Honors & Awards

Honors & Awards

  • 1945
    Begins glass apprenticeship under Archimede Seguso
    Murano, Italy
  • 1955
    Achieves status of Maestrino
  • 1955-65
    Vetreria Galliano Ferro
    Murano, Italy
  • 1957
    Achieves status of Maestro
  • 1959
    Lino Tagliapietra marries Lina Ongaro
  • 1966-68
    Venini & Co.
    Murano, Italy
  • 1968
    Borsella d’Oro Award
    Murano, Italy
  • 1968-76
    Cofounder and Chief Maestro at La Murrina
    Murano, Italy
  • 1972
    Grand Prix in Lighting, Barcelona Trade Fair
    Barcelona, Spain
  • 1975
    Awarded title of “Cavaliere dell ‘Ordine”
    by the President of the Italian Republic
  • 1976-89
    Artistic and Technical Director
    Effetre International, Murano, Italy
  • 1979
    First Summer as Visiting Artist at Pilchuck Glass School
    Stanwood, WA
  • 1981
    Lino meets Dutch artist A.D. Copier and begins longstanding friendship
    Murano, Italy
  • 1989
    Lino became an Independent Artist
  • 1990
    Works with Dale Chihuly on Venetian Series
    Seattle, WA
  • 1996
    Rakow Commission for Excellence in Glass Award
    The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, NY
  • 1996
    UrbanGlass Award for Preservation of Glassblowing Techniques
    Brooklyn, NY
  • 1996
    Venezia Aperto Vetro, Guest of Honour, invited guest
    Venice, Italy
  • 1997
    Glass Art Society Lifetime Achievement Award
    USA
  • 1997
    Urkunde Goldmedaille
    Germany
  • 1998
    Libensky Award
    Château Ste Michelle Vineyards and Winery and Pilchuck Glass School, Washington
  • 1998
    Venezia Aperto Vetro, Guest of Honour, invited guest
    Venice, Italy
  • 1998
    City of Adelaide Award
    Adelaide, Australia
  • 2000
    Humana Distinguished Professor
    Centre College, Danville, Kentucky
  • 2000
    Commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel
    Danville, Kentucky
  • 2001
    Metal for Excellence in Craft Award
    The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts
  • 2004
    Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
    Centre College, Danville, Kentucky
  • 2004
    The President’s Distinguished Artist Award
    University of The Arts, Philadelphia
  • 2004
    Artist Visionaries! Lifetime Achievement Award
    Museum of Arts & Design, New York
  • 2004
    Artist as Hero Award
    National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia
  • 2006
    Distinguished Educator Award
    James Renwick Alliance associated with the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
  • 2007
    Cristal Award
    Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
  • 2007
    Foreign Honorary Member
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 2009
    The IIC Lifetime Achievement Award
    Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, California
  • 2010
    Master Teacher/Master Artist
    Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Kentucky
  • 2011
    Master of Medium Award
    James Renwick Alliance, Washington DC
  • 2011
    Honorary Degree, Doctor of Fine Arts
    Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
  • 2012
    Phoenix Award
    USA
  • 2013
    Visionary Award
    Art Palm Beach, Florida
  • 2013
    Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Honors Award
    USA
  • 2014
    Career Award
    “Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti”, Venice, Italy
  • 2015
    Best Glass Work Award
    Masterpiece Exhibition, London, United Kingdom
  • 2017
    Key to the City
    Danville, Kentucky
  • 2017
    Loewe Craft Prize Finalist
    International
  • 2019
    The Robert M. Minkoff Foundation and the 2019 UrbanGlass Academic Symposium
    New York
  • 2021
    Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon
    Toyama, Japan
  • 2022
    King of the Furnace
    Corning, New York
  • 2023
    Arts & Heritage Individual Award
    Washington State