PNCA is pleased to welcome art historian, curator, and educator Roger Mandle to deliver the 2013 Commencement Address May 26, 4 pm, Tiffany Center at 1410 SW Morrison. Mandle is the Executive Director of the Qatar Museums Authority, and the former Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Art. He is perhaps best known as President Emeritus of the Rhode Island School of Design.

The annual Commencement Address is one of PNCA’s four Cornerstone Lectures, which also include the College’s Convocation Address at the start of the academic year, the Homecoming Lecture during Alumni weekend, and the Edelman Lecture in the Spring.

About Roger Mandle
Educator, art historian, and former head of major museums, Rhode Island School of Design’s (RISD) Roger Mandle is the president presidents turn to. A veteran of 35 years in arts and humanities education, Mandle (who was appointed by Reagan and George H. W. Bush as a member of the National Council on the Arts) has long helped steer the country’s art and design agenda. Mandle came to RISD in 1993 from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, where he served as deputy director and was involved with every aspect of museum management. A self-professed ‘right-brain thinker’ and a strong advocate for the arts, Mandle recognizes the need for ecological sensitivity and encourages student artists and designers to consider environmental issues in creating works of cultural aesthetic benefit. He is now the Executive Director of the Qatar Museums Authority.