Rory Stitt

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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Saturday, October 15, 2005

Rory Stitt, Alaskan singer songwriter, performs his signature theatre-pop at the piano. From classical piano roots springs pop music with long melodies ala Rufus Wainright, poetic license ala Tori Amos and androgynous soul ala Bowie and Lennox. Full of hooks to keep you singing and levels to keep you exploring, His hypnotic and transformational performance style wins him acclaim wherever he appears. Come hear the piano-animal dig deep into the belly of life.

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