Frankfort Students Create Origami Butterflies For Art Exhibit

FRANKFORT, IL — The Frankfort Arts Association is working to bring people and monarch butterflies together in its latest exhibit, "Fly Together." The exhibit is a collaboration between Jaime Maisuria — an artist, educator, FAA board member and Frankfort resident — and students at Chelsea Intermediate School to help promote the Illinois Monarch Project, according to FAA President, Katie Stempniak.

The art exhibit uses pages from donated books that are transformed by the students into origami butterflies, which were placed on panels and placed on the gallery wall at the Frankfort Village Hall, Stempniak said. About 800 students created the butterflies featured on the exhibit, according to Stempniak.

To help spread awareness for monarch butterflies and to highlight such a broad collaboration, people are encouraged to take a photo with the exhibit and use hashtag #flytogether to be entered into a raffle. The winner will receive a gift basket that includes art supplies and gift cards from Buzzes and Beehives, and Raffy's Candy Store.

The "Fly Together" exhibit will be on display through July 1 at Frankfort Village Hall, 432 W. Nebraska St.