford 1991
“Magical Earth Secrets” is a best- selling book in Canada 1993
One Woman – Community Art Council Gallery – “Miracle Galaxy” – Victoria 2004
One Woman Show The Yellow Door – “Spirit Storybooks” – Toronto 2011
Arthoff Gallery Group – Mische Painting workshop- Austria -2012
Moscow Visionary Group Art Show & Conference
Received First Prize in Graphic Art category for “Shaman’s Eye” 2018
Collaborating with Karja Art Studio 2000’s
Karja Art Studio– “Dream Wheels” –Bali 20 paintings- 2014
Karja Art Studio – “Dream Gift for the Planet Earth” – Bali 20 paintings-2016
Karja At Studio –30 Society for Art of Imagination artists – Della curating 2018
Group Shows with the Society of Art for Imagination 2000’s
Montreal –Musee Eco pour du Monde 2014
Ottawa – Glebe Centre – 2015
Peru – University of Peru 2016
England –Bakers Gallery 2016
New York – Visionary Alchemy Show 2017
Online Shows – Multimedia 2000’s
Swiftsure project – Dodoland in Cyberspace – online -2 million hits 1996
Dodoland online had had 2 million hits
Visionary Art Show– Toronto 2019
Star Galaxy Paintings/Story used in Animation by Julian Ramirez 2020
New Art City Immersive Environment – “Star Galaxy for the World” 2021
Topia “Star Galaxy for the World” and Topia “Dodoland” 2021
Online Group Show “Portals” – Society of Art for Imagination 2021
Online group – Non-Stop Vision Train “Resonance” “ Galaxy for the World” – 2022
Personal — <http://www.dellaburford.com> https://www.dellaburford.com/Portfolio.html Blog <https://www.dellaburfordartist.ca> Create a Dream – Catch a dream! 638 followers Childrens/ Inner child/environment – <https://www.dodoland.com> 2 million hits in 27 years Linkedin – <https://www.linkedin.com/in/della-burford-artistwriter/> 588 Connection 500 + Connections 595 followers Personal – Facebook 1.9 K friends 71 followers Dodoland on Facebook – 317 Followers <https://www.facebook.com/Dodolandoriginal/> Della Burford artist on Facebook – – 409 Followers <https://www.facebook.com/dellaburfordartist/> Topia – <https://www.topia.io/dodoland> Topia – <https://www.topia.io/stargalaxyfortheworld> Instagram – <https://www.instagram.com/dellaburford > 990 following 358 followers Della’s You tube channels <https://www.youtube.com/@dellabirdhelmet> 26 videos <https://www.youtube.com/@dellamburford> 17 videos Podcast – Spaceship Earth with Stephen Leavitt – [Della Burford: Earth Action –
https://thelanguageofcreativity.com/- check out Painting your Dreams
YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjT0PKUMB94) Visionary Art Award Video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-oOPzTQLXQ>
Wikipedia – Della Burford (born January 5, 1946 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) raised in Ottawa, Eston and Edmonton and is a Canadian artist and writer. Her Sacred Visionary Art has been inspired by dream, different cultures including India, ancient Celtic knowledge, shamanism, and imagination.
Burford has a certificate from NYSID and graduate degrees from the University of Alberta and Queen’s University. She was a Design teacher at Humber College North for six years. In 1977, Della Burford’s first book, ‘Journey to Dodoland’ was published in Los Angeles where she toured festivals leading workshops for children. At The World Symposium for Humanity she saw Buckminster Fuller, embraced his philosophy, and started working for humanity. She has done storytelling, readings, live painting, writing and storytelling workshops at events and schools in Canada and internationally. Her books were plays in New York with Imaginations Unlimited. Two performances were at the Third Street School Settlement in New York and the Smithsonian Institution Discovery Theatre in Washington.[1] In the 1980s her paintings and stories began to focus on the environment, and she began performing environmental stories as part of a project opportunity in Harlem, New York City. In 1990 her book, The Magical Earth Secrets, was published by the Western Canada Wilderness Committee.[2]
She studied shamanistic clowning with Richard Pochinko. She worked for 17 years as an artist for Inner City Angels, a Toronto program where artist visit classrooms and work with teachers and students to build and show artistic activities.[3]
Della was taught painting by her mother Desiree Burford who was a student of Jack Shadbolt. Burford has created 30 years of Visionary “Dream Wheels”. She presently lives on Vancouver Island.
References[edit]Wikipedia
- ^New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 1984-11-12.
