{"id":94079,"date":"2019-07-23T16:37:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T20:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=94079"},"modified":"2019-07-23T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T20:37:43","slug":"artsquest-foundation-names-2019-linny-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=94079","title":{"rendered":"ArtsQuest Foundation Names 2019 Linny Award Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featured image:\u00a0 Top Row L-R: Kim Hogan, Alex Meixner, Arturo Cabrera. Bottom Row L-R: Amy Putlock, Fatima Montero, Ricardo Viera.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Winners to be honored Nov. 14 at SteelStacks; Foundation looking for sponsors to help grow Linnys for future years<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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BETHLEHEM, PA \u2013The <\/span><\/span>ArtsQuest<\/span><\/span> Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Fourth Annual <\/span><\/span>Linny<\/span><\/span> Awards presented by Cornerstone Advisors. Named after the late Marlene \u2018<\/span><\/span>Linny<\/span><\/span>\u2019 Fowler of Bethlehem, the multidisciplinary awards honor Fowler\u2019s dedication to and support of the arts, while celebrating the extraordinary artists, arts educators, businesses and philanthropists who live and work in the Greater Lehigh Valley.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0All winners will be honored during the 2019 Linny Awards, set for Nov. 14 at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The 2019 <\/span><\/span>Linny<\/span><\/span> Award winners are:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n


\nKim Hogan, Bethlehem <\/span><\/b><\/span>\u2014 <\/b>Visual Artist of the Year<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

This award is for two- and three-dimensional visual art. Educated at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Hogan has won numerous awards for her work.\u00a0 Her art is featured in many private and public collections including Lehigh Valley Hospital, St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network, the Sigal Museum in Easton and the Northampton Historical and Genealogical Society. A resident artist at the Banana Factory, she is currently using her talents to help individuals and family members affected by cancer by teaching healing arts workshops in the region.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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Alex Meixner, Allentown <\/span><\/b><\/span>\u2014 <\/b>Performing Artist of the Year<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

This award recognizes a Lehigh Valley performing artist whose work symbolizes excellence in its field. Meixner made his stage debut at age 6, and since then has made performing his life. He has worked with Jack Black on the Sundance-screened Netflix movie, “The Polka King,\u201d with Post Modern Jukebox and as an on-screen spokesperson for Hormel Pepperoni. He is also a 2007 GRAMMY Award nominee for “Polka Freak Out,\u201d his co-led album with Brave Combo’s Bubba Hernandez.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Meixner has performed at festivals throughout the region including Musikfest.<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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Arturo Cabrera, Nazareth <\/span><\/b><\/span>\u2014 Emerging Artist of the Year<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

This award honors artists age 30 or under who are up-and-coming and\/or have had a breakthrough year. Cabrera\u2019s work, which is meant to capture the subtle nuances of what it means to be human, is featured in private collections throughout the United States and Europe and can be viewed in the permanent collections of Lehigh Valley Health Network, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts and the Hunterdon Art Museum in New Jersey. \u201cHumanism II,\u201d Cabrera\u2019s most recent solo exhibition, was shown at Dacia Gallery in New York in fall 2018.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n


\nAmy Putlock, Bethlehem <\/span><\/b><\/span>\u2014 Arts Educator of the Year<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

This award honors a Lehigh Valley-based educator, teaching artist or arts administrator who has made a profound impact on students and\/or the community through his or her work in the arts. Following a year as an educator in Philadelphia, Putlock has served as the General\/Vocal Music Teacher, Choir Director and Theatre Co-Director at <\/span><\/span>Bethlehem\u2019s Broughal<\/span><\/span> Middle School for the past eight years. In addition to the six periods of classroom music she teaches daily, she directs the <\/span><\/span>Broughal<\/span><\/span> Choir and Southside Singers before school, as well as the <\/span><\/span>Broughal<\/span><\/span> Theatre and Dance Troupe after school ends. \u00a0<\/span><\/span>Putlock is a <\/span><\/span>quarterfinalists for this year\u2019s Music Educator GRAMMY Award.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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Fatima Montero, Bethlehem <\/span><\/b><\/span>\u2014 Student Artist Scholarship Award<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

