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Twin Cities Ojibwe artist’s artwork selected for display at U.S. Embassy to Holy See

by | Jun 10, 2022 | , , , , , | 0 |

With a needle and thread and painstaking attention, Jessica Gokey “paints” images of flora and fauna, two tiny beads at a time. As she’s developed her art over the past decade, her elaborate work has earned her a Minnesota Historical Society fellowship and attracted private collectors. Now it’s garnered its highest accolade yet: a place in the U.S. Embassy to Vatican City.

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Artist adds fresh take on tradition in fresco series of women for Italian church

by | Aug 10, 2021 | , , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 |

When it became clear that Balma wouldn’t be able to return to Italy in the midst of the pandemic, those stored supplies in Minneapolis proved providential. He had what he needed to get started here, however unconventionally: He had to make a fresco that could travel.

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