Vanessa Tortolana w/ The Getaway Drivers - $5

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, March 7, 2009

Vanessa Tortolana is fairly new to the scene as a singer / songwriter but she's been active as a vocalist in SubVocal and other local projects.

The Getaway Drivers are an Americana band featuring original songs that explore life, love, restlessness, defiance, disillusionment and hope in the backdrop of the American heartland. The music is acoustically driven, featuring acoustic guitar, lap-steel and mandolin, drums, bass and piano. One can hear influences of rock, country and folk.

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