Vortex!

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Sunday, April 25, 2004

This show will showcase some of the many improvisors and experimenters in our music scene.

Greg Taylor will be broadcasting his laptop sonic creations over WORT (89.9 fm) and the musicians at Mother Fool\'s will collaborate with him live.

Featuring: Jon Arnold, Tom Hamer, Gregg Williard, db pedersen, Endless, Donald Swadley, Stephanie Rearick, and others...

Music