‍Kids’ ‘Wish in a Bottle’ Art Installation to be Unveiled at Children’s Museum Houston on World Children’s Day, Nov. 20

Save the Children, Bvlgari North America, Children’s Museum Houston, and Young Audiences of Houston Partner to Engage 600 Elementary School Children in Art Project Expressing Their Hopes for the Future  

In celebration of World Children’s Day, the artwork of 600 local children – containing their wishes for the future – will be unveiled as part of a large, eight-by-six foot art installation during its exhibition debut at Children’s Museum Houston on Saturday, November 20. The “Wish in a Bottle” installation and celebration event, a partnership between Save the Children, Bvlgari North America, Children’s Museum Houston and Young Audiences of Houston, includes the participation of hundreds of students from the Greater Houston and Beaumont areas, who have artistically shared their hopes for the world and placed them in bottles as part of an Arte di Bvlgari program activity.

The Arte di Bvlgari program is hosted in two local school districts in conjunction with Save the Children’s existing literacy, math and enrichment programs. Made possible by Bvlgari North America, the program offers children the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of arts over the course of the school year, including dance, sculpture, painting, visual arts and more. Unique in its delivery, Arte di Bulgari brings in local artists and experts from the community in which the children live. For the “Wish in a Bottle” installation, Save the Children collaborated with Young Audiences of Houston, which helped engage area artists to guide the student activity and installation.  

WHAT:   ‘Wish in a Bottle’ installation unveiling event for World Children’s Day

WHERE: Children Museum Houston - 1500 Binz St, Houston, TX 77004

WHEN:   World Children’s Day, Saturday, Nov. 20, at10 a.m. CT

WHO:     Representatives from Bvlgari North America, Save the Children, Children’s Museum Houston and Young Audiences of Houston, as well as children who have contributed their art to the Arte di Bvlgari activity and installation.

About Save the Children
Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. Since our founding more than 100 years ago, we’ve changed the lives of more than 1 billion children. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

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About Children’s Museum Houston

‍Listed among Forbes, LA Times and USA Today’s “Best Children’s Museums in the U.S.,” TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence “Hall of Fame,” Houston Chronicle’s 2021 “Best of the Best,” Let’s Roam 2021“Top Things to Do in Houston,” The Culture Trip’s “Top Museum and Landmark to Visit in Houston,” and one of “Houston’s Must See Museums” by Travel Channel, Children’s Museum Houston is a Playground for Your Mind™.  It is dedicated to transforming communities through innovative, child-centered learning with a vision to spark a passion for lifelong learning in all children.  Founded in 1980 and housed in a whimsical building designed by internationally acclaimed architect Robert Venturi, Children’s Museum Houston offers a multitude of innovative exhibits and bilingual learning programs for kids ages birth to 12 years. The Museum operates as a 501(c)(3) under the direction of a Board of Directors.  For more information, please visit www.cmhouston.org or call (713) 522-1138.  Children’s Museum Houston is A Playground for Your Mind™ Can your mind come out to play?™

About Young Audiences of Houston

Young Audiences of Houston, a non profit corporation founded in 1956, is an independent chapter of Young Audiences, Inc., the nation’s leading arts-in-education nonprofit organization – and first organization to be awarded the National Medal of Arts. It educates and inspires more than 115,000 Greater Houston-area children each year through the arts, making arts an integral part of the school curriculum, and advocating the field of arts in education through teacher professional development training and community partnerships. Young Audiences of Houston has over 175 teaching artists, and is in more than 140 Greater Houston-area schools. For more  information, please visit www.yahouston.org.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Children’s Museum Houston, Henry Yau, hyau@cmhouston.org, 713.240.4956

Save the Children, Jeremy Soulliere, jsoulliere@savechildren.org, 203.295.5842