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Show City Council Names New Art Commission Members Two new members were approved for the Pleasant Grove Art Commission during dur-ing a city council meeting held last week. They are Raven Ra-ven Haymond and Whitney Barrington. Raven has been involved in the arts since she was a young child. A violinist, she has been playing for almost 20 years, performing with various orchestras. She currently teaches private pri-vate lessons from her home in Pleasant Grove. Raven has a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in English Eng-lish from Brigham Young University. She is the mother of three young children who keep her busy. She said they are part of the reason she looks forward to working to promote the arts in the city so that everyone, from children to senior citi zens can have their lives enriched en-riched by the gifts of the arts. Whitney was raised, in San Diego, California where she started her art education educa-tion at Palomar College. She graduated with her associates degree in pictorial arts, and went on to study fine art at Arte Sotto Un Tetto in Florence, Flor-ence, Italy. After calling Italy her home for almost three years, she returned to San Diego. In 2000 she was married and moved to St. George, Utah where she studied illustration at SUU. In 2009 she and her family fam-ily moved to Pleasant Grove where they currently reside. She is an avid lover of the arts and all things creative, and is excited to work with the Pleasant Grove Arts Commission Commis-sion to increase exposure to visual arts in our community. |