Community Display: Memengwaa / Butterflies

Art Windsor-Essex partnered with the Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board on a butterfly display featuring artworks created by students in Windsor-Essex.

Butterflies, or memengwaa in Ojibwe, symbolize transformation, growth, and resilience. In this student art exhibition, they represent the ongoing journey of reconciliation, a process of learning, reflection, understanding, and positive change.

Through their artwork, students explore how reconciliation can help us build stronger relationships, honour Indigenous voices and experiences, and create a future grounded in respect, empathy, and connection.

The “beads,” or pixels, that form the butterflies were individually coloured by WECDSB students, illustrating how many unique voices and contributions can come together in the shared journey toward reconciliation.