 The works of six artists are on display at the Tally Gallery at Bemidji State University. Archerelle Moore tells us how their pieces are inspiring others for this week's in focus. The six McKnight artists have made their way to the Tally Gallery at Bemidji State University. It's a touring show from the Northern Clay Center down in Minneapolis. Every year we are fortunate enough to be on their touring schedule. This particular show was in Bonona. It's now at Bemidji State and it will go on to Grand Rapids at the McCrossey Arts Center. The show includes more than 40 pieces that portray all parts of life from people to places and things. It's my favorite because I love snails. First of all and I'm like more of a colorful person. I love colors in the blue with the kind of gold not really gold. I'm really interested in nature and botany and that's what this particular artist she deals a lot with life. You can look at it you you see and you read that this is part of the botanical seeds of life and if you look closely at it you can see the detail. Two of the six McKnight artists originate from Minneapolis but the other four call places like Taiwan, Canada and Peru their home. Yes it's all about digests right now and it's all about the world coming and maybe if you're from Cameroon like me you see a work from a Cameroon and you're like oh why don't I display something from my country or something I like. Now every single piece that you see lying on the walls of this gallery has its own story. That's why each attendee is encouraged to take a catalog that shares the stories of each artist. The mission of the gallery is to be an educational resource for students and so all the students can come in not only just the art students because the art students can learn a lot especially ceramic students of different techniques different materials that they can use but it's for all students where they can get a different perspective. All the members can stop by the tally gallery from Monday to Friday from 9 in the morning until 4. The show will run until March 28th. It builds your creativity like when you come in the gallery and you see things you've always wanted to do and you see how other artists have displayed their work like it might make your dream like wake up like okay I can do this. Reporting in Bemidji with This Week's End Focus, Cheryl Moore, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.