DSWPS
artist member :
Vana Beginin
"
I dream of my paintings
...
and then,
I paint my dreams."
Bio
Vana Beginin came to the United States from former Yugoslavia in her early teens. She received a Bachelor
of Arts and a Master of Arts in Education, from Wayne State University. Ms. Beginin has taught Art Education,
Bilingual Education, and ESL (English as a Second Language) for Detroit and Wayne County Schools and for
Wayne County and Oakland Community Colleges. She has also participated in presentation of art and
language seminars and workshops for Eastern Michigan and Flint Schools.
Vana Beginin has been exhibiting her art work, paintings and drawings, since 1980 is and received several
prestigious awards.
The following are some of the juried art exhibits in which she has participated:
Our Town 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
The Scarb Club (Annual Water Color Exhibitions, Silver Medal Exhibits, Landscapes and Seascapes, Global
Expressions)
U.of M. Dearborn All-Michigan Open Competitions 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Birmingham-Bloomfield Fine Arts Competition 2002, 2005, 2006
Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors - all exhibits since 2000.
Her portraits, paintings, and drawings are also in several private collections. Ms. Beginin presently resides in
Birmingham,where she actively paints in oils and acrylics and does pencil and charcoal drawings. Her subjects
are people, portraits, landscapes, water/boats, and combinations of all of these.
Thank you for visiting.
Please,
feel free to
contact
me
with any questions that
you might
have. I would be
glad
to help, or ... just chat.
248.792.9703
vanabeg@aol.com
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