Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center
333 Nahanton Street · Newton, MA 02459 · 617-558-6522
April 25, 2008 Contact: Susan Tovsky
Press Release 617-558-6486/stovsky@jccgb.org
Art Lovers’ Society Event Features World Famous Artist Edna Hibel
Date: Friday, May 30, 2008
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm
Information: 617-558-6480 or jkuhlman@jccgb.org
Fee: $18 pre-registered; $20 at the door – includes continental breakfast
Location: Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton
Hosted by award-winning, nationally known artist Marion Kaufman, this event is a rare and historic opportunity to greet the world-renowned artist Edna Hibel and to view her exhibition and purchase her art. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet and speak with a number of other prominent working artists who will be exhibiting and speaking about their work.
Edna Hibel is recognized as one of America’s best-loved and most versatile artists. Born in Boston and educated at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, Edna Hibel has been painting for over 70 years and her work has been exhibited in prestigious museums and galleries in more than 20 countries on four continents. She is the recipient of tributes from such dignitaries as Pope John Paul II, Queen Elizabeth II, and King Baudouin of Belgium. Edna Hibel is only the second American to win the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts and she had been designated as a 2008 National Women’s History Honoree.
A private luncheon to honor Edna Hibel will take place following the program. Call 617-558-6480 for more information.
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