Framed Edna Hibel Print
Item Number: 149
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
The Frame Measures approximately 23 1/2" high and 19 1/2" wide. Hibel received medals of honor from His Eminence Pope John Paul II and the late Belgian King Baudouin, and has received six honorary Doctorate degrees including one from Eureka College, the alma mater of President Ronald Regan and Northwood University of Florida, Michigan and Texas. She received her sixth honorary degree from Simmons College, Boston in May, 2005. According to Will Ray formerly of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Ms. Hibel is Palm Beach's most famous artist. | ||
| In addition to her numerous artistic awards, Edna Hibel has received many humanitarian honors for her more than one half century in raising donations with her work for children's and medical charities. She has also used her humanistic and compassionate work to bring peace through cultural understanding between China and the United States, Yugoslavia and the United States and Russia and the United States with her "Golden Bridge" and " Peace Through Wisdom" exhibits in those countries. The television documentary " Hibel's Russian Palette" was developed during her trips and art shows in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. She was recognized for her effect on people and their love and understanding for each other long before her travels to communist countries with an honorary doctorate degree from the University for Peace in Costa Rica. | ||
| For other honors, click here. In 2001, Edna received a Lifetime Achievement Award from "Women in the Visual Arts," an organization of artists in the South Florida area. Edna was particularly appreciative of this honor from her peers. |
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