Missing Parts Band

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 17, 2009

The Missing Parts is an acoustic, instrumental quintet consisting of dobro, guitar, cello, violin and percussion based out of Tucson, Arizona. They play all original music inspired by Balkan, Russian, Flamenco, Tango, Classical, Southwestern and Spaghetti Western melodies and rhythms. Their tone ranges from delicate to upbeat, and they are currently touring the Rocky Mountains and the Midwest.

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