Day one at the AAP NYC campus and the season of city soirees has already commenced. Teachers, students, and a spread of various Greek dipping sauces gathered behind a sheet of Cornell’s movable studio walls to casually mingle and introduce class mission statements. Getting a bit silly on carbonated water, artist David Schafer here explains his goals as professor of the Fine Art’s course “Professional Practice”—a guide to the world of art beyond a university sanctum.