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