Bihl Haus Arts presents “The Process of Becoming a Butterfly: An Exhibition Celebrating the Palacio de Palomas Westside Art Collective,” opening Saturday, November 15, from 6–9 p.m. at Bihl Haus Arts, 2803 Fredericksburg Road.

The group exhibition, curated by Bihl Haus Arts educator and artist Liz Gomez, features 10 multidisciplinary artists whose work embodies transformation, identity, and collective healing. It continues through December 6.

Rooted in the spirit of metamorphosis, “The Process of Becoming a Butterfly” invites audiences to reflect on personal and communal change. “This show asks: what are we transforming—within ourselves and within the world around us?” says Gomez. “Our collective includes painters, sculptors, writers, indigenous healers, tattoo artists, poets, and drag performers. It’s a multi-sensory, deeply cultural show that celebrates the power of creation and rebirth.”

The exhibition highlights works by Liz Gomez, Papi Culo, Cristina Sosa Noriega, Patricia Yznaga, Laura Yohualtlahuiz, Red Rojas, Emily A. Stone, Wild Honey Pot, Jiahana Ornales, and Sy, all artists-in-residence at Palacio de Palomas, a Westside art collective and studio founded by Cristina Sosa Noriega. The collective serves as a creative home for queer, trans, nonbinary, femme, and BIPOC artists committed to reimagining what community care and art-making can look like in San Antonio. Read the artists’ statements here.

Through painting, sculpture, performance, textiles, poetry, and ritual, these artists explore the beauty, grief, and resilience of transformation—each piece a reflection of becoming.