Artist survival tips 1

With thousands of art school graduates flooding New York just as galleries close for the summer, I thought it would be a good time to share some "survival tips."

1) NYC has 3,300 CEMUSA ad platforms disguised as "bus shelters" (left) up or on the way.  If you want to get noticed, hang your pictures on their walls or install your sculpture inside.

2) Open a cafe inside a bus shelter.  Buy some cheap folding chairs, tables, and checkered tablecloths.  Serve food from nearby sidewalk carts at a 300% markup.

3) CEMUSA "bicycle shelters" (top) have sprung up all over too.  Go to a uniform shop and pick out an outfit (below), then become a bicycle shelter parking valet.