They work in unheated buildings in winter. With no promise of pay.
Artists are part of the Cape's living canvas.
But they can't fix your car, they don't serve you food, they won't check you out at Bradlee's. They are not, in the strictly utilitarian sense, essential to life. Artist Traci Harmon at her rental cottage in Wellfleet. They take the issues we deal with and put them in front of us and have us pause and reflect on who we are. Without them, I don't think we can exist.