Della Burford facts for kids
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. 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.
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.
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.
See also
- List of children's literature authors
- Visionary art
