{"id":143451,"date":"2025-07-01T21:07:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143451"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:07:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:07:35","slug":"artsquest-foundation-announces-full-list-of-2025-linny-awardees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143451","title":{"rendered":"ArtsQuest Foundation Announces Full List of 2025 Linny Awardees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ArtsQuest Foundation Announces Full List of 2025 Linny Awardees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Winners will be honored on October 23 at 5 p.m. in the Musikfest Caf\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bethlehem, PA, July 1, 2025 \u2013 The ArtsQuest Foundation announces its complete list of 2025 Linny awardees. The Linny Awards are presented to distinguished individuals from the region for their long-term commitment and dedication to the arts. The 2025 Linny Awards will be held in the Musikfest Caf\u00e9 in the ArtsQuest Center on October 23, starting with a cocktail hour featuring live music from 5 to 6 p.m. with dinner, awards, and festivities from 6 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Linny Awards are a celebration of the incredible individuals and organizations whose creativity, generosity and passion strengthen the cultural fabric of our community,\u201d said Kassie Hilgert, ArtsQuest President and CEO. \u201cEach of this year\u2019s honorees embodies the spirit of Linny Fowler\u2019s legacy, championing the arts and inspiring others through their work. We are proud to honor their impact and elevate the importance of arts and culture in our region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NEW this year, all Linny Awards attendees will be automatically entered to win:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A $200 voucher toward a visual arts class<\/li>\n<li>Two complimentary tickets to a Musikfest Caf\u00e9 show of their choice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The winner will be announced live at the Linny Awards!<\/p>\n<p>The Full List of 2025 Linny Awardees is listed below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>Thomas Riddle<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Philanthropy in the Arts Award<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>Chuck Stehly<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Business Supporter of the Arts Award<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>PPL Foundation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Emerging Artist of the Year<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>Jacob Morrow<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual Artist of the Year<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>Mallory Zondag<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Arts Educator of the Year<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>MaryJo Rosania-Harvie<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Performing Artist of the Year<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>Matt Pfeiffer<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Student Artist Scholarship Award<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>Todd Croslis<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Volunteer of the Year<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<em>Jada Amirah Lewis<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sponsorship opportunities and tickets for the Linny Awards are now available for purchase at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.cisionone.cision.com\/c\/eJwsy02yqyAQQOHVwAzLblrUAYNM3EaqlSahnj8JkPiy-1u5daffqRM8Dgu1TouHvgPbDwN1-u5FHC9W3OgigSAAtTMiIJPEFi3r5N3grIyROlqgvwLM1g7Y2pZJUVtSkH_paTZOq-RinOuJXJypN_8fS4nNN-jV32t9FGUvCieF03meDedani8pNR6vPXBNx94c-aZwWtO-f_jkHIrCSW8SEpssq3ARk4L_hesfKHsBgK4DnX3a46GorXd587rKZ5Vwk9wsx6ZLzSLb9w6WOgizM4H60dAyRzMG7oyEQDNSj-ysfnv8CQAA__8t21-v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.artsquestfoundation.org\/linnyawards\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Take advantage of\u00a0<strong>Early Bird pricing<\/strong>\u00a0from July 1 through September 1, 2025. During this period, individual tickets are available for $199, and a full table of eight tickets can be purchased for $1,500. *<em>After September 1, prices increase to $250 for individual tickets and $2,000 for a full table<\/em>. Don\u2019t miss your chance to save\u2014secure your tickets early!