Roger Manley

Roger Manley was the director of North Carolina State University’s Gregg Museum of Art & Design from 2010 to 2023. Previously, he worked as a photographer, folklorist, filmmaker, curator, and writer. Highlighted achievements of Manley’s career include founding the triennial META Conferences at Black Mountain College in 1992; curating shows at more than forty other institutions; and authoring numerous award-winning books, catalogues, videos, and films. His feature-length, award winning documentary MANA—beyond belief, premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival (Amsterdam) and Lincoln Center (New York). Manley was a recipient of both the National Endowment for the Arts Artists Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Humanities Scholars Fellowship.