SALINA — Conquering the Flight of Fancy, an exhibit by Michael K. Knutson and Brian K. McCallum of Great Bend will be featured in The Gallery at Kansas Wesleyan University beginning Nov. 9.

The artists are scheduled to discuss their work during a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 9  in The Gallery. Refreshments will be provided.

Knutson and McCallum create magical and mysterious surreal oddities inviting the viewer to take a flight of fancy. Functional pottery and impressionistic landscape paintings also will be available for holiday purchasing.

Knutson works as a 2-D art instructor at Garden City Community College. After earning his bachelor’s degree from Black Hills State University, he completed his MFA at Fort Hays State University in 2010. As an accomplished visual artist and primarily a painter, he has exhibited nationally and creates public commissions for institutions such as the Sternberg Museum of Natural History. The basis of his work is a deep connection to the immediate environment, life experiences and the way the mind interprets this information.

Also an educator at Garden City Community College, McCallum teaches all levels of 3-D art and art history. His sculptural work and methods are featured in Lark Publications’ 500 Figures in Clay and Pottery Making Illustrated. Receiving awards and showing extensively throughout the country, he was recently a featured artist at the Art of the New West exhibit at Process Art House in Amarillo, Texas.

The Gallery is located in Sams Hall of Fine Arts at KWU, 100 E. Claflin Avenue. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and weekends by appointment.