UPDATE: Here’s how you can see and buy the art from the boarded-up Hyatt House windows

Less than two weeks after it began, Charlotte’s new favorite uptown public art project is gone from uptown.

The Hyatt House in uptown started replacing the glass windows in its ground floor lobby Monday morning, which meant removing the plywood boards that had become works of art in the wake of the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott.

But you can still see much of the art and buy it through the Charlotte Art League.

The organization picked up about 90 percent of the art from the Hyatt House windows and will be displaying it in its gallery (1517 Camden Road) during the Oct. 7 South End Gallery Crawl, from 6-9 p.m.

CAL will be selling the art via silent auction, which ends at 5 p.m. Oct. 23. There will also be a “buy now” price. Expect prices to range from $150-$300, depending on size and other factors.

CAL Executive Director Cindy Connelly said two pieces have already sold.

“There’s a lot of interest in these pieces,” she said.

The artists will decide what to do with proceeds from the sales, but Connelly said the CAL is encouraging them to give the money to charity.

The pieces will remain on display until Oct. 23, when the silent auction ends. Connelly said the Levine Museum of the New South has expressed interest in any pieces that don’t sell. “There’s a life after here,” she said.

The Hyatt House windows were shattered during protests Sept. 21. Hyatt House manager Matt Allen put a call out on Facebook for people to come beautify the damaged exterior. Dozens of people responded, turning the plain boards into a patchwork of art, emotion and meaning.

(The photos below were taken last week, before the boards came down.)

Hyatt House Assistant General Manager Nate Opat said the hotel didn’t rush to replace the windows, but the boards made the inside lobby dark and gloomy.

“Though it really looked great from the outside, and very positive, the inside kept a negative feeling around,” Opat said.

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Photos: Corey Inscoe; Katie Toussaint

This story was originally published October 4, 2016 at 12:02 AM with the headline "UPDATE: Here’s how you can see and buy the art from the boarded-up Hyatt House windows."