- ^ “Our Big Beautiful World”. www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ “Professional artists are helping to enrich arts programming in inner city schools”. Global News. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- New York Magazine 12th Nov 1984 P 176 Children Journey to Dodoland A meet the composer day with Larry Karush [1]
- Clark, Hugh A. “Our Beautiful World, The Green Revolution Comes to Kids’ Books,” Volume 18 Number 5 1990 September
- Hay, Susan. “Professional Artists are Helping to Enrich Arts Programming in Inner City Schools.” Global News. 5 June 2013.
- Arts Canada Volume 32 Society for Arts Publications Our Own Studio 587 Markham St. 1975 Show of the paintings of Journey to Dodoland [2]
- In Review: Canadian Books for Young People Volume 15 Ontario Provincial Library Services [3]
- Smithsonian year: Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution ending in Sept 30th 1984 [4]
- Smithsonian Institution Archives: Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, Young Associate Program New York Program Records 1978- 1986 Student Questionnaire for Journey to Dodoland performance. [5]
- New York Magazine 12th Nov 1984 P 176 Children Journey to Dodoland A meet the composer day with Larry Karush [6]
- New York Magazine 10 March 1986 Secrets of the Rainbow (Magical Earth Secrets will be presented at the Third Street Music School Settlement Larry Karush [7]
Personal — <http://www.dellaburford.com> https://www.dellaburford.com/Portfolio.html Blog <https://www.dellaburfordartist.ca> Create a Dream – Catch a dream! 638 followers Childrens/ Inner child/environment – <https://www.dodoland.com> 2 million hits in 27 years Linkedin – <https://www.linkedin.com/in/della-burford-artistwriter/> 588 Connection 500 + Connections 595 followers Personal – Facebook 1.9 K friends 71 followers Dodoland on Facebook – 317 Followers <https://www.facebook.com/Dodolandoriginal/> Della Burford artist on Facebook – – 409 Followers <https://www.facebook.com/dellaburfordartist/> Topia – <https://www.topia.io/dodoland> Topia – <https://www.topia.io/stargalaxyfortheworld> Instagram – <https://www.instagram.com/dellaburford > 990 following 358 followers Della’s You tube channels <https://www.youtube.com/@dellabirdhelmet> 26 videos <https://www.youtube.com/@dellamburford> 17 videos Podcast – Spaceship Earth with Stephen Leavitt – [Della Burford: Earth Action – YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjT0PKUMB94)
Paint a Dream – Podcast with Steven Leavitt The Language of Creativity Podcast – Painting Your Dreams – Della Burford (painter) Ep. 33 | Free Listening on Podbean App
Visionary Art Award Video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-oOPzTQLXQ>
Star Galaxy for the World Bali https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFS4zFVhZ_k
Della Burford – Resume of Manifesting , Producting and Painting from Dreams
References from Wikipedia
- ^ New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 1984-11-12.
- ^ “Our Big Beautiful World”. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ “Professional artists are helping to enrich arts programming in inner city schools”. Global News. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- New York Magazine 12th Nov 1984 P 176 Children Journey to Dodoland A meet the composer day with Larry Karush [1]
- Clark, Hugh A. “Our Beautiful World, The Green Revolution Comes to Kids’ Books,” Volume 18 Number 5 1990 September
- Hay, Susan. “Professional Artists are Helping to Enrich Arts Programming in Inner City Schools.” Global News. 5 June 2013.
- Arts Canada Volume 32 Society for Arts Publications Our Own Studio 587 Markham St. 1975 Show of the paintings of Journey to Dodoland [2]
- In Review: Canadian Books for Young People Volume 15 Ontario Provincial Library Services [3]
- Smithsonian year: Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution ending in Sept 30th 1984 [4]
- Smithsonian Institution Archives: Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, Young Associate Program New York Program Records 1978- 1986 Student Questionnaire for Journey to Dodoland performance. [5]
- New York Magazine 12th Nov 1984 P 176 Children Journey to Dodoland A meet the composer day with Larry Karush [6]
- New York Magazine 10 March 1986 Secrets of the Rainbow (Magical Earth Secrets will be presented at the Third Street Music School Settlement Larry Karush [7]
External links
- Della Burford interviewed re Book/Play: Video on YouTube
- Della Burford interviewed by Inspire Health [8]
- Painting Style of Della Burford http://www.dellaburford.com/Portfolio.html
- Site based around Della Burford’s books [9]
- Member page for Della for the Writers Union of Canada [10]
- Della speaking for the Visionary Art Award, the art conference with the personal and remote participation of speakers at the Moscow House of Artists,[1]
Create a Dream, with Della Burford 