FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ( February 1, 2008)
Edna speaking at the Puck Building, New York City with the Molly MacGregor, Director of the National Women's History Project looking on. (March 28, 2008)
PALM BEACH ARTIST EDNA HIBEL SELECTED AS A NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH 2008 HONOREE
Noted Palm Beach artist, Edna Hibel, has been selected by the National Women's History Project as one of this year's twelve National Women's History Month 2008 Honorees. Hibel was selected due to her originality, imagination, and beauty of her paintings, stone lithography, etchings, and porcelain art created over more than eight decades.
Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the National Women's History Project says, “I was surprised that I had not seen any of Edna Hibel's sensitive portrayals of mothers and children from all cultures. I felt all the more deprived when I learned of her boundless artist expression as a colorist, painter, stone lithographer, serigrapher, etcher, sculptress, and filmmaker. The permanent collections of Edna Hibel’s art in the most prestigious art museums throughout the world, testifies to her extraordinary artistic talent. I am grateful that the National Women's History Project is now acknowledging her brilliant talent and recognizing her as a 2008 Women's Art: Women's Vision Honoree.”
The renowned artist and humanitarian, the only U.S. woman to win the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts, was informed of this historic honor on January 13th as she celebrated her 91st birthday with members of the public at the Hibel Museum of Art in Jupiter, Florida.
The award ceremony will honor ten living artists, ranging in age from 42 to Hibel’s 91—as well as two posthumously—who the National Women’s History Project has deemed to make a significant impact on America's history during the past 125 years. The ceremony will be conducted during a high tea from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 28th in New York City.
Following the National Women’s History Project’s Honoree Ceremony, A.I.R. Gallery—founded in 1972 as the first artist-run, not-for-profit gallery for women artists in the United States—will sponsor a Gala exhibition and art sale which will be on view from 5PM until 9PM, featuring a special preview from 5PM to 6PM for collectors, curators, critics, and the general public.
The next day, Saturday, March 29th, a noon brunch will be followed by a bus tour to the Brooklyn Museum of Art, where “The Dinner Party,” perhaps the most famous work by one of the honorees, Judy Chicago, 69, is on view.
Members of the public are invited to attend all of these celebratory events. To find out details, people may click on the web store button on the front page of the National Women’s History Project web site www.nwhp.org.
Since 1988, Congress has officially declared March as the National Women’s History Month, and has designated the National Women’s History Project to select each year’s honorees. The organization has also worked with the President’s Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History, and its Executive Director was appointed by the White House to serve on the Congressional Commission on Women’s Historic Landmarks.
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For further information, contact: Andy Plotkin, Ph.D., (561) 848-9633
and Molly Murphy MacGregor, Executive Director and Co-Founder, National Women's History Project, 707-636-2889.
The media may obtain additional information by visiting these web pages: www.hibel.com/presskit.htm, www.nwhp.org, and www.airgallery.org
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