An Evening with Lino
Celebrating 45 years of glass in the United States
Please join us for Lino Tagliapietra’s final appearance!
March 4 • 4:30pm – 8pm.
With light dinner and drinks, stories from Lino’s friends and colleagues, glassblowing, and a very special announcement.
“For some reason, my hands stay a little bit light.”
Join Museum of Glass for Maestro Lino Tagliapietra’s final appearance! This exclusive, by-invitation-only event will be a celebration of Lino’s legacy and the Maestro’s last time on a hot shop floor in the United States. Light dinner and drinks will accompany stories from Lino's friends and colleagues while glassblowing happens in the Hot Shop. Plus, stick around for a very special announcement.
Attire is casual chic.
Lino has been a cherished friend of Museum of Glass since the Museum opened, and we are honored to have been a part of his unparalleled 45 years of glass in the United States. We look forward to celebrating him at this special event. Click here to RSVP!
Please reach out to Sophie Engle, Executive Assistant, at sengle@museumofglass.org with any questions.
About Lino
LINO TAGLIAPIETRA HAS WORKED WITH GLASS FOR OVER 70 YEARS. WORLD-RENOWNED AND REVERED FOR HIS INCREDIBLE MANIPULATION OF GLASS AND INNOVATIVE CREATIONS.
LINO TAGLIAPIETRA was born in 1934 in Murano, Italy and became an apprentice glassblower at age 11. Even at a young age Lino exhibited an immense dexterity for glass and was appointed the title of “Maestro” when he was just 21. In 1979, Lino visited Seattle for the first time and introduced students at the Pilchuck School to the traditions of Venetian glassblowing. This cross-cultural collaboration shaped the identity of American glassblowing and offered Lino an opportunity to expand his horizons internationally. With the Maestro having announced his retirement, March 4 will be his final blow in the United States.
Lino’s Hands, 1998. Photo by Russell Johnson.
“How often does an artist accomplish something specific and concrete that opens new possibilities exceeding his or her own work and, as a result, affects the course of art history? Without hyperbole, that is the truth about Lino Tagliapietra and his influence on the history of blown glass.”
Lino on the Museum of Glass Hot Shop Floor with Gaffer Gabe Feenan.
Lino Tagliapietra (Italian, born 1934). Dinosaur, Made at the Museum in 2007. Blown colorless glass, turned axis; inciso cutting; 50 × 10 1/4 × 6 7/8 in. Collection of Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington, gift of Lino Tagliapietra, Inc. Photo by Russell Johnson.