BIF-2 Summit: Roger Mandle
Roger Mandle, the President of RISD, is speaking about the Art of Innovation. As much as he is an administrator, he wonders if he’s an artist? After all, he’s steeped in arts: his parents and children were/are artists, he’s educated in art history and studio art, and he went on to teach art.
He wondered where innovation comes from, and thinks it’s: inspiration, personal passion, a firm and genuine belief that drives your vision, an open and receptive mind and eye.
He eventually came to realize that RISD was his work of art: like film/painting/performance, the school is a living product of groups of people. Its mission is like the meaning of a work of art (what does it add up to?). The audience are students, museum visitors. (Think like artists, get out of the way so others can do their thing.)