Ken LaBarre and Erica Mather

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, May 19, 2006

Ken LaBarre and Erica Mather team up, each performing a set of their own material.

LaBarre, the explosive frontman for TANGY, will present some new material written specifically for the solo acoustic environment.

Mather, likely better-known for her work in jazz, will perform new songs that traverse the boundaries between jazz composition and songwriting.

Music