Fairmount Arts Crawl

Sun., April 26, 2-6 p.m., free, 2120 Fairmount Ave., fairmountartscrawl.org. More images from participating artists at citypaper.net/arts.

by Dianca Potts

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Published: Apr 21, 2009

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According to local painter and sculptor Douglas Randall, Fairmount — not First Friday-focused Old City — has been a hot spot for artists to call home for half a century. "When my block was being developed," he says, "the selling point was that an artist lived here." In 2004, the Fairmount Arts Crawl began in response to those local artists' demand for more neighborhood galleries; today, with the help of the Fairmount Community Development Corp., the festival features more than 60 artists who live and work in the Art Museum-adjacent 'hood.

This year's crawl celebrates Fairmount's creative side, turning hair salons into art galleries and offices into concert halls. "It gives viewers an opportunity to meet the artist," explains Randall, whose collection of digital paintings (pictured) will be on display at flower shop Fleur de Lys. "The arts have really grown up here."

Power of Pryor
Jerry Spinelli's Eggs
Kaleidoscope
Skin & Bones
Opera Co. of Philadelphia
Avatard
Thomas Hine's The Great Funk