Wisconsin poets: Kimberly A. Blanchette, James P. Roberts, Judith Zukerman and you!

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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Thursday, April 26, 2007

Turn off your TV and turn on your senses to the power, passion and persuasion of poets!

Your host, Kimberly A. Blanchette and two other celebrated members of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, James P. Roberts and Judith Zukerman, and some friends will delight the audience with their multi-dimensional poems.

Romanics and Rogues... ha ha...this is your moment!! Come savor what these poets can offer your pallet. Other surprises will be in store. Stick around for the Open Mic if you want to share your own poetry and bring a smile to the audience. See you there!

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