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Elise Engler N A S T U D I O W I T H O U T WA L L S N
Beyond the walls of her Upper West Side studio, Visual Narrative instructor Elise Engler maintains a workspace in her mind. Counting, sorting and drawing her way through territories unknown, she has architected a method of working to withstand extreme climates, both weather-wise and political. Be it a yearlong plein air drawing of all 252 blocks of Broadway, or working out of a tent in Antarctica, Engler’s method of systematic drawing provides a structure so sound that it doesn’t need walls. Her work is as rigorous as it is playful, as disciplined as it is open to
by Sarah Grass
W H AT’ S IN SIDE
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NE WS City as Site faculty Todd Shalom makes spontaneous public group art with Participatory Walk.
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ART MAP Follow our guide to street art around New York City. Illustration by David Leutert.
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IN THE CL A S SROOM Urban photographer Jade Doskow takes students on location to shoot.
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SUMMER MUSEUM ROUNDUP Bodys Isek Kingelez, David Wojnarowicz and radical Latina artists.
chance. From Broadway to the Galapagos Islands, from Antarctica to Sicily, Engler has always oriented herself with a practice of drawing beyond conventional studio borders.
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DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT A look inside the MFA Social Documentary Film program.