artistic milestones
Begins glass apprenticeship under Archimede Seguso
Murano, Italy
Vetreria Galliano Ferro
Murano, Italy
Achieves status of maestrino
Murano, Italy
Lino Tagliapietra marries Lina Ongaro
Venini & Co
Murano, Italy
Borsella d'oro award
Murano, Italy
Co-founder and chief maestro at La Murrina
Murano, Italy
Grand Prix in lighting
Barcelona, Spain
Awarded title of "cavaliere dell'ordine"
by the President of the Italian Republic
Artistic and technical director
Effetre International, Murano, Italy
First summer as Visiting Artist at Pilchuck Glass School
Stanwood, WA
Meets Dutch artist A.D. Copier and begins longstandings professional collaboration
Lino became an indipendent artist
Works with Dale Chihuly on Venetian Series
Rakow commission for excellence in glass award
The corning museum of glass, Corning, New York
Urbenglass award for preservation of glassblowing techniques
Brooklyn, New York
Glass Art Society Lifetime Achievement Award
USA
Urkunde Goldmedaille
Germany
Libensky Award, Château Ste Michelle Vineyards and Winery and Pilchuck Glass School
Washington
City of Adelaide Award
Adelaide, Australia
Commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel
Danville, Kentucky
Metal for Excellence in Craft Award, The Society of Arts and Crafts
Boston, Massachusetts
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Centre College
Danville, Kentucky
The President’s Distinguished Artist Award, University of the Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Artist as Hero Award, National Liberty Museum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Artist Visionaries! Lifetime Achievement Award, Museum of Arts & Design
New York, New York
Distinguished Educator Award | James Renwick Alliance associated with the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington D.C.
Cristal Award, Museo del Vidrio
Monterrey, Mexico
Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The IIC Lifetime Achievement Award, Istituto di Cultura
Los Angeles, California
Master Teacher/ Master Artist, Hite Art Institute | University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Master of Medium Award, James Renwick Alliance
Washington, D.C.
Honorary Degree, Doctor of Fine Arts, Ohio State University
Los Angeles, California
Phoenix Award
USA
Visionary Award, Art Palm Beach
Florida
Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Honors Award
USA
Career Award, “Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti”
Venice, Italy
Best Glass Work Award, Masterpiece Exhibition
London, United Kingdom
Key to the City
Danville, Kentucky
Loewe Craft Prize Finalist
International
The Robert M. Minkoff Foundation and the 2019 UrbanGlass Academic Symposium
New York, New York
Medal with Dark Blue Riddon
Toyama, Japan
King of the furnace
Corning, New York
Final blow
Tacoma, Washington
Arts & Heritage individual award
Washington state
Olympics
Verona, Italy
