The Fourth Annual Linny Awards of the ArtsQuest Foundation has opened nominations for the multi-discipline arts 2019 awards. The event honors Marlene “Linny” Fowler, a stained-glass artist and community leader who supported Lehigh Valley artists and arts organizations for more than 25 years.

The categories include Visual Artist of the Year, Performing Artist of the Year, Emerging Artist of the Year, Arts Educator of the Year and Student Artist Scholarship Award. Proceeds go to support the non-profit ArtsQuest Foundation, which Fowler helped found in 2003.

To nominate a person living or working in Lehigh, Northampton, upper Bucks and upper Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania, as well as Warren County in New Jersey, visit www.artsquestfoundation.org/linnyawards by April 15. Winners will be selected by a jurying panel and announced in mid-June.