What happens when we take the curriculum of nature, which is the most lasting and generative curriculum of all, and create new educational forms? This is a case study of an artist who reconsiders the traditional terminal degree for studio art, the MFA, to make an accredited grad program shaped by nature’s design system. Pragmatic. On point. Curriculum, in deed. This TEDx talk is dedicated to a new educational future.

Carol Padberg is an artist and Associate Professor at the Hartford Art School, University of Hartford. She is the founder and director of the Interdisciplinary MFA which brings together ecology, urbanism and contemporary art.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx