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Each week we will have a new lecture for you to view. For some lectures, we will have additional resources that will enhance your experience and we will also have some discussion groups that will require signing up ahead of time. The beauty of these on-demand lectures is that you can view them when you want.
Master of Glassblowing: Lino Tagliapietra with Howard Cohen
Lino Tagliapietra, at age 85, is considered by many of his fellow artists to be the world’s finest glass artist. He began his apprenticeship at age 11 in a factory on the island of Murano off the coast of Venice where glass has been made since the 13th century. Even at age 85, he is an energetic and tireless worker. Every day, he enters a hot shop somewhere around the world with eager enthusiasm to use his unparalleled acumen to create yet another radiant form with brilliant colors, graceful curves, and intricate patterns. Howard Cohen will illustrate this lecture with photos he’s taken of Lino’s work in Chicago, Tagliapietra’s studios in Seattle and Murano, and a recent exhibition at Heller Gallery in New York that he visited in January 2020. VIEW LECTURE
Howard Cohen is an active Osher member. Howard is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society who worked primarily at GEICO prior to retiring. He has taught courses on contemporary glass art for Osher at Towson University, Osher at JHU, and the Community College of Baltimore County Senior Institute. A collector of art glass for the past 24 years, Howard is on the board of the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass Art.
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• Georges Seurat and Pointillism with Joseph Paul Cassar
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• Casablanca (1942) and the Films it Influenced with Peter Lev
• The Rise of Benny Goodman with Seth Kibel
• Holocaust Remembrance: Connecting Memory and Responsibility with Jon Aaron
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