<\/p>\n<p>Winners for this year\u2019s award ceremony were selected by the ArtsQuest Foundation Board of Trustees, the ArtsQuest Board of Trustees, the ArtsQuest Performing Arts Board and the ArtsQuest Visual Arts Board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Linny Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Named after the late Marlene \u2018Linny\u2019 Fowler, a stained-glass artist and community leader who supported artists and arts organizations throughout the Lehigh Valley for more than a quarter century, the Linny Awards are designed to recognize and celebrate the region\u2019s flourishing arts community. The Linny\u2019s are open to individuals living or working in Lehigh, Northampton, upper Bucks and upper Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania, as well as Warren County in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the Linny Awards go to support the nonprofit ArtsQuest Foundation, which Fowler helped found in 2003. The foundation is focused on supporting and strengthening the long-term sustainability of ArtsQuest, the nonprofit that presents Musikfest and more than 4,000 other programs, events and educational classes annually for our region.<\/p>\n<p>For complete information on the ArtsQuest Foundation and the Linny Awards, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.cisionone.cision.com\/c\/eJwsyzGu4yAQgOHTmA7LwAB2QfGaXCMaPEOCFtsJkHhz-1VWr_1-_RT0vMLkBAflrTJ-nsGKe1ho8kzWRkS7zHFFIJcsKVBuVrA4kYObneElgYVV-atS0ZhZT2ZCGGBqmfhPfsoNc-HapHMewKUIXv59rC2N3yBKuPf-GMzPoC-DvpznOWLt7fni1tPx2gl7PvbxqLdBX0re9w-eWKmJjSmjrFwYG8tM4T9cf2EwP0opa5WoIe_pGGDqd35jKfwpTDeu43psovXKvH1vMmAVRScJ_CJhjUkuhFYyEUQNXqMz4h30vwAAAP__8GZeww\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.artsquestfoundation.org\/linnyawards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About ArtsQuest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us.cisionone.cision.com\/c\/eJwsy0FuwyAQQNHTwA6LgQHsBYtsco0Ie4YEFTcJ0Li9fZWq2_f1KZp5Q-0lRwgObJhndPIWeQHiJfkAkNNqLTrH4MPG2i2ktZYl-tlbXjI63CBcAFZrZ6OtTihQ90L8UZ5qT6Vy68r7gOjzikF9P7aep3eQNd7GeHRhT8KchTkfxzGlNvrzi_uY7u0qzFnuTCWpxpVTZ1Uo_sHlH4Q9AYBzIFssn_kuUI8bv1Kt_FOZrtym7b7LPhrz_r7JogNavSIMi8JtzWqh5BQT4WowmOStfEXzGwAA__-raVYS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtsQuest\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0mission is to provide access to exceptional artistic, cultural and educational experiences using arts and culture as key elements of economic development for our urban communities. ArtsQuest\u2122 supports this mission via the presentation of performing and visual arts, film, arts education classes and outreach, youth programming and cultural events. Through festivals such as its flagship event,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.cisionone.cision.com\/c\/eJwsy01uwyAQQOHTwA6LYYYfL1hkk2tE2DMkKHaTGjdub1-l6vZ7epxdmskGLRmiB4wpkde3DAHTZIOgA89FbKmEcWZfA404JtIthxRQxkqeZogXgAkxOYu2kCLbG8u9fZq1tEW2bkKIRKFOFM33c-51eAe95Nu-P7vCk3Jn5c7HcQzrV2_3Kn0fHttVubNehVsxmyxSupjG-Q8u_6DwBADeg95y-6gPRXa_yassi_wswlfZhvmx6r5vIuv7ZiQPPAXDFEdD81TNyMUbYabJUXQloH5l9xsAAP__ecFV3A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musikfest<\/a>; the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.cisionone.cision.com\/c\/eJwsy0vO2yAUQOHVwAyLx-XhAYNMvI3oAtcJKk4coEm7-yrVP_2OTok6ZJCOU1TeKuNDAMvvMYMOGsjoTGmVCGFHmcCotFpTXLa8RhecoXUHC1n5q1LJmKClkQgM5KiFftWXOLA26kM45wHcnsCLP2ce-_INvMX7nOdg5sL0xvT2-XwW7HO8ftOYy7PfmN4ynnViExmPE-vtwfTGDyoVRadGOEjUEv_D9QeYuSilrFW8x_rYnwzkvNMbW6O_jcqN-pKfBx-zEx3fuxiwqiQnCvhVQE67WAtaQaVA0uA1OsPfUf8LAAD__9dJXSY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtsQuest Creative Factory powered by PPL<\/a>; and the ArtsQuest Center at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.cisionone.cision.com\/c\/eJwsy0uOKiEUgOHVwIwKj8NrwMCJ2zDAOaVE6uoFot2779jp6ffnx6RDBek4JeWtMj4EsPyWXIg5ymArSms9xGJMpSKtzICZoPKWXHCG4g4WqvIXpYoxQUsjMzCQsyHd239x5NZpTOGcB3B7AS--nnXu2yfwnm5rPSczJ6bPTJ_f7_c2F1GfK9f73B7jyvSZH4Qti0Gd8iTRMP3C5Q-YOSmlrFV8pPZvfzCQ60av3Dt9d8Irja0-Dj7XIDo-NxqwCosTCD4KqGUXEbMVhAhFg9fZGf5K-icAAP__hxpXAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SteelStacks<\/a>\u00a0arts and cultural campus, ArtsQuest\u2019s programming reaches more than 1.9 million people annually. The organization\u2019s programs and events, of which nearly 40 percent are free to attend, have a combined economic impact of more than $136 million annually in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBryn Keeney<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ArtsQuest Foundation Announces Full List of 2025 Linny Awardees Winners will be honored on October 23 at 5 p.m. in the Musikfest Caf\u00e9 Bethlehem, PA, July 1, 2025 \u2013 The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143451\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ArtsQuest Foundation Announces Full List of 2025 Linny Awardees<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/linny-2025-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}