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Focusing on process and community rather than a finished product, Epstein steered the class toward collaborative work, fostering a safe space where the students could create together by talking, listening, and voting. The teachers shared the class budget during the first class, and decisions about what materials to buy and how to spend the money were made entirely by the students. "We made everything transparent," Zwicky says.
Though the class is extremely popular, Zwicky admits it was one of the hardest classes MoMA offered this season, "because it could have crashed and burned so easily." While there are no concrete plans to offer this class again in the future, Zwicky is not opposed to the idea. Right now he's looking for feedback from the teens, as he always aims to make the programs as teen-centered as possible.