Founded in Houston, Texas in 2004, Charming Charlie is a women's fashion accessories and women’s handbags retailer that offers trendy jewelry, earrings, bracelets, handbags and scarves at affordable prices. There are 96 stores across the country.

Charming Charlie approached SPARK in November 2010 to recycle damaged materials into student art work.  The efforts will be part of an overall SPARK 30th year celebration in 2013.  Collage boards with a theme of “Play in the Park” will be done by selected SPARK Parks across the Houston area.  These collage creations will be featured in the  2013 SPARK Art Calendar.  There will also be a traveling display of collages at neighborhood libraries,  school district offices, and at City Hall.  

The first set of SPARK Birthday collages was auctioned as a SPARK fundraiser at the Bayou City Art Festival on October 8-9, 2011. Opportunites to acquire addtional artwork will become available during the coming months.  Support your local SPARK Parks -  bids are tax deductive and artwork can be donated back to the contributing school.

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Johnston Middle School Houston ISD	River Oaks Elementary School Houston ISD
Sinclair Elementary School - Houston ISD
"Things You See in a Park"	"Girls Like to Play Ball, Too!"
Park Place Elementary Houston ISD	St. John's School
Chavez High School Houston ISD
Herrera Elementary Houston ISD "SPARK Park Sparkles Our World"	Chavez High School Houston ISD
Terrace Elementary School Spring Branch ISD	Hollibrook Elementary School Spring Branch ISD
High School for Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement, Houston ISD
McReynolds Middle School, Houston ISD "SparKing in the Park"
Art teacher Brenda Reed and Principal Jorge Arredondo with mosaic created by 6th and 7th grade students.
Charming Charlie Art Show April 15, 2011
Patty Fadhouli (Marketing Director), Kathleen Ownby (SPARK Executive Director), and Charlie Chanaratsopon (founder and CEO of Charming Charlie) at the Charming Charlie Art Show.
Edgewood Elementary School, Spring Branch ISD "Castle in the SPARK Park"
The mosaic created by Edgewood students depicts the castle structure found in their SPARK park.
MOCAH:  Museum of Cultural Arts, Houston "SPARK Logo"