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A local artist is painting portraits that will go from Minneapolis to Italy. Author: Sharon Yoo Updated: 7:47 AM CDT April 28, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS — There's a special kind of church in Uptown right now that has a congregation of just one.  "It's become a church space for me, yes it has," Mark Balma said. "It definitely feels like that now." Balma has created a church-like space for himself in Uptown, where he has rented a studio to work on his paintings. He spends hours there each day, bringing to life three women of faith. Except, his portraits aren't simple p...

Readers Write: Voting rights and integrity, COVID vaccinations, Wisconsin wolf hunt, Still, Republicans persist.  Text size Copy shortlink: Republican state Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer imagines voter fraud and believes the "answer to that is transparency" ("GOP calls for more limits on voters," front page, March 7). Transparency requires truth-telling and not selling a problem that doesn't exist. Clearly, Minnesota does not have voter fraud worthy of legislative attention. A dozen or so votes out of millions cast do not warrant the voting burdens ...

From Minnesota to Italy: Rare fresco project spotlights biblical women Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune © Star Tribune/Star Tribune/Photos by Jerry Holt •jerry.holt@startribune.com/Star Tribune/TNS In Minneapolis, Mark Balma worked on a fresco of Eve and Adam, the first of three panels celebrating women in scripture that will be permanently installed at a church in Italy. Mark Balma stood atop a 20-foot-high platform, paintbrush in hand, highlighting the faces of Eve and Adam on a colorful fresco — the first of 10 by the Minnesota-born artist and several collaborators th...

From Minnesota to Italy: Rare fresco project spotlights biblical women The project, Women of Faith Frescoes, is quietly taking shape inside a Minneapolis office building before the work moves to Italy this summer.  March 6, 2021 — 5:36pm Text size Copy shortlink: Mark Balma stood atop a 20-foot-high platform, paintbrush in hand, highlighting the faces of Eve and Adam on a colorful fresco — the first of 10 by the Minnesota-born artist and several collaborators that are destined to cover the walls of a church outside Rome. The p...