Wendy Bugatti w/ Chris Plata

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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Friday, July 2, 2004

Wendy Bugatti of Bugattitype 35, Coney Island Studios and Sparkledog Records rocks out solo on the Mother Fool\'s stage. Loud electric guitar, cool songwriting and eloquent meaningful lyrics. Not to be missed!

Chris Plata is well known and loved for his Rockin\' Tex/Mex tunes.