Celebrating Music and Creativity in South Side Bethlehem
In Fig Lehigh Valley’s winter issue, the SouthSide Arts District showcases two staple South side Bethlehem businesses and their artistic talents.

Hope in Flight is Bethlehem's latest, permanent art installation and its very first mosaic stair mural.
The Baum School of Art is a community visual arts school located in downtown Allentown and is a place with a similar inclusivity of art and community.
Krista Kim is a contemporary artist and founder of the 2014 Techism movement, which explores the concept of the digital consciousness.
“De Boriken, al Mundo” (English translation: From Boriken, to the World) was raised on the Hispanic Center located at 520 East 4th Street in Bethlehem in June 2022.
An up and coming music artist, Seth Witcher may be young, but this self-proclaimed “old soul” brings to his music and his community a depth that belies his years…
This passage was written by Arta Brito expressing their experience of transitioning.
Mark your calendar for The Baum School of Art’s 37th Annual Art Auction!
Discover the heart, art, and soul of Bethlehem’s SouthSide Arts District and Urban Arts Trail.
When Allentonian and Banana Factory Resident Artist, Anthony Smith approached Fig’s Lehigh Valley Director, Kate Hughes, about taking a page in the Heart & Soul Issue as a means to shed light on the mental health crisis…
Local fashionista Leigh Ehrlich spends her days working in her luxuriously decorated home office, which she designed around a clear desk so she can always “see her shoes…