Press Releases CHARLEE Homes for Children hosts Children’s Art Show at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami MIAMI, Fla. – March 12, 2026 – CHARLEE Homes for Children is proud to announce that it will stage a Children’s Art Show at the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami on Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at 7:00 PM. Over 40 original works by the foster children served by CHARLEE Homes for Children will be featured, and then auctioned off by silent auction. Maria Stevenson, Volunteer Art Instructor for the past two years, has dedicated hundreds of hours instructing children who have been victims of abuse, abandonment or neglect in the CHARLEE Program. Through her efforts, the children have enjoyed the therapeutic benefits of art composition and have developed beautiful works of art in the process. The pieces that will be on display at the Art Show were those selected as winners in the CHARLEE Fine Art Contest, for which the children received prizes and recognition. “The children have touched us all with their art and expression, and we would like to share their exceptional work with our local community,” said Mary Cagle, CHARLEE CEO. “We are extremely honored that the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami has offered to provide their Tobin Gallery for the showing of these pieces. Our thanks go out to our sponsors who have made this second annual event a great success. We look forward to a wonderful evening at a world-renown museum, surrounded by our children’s art.” The Lowe Art Museum is located at 1301 Stanford Drive, on the University of Miami campus. It is South Florida’s oldest collecting art museum with over 13,000 objects representing over 5,000 years of art. The Art Show event will begin at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, March 31, 2004, with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. A $75 per person donation will benefit CHARLEE Homes for Children. For more information, please call (305) 665-7365 x140. CHARLEE, which stands for Children Have All Rights: Legal, Educational, Emotional, annually serves over 500 children and families of all races, backgrounds, and religions in both residential and non-residential programs. The organization has developed an integrated continuum of care for the hardest to serve foster children including residential, therapeutic, supportive, and adoption services. In 2002, the CHARLEE Program was honored when it was selected by the Department of Children and Families to develop a Model Foster Care System as envisioned by the Florida Legislature, to develop best practices and establish a model program for the State of Florida.