Edna HIBEL : 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 founded 1977 closed as of 2018. 
•  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, West Palm Beach, FL and Michigan 
• 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
• National League of American Pen Women, Women’s History Month Honoree for  2008