 Artists ability to sustain a practice after they're finished with their formal training is entirely dependent on their ability to be resourceful and to work independently. What I really hope they come away with from this semester is the sense that they could do it on their own, that they could make a piece totally on their own, make a project, make something that has an impact that connects to people, that's something they may have not thought that they would do before and that they did it. And I'm hoping that that also will kind of increase their sense of ownership and empowerment over their creative process and their ability to connect with people through creative production.