This $2,500 award goes to a high school junior or senior planning to pursue a career in arts administration. Primarily self-taught, Montero has been drawing her whole life. Her Gold Key Award winning portfolio, Liberty for All<\/i>, was displayed at Liberty High School and at the Scholastic Art and Writing Galleries. Montero hopes to become a children’s book illustrator and publish a line of original stories. She recently graduated from Liberty and will attend Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia in Fall 2019 to major in illustration.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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Ricardo Viera, Bethlehem <\/span><\/b><\/span>\u2014 Committee\u2019s Choice Award<\/i><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

This award honors a deserving nominee who does not necessarily fall into one of the traditional <\/span><\/span>Linny<\/span><\/span> Award categories. For 45 years, Viera served as Director and Chief Curator of the Lehigh University Art Galleries Museum, where he established a visual laboratory and teaching collection program, as well as a nationally recognized collection of Latino and Latin American photography and video. Recently retired to Miami, he is a noted lecturer, panelist, portfolio reviewer and consultant for government arts and cultural agencies, nonprofit organizations and private enterprise\/visual art projects.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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Other 2019 <\/span><\/span>Linny<\/span><\/span> Award winners previously announced include:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pinnacle of the Arts Award<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 Four-time Pulitzer Prize Winner <\/span><\/span>Carol Guzy<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Philanthropy in the Arts Award\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u00a0– <\/span><\/span>Robert and Cindy Oster, <\/span><\/b><\/span>Bethlehem <\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Business Supporter of the Arts<\/span><\/i><\/span>\u00a0– <\/span><\/span>Just Born Quality Confections<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteerism\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span>– <\/span><\/span>David <\/span><\/b><\/span>Yanoshik, <\/span><\/b><\/span>Associate Vice President for Marketing and Public Relations at St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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Named after the late Marlene \u2018<\/span><\/span>Linny<\/span><\/span>\u2019 Fowler, a <\/span><\/span>stained glass<\/span><\/span> artist and community leader who supported artists and arts organizations throughout the Lehigh Valley for more than a quarter century, the <\/span><\/span>Linny<\/span><\/span> Awards are designed to recognize and celebrate the region\u2019s flourishing arts community.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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Proceeds from the <\/span><\/span>Linny<\/span><\/span> Awards go to support the Foundation, which Fowler helped found in 2003. The Foundation is focused on supporting and strengthening the long-term sustainability of <\/span><\/span>ArtsQuest<\/span><\/span>, the nonprofit that presents Musikfest and 4,000 other programs, events and educational classes annually for the region, 40 percent of which are free to attend.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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<\/a>For the fourth consecutive year, Cornerstone Advisors will serve as presenting sponsor of the Linny Awards. Other partners include Albarell Electric, Allentown Fluid Systems Inc., B. Braun, The Yurconic Agency, HMK Insurance, John & Brenda McGlade, St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network and more. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As part of this year\u2019s Linnys, the ArtsQuest Foundation is inviting other community-minded businesses and individuals to consider sponsoring the event to continue Fowler\u2019s legacy of supporting the arts in the region.\u00a0 Supporting the event through sponsorships or by purchasing tickets to the event will help the Foundation develop new opportunities to recognized talented area artists, performers and education is future years.\u00a0 For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact ArtsQuest Foundation Executive Director Jane George at 610-297-7300 or<\/span><\/span> jgeorge@artsquest.org<\/a>. <\/u><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The <\/span><\/span>Linny<\/span><\/span> Awards presentation will be held Nov. 14, 6 p.m., at the <\/span><\/span>ArtsQuest<\/span><\/span> Center at <\/span><\/span>SteelStacks<\/span><\/span>. For more information on the <\/span><\/span>ArtsQuest<\/span><\/span> Foundation and the <\/span><\/span>Linny<\/span><\/span> Awards, please visit <\/span><\/span>www.artsquestfoundation.org<\/span><\/span><\/a>. To purchase tickets to the <\/span><\/span>event<\/span><\/span>, go to <\/span><\/span>www.steelstacks.org<\/span><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Information and image provided to TVL by:
\nMark Demko, ArtsQuest
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