NOTEWORTHY EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

* MAAXI MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, ROME – LAUNCHED BY GIOVANNA MELANDRI, PRESIDENT

* PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA’S (PSA) PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY (IUTP) AWARD HONORING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING AMONG PEOPLE

*GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY HERO AWARD, DUBAI WORLD EXPO – PRESENTED BY SHEIKH NAHYAN FOR COMMENDABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN ADDRESSING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SLAVERY THROUGH HER WORK

* THE VATICAN EXHIBITION, VATICAN CITY – INAUGURATED BY POPE FRANCIS

* SOROPTIMIST AWARD, CA – RECOGNIZING A SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL IMPACT THAT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN OR GIRLS

* UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK – LAUNCHED BY THE UNITED NATIONS

* MITSUBISHI MUSEUM, TOKYO – INAUGURATED BY PRINCESS TAKAMADO OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY

* FORD FOUNDATION COLLECTION, NEW YORK – ACQUISITION BY DARREN WALKER, PRESIDENT

* TRINITY HOUSE, LONDON – LAUNCHED BY STEVEN BEALE, CURATOR

* SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM, MEMPHIS – LAUNCHED BY NOELLE TRENT DIRECTOR

* NURF MUSEUM, CINCINNATI – LAUNCHED BY DR. MICHAEL BATTLE, EXECUTIVE VP & PROVOST

* KOGART HOUSE MUSEUM, BUDAPEST – INAUGURATED BY HH FIRST LADY OF HUNGARY, ANITA HERCZEGH

* LUCIE HUMANITARIAN AWARD, CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK – PRESENTED BY PAT MITCHELL HONORING THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS

* GLOBAL PEACE SUMMIT, VANCOUVER – HOSTED BY HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA