Artist Carol Hummel crocheting a cover for the parking meter in front of Heights Arts Gallery, 2173 Lee Road. Photo by Jane Flaherty
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Artist Carol Hummel crocheted a parking meter cozy in front of Heights Arts Gallery (2173 Lee Road) and sometime late Saturday night it was removed!!!!!  Perhaps it was removed by the person who called the police when Hummel was putting it on the meter?  Hummel explained to the officer that Heights Arts does have city permission to cover the parking meter poles-this first one was a prototype-and no ticket was given. 

Is this an attack on art, or the hated parking meters???

If you find the missing pieces or know the perpetrator, please call Heights Arts:  216.371.3457.   If the pieces are returned, no questions will be asked. 

More info:

In partnership with businesses and knitters throughout the area, this summer Heights Arts is presenting Knitscape Cedar Lee and Knitscape Larchmere, temporary community public art projects under the creative oversight of artist Carol Hummel in residence at Heights Arts Gallery August, 2009.

Knitscape will create a visual line of color and pattern in the Cedar Lee and Larchmere business districts with parking meter poles and selected trees being covered by colorful knitted and crocheted sheathes. 

The purpose of the project is three-fold: 

• to demonstrate on a temporary basis how art can visually unify the streetscape
• to create a community around an art project
• to delight people with art on a daily basis