About Edna Hibel’s Major Honors 

·         Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Art for 2001 presented by the World Cultural Council at Utrecht University     

·         Medal of Honor and Citation from Pope John Paul II

• Presented to Queen Elizabeth II
• Blue Ribbon Award for Art from Cordon Bleu Society
• Founded Boston Art Festival
• Medal of Honor from the late Belgian King Baudouin
• The Edna Hibel Society is the World’s Oldest Artist Fellowship
• The Hibel Museum of Art in Lake Worth, Florida, is the World’s Only Non-profit Public Museum dedicated to the art of a living American woman
• Received Honorary Doctorates in Arts and Letters, University for Peace, Costa Rica; Mount Saint Mary’sCollege, U.S.A.’s Oldest Seminary; Eureka College, President Reagan’s alma mater; Providence College; and Northwood University

·         Commissioned Artwork for: White House, National Archives, Project HOPE, Komen Foundation, Epilepsy Foundation, and United Nations Postal Stamp and First Day Cover

• Received Humanitarian For Health Award, Project HOPE
• First Painter Elected to Fellowship, World Academy of Art and Science
• Elected to Fellowship, Royal Society of Art
• Received Tributes in U.S. Congressional Record
• First Foreigner Invited Twice to Exhibit Artwork in Yugoslavia, The People’s   Republic of China, and the Former Soviet Union.
• Received Flame of Humanity Award, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
• Received Diploma, Flanders Academy of Art, Science, and Letters, Belgium
• Received International Humanitarian Award, Boys’ Towns of Italy, Rome
• Received International Artist Award, B’nai B’rith International
• Received Myrtle Wreath Award, Hadassah

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