Lunch on Fridays: Mike Rader

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A graphic that shows a film still on the left and a portrait of Mike Rader on the right.

Friday April 18, 2025 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm Peter B. Lewis Theater 11610 Euclid Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Spend your lunch hour with mixed media artist Mike Rader as he discusses his work and artistic practice

Spend your lunch hour with mixed-media artist Mike Rader as he discusses his work and artistic practice during Lunch on Fridays from 12:15 to 1:30pm Friday, April 18 in CIA's Peter B. Lewis Theater.

Rader’s work reaches back into the hardwiring of the past to create a dialogue with the present. He is currently developing a film inspired by the personalities of the Three Stooges and how their distinct traits relate to the creative process.

The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque will screen a series of short films by Rader starting at 6:30pm Wednesday, April 16. The program will include a post-screening Q&A. Learn more and buy tickets.

Speaker Bio

Mike Rader

Mike Rader is a mixed-media artist working in animation, painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing—while often combining all of these elements into film. Rader's work reaches back into the hardwiring of the past to create a dialogue with the present. Previous works have used the following catalysts: Charlie Chaplin, Ultraman and Mr. Potato Head. Rader is currently developing a film inspired by the personalities of the Three Stooges and how their distinct traits relate to the creative process.

His works have won multiple awards, including the Vanguard Award for Best Experimental Film (Art of Brooklyn Film Festival), Best Art Direction (Manhattan Film Festival) and the Merit Award (Lucerne Film Festival). Rader’s works have been shown in museums and galleries internationally, including in The Carnegie Museum of Art, the Andy Warhol Museum, the Toledo Museum of Art as well as multiple solo shows in New York. Rader currently teaches at NYU, Parsons and Yale University and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Parking: Lunch on Fridays attendees may park in CIA's Lot 73 and Annex Lot, both of which surround our campus. Please note that signs posted around those lots correctly state that parking typically requires a CIA permit or visitor pass and that violators will be ticketed. However, to accommodate our valued Lunch on Fridays attendees, that policy won't be enforced during the program. Have questions? Please contact Reinberger Gallery at reinbergergallery@cia.edu or 216.421.7407.